{"id":504,"date":"2009-10-27T23:04:10","date_gmt":"2009-10-27T23:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2009\/10\/27\/happy-birthday-newt-manwich\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:18:48","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:18:48","slug":"happy-birthday-newt-manwich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2009\/10\/27\/happy-birthday-newt-manwich\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday, Newt Manwich"},"content":{"rendered":"

Newt Manwich, the nome de plume<\/span> of Troy Gonzales<\/a>, has been a frequent subject around this blog with the weekly reprinting of our KandyLand<\/span><\/a> strips. As Newt, Troy’s works appeared in my anthologies Weird Business<\/span> (he penciled my story), The Wild West Show<\/span>, and The Big Bigfoot Show<\/span>. Together, we produced a story for JAB<\/span> #6 (1995) and the Zombie Boy mini-comic "Dead Plains Drifter" (1994). The latter is very rare with perhaps 50 copies produced.<\/p>\n

A creation of Mark Stokes<\/a> (who illustrated my LemonHead tale<\/a> in JAB<\/span> #5), Zombie Boy<\/a>, as the name implies, relates the comedic adventures of an undead kid. If memory serves, Stokes was looking for back up tales by other creators to include in a new Zombie Boy series. For whatever reason, the series never happened, so Troy and I decided to produce this mini. The back cover of the comic features a kick-ass Kid Corpse pin-up by Stokes and the inside front cover advertises a series of mini-comics illustrated by Gonzales and written\/published by "Dr. Joe Guy Pan."<\/p>\n

In celebration of Newt Manwich’s birthday, I’m reprinting the entirety of Zombie Boy in "Dead Plains Drifter."<\/p>\n

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Newt Manwich, the nome de plume of Troy Gonzales, has been a frequent subject around this blog with the weekly reprinting of our KandyLand strips. As Newt, Troy’s works appeared in my anthologies Weird Business (he penciled my story), The … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n