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Article: Chaykin A Man quick on the draw; interview with HOWARD CHAYKIN Author of AMERICAN FLAGG VOLUMES 1 & 2.(Features)
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- Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
- Article date:
- October 11, 2009
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SHAGGY is a half-and-half sort of guy.
The bottle of Stella he brandishes in his fist is half-drunk, for instance. Shaggy's half-drunk, too.
He is also 50 per cent screw-up; 50 per cent some sort of success.
Too much hardcore partying during his 40 years on this planet has undoubtedly been fun.
But it has taken its toll on the graphic designer.
Shaggy's tortured tumble of hipster hair is much like himself - lacking any sort of direction.
Not that he has been dragged through a hedge, backwards. Shaggy IS the hedge others ...