From Voyageurs National Park on FB: Called “Catamaran” by locals, Bert Upton is among the strangest of historical characters on area waters. He lived in a hut built over a dug-out at Squirrel Narrows. Found frozen to death in the 1930s by Kettle Falls pioneer Oliver Knox; Upton was perched lifeless in the snow just a half-mile from his home. Shunning civilization, Upton defined the word hermit. First spotted rowing his crude log raft on Namakan, no one knows how he got there. Upton’s accent implied an English heritage but any personal inquiries brought a stony silence. Some suspected him a man fleeing the law; others saw a bizarre outcast; everyone knew he was peculiar. Just five feet tall and wildly unkempt, Catamaran wore hacked-off pants and walked barefoot with a stick. Winter demanded shoes but no socks, a cast-off Mackinaw, and a trailing cap made from the leg of old underwear. He was oddly religious, and suspicious of being poisoned. Surviving on snared rabbits and fish, he ofte...
i think it's cooke writing and doc shaner drawing?
ReplyDeleteStyle so classic I couldn't tell.
ReplyDeleteI can't find anything about Cooke in the original EW announcement. I think that might be a mistake on Bleeding Cool's part. The Cooke-like art being showcased is all Doc Shaner's. http://www.ew.com/2016/01/28/dc-entertainment-hanna-barbera-titles
ReplyDeleteJay Exonauts he at least did this poster
ReplyDeletehttp://i.newsarama.com/images/i/000/163/576/original/Future-Quest-promo.jpg?1453993943
whereas this is shaner http://i.newsarama.com/images/i/000/163/581/original/Future-Quest-promo04.jpg?1453995984
ReplyDeleteYou are right. So weird that it's not in the EW article. I am seeing it on other news sites though.
ReplyDeletemaybe he just did promo art? i am not sure who writes
ReplyDeleteMan, I loved watching Herculoids as a kid. Part of me is afraid to find / watch a video on YouTube for fear that my current eyes wouldn't have the same rosy view of it as my nostalgia-colored glasses.
ReplyDeleteMark Whitley, forget YouTube (which would likely be cruddy VHS uploads) Herculoids are on DVD! http://www.amazon.com/Herculoids-Complete-2-Disc/dp/B00553KAK2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1454013819&sr=8-1&keywords=herculoids
ReplyDelete...it's still zany as all get out. Sort of like a D&D hexcrawl on a sugar high.
Daniel Swensen We never hear the view from the other side: "Oh, no! We failed a random Herculoids encounter!!"
ReplyDeleteJay Exonauts Only 30 bucks? Hey, that shakes out to < $2 per episode... Oh, curse you for being my enabler...
Daniel Swensen Oh, wow. Now I pretty much have to watch an episode... or two... or ten.
ReplyDeleteHoly crap! I love Doc Shaner art.
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