![]() ![]() Burden always finds an imaginative use for these as the Carrot stops alien invasions, Communist incursions, flying dead dogs, the Man in the Moon, and Death. His version of a utility belt comes complete with oddities including Silly Putty, rubber bands, random playing cards, and sneezing powder. Cybotron had a number of singles now considered classics of the electro genre, 1 particularly Clear and the groups debut, Alleys of Your Mind, as well as Cosmic Cars and R-9. Guitarist John Jon 5 Housely joined soon afterward. This poor wretch crafted his own outfit complete with the giant carrot head piece with the button-down white shirt, red pants and flippers. Cybotron were a pioneering and influential American electro music group formed in 1980 by Juan Atkins and Richard 3070 Davis in Detroit. There are dangers everywhere you turn, such as a toxic waste pit (where the Carrot once died – yes, he got better) so you have to be careful. The whimsical, satiric stories are set in the Palookaville section of Iron City where oddities happen with tremendous regularity. The word stuck with him for over a decade before he could find a proper home for it. His verbal calling card is “Ut!” which Burden explained was something George Harrison shouted during a Beatles performance at Shea Stadium. In 1985, the character’s origin was explained this way: “having read 5,000 comics in a single sitting to win a bet, this poor man suffered brain damage and appeared directly thereafter as-the Flaming Carrot!” Much as Don Quixote/Alonso Quijano read too many romantic adventure stories Burden used this poke at fanboys to create a surrealistic hero that works as a meta commentary at fandom though the years. ![]()
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