P O P C U L T U R E C A N T I N A

I began writing STORMY FOSTER RETURNS as a sequel to my 2021 superhero fantasy THE FILE ON STORMY FOSTER, but in the process of crafting the plot, it became something very different. While it isn't wrong to think of this new graphic novel as a sequel, it's more accurate to call it something else: The culmination of unrelated storylines that I've been working on for ten years! Imagine my surprise when I realized that those stories weren't unrelated; all of them were linked, and among those links I could detect a hidden narrative. My challenge was to make the links explicit, excavate that narrative and make it engaging. You will be the judge of whether or not I met that challenge when you read STORMY FOSTER RETURNS. CONCEPT AND TEXT BY HAMPTON JACOBS, inspired by the music of THE WALKER BROTHERS. ILLUSTRATIONS BY STUFFED ANIMAL, inspired by the artwork of TRINA ROBBINS. COSTUMES BY HENRIETTA LA DEL BARRIO, inspired by BOYD CLOPTON. PROLOGUE: “DOIN’ THE JERK!” TIME + PLACE...