Prometheus 6

Grossman Land
By Steven Heller

In his 40-plus year career as a cartoonist, illustrator, sculptor and animator Robert Grossman has created numerous political comic strips for mainstream and alternative magazines. These strips acerbically address issues of the day, most often before they are on the popular culture radar screen.

His earliest strips in the 1960s included “Captain Melanin,” which featured one of the first black superheroes; “Roger Ruthless of the C.I.A.,” which questioned the agency’s work; and the comically veiled Richard M. Nightcrawler, an insect with henchmen named Haldebug and Ehrlichbug. In the 70s, his strip titled “Zoonooz” featured a menagerie of anthropomorphic beasts, including President Gerald Duck.