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Interests

  • General

    Doing my own cartooning
    Delving into the history of the comics medium
    Listening to rock and roll music, especially The Beatles
    Comedy! Sitcoms, stand-up, movies!
    Working on my website, ..Hembeck.com
    Going to Disney World with my wacky little family
    Follow New York Mets baseball

  • Music

    The Beatles
    Paul McCartney solo
    John Lennon solo
    George Harrison solo
    (even) Ringo Starr solo
    The Beach Boys
    Brian Wilson solo
    The Who
    Pete Townshend solo
    And after those top three groups (and their various offshoots), in no particular order...
    10cc
    Bing Crosby
    Abba
    Neil Young
    Nellie McKay
    Erasure
    Nat King Cole
    Gene Pitney
    Lesley Gore
    The Rolling Stones
    Pet Shop Boys
    Jefferson Airplane
    Smokey Robinson
    Dire Straits
    Elvis Costello
    Elvis Presley
    The White Stripes
    Yes
    Louis Jordan
    Led Zeppelin
    Carpenters
    Barenaked Ladies
    Donovan
    Al Green
    Robbie Williams
    Elton John
    k.d. lang
    Herb Alpert
    David Bowie
    Dean Martin
    Santana
    Mandy Patinken
    The Zombies
    Andrews Sisters
    Sam Cooke
    The Kinks
    The Guess Who
    Supertramp
    The Roches
    Rod Stewart
    Peggy Lee
    XTC
    Diana Ross and the Supremes
    Benny Goodman
    Steely Dan
    Brian Setzer
    Squeeze
    Shania Twain
    Traffic
    Electric Light Orchestra
    Chuck Berry
    The Byrds
    Grass Roots
    Billy Joel
    Pink Floyd
    The Four Seasons
    Donna Summer
    The Hollies
    Lovin' Spoonful
    Roy Orbison
    Artie Shaw
    The Shins
    Shoes
    Be Bop Deluxe
    Rick Nelson
    The Four Tops
    Tears For Fears
    Soupy Sales
    Jonathan Richman
    Frank Sinatra
    Dave Clark 5
    Chicago Transit Authority
    The Buckinghams
    Del Shannon
    Fleetwood Mac
    The Temptations
    Burt Bacharach
    Derek and the Dominoes
    Dwight Twilley
    Jay and the Americans
    The Searchers
    Buffalo Springfield
    The Drifters
    Bruce Springsteen
    Andy Williams
    Cream
    The Turtles
    Creedence Clearwater Revival
    Janis Joplin
    The Doors
    John Southworth
    Stevie Wonder
    Badfinger
    Bob Dylan
    Sammy Davis Jr.
    The Allman Brothers
    Greg Kihn Band
    The Eagles
    Lou Christie
    Blondie
    The Monkees
    Jules Shear
    Bee Gees
    Air
    Carole King
    Louise Goffin
    Harry Nilsson
    Jimi Hendrix
    The Pointer Sisters
    Love
    The Cars
    Laura Nyro
    Al Kooper
    The Jackson 5
    Simon and Garfunkel
    The Rasberries
    Eurythmics
    Phil Spector
    Enya

  • Movies

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
    Elf
    The Bride of Frankenstein
    Superman the Movie
    The Maltese Falcon
    The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
    Spider-Man 1 and 2
    A Hard Day's Night
    The Wizard of Oz
    Miracle on 34th Street
    Duck Soup
    Sunset Boulevard
    Strangers On A Train
    The Road To Rio
    Some Like It Hot
    Field of Dreams
    Buck Privates
    Gone With The Wind
    Woodstock
    The Parent Trap
    A Clockwork Orange
    Son of Paleface
    Singin' In The Rain
    Cat Ballou
    It's A Wonderful Life
    The Nutty Professor
    Stalag 13
    That Thing You Do
    On The Waterfront
    The Godfather 1 and 2
    Modern Love
    Citizen Kane
    Twelve Angry Men
    The Major and The Minor
    The Road Warrior
    Birds Do It

  • Television

    24
    Seinfeld
    The Dick Van Dyke Show
    The Adventures of Superman
    Twin Peaks
    The Jack Benny Program
    The Office (American version)
    Car 54, Where Are You?
    Leave It To Beaver
    Sgt. Bilko
    Mary Tyler Moore Show
    Soupy Sales
    All My Children
    The Simpsons
    The West Wing
    Freaks and Geeks
    Curb Your Enthusiasm
    The Larry Sanders Show
    Lou Grant
    Buffy The Vampire Slayer
    Angel
    Firefly
    St. Elsewhere
    Burns and Allen
    Gilmore Girls
    Desperate Housewives
    Countdown with Keith Olbermann
    Saturday Night Live
    My Name Is Earl
    Abbott and Costello Show
    The Wonder Years
    Skag
    The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
    Batman The Animated Series
    The Time Tunnel
    Maybe It's Me
    Hill Street Blues
    Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
    Gomer Pyle USMC
    I Love Lucy
    The Honeymooners
    Shindig!
    Cheers
    King Of The Hill
    er
    Bernie Mac
    Lois and Clark
    Max Headroom
    SpongeBob SquarePants
    Frasier
    Our World
    Smallville
    Las Vegas
    Barney Miller
    Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
    Late Nite with Conan O'Brien
    Arrested Development
    Live With Regis and Kelly
    Dragnet

  • Books

    Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
    Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger
    Amazing Spider-Man by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko
    Fantastic Four by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
    Marge's Little Lulu by John Stanley and Irving Tripp
    Little Archie by Bob Bolling
    Preacher by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon
    Swamp Thing by Alan Moore and others
    Dennis the Menace by Fred Toole and Al Wiseman
    Shout! by Philip Norman
    The Spirit by Will Eisner
    The Mothman Prophercies by John Keel

  • Heroes

    Stan Lee
    John, Paul, George and Ringo
    Jack Benny
    Christopher Reeve
    Jack Kirby
    Steve Ditko
    Bob Hope
    Jim Steranko
    Superman himself!

Blurbs

About me:

Hey look! It's my book!!

Hiya folks!

My name is Fred Hembeck and I'm a cartoonist. I've been contributing odds and ends to various Marvel and DC Comics for over a quarter century now, not to mention a boatload of material to scores of fanzines from that same time period. And the latter is pretty much what you'll find collected within the 900 plus pages of "The Nearly Complete Essential Hembeck Archives Omnibus"(to be published by Image Comics, mid-February 2008). To learn even more about this extensive volume, I suggest you follow the link in the title over to a special page on my Hembeck.com website where you'll find ALL the details, such as what exactly is included, and how you can get ahold of autographed copies directly from moi, or even--for a modest additional fee--copies featuring a fresh original drawing (character of your choice!) done by yours truly! Quite possibly the most exciting news in the book world since the release of the final "Harry Potter" volume (and quite possibly not), we're very excited about "The Nearly Complete Essential Hembeck Archives Omnibus" around these parts, and hope to share our giddiness with all our MySpace Friends!

Oh, that's right--I mentioned Hembeck.com, didn't I?

Well, if I ALREADY have a website, what the heck am I doing over here at MySpace, you may be wondering? Blame my daughter Julie. I do pretty much everything she tells me to do, and she thought having a MySpace page might be a nice adjunct to my regular blog, ..Fred Sez. And considering all the great folks I've met here, it seems as if she was right on the money--smart kid (she gets THAT from her mom)!

(I should also probably mention that I sell my original artwork--as well as carefully selected excess portions of my ever burgeoning comic book collection--..over at eBay. You can check if you're curious--SOMETHING is always up for sale!)

In the category of blah blah blah, let it be known that I live in upstate New York with my wonderful wife Lynn (coming up on 29 years of wedded bliss) and our always entertaining teen-age daughter Julie, along with the cat brothers, Mario and Luigi (guess what little Julie was into when we got them nine years ago), and rabbit Romeo. I draw, I read, I listen to music, I watch TV, and--now more than ever--spend a whole lot of time on the computer!

Stop by and say "hi" if you get the chance! Cuz after all, this is MY space!...

Who I'd like to meet:

Paul McCartney
Ringo Starr
Pete Townshend
Soupy Sales
Conan O'Brien
Hayley Mills
Bill Clinton
Jack Larson
Teri Hatcher

Details

  • Status: Married
  • Orientation: Straight
  • Zodiac Sign: Aquarius
  • Children: Proud parent
  • Education: College graduate

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