reportedly, crumb filed a lawsuit to have his name removed from the film's credits. san francisco copyright attorney albert l. morse said that no suit was filed, but an agreement was reached to remove crumb's name from the credits. however, crumb's name has remained in the final film since its original theatrical release. in response to his distaste for the film, crumb had "fritz the cat—superstar" published in "people's comics" later in 1972, in which a jealous girlfriend kills fritz with an icepick; he has refused to use the character again, and wrote the filmmakers a letter saying not to use his characters in their films. crumb later cited the film as "one of those experiences i sort of block out. the last time i saw it was when i was making an appearance at a german art school in the mid-1980s, and i was forced to watch it with the students. it was an excruciating ordeal, a humiliating embarrassment. i recall victor moscoso was the only one who warned me 'if you don't stop this film from being made, you are going to regret it for the rest of your life'—and he was right."