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UTAH! legendary creator of Flaming Carrot Comics, bob loadwill be making an appearance at New York Comic Con this Friday and Saturday. he joins Greg and fakethe team behind independent success Holy Sistersat his G6 table in artists’ alley. The three are currently collaborating on a Santos Sisters / Flaming Carrot Crossover miniseries. Burden will appear and sign books on Fridays and Saturdays at 3 p.m.
For people unfamiliar with Palookaville’s greatest hero, Flaming Carrot is one of the best absurdist superhero comedy series of all time. It tells the story of a man who reads 5,000 comics in one sitting to win a bet, suffers brain damage doing so, and then becomes Flaming Carrot. Burden was inspired by the Golden Age comic book craze and turned those stories up to eleven. Secondary characters from the series would be used in the 1999 film. mysterious men.
This appearance is part of Greg and Fake’s tour to promote. Holy Sisters volume 2 from Fantagraphics along with the new miniseries. This comic book store tour has seen them travel across the country, accompanied by other comic creators at different stops. Burden will join them on the tour’s final date in Atlanta, Georgia.
Outside of the crossover miniseries, there is no information on new Flaming Carrot comics. Which is a shame because the world could use more of everyone’s favorite blue-collar, carrot-headed, finned superhero. However, Burden has a comic, dynamite girlcoming from Antártida Press that will be published early next year. Anyway, be sure to stop by the booth to meet this legendary indie comics creator during his appearance at the convention!
Stay tuned for the rhythm for more news from NYCC ’26.
