I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets

Posted November 20, 2007 * Comments(3)

The Incredibly Crappy World of Fletcher Hanks

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Any self-respecting artist owes it to themselves to discover the zany world of this long-forgotten artist, now resurrected in collected book form by the fine fiends at Fantagraphics.

There’s a page here with various news bits and informative factoids about the artist, who, just to make things all the more perfectly, hilariously rancid, was also apparently a huge prick, hated and resented by all who knew him including his family. If he had worn an eye patch and had a loaded revolver and a flask tucked into his high-waisted pants, I think we’d have the ultimate old-timey cartoonist – even his name is too perfect.

More info here.

“You shall become a part of your wild moon.”

3 Comments

  1. Paul Karasik
    Paul Karasik on November 20th, 2007

    Thanks for the interest about my book, “I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets: The Comics of Fletcher Hanks”.

    Readers unfamiliar with Hanks work may want to slide over to the BONUS page of my website for a slideshow of a full length Fantomah story that does NOT appear in the book:

    http://www.fletcherhanks.com

  2. RF
    RF on November 20th, 2007

    Forget the Bible, “Fantomah” is the greatest story ever told!

    Thanks, Paul – you’ve done the world a service.

  3. Luc
    Luc on November 21st, 2007

    I remember seeing some of this on Boing Boing. This is horribly brilliant! Thanks for your comments Paul!

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