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[[File:Payne_Brothers_The_1_Lloyd_Llewellyn_Special_1.png|right|200px]][[File:Payne_Brothers_The_2_Lloyd_Llewellyn_Special_1.png|right|200px]][[File:Payne_Brothers_The_3_Lloyd_Llewellyn_Special_1.png|right|200px]]Wild African-American rock and roll singer from the 1950s, in the "Wild Night in Tiger-Town" story of comic book '' [https://www.comics.org/issue/68717/ Lloyd Llewellyn Special]'' #1 (December 1988), written and drawn by Daniel Clowes. | [[File:Payne_Brothers_The_1_Lloyd_Llewellyn_Special_1.png|right|200px]][[File:Payne_Brothers_The_2_Lloyd_Llewellyn_Special_1.png|right|200px]][[File:Payne_Brothers_The_3_Lloyd_Llewellyn_Special_1.png|right|200px]]Wild African-American rock and roll singer from the 1950s, in the "Wild Night in Tiger-Town" story of comic book '' [https://www.comics.org/issue/68717/ Lloyd Llewellyn Special]'' #1 (December 1988), written and drawn by Daniel Clowes. | ||
| − | He is a veiled version of | + | He is a veiled version of actual wild 1950s rocker [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esquerita Esquerita], but his name evokes both [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howlin%27_Wolf Howlin' Wolf] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screamin%27_Jay_Hawkins Screamin' Jay Hawkins]. |
While on tour, Thurston runs into a local band that idolizes him, [[The Payne Brothers]]. | While on tour, Thurston runs into a local band that idolizes him, [[The Payne Brothers]]. | ||
Latest revision as of 08:55, 11 March 2025
Wild African-American rock and roll singer from the 1950s, in the "Wild Night in Tiger-Town" story of comic book Lloyd Llewellyn Special #1 (December 1988), written and drawn by Daniel Clowes.
He is a veiled version of actual wild 1950s rocker Esquerita, but his name evokes both Howlin' Wolf and Screamin' Jay Hawkins.
While on tour, Thurston runs into a local band that idolizes him, The Payne Brothers.
