| I can't remember
exactly when and where I met Denny Eichhorn. It
must have been in the early 1990's, as I can
remember visiting him in either 1994 or 1995. I
believe I met him through Mike Hoy of Loompanics
books, where he worked at that time. At the
time, I had no idea of his "Real Stuff" comic
persona until he gave me a set of his comics.
The level of violence in his comics would lead
you to imagine Denny as a real hot-head, but in
fact he he is one of the more mellow people I
know.
One of the reasons I now "blog" is
because of Eichhorn. Denny told me that he found
the comic treatment of some of his more extreme
life events to be something of a
psychic exorcism, and helped him "get over" the
various life traumas. While I've not yet written
about some of the more traumatic events in my
life, I actually look forward to doing so, as I
can tell already that "full disclosure" is
emotionally helpful to some, like me and
Eichhorn.
As you can see, I made Denny pose with
the novel
To Live and Die in LA
which is the basis of my favorite film of all
time. When I first visited Denny, I was
surprised to see that he, like me, had read
Numbers by John Rechy.
Despite owning most
of the original comics, I bought the compilation
volume recently published. It had a few comics I
did not have. So if you want the original, very
funny, very sad, very weird, "full disclosure"
life blog then go forth and buy Denny's
book.
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