Stump Hassler

Stump Hassler is one of the offbeat denizens of Daniel Clowes's cult Fantagraphics series Lloyd Llewellyn, debuting in 1986 at the dawn of the alternative comics revolution that would define the Copper Age's indie underground. A supporting player in Clowes's stylishly deadpan world, Stump shares the page with the likes of Lloyd Llewellyn himself, Fatima, and Ernie Hoyle — a cast of characters as idiosyncratic as the series that houses them. With appearances collected across the treasured Golden Treasury and The Official Lloyd Llewellyn Collection, Stump is a small but genuine piece of early Clowes history — and for fans of alternative comics at their most distinctive, that's well worth tracking down.