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'''Paul Mavrides''' (born 1952) is an ] ], best known for his critique-laden ], ], ], ], performances and writings that encompass a disturbing yet ]ous catalog of the social ills and shortcomings of human civilization. Mavrides worked with ] pioneer ] on '']'' from 1978– 1992.

Mavrides is a founding member of the ], having been a member of the organization since its earliest days. He is a co-author of ''Revelation X : The "Bob" Apocryphon: Hidden Teachings and Deuterocanonical Texts of ]'' (], 1994).

==Career==
Mavrides came to the ] in 1975, and was soon working with San Francisco-based comics creator ] on "Cover-Up Lowdown," originally a weekly panel cartoon which was collected and published by ] in November 1977. This strip satirized political cover-ups of the day, as well as those of recent history, such as the ].

Mavrides illustrated several stories for ] in '']''. He also had work in such alternative comics titles as '']'' (]), ''Real War Stories'' (]), and the '']'' trade paperback (Eclipse).
Mavrides was credited as art director for '']'', a 1999 documentary on ]. He designed the record jacket for ]. Mavrides is also a collagist, photographer and painter.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Steven Wolf Fine Arts|title=Artist: Paul Mavrides|website=www.stevenwolffinearts.com |url=http://www.stevenwolffinearts.com/dynamic/artist_artwork.asp?ArtistID=305}}</ref>

==''The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers''==
In 1978, Mavrides joined Gilbert Shelton and ] to co-produce ''Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers'' comics stories. Together, with Shelton and Mavrides writing, and Mavrides, Sheridan, and Shelton producing the artwork, the three of them produced the comix that were later collected into ''Freak Brothers'' issues #6 & 7.

Following Sheridan's death from complications of cancer in 1982,<ref>] - ''Changeling Times'' #6 (] magazine)]</ref> Mavrides became Shelton's steady partner in all further ''Freak Brothers'' material. The two of them embarked on an ambitious project (begun in 1982 and serialized in issues #11 and 12 of the '']'' series, but not published in the comics series ''The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers'' until 1984): a full color, three-volume story arc entitled "The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers in The Idiots Abroad." In 1984,<ref name=TCJ>{{cite news | url = http://www.tcj.com/gilbert-shelton-in-conversation/ | title = Gilbert Shelton in Conversation | first = Elliot | last = Elam | work =] | issue = 302 | date = February 15, 2013| accessdate = February 22, 2013}}</ref> Shelton, who had spent parts of 1980 and 1981 in Europe, moved back to ] for good and the ''Freak Brothers'' collaboration became a trans-Atlantic affair. The last full issue of new Freak Brothers material came out in 1992.

==Legal issues==
In 1991, Mavrides protested against a resolution by the State of ] to levy a ] on comic strips and comic books. He challenged the law in court, with assistance from the ], arguing that the comic strip is a communications medium that should be classed with books, magazines, and newspapers (which are not subject to sales taxes due to ] provisions).<ref>http://www.subgenius.com/bigfist/Vreedeez/X0005_Mavrides_Case_Could_.html</ref> In 1997, a ruling in Mavrides' favor was handed down by the ].

==Depictions in other media==
Science fiction author and mathematician ] created the character Corey Rhizome based on Mavrides.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rucker |first1=Rudy |title=Notes for Freeware |url=http://www.rudyrucker.com/pdf/freewarenotesposted.pdf |website=rudyrucker.com |publisher=Rudy Rucker |accessdate=4 February 2020}}</ref> Rhizome features in the novel ''Freeware'' as a creator of semi-sentient toys, many of which have deviant or anti-social personality traits based on Rhizome's personality. Rhizome, whom Rucker described as "Mavrides as evil toymaker," is a profligate user of moon grown hybrid ] that he smokes via complex ] hardware.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Comicbookdb|type=creator|id=6454}}
*; includes a biography, interview and a portfolio of selected works.
* by Wesley Joost and Jon Randall
* by Michael Sragow, ''Salon'', June 15, 2000; interview about Mavrides' art direction of a marijuana documentary

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