Flea Pit, The
The Life And Times Of Doug Jaranski
The Flea-Pit: A combination of music and comic story. The brainchild of drummer/comic artist Wily van Haren (1969) and guitarist/singer Harald te Grotenhuis (1972). Their goal is to create a story where music and drawings complement each other. The Flea-Pit tells the story of Doug Jaranski, a tormented poet who is surrounded by booze and shady women. His life takes largely place in a bar called the Flea-Pit. Next to barman Pete, the Flea-Pit houses a strange gathering of people and creatures who appear in different guises. As the story starts to unfold the situations become more grotesque and unreal. By every page the line between reality and fantasy seems to vanish, leaving Doug trapped in dark and cold wasteland where he is confronted with his failures, lost love, the staring eyes of long dead famous poets and faces a giant mescal worm. This title includes a 48 page comic book and cd in wallet.