"The Half Angel Returns"

The thing about characters you create is that after a while they take on lives of their own. This is true no matter if you're a pro or entry level story hacker. My beloved character "Timmy Tom" certainly did this.

He began as a children's story, and ended up as a Queer Anarchist Comix Book adventure. Long story there, but ya gets the drift.

Anyway my little pal, and his boyfriend went through all manner of mayhem in their journey from cute kiddy story to being bank robbing Queer Daddies.

Hey they knocked over Mob Casio's, and Fed gold depositories to feed the hungry. Com'on it was win-win for everybody. Our heroes Timmy, and his main squeeze June June laundered the gold with the Buddhist Mafia for cash.

Them Buddhists used the gold to build temples, and our two pals used the cash to feed, and otherwise support battered wives runaways homeless veterans, and the generally fucked over.

Everybody happy.

Well okay except for the Mob, and the bleeping U.S. Gobbermint...bleep'em!

Yeah it's all a long story ya had to be there yada yada...be cool. 

The Saga starts anew below. Btw I have no idea where June June got to. Timmy sez the last he saw of him was in some  leather bar  in Shanghai. Though he thinks he'll show up sooner or later.

Okay lets get to it...

"THE CONTINUANCE OF THE TIMMY TOM SAGA"

Timmy Tom, Timmy Tom the Half Angel opened his eyes.

Angel eyes.

Eyes that burn like coals.

Eyes that flash the Spectrum's.

Eyes that can pierce your Soul!

He'd been asleep for a long time. Angels even Half Angels like Timmy can sleep for Ages. Mountains can rise, and fall oceans come, and go even the stars ever dancing above us can change their positions before an Angel awakes.

Though Timmy Tom's rest was not that long. In celestial terms just a nap really. Barely a fifth of a human life had passed before Timmy stirred, and opened his eyes.

Golden eyes.

Flaming eyes.

The moon was waning dawn was coming.


Stay tuned.

Hey okay it ain't much yet. Like I say your characters come, and act in their own good time. Timmy has been away for years. Maybe as long as eight or so years.

Give'em time the adventures ought to be getting started pretty soon.

We'll see what happens.

"Some Back Story"

Above is the t-shirt design for the stories about "Timmy Tom" that I broadcast on WBAI back in the day. This was the first, as far as I know, Queer t-shirt for the radio station.

Though the fact that it's "Queer" came as a surprise to many of the wearers. "...but I though it was just a cute Angel."

Surprise!

Actually it wouldn't have been that big a surprise if the station's business manager hadn't insisted that I make a certain change to it. 

Said my dear pal Indira, 

"...Sydney for heaven's sakes!"

"Many of our listener's might not want to walk around in a shirt with a picture of a guy with his schlong hanging out."

"...cover it up!"

Aw heck nobody has a sense of humor any more.

Stay tuned.