Born on this day: novelist
Tama Janowitz, author of
Slaves of New York, A Cannibal in Manhattan, By the Shores of Gitchee Gumee, Area Code 212 and more! She is the
only Brat Pack writer who teamed up with Spider-Man, aside from those issues of
Spidey Super Stories that guest-star Bret Easton Ellis.
from Spectacular Spider-Man #144 (Marvel, November 1988), script by Gerry Conway, pencils and inks by Sal Buscema, colors by Bob Sharen, letters by Rick Parker
To this little stuffed reader's admittedly beady black button eyes, Tama Janowitz spent a tremendous amount of time in that issue
flirting with then-married Peter Parker.
She always seemed to want to go out for a meal. Well, maybe she was just hungry.
(PS: you are
never allowed to leave a book signing just because you want lunch. That's a
big no-no! You don't leave your autograph hunters waiting like that. Friendly bookstore staff will bring you things to nibble on and drinks if it's a food-mergency. Take it from me, a little stuffed book publishing professional veteran.)
Still, if you
were puttin' the moves on a married man, Tama, ya maybe shoulda picked somebody else, because…
Was Peter tempted by Tama? Well, sure, we all do! But in the end...
Say, Tama, would you like to appear in a sequel to this comic book? Maybe even become a regular member of the Spider-Man cast?
from Spectacular Spider-Man #151 (Marvel, June 1989)
Happy birthday, Tama!
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