Paul Mavrides

Paul Mavrides
Born	1952 (age 64–65)
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Cartoonist, Painter
Notable works	The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers
Collaborators	Jay Kinney, Gilbert Shelton, Harvey Pekar

Paul Mavrides (born 1952) is an American artist, best known for his critique-laden comics, cartoons, paintings, graphics, performances and writings that encompass a disturbing yet humorous catalog of the social ills and shortcomings of human civilization. Mavrides worked with underground comix pioneer Gilbert Shelton on The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers from 1978– 1992.

Mavrides is a founding member of the Church of the SubGenius, having been a member of the organization since its earliest days. He is a co-author of Revelation X : The "Bob" Apocryphon: Hidden Teachings and Deuterocanonical Texts of J.R. "Bob" Dobbs (Fireside Books, 1994).

Mavrides came to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1975, and was soon working with San Francisco-based comics creator Jay Kinney on "Cover-Up Lowdown," originally a weekly panel cartoon which was collected and published by Rip Off Press in November 1977. This strip satirized political cover-ups of the day, as well as those of recent history, such as the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

Mavrides illustrated several stories for Harvey Pekar in American Splendor. He also had work in such alternative comics titles as Young Lust (Last Gasp), Real War Stories (Eclipse Comics), and the Brought to Light trade paperback (Eclipse).

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