Burden's best-known creation is the Flaming Carrot which first appeared in 1979
direct market magazine. He worked as writer and editor with
lettering by
Roxanne Starr. It has received some scholarly recognition: a cover story and interview in Atlanta's prestigious
Art Papers; an original cover drawing in
Sotheby's art auction; and reviews in
The Village Voice literary supplement. Burden's
Mystery Men was the subject of a 1999
film adaptation, directed by
Kinka Usher and starring
Ben Stiller and
Geoffrey Rush. Besides
Flaming Carrot Comics and
Mysterymen, Burden wrote a
Gumby story, a two-part Cholly & Flytrap story with
Arthur Suydam, and
Robot Comics, a series which was reprised as the "Robot Crime" story for the 20th anniversary of
Heavy Metal. Burden has also produced some prose work, including a short story called "You've Got Your Troubles, I've Got Mine", and an anthology of short stories by various writers, including
Stephen King, called
Dark Love, from
Penguin Books. Though he has drawn a number of comics, Burden has said that he considers himself solely a writer: "I'm a writer, okay? The fact that I draw art is purely coincidental to that, but I'm not really what you'd call a competent illustrator." == Awards ==