THE CATERER COMI

An oblong gift to fans of 70s pulp and of cult author Jeff Lint

Thirty years after the spectacular collapse of Pearl Comics, a celebration of the cause of that collapse – Jeff Lint’s THE CATERER.

Described by Alan Moore as “the holy barnacle of failure”, The Caterer dragged Pearl into a legal hell when its hero spent the whole of Issue 9 on a killing spree in Disneyland. The smirking Jack Marsden became a cult figure and role model for enigmatic idiots in the mid-70s. His style and catchphrases were such an insider code that hundreds of people got beaten up by baffled or enraged onlookers.

Steve Aylett presents a reprint of Issue 3: this stand-out issue includes the beginning of Marsden’s goat obsession, a fierce appearance by the ghostly Hoston Pete, a great example of the Marsden ‘stillness’ and no less than four classic Marsden hallucinations. The leaning Chief Bayard’s preoccupation with our hero results in the violent deaths of six people, and Jack delivers his infamous ‘lipstick for dog’ diatribe.

Color cover and strange 1970s color throughout – full use of the word ‘thru’, the term ‘strides’ for pants, and repetition of the phrase ‘stroll on’, never used by a single person in real life ever.

For those who read LINT and those who love Lint, an artifact to baffle friends and scorch the eyelashes of one’s enemies.

Includes ads and letters pages in the Caterer style.

This is an oblong gift to fans of 70s pulp and of cult author Jeff Lint.

Color reprint of Jeff Lint’s THE CATERER issue 3
Color cover + 28 color pages.
6.625ins width x 10.25ins depth
(16.83cm width x 26cm depth)
32 pages
$9.45 (around Ôø?5.67)

COURTESY S. AYLETT!