Netflix just recommended that I watch the awesomely bad 1986 film, Howard the Duck.
Doubled over with laughter at the thought of actually subjecting myself to that movie again, I Wikipedia'd it to figure out where this insane story came from. I had no idea Howard the Duck was a comic character going back to 1973!
As an aside, these are the wonderous gifts of knowledge given to me by Wikipedia.
As I read through the article I came by the section with Howard's fictional biography. Holy acid trip, Batman. Here's just the beginning:
Howard is abducted from New Stork City on his native world and dropped into the Florida Everglades by the demonic Thog the Overmaster of the dread realm Sominus.[5] There, he meets the Man-Thing and Korrek the Barbarian.[6] Shortly thereafter, Howard meets Dakimh the Enchanter and Jennifer Kale as well, but then falls off a set of inter-dimensional stepping stones.[7] Before long, he materializes in Cleveland, Ohio. There he battles Garko the Man-Frog [8], after which he is arrested for disturbing the peace and mistaken for a mutant during a strip search. Upon release (because the officer fears he has mutant abilities that could be used against him), he encounters a vampire cow, Bessie the Hellcow.[9]
Bessie the Hellcow? Are you serious? Look at that plot. I mean, come on. People actually made money with this! Screw it, I'm quitting my job to become a writer. Clearly, there's room for any semblance of talent, so long as ou can get someone to decide that your insanity is just quirky enough to make it campy and fun.
Further aside- oh man I love that Wikipedia even links to its entire page devoted to strip searches. Fantastic!
