Anyone remember Zack Abely?

[red_dread]

In the late 80s and early 90s there was "another" MTB magazine (besides MBUK). It was called Mountain Biker, or Mountain Biker International as I recall.

It had the most bizarre cartoon in it called Zack Abely, but no amount of googling confirms whether this was ever real or if it's just a vivid and disturbing hallucinatory memory.

It wasn't a comedy thing, it was a three-panel serial, continued in each issue, about the adventures of some sort of MTB explorer who wore wrap-around shades and a bunch-o-nanas helmet. In one he found the bones of his mate at the bottom of a canyon, still in his helmet, but I never found out what happened after that.

I hope someone can tell me anything about this strip, as my curiosity and boyhood memories are gnawing at me!

 

[REKIBorter]

I remember MBI but do not recall a cartoon strip

 

[mattbrown]

did he get knocked down or something and end up in a coma, and for ages the strip went on with what was going through his head before he regained conciousness

 

[tangent]

Zack Abley

I do not remember the name...but I remember the cartoon strip.

The geezer was a cycle courier who got knocked down....many issues later he regains conciouness surrounde by his mates in a hospital bed.

I think the crux of it was some kinda drama where he's hanging of a cliff edge...there was some odd lion type guy. Frankly it was all a bit wierd and rubbish comapred to the technicolour days of Mint Sauce going in MBUK at the time!

 

[Jimzano]

that was in short lives MTB Mag 'MTB PRO',because some of the characters were animal-based,if i recall?

 

[Dr S]

From Mountain Biker May 1991....