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5 unusual facts about Todd Loren


Todd Loren

In 1989, he sold Musicade and started Revolutionary Comics, which produced Rock 'N' Roll Comics, a line of unauthorized comic book biographies of rock stars prompted in part by the success of an unauthorized Bruce Springsteen parody comic called "Hey Boss."

He hired "Hey Boss" artist Larry Nadolsky to draw the first issue of Rock 'N' Roll Comics, which profiled Guns N' Roses.

Appearing in the film are Alice Cooper, publishers Gary Groth (Fantagraphics) and Denis Kitchen (Kitchen Sink Press), famed groupie Cynthia Plaster Caster, underground painter and RevCom cover artist Robert Williams (known for his controversial album art for the first Guns N' Roses LP), RnR Comics co-creator Jay Allen Sanford, Gene Simmons (audio only), and more.

Todd Loren (1960–1992, born Stuart Loren Shapiro) was an American comic book publisher, owner of Revolutionary Comics and its title Rock 'N' Roll Comics.

Loren's father, Herb Shapiro was the President of the company operating Revolutionary Comics, Infinite One Inc.



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