| Snappy Sammy Smoot | |
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 The cover of Snappy Sammy Smoot #1 (Kitchen Sink Press, Jan. 1979), illustrated by Skip Williamson. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Bijou Publishing Empire, Print Mint, Kitchen Sink Press, Marvel Comics, Fantagraphics |
| First comic appearance | Bijou Funnies #1 (Bijou Publishing Empire, 1968) |
| Created by | Skip Williamson |
| In-story information | |
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| Species | Human |
| Partnerships | Ragtime Billy |
| Abilities | Refuses to lose his innocence |
Snappy Sammy Smoot is an American underground comix character created by Skip Williamson in 1968. A counterculture Candide who never loses his innocence,[1] Snappy Sammy Smoot appeared in his own strips in a number of comix titles, most notably Bijou Funnies, Comix Book, and Blab!. Cultural critic David Manning White wrote about the strip, "But what is . . . interesting about 'Snappy Sammy Smoot' is that it manages to be politically radical at the same time it is satirical and funny", and that it is "one of more highly stylized in the field".[2]
- ^ Harvey, Robert C. The Art of the Comic Book: An Aesthetic History (Univ. Press of Mississippi, 1996).
- ^ In Mass Culture Revisited (edited by Bernard Rosenberg and White) (Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1971).