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Robby is now comic book artist Trev-Vor, in 70s San Francisco. A flash from his past prompts a new story. Thirty years later, director Bill Johnson is searching for inspiration.

Robby is all grown up and enjoying everything a vibrant 1970s San Francisco has to offer. He has landed his dream job as a an artist for Kool Kats Komix, going by the pencil name Trev-Vor. The arrival of a letter from Uncle Bob brings back memories of Lone Butte and a long forgotten story of a flame throwing marine.

Some 30 years later, director Bill Johnson is searching for inspiration and just may have found it in a box of old comics.

The debut novel by Academy Award-winning actor Tom Hanks is a love letter to movie making and the people who make them.

Read by Tom Hanks.

Written by Tom Hanks.
Abridged by Robin Brooks
Produced by Naomi Walmsley

14 minutes

Broadcast

  • Tue 16 May 2023 22:45