▁In ▁the ▁Spring ▁of ▁ 1 9 6 6 , ▁MS U ▁students ▁James ▁Fri el ▁and ▁Stuart ▁Jones , ▁working ▁from ▁an ▁idea ▁by ▁fellow ▁student ▁Steven ▁Bad rich , ▁whom ▁they ▁had ▁met ▁at ▁a ▁fund - ra ising ▁party ▁at ▁Kind man ' s ▁house , ▁created ▁the ▁com ic ▁strip ▁Land ▁Grant ▁Man . ▁Land ▁Grant ▁Man ▁would ▁appear ▁on ▁a ▁nearly ▁week ly ▁basis ▁for ▁the ▁next ▁two ▁years , ▁and ▁sp or ad ically ▁after ▁that . ▁Fri el ▁drew ▁all ▁install ments ▁of ▁the ▁strip . ▁Jones ▁was ▁succeeded ▁as ▁writer ▁by ▁Jane ▁M unn , ▁and ▁later ▁by ▁several ▁others , ▁including ▁Fri el . ▁Land ▁Grant ▁Man , ▁beginning ▁in ▁May ▁ 1 9 6 6 , ▁was ▁an ▁early ▁example ▁of ▁under ground ▁com ics , ▁although ▁its ▁style ▁ow ed ▁more ▁to ▁the ▁" stra ight " ▁Marvel ▁com ics ▁of ▁the ▁period ▁than ▁to ▁any ▁counter - c ult ural ▁influence . The ▁P aper ▁continued ▁publishing ▁on ▁a ▁regular ▁basis ▁for ▁several ▁years , ▁generally ▁circul ating ▁about ▁ 5 0 0 0 ▁copies . ▁In ▁late ▁ 1 9 6 7 ▁founder ▁Michael ▁Kind man ▁left ▁East ▁L ans ing ▁for ▁Boston , ▁where ▁he ▁joined ▁the ▁Mel ▁L yman ▁cult ▁and ▁briefly ▁served ▁as ▁man aging ▁editor ▁of ▁Boston ' s ▁leading ▁under ground ▁paper , ▁Av atar , ▁before ▁its ▁dem ise . The ▁P aper ▁continued ▁to ▁appear ▁under ▁that ▁name ▁until ▁June ▁ 1 9