{"product_id":"savage-world-of-tony-lorenz-9781942801535","title":"Savage World of Tony Lorenz","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVikings, wizards, reanimated skeletons, street gangs, teen arcades, mystic swords and haunted jewels meld perfectly in this DIY saga that captures the exuberance of limitless adolescent daydreams.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWelcome to the fantastical, mind-bending and wholesomely \u003ci\u003eSavage World of Tony Lorenz\u003c\/i\u003e, the cult cartoonist who worked during the height of the indie '80s black-and-white comics boom and brought-to-life the hit first issue of the acutely offbeat comic series \u003ci\u003eJONTAR\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTogether with his high-school classmate, \u003cb\u003eTony Lorenz\u003c\/b\u003e co-created the ambitious 124-page fantasy-adventure \u003cb\u003eSAVAGE WORLD\u003c\/b\u003e, chronicling the exploits of sailors Slick and Jimi, who after being engulfed by a mysterious fog are transported to a prehistoric dimension. The aesthetic friction of a maritime fable rendered unintentionally in the style of 80s punk flyers propels what was once rejected as woefully amateur into rediscovered outsider art for the new millennium.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong with several other curated works collected in this expansive volume, \u003ci\u003eTHE SAVAGE WORLD OF TONY LORENZ\u003c\/i\u003e is a celebration of the untrained and unrestrained, with many of these cosmic creations hitting print for the very first time ever!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnter a world where politics means nothing, a world where wizards and churches reign supreme, a world where men live for the adventure, welcome to--\u003cb\u003eThe Savage World\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBattlin' Ram\u003c\/b\u003e is breaking into action and you don't want to miss it!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNight Stalker\u003c\/b\u003e - A mysterious caped hero swings among the skyscrapers of Seattle. He is not known yet, but in a very short time people will know his eerie name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in London, England \u003cb\u003eTony Lorenz\u003c\/b\u003e spent his childhood as an American army brat bouncing around from such far flung places as Italy, Seattle, Colorado, and Texas. A creative passion for drawing comics was sparked and he never looked back since.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the age of seventeen, Tony created the singular imagery for the hit first issue of the celebrated cult comic series \u003ci\u003eJONTAR\u003c\/i\u003e. For the past 40 years nearly one hundred unread pages of SAVAGE WORLD, as well as several other unpublished works from the era have been locked away in a storage closet until being unearthed for \u003ci\u003eTHE SAVAGE WORLD OF TONY LORENZ\u003c\/i\u003e, an expansive trade paperback published by Floating World Comics in 2024.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the past several decades, Tony has remained active in the small press community self-releasing works like his 18-issue, digest sized sci-fi opus \u003ci\u003eFUTURO TIERRA\u003c\/i\u003e. Tony presently resides in Tampa, Florida with his lovely wife. He has two children and three grandchildren.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Power Comics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51690542661906,"sku":"9781942801535","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7f3efc43-4ba0-49d6-b000-2716e78e29ca.jpg?v=1761739030","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/savage-world-of-tony-lorenz-9781942801535","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}