Tales Of The Jackalope

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1986, Blackthorne Publishing.  Blackthorne was in business from 1985 to 1990, they put out a 3-D adaption of Michael Jackson's moonwalker and the resultant (should have known better) disaster folded them under.  Too bad, this was a good imprint.  Tales of the Jackalope is by Robert L. Crab.












An inspiration for Hybrid Online.  Fantographics, 1985 - 1990.

























A shame that this went under, I like Mr. Crab's art and writing.  But then again, the Texas Jackalope is what all of us regular rabbits aspire to be.  Perhaps someday...

Alas, it will never be.  Nature don't work that way!


Achtung, Wolpertinger! Albrecht Durer.  1502

 

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  1. Perfesser BearJanuary 25, 2021 at 4:47 PM

    I managed to fin Issues 1 through 7, I don't know if that's the full run; there isn't much about this one on the Interwebz. By #6 it looked like they were really reaching.

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    1. Billy D BunnyJanuary 25, 2021 at 5:00 PM

      Yeah, I think he kinda wrote himself into a corner. The characters are fine but maybe limited. I think it worthwhile, but I can see why this did not catch on. This was a Steve Schanes of Pacific Comics venture, I give him the big hand for trying.

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