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Zack Rosen's book review of Jayms Blonde is both The
Cover Story for David of Atlanta
As an agent of STOP (Stop Terrorizing Our Planet), Jayms fights for the environment against the nefarious ZENRON Corporation (Zillionaire Environmental Nihilists Reinstating Oligarchy Nobility) with his arsenal of deadly cosmetic products, sassy comments and unquenchable libido. True to the Bond tradition, he has an impressive assortment of gadgets that includes a hair dryer that shoots Teflon bullets, explosive press-on nails and bulletproof hair moose. The pièce de resistance is a backpack that sprouts wings so Jayms can fly around like a bumblebee — a very sexy bumblebee.
The
Hair-Raising Adventures of Jayms Blonde is
hilarious, sexy, and definitely a joy to read, but I doubt if it will
ever win any major awards. Jayms Blonde is a gorgeous gay guy who makes
the bad guys pay. He is a hairdresser by trade and a secret agent by
choice, a former U.S. Navy Seal who can use an Uzi as well as a teasing
comb. With the aid of his faithful pedicurist Precious Needmoore, they
lead an elite band of Pink Berets to save the world from bad hair and
bad air. It just get wilder as you read along. The hair salon is at
street level, and below this facility is the headquarters of STOP (Stop
Terrorizing Our Planet), a secret environmental espionage agency created
by Jayms and his fabulous celebrity clientele. Throw in the evil cartel
ZENRON (Zealot Environmental Nazis Ruthlessly Obliterating Nature), and
you have the basis for this new superhero to show what he is worth. It
is outrageous, but it is fun to read. This is another hard-cover book,
priced at $24.94, published by iUniverse, Inc. of Lincoln, Nebraska,
written by Robert W. Cabell, and available at your favorite bookstore.
While not quite a graphic novel, it comes close with generous illustrations throughout, enhancing the action and providing a sleek visual aide to Blonde’s heavily embellished heroics. At the end of the day, the protagonist is happy to just lie back, spout all the sexual innuendo he can muster and relax until the next dastardly villain crosses his rose-colored path. Cabell makes the over-the-top zaniness and mock action-hero antics fun, and everything congeals into a wildly enjoyable ride for readers who enjoy the adventures of a muscle-bound, crime-fighting queen in tights. A super-silly, whirling first episode that will leave gay superhero fans scratching their heads—and eager for the next installment.
Issue:
Vol. 37 / No. 33 / 16 August 2007 - OCTOPRISSY! You have hand it to self-publishers like Robert W. Cabell. Even when they get it almost right, they forge ahead to get their books to readers. Points for enthusiasm; really. He's got a great concept — The Hair-Raising Adventures of Jayms Blonde, a cute cartoon gay action-hero who doubles as a hairstylist to the stars. Blonde does battle with Zaroya and her evil henchmen and women, as she plots to assassinate Miss Galaxy, force Pakistan and India into war, and ruin the environment by destroying corn/ethanol products.
Welcome to the world of environmental espionage and meet Jayms Blonde. A hairdresser by trade and a secret agent by choice, Jayms Blonde and his faithful pedicurist Precious Needmoore, lead the fight to save the planet from bad hair and bad air. Armed with bulletproof-mousse, Uzi blow-dryers, and hair-curler-hand-grenades, they rescue the dude-in-distress, and make saving the earth look fabulous. When a hairdresser turns hero, "wash and blow" has a whole new meaning, because when Jayms Blonde kicks ass, it's foreplay!
HX
MAGAXZINE: Hairdresser/secret
agent Jayms Blonde is gay, and runs the Pink Berets, a group determined to
halt the evil machinations of an anti-environment group. Breezy and funny,
Jayms is a hero for every gay boy out there.
GAYWIRED.com:
Gab Jayms Blonde, renowned stylist to the stars and secret agent, and hang on
if you can. He is going to take you on an entertaining joyride through a
deliriously hyper-active soap opera of a world where just about everyone is
gay and espionage is the sexiest occupation around. IN
LA MAGAZINE:
New York-based writer Robert W. Cabell
creates an over-the-top gay fantasy world in The Hair-Raising Adventures of Jayms Blonde, his illustrated novel
that takes us from Hawaii to Hong Kong for Blonde’s increasingly outlandish
battles with the forces of ZENRON (Zealous Environmental Nazis Ruthlessly
Obliterating Nature). Like James Bond and M, Blonde gets his secret
assignments from the RuPaulesque Mama. Also like Bond, Cabell employs
deliciously shameless names for his characters, like Hung Lo and Harri
Kummalot. This one feels like the first in a delightfully silly series. 247Gay.com:
With a cast of over-the-top characters and a vein of irresistible sexiness, Robert
W. Cabell' JAYMS BLONDE is
one book that delivers page after page of twists and turns. It is made all the
more fun by the comic drawings that accompany the story and put faces to the
wildly dangerous and irreverently sexual players that make it so much fun. Absolute Palm Springs Magazine: The Hair-Raising Adventures of Jayms Blonde is a naughty, sexy, comical book about a sexy hair dresser / secret agent fighting crime to save the environment without mussing his hair! There is only one thing that Jayms loves more than crime fighting - that is sex and lots of it. It's a very entertaining book that will keep you laughing till the end. The Hair-Raising Adventures of Jayms Blond is a naughty, sexy, comical book about a hair dresser / s
Is it waaaaaay "over the top"? Duh, yeah! It's cartoonish on many levels, including literally (Most chapters have a scene illustrated by a cartoon panel that would be right at home in a Batman comic), and the dialogue is a overflowing well of camp, bad puns and more double entendres per page than I can count. But it's also a brilliant satire of the actual James Bond novels, complete with versions of the chief, the "gadget" guy, buffoonish villains and clueless CIA operatives. It's not great literature, nor a challenging mystery, but it is great fun and the perfect vacation read for someone who wants to put day to day realities on hold for a while. Five stars (and a bonus combover) out of five!
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EVENTS CALENDAR AUGUST 2007 EVENTS NEW YORK August
17, 2007 (Friday) - Book Signing
SEPTEMBER 2007 EVENTS LOS ANGELES September
26, 2007 (Wednesday) - Book Signing
September
30, 2007 (Sunday) - Book Fair
OCTOBER 2007 EVENTS FRANKFURT OCTOBER
10-14th Book Fair NEW YORK OCTOBER
13, 2007 (Saturday) - Book Fair
OCTOBER
17, 2007 (Wednesday) - Book Reading
Available
at www.bestbookprice.co.uk
DISTRIBUTED BY Ingram books or Baker & Taylor
E-Books at JAYMS BLONDE is loving dedicated to the memory of Marvin E. Gardens, the florist to the stars and the party king of Atlanta who passed away from ALS February 23, 2000. A life long study of beauty and grace...
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