Q&A: Captain Cannabis has sparked a whole new industry for Vancouver illustrator Verne Andru

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\u0022When I first envisioned the character it was in a Prohibition world where the bad guys were the narcs. In the post\u002DProhibition world, which I thought was…

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That is, until the day that he sparked up a number rolled from a stash of intergalactic bud that shipped in from outer space in 1947 when a UFO crashed in Rosewell, New Mexico. One toke from the glowing green spliff and Lighter turns into Captain Cannabis, a sensi-super on a mission to defend the world from the forces of evil. From X-ray vision to super strength, this green-caped crusader is always ready to do the right thing.Created by Vancouver-based artist and illustrator Verne Andru, Captain Cannabis’ saga spans both graphic and animated volumes and the first three issues are captured in a new graphic novella.

was released in 1972 and it looked like it would lead to legalization. So I took a Captain Canuck type character and changed the red and white suit into green and yellow and Captain Cannabis was born in 1975.: Comic work takes an incredible amount of time to do, and I was sidetracked from my own comics when I got hired by Nelvana to work on the cult-classic Rock & Rule and found myself working deadlines full time on advertising campaigns, etc.

 

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