Comix collector Lynn Hansen owned a late 1950s model pickup that was slightly customized and pretty eye-catching. The excellent cartoonist and fellow Newaver David Miller made a cover drawing of this vehicle for Lynn's minicomic Sacratomato Comics # 1 (1987).
Lynn was driving this truck during his final visit to McCleary, probably sometime in 1991-92. For about a week every car guy in McCleary made a point to drive by my place to gaze upon this fine truck with Alabama plates.
At one point in his week-long stay we drove out to Ocean Shores to try and catch Michael Dowers, but just missed him.
Lynn then left McCleary and headed for Seattle. But his truck broke down in a city between Seattle and Tacoma. When Lynn asked a resident where he was, the answer was "Federal Way." And Lynn replied, "Yes, but what city am I in?"
Anyway, he returned to McCleary later that day with two lights I think he had removed from the hood. The only items he took from his deceased truck. And for some reason he gave them to me.
I rediscovered them in the garage a few days ago. Every piece of junk has some story attached.
Cover scanned and posted with permission from David Miller.
Steve - Thanks for posting this. I miss Lynn and think about him often. Seeing the lights from that truck was very moving. I remember Lynn asking me to do that drawing because he really loved that truck.
ReplyDeleteI miss Lynn too. He was a very complex and mysterious fellow. Life around him was never mundane. His name will be coming up in this blog now and then. I like the cover you drew, thanks for letting me post it.
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