Trashman is a superhero who appeared regularly in underground comix and magazines between 1968 and 1985. He was created and drawn by Spain Rodriguez.
Cover from The Collected Trashman Vol. 1, No. 1 ("Fat City and Red Mountain Tribe", 1969) by Spain Rodriguez.
Underground comix are small press or self-published comic books that are often socially relevant or satirical in nature. They differ from mainstream comics in depicting content forbidden to mainstream publications by the Comics Code Authority, including explicit drug use, sexuality, and violence. They were most popular in the United States in the late 1960s and 1970s, and in the United Kingdom in the 1970s.
The cover artwork for the first issue of Zap Comix, featuring the character Mr. Natural.
OZ London, No.33, February 1971; art by Norman Lindsay