John Cooper Clarke: ‘I read Kerouac at 12 and figured I could improve on it’ The punk poet on finally getting JD Salinger, why he rereads the Bible, and growing up with Rupert Bear and Batman My earliest reading memory My earliest memories are of reading Rupert Bear, American comic books – Batman, Superman, Weird Planets, Creepy Worlds, Sinister Tales, Mad magazine, Kid Montana, Kid Colt: Outlaw and also Dick Tracy. My favourite book growing up The Buffalo Bill Annual, wh… |
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