ProJunior
| ProJunior | |
|---|---|
ProJunior in his original iteration, and then later appearance. Artwork by creator Don Dohler. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | The Print Mint, Kitchen Sink Press, Histrionic Publications |
| First appearance | WILD (Don Dohler, 1961) |
| First comic appearance | Bijou Funnies #4 (Print Mint, May 1970) |
| Created by | Don Dohler |
| In-story information | |
| Species | Human |
| Place of origin | Earth |
| Partnerships | Honeybunch Kaminski |
ProJunior, sometimes styled as Pro Junior, is an American comics character created by Don Dohler in 1958. He debuted in a fanzine in 1961, and in underground comix in 1970. Known as "Baltimore's blasphemous bad boy", the character is unusual in the underground genre for being "shared" by a number of different creators, appearing in stories by (among others) Jay Lynch, Art Spiegelman, Skip Williamson, and Robert Crumb. His main period of popularity was from 1970 to 1972.
The name of the character came from the teenage zine-maker Dohler's self-perceived status as a junior professional editor. By flipping "junior" and "pro" Dohler came up with "Pro Junior".