Fishboy (comics)

"Fishboy: Denizen of the Deep" was a black and white comic strip appearing in the British comic book "Buster" between 1968 and 1975, written by Scott Goodall and drawn by John Stokes and others. As with most UK comic books, neither the writer nor artists were credited.

The title character is a British boy who was abandoned on a desert island as a baby and survived as a feral child by learning to breathe underwater and talk to shark and other sea creatures. He also developed webbed fingers and toes which gave him the ability to swim as fast as a car.

The strip follows his adventures as a teenager as he travels the world's seas searching for his long-lost parents and helping people in trouble.

Goodall also wrote Kid Chameleon for "Cor!!", another comic strip featuring a feral boy on a similar quest.

Fishboy appears in the 2005 comic "Albion", as one of a number of comic book characters who have been imprisoned by the British government. He was captured off the coast of Japan. He has seemingly grown more fishlike since his last appearance.

Fishboy is also a band reigning from the Dallas/Fort Worth area. The four piece paid tribute to their last album to the small college town of Denton, TX. Fishboy's next album, due to release in fall of 2007 will be a rock opera where they tell the tale of how they save the Lone Star State with the help of Buddy Holly's ghost and with the power of rock and roll.

In the horror movie "House of 1000 Corpses", "Fishboy" is the title given by the character Otis B. Driftwood for his sadistic sculpture, which combines the upper body of a human with a large fish tail.

External links

* [http://www.fishboy.com Fishboy Art and Design]
* [http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/f/fishboy.htm Some of the above is derived from this page]
* [http://www.britishcomicart.netfirms.com/stokes/stokes_fshboy_01.html 2-page Fishboy instalment drawn by John Stokes]
* [http://www.yofishboy.com]