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The son of the greatest barbarian who ever lived is thrust into a quest that, frankly, he'd rather sit out.
Long before darkness descended upon the realm, Mungletown was protected by noble heroes led by the great loin-clothed warrior Hellcock. So fearsome was his might that . . . well, actually, a dragon eats him on page nine. But never mind that! Years later he's still hanging around as a ghost to cajole his disappointment of a son, Allen, into taking up the mantle and becoming a proper heir to the Hellcock legacy. But Allen prefers a simpler life of eating sandwiches, drawing his own pretty terrible comic books, and being afraid to talk to girls. When Kaarl, the son of Hellcock's retired nemesis Lord Krong, attacks the town to break up the monotony of peacetime, only local rabble-rouser Madeleine stands up to him. In a desperate bid to impress her, Allen decides to get Hellcock's old band of adventurers back together and take the fight to Kaarl. Without much of a plan or any useful skills, what happens next is quite painful to witness.
From the comedic minds of Will Tracy (The Onion, Last Week Tonight With John Oliver) and Gabe Koplowitz (VICELAND), ALLEN, SON OF HELLCOCK has it all: washed-up sorcerers and swordsmen, terrifying horse-donkeys, sensitive ogres, fashionable elves, ornery minotaur landlords, an exceedingly polite retired despot, a black-hearted but oddly lovable villain, an idealistic young woman who's the only one with any brains, and a would-be warrior who can't seem to escape his own hackneyed destiny . . .
Long before darkness descended upon the realm, Mungletown was protected by noble heroes led by the great loin-clothed warrior Hellcock. So fearsome was his might that . . . well, actually, a dragon eats him on page nine. But never mind that! Years later he's still hanging around as a ghost to cajole his disappointment of a son, Allen, into taking up the mantle and becoming a proper heir to the Hellcock legacy. But Allen prefers a simpler life of eating sandwiches, drawing his own pretty terrible comic books, and being afraid to talk to girls. When Kaarl, the son of Hellcock's retired nemesis Lord Krong, attacks the town to break up the monotony of peacetime, only local rabble-rouser Madeleine stands up to him. In a desperate bid to impress her, Allen decides to get Hellcock's old band of adventurers back together and take the fight to Kaarl. Without much of a plan or any useful skills, what happens next is quite painful to witness.
From the comedic minds of Will Tracy (The Onion, Last Week Tonight With John Oliver) and Gabe Koplowitz (VICELAND), ALLEN, SON OF HELLCOCK has it all: washed-up sorcerers and swordsmen, terrifying horse-donkeys, sensitive ogres, fashionable elves, ornery minotaur landlords, an exceedingly polite retired despot, a black-hearted but oddly lovable villain, an idealistic young woman who's the only one with any brains, and a would-be warrior who can't seem to escape his own hackneyed destiny . . .
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The Fatheads who wrote ALLEN,SON OF HELLOCK, don't laugh at jokes. No. They listen, then nod their heads, sagely, and make comments like 'ah, yes. That is quite funny' and 'I see what you are doing, verbally, with the use of outrage-e-osity vis-a-vis logic.' They make up words like 'outrage-e-osity'! Honestly! I have no time for any of them...
- Tom Hanks
I don't often provide blurbs for books, but when the writers literally have you chained to a wall and are refusing to let you leave before you give them one, you tend to relax your standards. Enjoy this book. I did. Now let me go, please.
- John Oliver
As an unsolicited exercise in juvenilia, Allen: Son of Hellcock is very funny and wonderfully illustrated. I was equally surprised by how much I liked it and that it existed at all. - Jesse Eisenberg
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY -- Takes you on a fantastical journey that includes everything from horse-donkeys to fashionable elves.
FORCES OF GEEK -- I was only two pages in when I realized this might be the funniest book of the year.
BLEEDING COOL -- Funny and poignant.
- Tom Hanks
I don't often provide blurbs for books, but when the writers literally have you chained to a wall and are refusing to let you leave before you give them one, you tend to relax your standards. Enjoy this book. I did. Now let me go, please.
- John Oliver
As an unsolicited exercise in juvenilia, Allen: Son of Hellcock is very funny and wonderfully illustrated. I was equally surprised by how much I liked it and that it existed at all. - Jesse Eisenberg
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY -- Takes you on a fantastical journey that includes everything from horse-donkeys to fashionable elves.
FORCES OF GEEK -- I was only two pages in when I realized this might be the funniest book of the year.
BLEEDING COOL -- Funny and poignant.
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- PublisherZ2 Comics
- Publication date2017
- ISBN 10 194087808X
- ISBN 13 9781940878089
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages136
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