Diamonds & Hyenas
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| Title: | Diamonds & Hyenas |
| Publisher: | Criterion Press |
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| Author(s): | L.C. Wells |
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| Date(s): | 1996 |
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| Genre: | gen |
| Fandom: | Kung Fu: The Legend Continues |
| Language: | English |
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Diamonds & Hyenas is a gen 138-page Kung Fu: The Legend Continues novel by L.C. Wells.
The art is by L.C. Wells and Sharon M. Palmer (SMAP).
The work spans several years.
There are chapters for Part One in "Africa" in 1981, as well as for "America in 1995," and "America, the Next Day."
Description
From a distributor, Agent With Style:
Long before his illustrious career as a police captain, Paul Blaisdell was a mercenary, fighting and, if necessary, killing for hire. Crossing his path was a fellow mercenary named Kermit Griffin, who struck Paul as having a personal code of honor as well as a wickedly keen mind. Convincing Kermit to come back to civilization and promising him a place beside him in the police department, Paul moved forward with his life. Years later, the two former mercenaries, now captain and detective in the 101st precinct, their past unknown by the other members of the police force, receive invitations to the mysterious Mercenaries Ball. What do diamonds, hyenas and the hellhole of Angola have to do with it -- and why is someone shooting at them?
Origins of the Story
From the zine:
I freely admit that this story started as a "Get Kermit In Trouble" story. A year and a half ago, I came back from the movie Ready-To-Wear and thought it would be neat to get Kermit into a tuxedo. To get Kermit into a tux it would be necessary to get him into a situation where he needed to wear one the Mercenaries Ball. Why would he be going there, why was it in town, why, why, why...
The story grew from this and went through many different configurations before the first draft was done. This was a mere 40 pages, all written before I got a chance to see the beginning season of the show and many of the pivotal Kermit episodes.
Doing the Research Pre-Internet
From the zine:
In the course of researching South Africa, I was amazed at how much there is on South Africa and the Serengetti, some of Namibia and nothing at all on Angola. It is listed as one of the most dangerous places in the world and the newspaper articles I read bear this out, but it's strange to find a place on this The planet that doesn't have more than a tiny chapter in one of many tour books. The best sources of information came from the Washington Post and The New York Times.
Sample Interior
Sharon M. Palmer (SMAP)
Sharon M. Palmer (SMAP)
L.C. Wells
Sharon M. Palmer (SMAP)
L.C. Wells
L.C. Wells
