HewliganâÂÂs Haircut is a comic series created by Peter Milligan and Jamie Hewlett that appeared in the British magazine 2000 AD in 1990. The title characterâÂÂs name is a blend of Hewlett and Milligan, and a play on "hooligan".
The series is a surreal comedy. Hewligan, an inmate of an insane asylum, gives himself a haircut with a pair of plastic scissors only for an inexplicable hole to appear in his huge pompadour, causing an apocalyptic bending of reality. The plot takes the form of a madcap interdimensional quest for Hewligan and his reality-warping companion Scarlet OâÂÂGasmeter to set things straight.
Writing about HewliganâÂÂs Haircut for Time, Douglas Wolk remarks that as with âÂÂMilliganâÂÂs other comics, the idea of madness is a license to pour anything and everything onto the pageâÂÂ. Wolk cites MAD comics as a major antecedent of HewlettâÂÂs artwork, which incorporates a self-conscious mishmash of techniques and reference points, including fanzines, collage, Dada, cubism and pop art.