Wednesday, 19 February 2020
Stan & Jack by Pete Doree
It's here! The Big One! Kirby says "Don't ask! Just buy it!"
All this hysterical hyperbole ( and agonisin' alliteration ) is my way of plugging this Marvelous new mag by ace cartoonist and faithful friend of The Glass Walking-Stick, Peerless Pete Doree.
As if Pete wasn't busy enough producing The Bronze Age Of Blogs and The Kids From Rec Road
( seriously, you need to check them out ) he's now pouring all his artistic talent and love for the Silver and Bronze Ages into a brand new comic featuring the amazing, astonishing adventures of Smilin' Stan and Jolly Jack.
Yep, these are the adventures of The King and The Man, fearlessly facing deadly doom in dark dimensions, ably aided and abetted by other cavorting cartoonists along the way - Ditko, Kane, Wood and more all turn up as crazy caricatures, fighting frightful foes and cracking wise in weird, way-out worlds. ( Phew! As Pete said to me on Twitter, trying to talk like Stan Lee is exhausting! )
It's all great stuff, very funny and full of a genuine affection for these legendary comic creators and the worlds they conjured up on cheap newsprint all those years ago. It's highly recommended... so...
whaddaya waitin' for? Go and buy the fershlugginer thing awready! You can get it here - and tell Pete that Honest Irving Forbush sent you!
( As a bombastic bonus, Pete's been sending out personalised sketches with early orders - here's mine above. Get 'em while you can, True Believers! )
Tumultous Thanks, Soarin' Simon!
ReplyDeleteI didn't realize you'd done this, so it was a nice treat to wake up to this morning!
You're our kinda guy, pilgrim!
No problem O Peerless One. Glad to do my bit, no matter how humble, in this forgotten corner of the Blogoverse.
ReplyDelete* Otherwise known as the not-so forgotten corner of the Blogoverse O Modest One!
ReplyDeleteTom, the page views and comments on this blog may prove otherwise, but I'm glad you're still here. And I'm glad to see you've revived your blog! Great work as ever!
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