The Errol Flynn Blog

 

I recently discovered a series of comic books and thought you might be interested. (It was not my own find, but a gallant gentleman from Austria gave me the hint.)

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It is a series of four comic albums called “Flynn” by Dick Matena, a Dutch comic artist. Originally, six volumes were planned, but only four were realised.

 

The hero of this series is called Earl Flynn. Although the stories as such are purely ficticious, Earl is clearly based upon Errol. He works as an actor in Hollywood, but is terribly bored with his job and seeks adventure whenever possible. He is quite a womaniser, constantly fighting with his producer Sam Goldfish, and you can find many allusions to Hollywood and to Errol’s life and character.

 

 

Volume I, titled “Der weiße Tod” (The white death), takes us to Hollywood where a pirate film is shot with Flynn’s double, while Flynn himself is enjoying the company of a young woman. When he is leaving the stuido, he is attacked by a man who accuses Flynn of being responsible for the suicide of his wife. Flynn then decides to leave Hollywood as fast as possible and goes yachting to the coast of Africa. When he leaves the boat to go searching for fresh water, he is captured by a group of native“leopard men” who take him to their village. There, he meets a young white woman who is taken as a hostage, and the adventure begins…

 

 

Volume II, titled “Gelbfieber” (Yellow fever), finds Flynn with his Chinese friend Wang training for Flynn’s stunts in his upcoming film (however, Sam Goldfish would refuse Flynn doing his own stunts…). He takes Wang’s sister along to the studio to show her what it is like, but all of a sudden, Wang is being attacked on his boat in the harbour and his sister is kidnapped in the studio by a group of Chinese who want the sister for their boss, a brothel owner named “Mandarin”. Flynn, of course, is going to help her…

 

 

Volume III, titled “Der schwarze Engel” (The black angel), takes daring Flynn on an adventurous chase after the murderer of his stunt buddy.

 

 

Volume IV, titled “Der dunkelblaue Tod” (The dark blue death),  confronts Flynn with aliens in the Amazonas jungle. There is also a director named Michael Cortez…

 

So as you can see, the stories are quite adventurous, and I think Errol might have liked experiencing them. Even though the drawings show not such a resemblance as those in “Captain Flynn”, it is an enjoyable read. I found a site where you could download one of the albums, but after our recent experiences I ask you to be careful, I did not verify the site: http://www.filestube.com/d/der+schwarze+engel

 

— Inga