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Love Walks In

By Charles ⋅ July 7, 2008 ⋅  Email this post ⋅  Print this post ⋅ Post a comment

There’s a local character in my neighborhood named Anthony. He’s been a regular drop-in guest at many of the area businesses, from the tattoo parlor to the video rental store and likely many more. I never really knew much about him except he suffered from some kind of developmental disability and always seemed to be in a perky mood. When a friend and I opened a clothing store, he started occasionally popping in to say hello to my female business partner. This went on harmlessly for a few months until one day he allegedly grabbed her boobs and as a result was given a stern talking to by the guys in the tattoo shop. Evidently, chicks don’t dig that sort of thing.

Fast forward a couple of months. Today he surprised me by coming in and asking for me by name. He preceded to tell me he had t-shirts to sell based on artwork from his upcoming comic book, which I later found out was named “Love Walks In.” With my interest peaked, I told him to bring them by so I could have a look. He brought me one shirt featuring a seemingly headless protagonist sporting a “I Love New Jersey” shirt heading off to confront a villain bent on the destruction of the cover girl (and nominee for best porno name ever) Kiwi Sweat. Was my interest peaked? Affirmative.

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Back:

To my surprise, the shirt sold only hours later. Needles to say, I told him to bring by more shirts and any drawings he has. Looks like we may have a budding Daniel Johnston on our hands.

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