Happy birthday to Paul Kirchner, brilliant cartoonist and master of absurdity behind “The Bus,” a strip that ran in Heavy Metal from 1979-85. Paul is also famous for The Dope Rider, which he created for High Times magazine and still draws to this day.

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Happy birthday to Paul Kirchner! Heavy Metal fans know Paul for his regular strip “The Bus,” as well as for a few stand-alone stories he published with us. He’s had a few interesting gigs in his life — Paul currently draws Dope Rider for the revived High Times magazine, and back in the day he contributed covers to Al Goldstein’s sex tabloid Screw. . (These are available as prints from @editions_tanibis — provided you have an open-minded wall to hang them on.) . #paulkirchner #editionstanibis #screw #algoldstein https://www.instagram.com/p/CKqAtRLFJnr/?igshid=d96ojudf4tc9

Happy birthday to Paul Kirchner, a frequent Heavy Metal contributor back in the day. Paul married a clean and precise drawing style to far-out and edgy subject matter — look him up at thedoperider.blogspot.com to see examples of his famous “Dope Rider” strip for High Times. Here are some examples of his latest project, “Hieronymous & Bosch,” a collection of which was published in November. Hieronymous is a medieval miscreant who has died and is constantly frustrated by the futility and sadism of his after-life. It’s Hell, after all. . @hightimesmagazine #paulkirchner #doperider #hieronymousandbosch #hell #heavymetalmagazine https://www.instagram.com/p/BtOQKTBFfJ_/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1gzrero1prvhm

A panel from “Tarot” by Paul Kirchner, from our December 1978 issue. #paulkirchner #tarot #heavymetalmagazine

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