Hard to believe, but that's a photo of me that appeared in 1980 on the inside front cover of Bill Black's Fun Comics #1. Although it was 27 years ago, it seems like yesterday... ok, maybe not really yesterday, but definitely not 27 years ago.
OrlandoCon 1980. Bill Black, Jim Ivey, and Mike Kott were all friends of mine [still are in fact] and the main men behind OrlandoCon. That year Jock Mahoney was the media guest of honor.
Jock had a long, successful career in movies and on tv. He started out as a stuntman, but soon was playing the lead as The Range Rider, Yancy Derringer, Tarzan [in 3 movies], and in so many other roles. Jock was also Sally Field's stepfather!
Because of my connections with Bill, Jim and Mike, I was able to appear on stage with Jock when he did some demonstrations of how fights are filmed for movies. Jock was a great guest. He even posed with Bill and his wife Rebecca for the fumetti below. Hard to believe that it was done over 1/4 century ago...
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27 YEARS AGO? WHY THAT MUST MAKE YOU....LET'S SEE, HERE...27 MINUS...CARRY THE EIGHT...DIVIDED BY NAUGHT....SQUARED TO THE BLAH BLAH....MULTIPLIED BY THE CHANCE THAT WILD BILL STILL HAS THAT SHIRT IN HIS CLOSET SOMEWHERE...HMMMMMMM....EITHER 102 YEARS OLD, OR 40 SOMETHING. AM I CLOSE?
Chad, your cyphering ain't too bad... I reckon I'm pert near 49 as of this October!
Well, you don't look it, brudda. Keep on keepin' on!
Thankee, sir!
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