Ernst Stavro Blofeld and Christoph Waltz, among others. It was initially a convention of the films not to show Blofeld's face, only a close-up of him stroking his white, blue-eyed Persian cat. Many of Blofeld's characteristics have become tropes in popular fiction, representing the stock character of the supervillain, with the stroking of his white cat often retained as a parodic allusion to Blofeld's character, as seen in the "Austin Powers" film series with the character of Dr. Evil and his cat Mr. Bigglesworth, or in the cartoons "Inspector Gadget" with the character of Dr. Claw and "Danger Mouse" with the character of
Mr. Natural (comics) Novelties. Crumb created original Mr. Natural strips for "The Village Voice" from February 2, 1976, to November 29, 1976, which were first collected in "Mr. Natural" #3 (Kitchen Sink Press, 1977). After a ten-year hiatus, Mr. Natural returned in the pages of Crumb's solo series, "Hup" (Last Gasp), and then after another gap, in "Mystic Funnies" #1 (Alex Wood, 1997). The character hasn't made a new appearance since 2002. Mr. Natural's various appearances were collected in "The Complete Crumb Comics" vol. 4, "Mr. Sixties!" (Fantagraphics, 1989), "The Book of Mr. Natural" (Fantagraphics, 1995), as well as "The Complete Crumb Comics"