{"product_id":"larry-bogus-bowled-over-bowled-over-9798869387141","title":"Larry Bogus: Bowled Over: Bowled Over","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): B. L. Blankenship\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: B. L. Blankenship\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: B. L. Blankenship\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Humorous\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the very early 2000s Benjamin Lee Blankenship - now known throughout the fiction world as B. L. Blankenship drew a comic strip about his father Larry Blankenship and entitled it and the protagonist Larry Bogus. Nearly 2 decades later after his father asked him to \u0026amp; fully funded the comic - a full-length 24-page comic book about the maniac depressive disordered character and his everyday antics. It was sincerely nice of him to fund this comic - the hook that went along with the funds was that it be a Larry Bogus comic. While dictating that, Larry then began to accost his wife (i.e. B. L.'s mother) while she was sitting right there for nearly an hour - exclaiming how everything is always her fault and never his \u0026amp; things of that nature. Stylistically, something like this might be most similar to Mad Magazine's Monroe, King of The Hill, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Daria, or something like that.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eB. L. Blankenship said of this that it is the absolute easiest thing that he could write - because he'd live around it for so many years. Frankly, if a television network read this they may want to base a Roseanne-type sitcom off of it or something - though it may be a bit closer to the fictitious television show Psycho Dad - that was Al Bundy's favorite program to watch on Married with Children. Many of the characters look a bit different than they do in real life \u0026amp; others were purposely not put in this out of respect for them. Jonelle \u0026amp; the writer himself - (renowned fiction\/horror author) B. L. Blankenship aka the Reverend Benjamin Lee Blankenship aka (Southern Gospel Music Z-List Celebrity, Lyricist, etc.) BEN*JAM - kinda had to be in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs always, B. L. would rather put out more products at reasonable prices than do crowdfunding. In late 2023 he began writing \u0026amp; putting out comic books. There are plenty more planned to come out through 2025 - including his HELLFIRE series which is on the back cover of this. If his comics do well enough to actually make money, or a comic book publisher hires him for work - that'll be counted as a win. Either way, he says that he plans to have fun making them in the meantime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46401647083671,"sku":"9798869387141","price":740.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798869387141.webp?v=1769057137","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/larry-bogus-bowled-over-bowled-over-9798869387141","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}