My FU Club Tie...

Photo of Tintin by Mr Mort

...and my sling belt and my jacket and my pink Brooks Bros shirt and my Duck Heads and my Rock. Good thing my fingernails are clean.

Mr Mort took this shot of me at The Pop Up and I have to find it on someone else's blog? Like, dude? I don't rate your blog?

Sub Rosa Hip - Johnny Quest

Jonny Quest Opening Titles from Roger D. Evans on Vimeo.

Back in the early '90s, I was often asked who Tintin was. " Europe's version of Johnny Quest..." was my cool and sweet reply. Anyone old enough to drive understood. It's different today. People who are cutting edges in 2020 were wearing Baby Gap and watching Rugrats in 1992. They know all about Tintin but haven't a clue about Johnny.

Quest was an animated Saturday TV cartoon with an opening that was slicker than owl shit. Save for the questionable relationship between Johnny's father, Dr Benton Quest and Roger 'Race' Bannon (pretty sure Mom wouldn't allow me to go anywhere with those two), it was the shit.

I've been reluctant to bring J.Q. up for fear every hip edge-cutter will glom onto Quest, suck him dry and toss his blond locks and Tim Matheson V.O. into the East River by next Tuesday before the Tintin premiere. Or...it just might be I'm that hipster. Please don't hate me.

Many thanks to commenter and friend, D.B. for the heads up on the Roger ('Race') Evans trailer above. See the original below.

Tintin Sweater at the Aspen Comedy Festival 1998

Terry Gilliam'Tintin sweater (it's itchy)

Terry Gilliam knocks over Graham Chapman's urn :33 seconds in. I've been carting around this newspaper clipping for 12 years - just for this very moment. Gilliam appears to share a shoe and sock fetish with our very own ADG at Maxifly, Maxipad, Maxilad, Maxidice, Maxihandling, Maxioptions, Maxiflusser, Maxi...