Welcome to a new webpage of mine to share one of my past-time passions that comes in the form of being an avid fan of Indiana Jones - I've been a fan of the franchise ever since I first came to watch and re-watch Temple of Doom which we recorded from TV in the late 80s... Since then I've began collecting Indy memorabilia and even branched out through one of my other hobbies of creative writing to pen my own Indiana Jones fan fiction... Through my dedicated Indy page here I hope to share with fellow fans some of my rarer pieces of memorabilia as well as documenting the plans I have to write a full-length fan fiction novel in the future with the current working title of "Indiana Jones & The Mystery of Ages Past"... (Chris A. from the UK)
"Indy & Me" As an amateur, wannabe writer of adventure fiction I've been blogging for a while to record my various creative activities and on my online journal I've blogged a few times now about the great adventurer himself:
Earlier in 2008, I contributed my crazy, wild-eyed theory to the Indycast podcast about how the plot of Indy IV would turn out before it was released. You can still catch that episode by clicking here (my ideas come on at about 40 minutes in!) - if you want to find out more about this great podcast, you can keep an eye on the Indycast's MySpace page for all new updates as they happen... AND now this page a mention on the Indycast in August 2008!!! Click here to find out how to download the episode and listen in… (All Thing Indy’s mention comes in at around 47 mins, 30 seconds of this Episode 39 of the Indycast – thanks, Ed!)
And even that's not the end of the story in the Christmas 2008 edition of the IndyCast I wrote in with my "Top 3 Ideas" for new Indiana Jones merchandise and my letter was read out (my mention come on at around 66 minutes into that episode of this brilliant show!) ..stop press! INDY 'N' ME PHOTOS TIME! stop press..
In October 2008, my wife and I visited Legoland Windsor in the UK and came across a familiar brick face... or two!
I'll be putting more of the older photos of my encounters with Indy round the world up here soon, so keep the "All Things Indy" page in your favourites! | "My Collectors Corner" (Discover rare artefacts of antiquity...) Indy: You know how long I've been searching for this? Marcus: All your life? Indy: All my life...
* Indy & The Mountains of Superstition comic strip
Mountains of Mystery # 1 (courtesy of Rob Dangerous) Mountains of Mystery # 2 (courtesy of Rob Dangerous) Mountains of Mystery # 9 (courtesy of Rob Dangerous) Mountains of Mystery # 11 (courtesy of Rob Dangerous) Possible questions raised by the reading of
(Whatever the answers, see my Indy fan fiction story The Quest of the White Knight for more of Herman Ketts AND Jacob Waltz, as well as his bear of a brother Joseph back in 1913... Just click on the link above right to read on...)
* Indy & The Treasure of Monte Cassina
The Treasure of Monte Cassana # 1 The Treasure of Monte Cassana # 2 The Treasure of Monte Cassana # 3 The Treasure of Monte Cassana # 4 The Treasure of Monte Cassana # 5
* Indy & The Plantation Treasure comic strip
The Plantation Treasure # 2 (Courtesy of Rob Dangerous) The Plantation Treasure # 3 (Courtesy of Rob Dangerous)
* Indy & The Princess of Peril comic strip
The Princess of Peril # 1 (Courtesy of Rob Dangerous) The Princess of Peril # 3 (Courtesy of Rob Dangerous) The Princess of Peril # 4 (Courtesy of Rob Dangerous) The Princess of Peril # 5 (Courtesy of Rob Dangerous) The Princess of Peril # 7 (Courtesy of Rob Dangerous)
But what next? Coming soon... During 2008 and 2009 the Lego Club Magazine has released various comic strips and printed games on the Lego Indiana Jones sets - coming to this page soon will be scans of each of these fun stories and puzzles...
(Eventually, I'll get round to documenting more of my Indy collection here, with photos etc...) NB if anyone has any other info on rare Indy comic strips or stories that have been long lost to the sands of time, AND especially any more info on the now defunct UK 'Adventure Magazine & Club' for Indiana Jones, drop Chris an email by clicking here and you could even see them featured on the "All Things Indy" page... Just enough space left now for... Here's just some of the buzz being generated "Sweet!!! BrodyIsDead is as skilled All hail BrodyIsDead, Dispenser of Indy Tales Rare and Valuable! The Telegraph strips are pretty much the Holy Grail ( "Beautifully done, BrodyIsDead! It looks great, Google page or not. I haven't been this excited since it was confirmed a fourth Indy movie was happening! Thanks again, BrodyIsDead, for bringing those impossible to find portions of your collection to fans." (DIrishB) "Darn tootin'! Yippee-kye-yay and Yee-HAW! The page looks fine, BrodyIsDead. Karma does 'round. Chris/BrodyIsDead, I cannot thank you enough! Your generosity is UNREPAYABLE and all lovers of rare Indy tales owe you their deepest thanks. the missing pages for these other 2 tales so this is a wonderful surprise. Now we have all 3 stories - COMPLETE! Thank you, thank you, thank you!" (Stoo) You can check out the rest of the feedback for this fan site over at this link for the "All Things Indy" page on The Raven Forums
Finally, don't forget to check out the best Indiana Jones podcast out there, the IndyCast! | "Fanatical Indy Mock-Ups" In 2005 I entered TheRaider.Net Indy Fan Fiction competition and won 3rd Prize for my short story Indiana Jones & The Quest of the White Knight... (click the link in the name and scroll down the page to read my award-winning story!)
There's a sequel story on the way entitled Indiana Jones & The Three Gold Pieces (the saga may even turn into a trilogy of stories, who knows!) Some of the characters you can expect to cross paths with again in CGAllan's future Indy fan fiction:
A couple of years ago, I set up another "collaborative" fan Indy story across at an Indiana Jones forum called "The Raven" and you can join in by clicking here (read what's gone before in the tale then become a member of the boards and add a new paragraph to the story!)
"And... COMING SOON..." "Indiana Jones & The Mystery of Ages Past" (a fan fiction novel) by C.G.Allan
"And here's one I made earlier..."
I've become addicted to getting each new Indy Lego set as it's released - but one question remains... How in the name of snakes do you keep the dust off them?!
Here's a random but rather inventive Indy item I saw in Paris in '08 - perfect for a hot day in the jungles of Peru!
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) of Indy comics." (Plaristes)
Further funding is expected to be forthcoming
from the Marshall College bursars,
so excavationary work will be ongoing at this site –
be sure to keep this page bookmarked
and check back for more unearthed treasures soon…
Chris G. Allan is an amateur writer based in the UK and hopes to write kids adventure books in the future -
passing on his passion for all things Indy through this new fan page is a way of tipping a permanent nod of the hat to how much Dr Jones's many adventures have influenced his creative writing to date...
of Chris's creative writing,
click here to go to Chris G. Allan's Official Homepage...
Please note: The right of CGAllan to be identified as the author of the writing contained on this googlepage
has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
“Indiana Jones” is a trademark of Lucasfilm and all protected material here
is reproduced for non-profit purposes only
to further capture the spirit of adventure that Raiders gave us in 1981…