| Back in 1978 cartoonist,
and Shep fan, John Roman came up with the
idea of doing a cartoon strip based on the
stories of Jean Shepherd. He set to work
drawing up 3 weeks worth of the cartoon and
sent them off to Shep never really expecting
to hear from him until one day the phone
rang... Shep liked
the idea and they worked together on trying
to get it syndicated, but as time wore on
Shep became involved in working on "A
Christmas Story" and it never came to be.
The story lines vary
drawing from various topics such as Soap Box
Derbys, Josephene Cosnowski, Batteries, and
the quest for the Red Ryder. With so many
years on the radio, there would be plenty of
material to draw from.
Shep even hints about the
comics on two of his CBS commentaries:
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Comics 1 |
Comics 2 |
Thanks to
John Roman for sharing this.
You can visit John's Website
here. |
