Mr. Natural (Fred Natural) is a character created and drawn by 1960s counterculture and underground comix artist Robert Crumb. At first appearance, Mr. Natural is a mystic guru who spouts aphorisms on the evils of the modern world and the salvation to be found in mysticism and natural living. He has renounced the material world and lives off anything he can get in exchange for his nuggets of wisdom. Usually depicted as slightly overweight (although his size varies), he is bald with a long white beard and wears a gown which makes him resemble “old man” depictions of God or a prophet. First appearing in the underground newspaper Yarrowstalks, the character gained a following during the emergence of underground comix in the 1960s and 1970s, later making appearances in numerous publications, including East Village Other, Zap Comix, Bijou Funnies, and Yellow Dog.