Because, of course, my friends, you are wondering how to talk about "Pedantic Stan, Comics Fan" in German!
For those unfamiliar: “Pedantic Stan, The Comics Fan” was created back in the days of the British comics fandom of the 1980s by me, John Freeman and Lew Stringer, when our community was very different and far less diverse than it is today. If I recall correctly, the strip, published in the comics magazine Speakeasy, sprang from a story of Alan (“You Don’t Have to Vote for me Every Year”) Moore literally being followed everywhere by fans at conventions. He was even pursued into the toilet at one UK Comic Art Convention for his autograph. (It was this kind of behaviour that led him to stop attending them).
I wrote some of the early strips, but Lew continued it after I had to focus my time on my editorial work at Marvel UK, and contact between us wasn’t as easy as it is today when it came to “script conferences”!
A few years back now, Lew Stringer and I contributed a new Pedantic Stan strip to "The Most Important Comic Book on Earth: Stories to Save the World", just published in hardback in Germany as "Der wichtigste Comic der Welt. Geschichten zur Rettung des Planeten"
Special thanks to Paul Goodenough who co-ordinated this amazing project for organising a comp copy.
The English version is available here: https://amzn.to/4iaaUQC
The German version is available here: https://amzn.to/47ZWj5v (Affiliate Link)
"The Most Important Comic Book On Earth is a global collaboration for planetary change, bringing together a diverse team of 300 leading environmentalists, artists, authors, actors, filmmakers, musicians, and more to present over 120 stories to save the world.
"Whether it's inspirational tales from celebrity names such as Cara Delevingne and Andy Serkis, hilarious webcomics from War and Peas and Ricky Gervais, artworks by leading illustrators David Mack and Tula Lotay, calls to action from activists George Monbiot and Jane Goodall, or powerful stories by Brian Azzarello and Amy Chu, each of the comics in this anthology will support projects and organizations fighting to save the planet and Rewrite Extinction."
