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Manix was both the title and main character of a comic strip serial published in the British comics anthology Eagle. The serial first appeared in issue 24 (dated September 4, 1982).
The serial was created by Alan Grant and John Wagner, who scripted the early story arcs. The strip was subsequently written by Grant using the pseudonym "Keith Law", and later by Scott Goodall.
The early adventures, like most of the serials published in Eagle at the time, were fumetti: illustrated by black-and-white photographs using actors, with text boxes and speech balloons superimposed. The photography for Manix was by Sven Arnstein. When Eagle ceased to publish fumettis and moved to a traditionally illustrated format in 1983, the art for the Manix strip was provided by Manuel Carmona.
Actors: Mark Januzelli (director), Mark Januzelli (editor), Mark Januzelli (producer), Mark Januzelli (writer), Ray Hale (actor), Thomas Connors (composer), Thomas Connors (actor), Jody Hahn (actress), Chauncey Brambach (actor), Tim Burt (actor), Ave Eshaghian (actor), Jennifer Buckhalter (actress), Jessica Smith (actress), Julissa Mirabal (miscellaneous crew), Jessica Seleck (actress),
Plot: Thirty two year old Jim Wentzhof is jolted from his complaisant lifestyle at home with Mom when estranged childhood pal, Dino, calls from Los Angeles with an intriguing proposition which Jim cannot refuse. Risking the comfort and security of his hometown, Sacramento, Jim packs all he thinks he will need for his one shot at Hollywood. He soon discovers a world far more complex and fragmented than the one he left behind. His taxing relationships with Dino, the tormented artist, and Rachele, the aspiring actress, along with the underground community of Los Angeles all seem to conspire against him. Unable to maintain his footing, Jim spirals through the confusion hoping to find the answers that will make sense of it all
Keywords: art, independent-film, narration, undergroundWould it hurt to show all the simple things
That makes us dirty and obscene
In wrinkled clothes below the streets in beds unkempt we lie in peace
We'd love to know what keeps you clean
And why you loathe those simple things
That make us awkward in the light let's celebrate an ugly life
And I'd really like to know the guarantee is getting old
And gray a little fall into the garbage of us all
To recognize the real disease if civil life can hold us up
Not like anyone will know
So let's begin to tow the line where nine to fives' make way to grime
And piss away those petty goals that were in favor of the dime
Forgo the morning everynight let's fight the signs we're civilized
And celebrate those simple things that only lowly fucks could find
Spent years talking 'bout leaving