"It's really good in a way that creeps up on you. Hancock's brilliance and comedy are timeless but the inner demons and insecurities that caused him to destroy himself are timeless too. This graphic novel shows us both sides of the man." -- Neil Gaiman (Good Omens, Sandman)

"This work of love by talented fans is a triumph." -- Nick West, The Tony Hancock Appreciation Society

"Stone me, it's a work of genius." -- Robert Ross, Comedy Historian

"Simply put, instantly one of the greatest British graphic novels ever. An immediate classic. Moving, funny, tragic and surreal. A tale that could only be told in comics form. Buy it and become entranced in the funny yet melancholy life of a British icon, beautifully told." -- Mike Collins (2000AD, Doctor Who, Good Omens)

"The Lad Himself is a complex, darkness-touched story told with kindness and elegance about a man convinced he deserved neither. It's a salute to a generation who changed comedy. Most of all it's a complex series of nested punchlines about a man whose life was far more than all of them, and who could never quite let himself believe that. Tragedy, comedy, horror and joy, all wrapped up in a big hat and a bigger coat, repeating the eternal half hour." -- Alasdair Stewart, The Full Lid

An authentic voice transmits throughout via excellently devised speech patterns, with a recurring motif of a self-destructive propensity for mistaking ambition for capability. In all, the good, the bad, and ugly of Hancock are duly and stylishly offered to present a man who delighted millions, but tragically never himself." -- Frank Plowright, Slings & Arrows