Who’s your “Hagar”?

When I first started out in cartooning, I used to copy Hagar the Horrible. And my work was a replica of Hagar the Horrible. But then I added other cartoons, like Dennis the Menace, Calvin and Hobbes etc. And my work became my own.
~ Sean D’Souza

 

I would say Allen Ginsberg was my Hagar.  Following that, William Burroughs, Jon San Foer, Gregory Corso, David Foster Wallace, Kurt Vonnegut, and H.G. Wells.  Who are the greatest influences on your writing?

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  1. Ray Bradbury, Jean Plaidy (embarrassing but true) John Steinbeck, Dave Barry….:) I liked Vonnegut’s unrooted man…:)

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  2. vanyieck

     /  January 9, 2013

    C.S. Lewis, Kinky Friedman, Tom Robbins and Chinua Achebe. Eclectic to be sure, but all powerful influences.

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