He also known for picking fights with newspapers to accelerate comic book sales. Then again, a real man would pick a fight with cultural gods like Rain or Barry Manilow. Silly Mr. Chantler, Tek Jansen can sell himself! It is also believed that he was chosen to illustrate Tek Jansen because of his blessed initials. South Carolina was also chosen to be the state of Stephen Colbert's birth for that very reason.