Random Reads: "The Lair of the Parrot!" by Fleisher and Garcia-Lopez
Howdy there, Groove-ophiles! Let's travel the trail with Jonah Hex to the "Lair of the Parrot!" Cool story by Michael Fleisher with suh-WEET art by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez from Jonah Hex #2 (February 1977). Giddyap!
Suh-WEET indeed. I just did some checking at the GCD - why am I just now finding out that Garcia Lopez did the art on the first handful of Jonah Hex issues?
It's a shame the Jonah Hex movie wasn't made in the 70's. Jonah Hex besides the disfigured face. Made me instantly think of Clint Eastwood. I still think High Plains Drifter & The Outlaw Josey Wales were borrowed from Jonah Hex. Josh Brolin did a great Eastwood impersonation. But the movie was really bad. I wish it had been directed by Eastwood. It probably would had been a block buster then. Oh well atleast it made it to the big screen. While Tony Dezuniga was still with us, He got to go to the premiere atleast.
I like Garcia Lopez alot, but Tony de Zuñiga really owned Jonah Hex (besides co-creating him with writer Michael Fleischer in the early '70s). His early '80s covers and interior work on that title were fabulous---sadly, in an era when plastic plates made the printing the absolute worst in comics for a time.
Special thanks to Mike's Amazing World of Comics and Grand Comics Database for being such fantastic resources for covers, dates, creator info, etc. Thou art treasures true!
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Suh-WEET indeed. I just did some checking at the GCD - why am I just now finding out that Garcia Lopez did the art on the first handful of Jonah Hex issues?
ReplyDeleteIt's a shame the Jonah Hex movie wasn't made in the 70's. Jonah Hex besides the disfigured face. Made me instantly think of Clint Eastwood. I still think High Plains Drifter & The Outlaw Josey Wales were borrowed from Jonah Hex. Josh Brolin did a great Eastwood impersonation. But the movie was really bad. I wish it had been directed by Eastwood. It probably would had been a block buster then. Oh well atleast it made it to the big screen. While Tony Dezuniga was still with us, He got to go to the premiere atleast.
ReplyDeleteAnother great post. Yee-haahh!
ReplyDeleteI like Garcia Lopez alot, but Tony de Zuñiga really owned Jonah Hex (besides co-creating him with writer Michael Fleischer in the early '70s). His early '80s covers and interior work on that title were fabulous---sadly, in an era when plastic plates made the printing the absolute worst in comics for a time.
ReplyDeleteChris A.
The original writer was John Albano.
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