Wilbur Kookmeyer
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Wilbur Kookmeyer is the title character of a cartoon strip by Bob Penuelas
which first appeared in Surfer
magazine in 1986.
Wilbur is a kook, a wanna-be surfer of limited skill. He wants to be cool, but remains dorky.
Penuelas created Wilbur as a response to cynical commercialism that got into surfing in the early 1980s.
Wilbur started in 1985 as a character in the cartoon Maynard and the Rat in Surfer magazine, and was so popular the strip was renamed.
Bob Penuelas
Bob Penuelas is a comic strip illustrator and writer. He was the creator of the comic strip character Wilbur Kookmeyer, which has appeared in Surfer Magazine since 1986....
which first appeared in Surfer
Surfer (magazine)
Surfer magazine is a monthly surfing culture magazine published in San Clemente, California.The magazine was founded by John Severson in 1959 as a program to accompany his yearly surf films...
magazine in 1986.
Wilbur is a kook, a wanna-be surfer of limited skill. He wants to be cool, but remains dorky.
Penuelas created Wilbur as a response to cynical commercialism that got into surfing in the early 1980s.
Wilbur started in 1985 as a character in the cartoon Maynard and the Rat in Surfer magazine, and was so popular the strip was renamed.