Bango Skank *spoilers

[Omerta]

I never did catch an explanation for this phrase.

[Bev Vincent]

There is no real explanation. He was a never-seen character created by Peter Straub and utilized by King.

From The Road to the Dark Tower:

Peter Straub originally created Bango Skank for The Talisman but never used him in that book. He does appear, though, in Straub’s short story “The Buffalo Hunters” in Houses Without Doors. In a personal communication, King said that Bango keeps popping up in his work like “a kind of graffiti boogeyman.”

[Lily-sai]

Oh thank you very much, Bev! I've wondered about Bango Skank as well.

[Merlin1958]

Ahhh, A literary "Kilroy was here". Thanks Bev!!!

[gsvec]

http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu267/pookiegonzalez70/kilroy.jpg

[flaggwalkstheline]

I've been writing bango skank graffiti in bathroom stalls with permanent red marker for a while now:dance:

[cody44]

I hope Bango makes an appearance in the third book to the Jack Sawyer series.

[Letti]

I've been writing bango skank graffiti in bathroom stalls with permanent red marker for a while now:dance:

That's cool. :D If only I could see the face of a man who knows its meaning and notices it.


There is no real explanation. He was a never-seen character created by Peter Straub and utilized by King.

From The Road to the Dark Tower:

Peter Straub originally created Bango Skank for The Talisman but never used him in that book. He does appear, though, in Straub’s short story “The Buffalo Hunters” in Houses Without Doors. In a personal communication, King said that Bango keeps popping up in his work like “a kind of graffiti boogeyman.”

Thank you so much for this nice explanation.


(I'm going to move this thread to the Villagers, the character discussion section, in some days.)

[Brice]

I've been writing bango skank graffiti in bathroom stalls with permanent red marker for a while now:dance:

Oh, that's who you are. :) We've been wondering who's been doing that. We'll be sending some low men by your house a little later to talk with you. Have a nice day! :D

[flaggwalkstheline]

I've been writing bango skank graffiti in bathroom stalls with permanent red marker for a while now:dance:

Oh, that's who you are. :) We've been wondering who's been doing that. We'll be sending some low men by your house a little later to talk with you. Have a nice day! :D

frikkin neighborhood watch:arg:

[Jean]

in fact, Bango Skank has always been flaggwalkstheline. fwtl, I know I am revealing your big secret here, but you started hinting at it first

[Woofer]

I thought Bango Skank was a motorcycle (http://www.bonnevillemotorcycleco.com/bikes_bango_skank).

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3350/3178145925_3c833091bb.jpg?v=0

I mean a band (http://www.myspace.com/bangoskanktheband).

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/14/20146623_753200bc98.jpg?v=0

[KimDealisHot]

Another question, so what did Bango Skank do when he got to the tower. The picture on the title page has his graffiti placed right next to the sidewalk.

[SigTauGimp]

I've always wondered about the mysterious "Bango Skank" as well. Quite the enigma, that one.

[candy]

I've been writing bango skank graffiti in bathroom stalls with permanent red marker for a while now:dance:

i never see any cool grafiti - :arg:

[Bev Vincent]

A photo of my favorite graffiti is included in The Road to the Dark Tower -- someone wrote "Roland was here" on a construction fence near the real site of the Dark Tower in Manhattan. My editor noticed it one day when he was out for a walk.

[candy]

A photo of my favorite graffiti is included in The Road to the Dark Tower -- someone wrote "Roland was here" on a construction fence near the real site of the Dark Tower in Manhattan. My editor noticed it one day when he was out for a walk.

i saw that when i read the book, it really tickled me