 He was a regular in "Zap" for the balance of the 1960s until appearing in his own three-issue title, originally co-published by The San Francisco Comic Book Company and Apex Novelties.Crumb created original Mr. Natural strips for "The Village Voice" from February 2, 1976, to November 29, 1976, which were first collected in "Mr. Natural" #3 (Kitchen Sink Press, 1977).After a ten-year hiatus, Mr. Natural returned in the pages of Crumb's solo series, "Hup" (Last Gasp), and then after another gap, in "Mystic Funnies" #1 (Alex Wood, 1997).