and his friend Skip Squirrelhard is his upstairs neighbor. "Fission Chicken" creator John Patrick Morgan died December 30, 2010, at the age of 53. His final online strip, the conclusion of a story arc, had appeared on Christmas Eve that year. Characters Fission Chicken (Critters #15, August 1987) Fuzzy Cutekins (Critters #15, August 1987): Hated by Fission Chicken, a celebrity who makes a living from vapid and bottomless cuteness. Boogog (Critters #15, August 1987): A giant spider monster bent on eating Fission Chicken and Fuzzy Cutekins. Vortoxians (Critters #19, December 1987): Evil marketing geniuses from space, the PlanetCorp Vortox. They have made themselves into plastic robots in order to better conquer other worlds. Lomax Lizard (Critters #19, December 1987): An acquaintance of Fission Chicken who attempts to convince him to monetize himself through toys, comic books, and cartoons, all of which Fission Chicken rejects violently. Destructo Dog (Critters #19, December 1987): A B-List superhero who is targeted for Lomax Lizard's cash grabs after Lizard was rejected by Fission Chicken. Skip Squirrelhard (Critters #19, December 1987): Fission Chicken's upstairs neighbor, private investigator and aspiring children's book author. Frequently assists in fighting evil, mainly the Vortoxians. Selmor-99 (Critters #20, January 1988) Kikbak-72 (Critters #21, February 1988) P.U. Evolcraft (Critters #23, April 1988) Dr. Frankenstang (Critters #27 August 1988) "Strep" O'Coccus (Critters #27 August 1988) Walt Ditsy (Critters #28 September 1988) Steven Spielbird (Critters #30 November 1988) Michael Jukeson (Critters #30 November 1988) Dickey Mouse (Critters #30 November 1988) Dr. Livergurt (Critters #32 January 1989) Crouton (Critters #32 January 1989) Nuke Rooster (Critters #32 January 1989) The Dero (Critters #35 April 1989) Ayn Rant (Critters #35 April 1989) Livergut Labs Toilet (Critters #38 July 1989) Middle-Aged Generic Mutant Tortoises (Critters #39 July 1989) Ether Bunny (Fission Chicken #1) Nathrax, Lepsyro, and Flatucelen (Fission Chicken #1) K'CelBoo (Fission Chicken #1) Stu Dinerdud (Fission Chicken #2) Ferdie Cruller (Fission Chicken #2) Russ Cavern (Fission Chicken #2) Vid-Citizens (Fission Chicken #4) President Kingoff (Fission Chicken #4) Cyber-Republicans (Fission Chicken #4) References External links Fission Chicken website (Archived at Internet Archive) https://web.archive.org/web/20070220025303/http://home.earthlink.net/~johnpmorgan/FCindex.htm http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/f/fissionchicken.htm Overview of FC art (with some animation) on YouTube Cartoonist J.P. Morgan and his Fission Chicken at Pseudo Comments Obituary for John P Morgan Fantagraphics titles Fictional chickens 2006 webcomic debuts 2000s webcomics