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Ditko at VALIANT and DEFIANT – Part 2

…intellectual progressive, maybe? Whatever. Don’t make too much of that assessment. I don’t mean to label the guy. The point is that his position was miles away from Steve’s. Which is not to label Steve a conservative or anything else. I wouldn’t attempt to categorize Steve’s point of view. I…

The $10 Million Comic Book

…of the Caribbean or EC’s New Trend Piracy. That label doesn’t do One Piece justice. It’s set in its own universe. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Piece#Setting> I saw DEFIANT and Broadway as being in the Japanese genre-bending tradition. Those lines would have become even more diverse over time. If I had to pick one…

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01 Introduction 02 Early Life 03 Marvel Comics 04 Storytelling Lecture 05 Secret Origins 06 VALIANT 08 Recent Work 09 Reminiscences and Tributes 10 Questions and Answers 11 Writing 12 From Storage 13 Guest Posts 14 Events 15 Video 16 Stuff and Nonsense 17 Freelance and Consulting 18 Reviews 19…

Some Marvel Tales and Other Horror Stories – Part 1

…Todd McFarlane Paty’s opinion, as I understood it, was that only Jack Kirby’s, John Romita’s and, not surprisingly, Dave Cockrum’s versions of the Marvel characters were acceptable. I forget where she stood on John Buscema. I think he got mixed reviews. Captain America drawn by Dave Cockrum and Jack Kirby…

Sex and Drugs – Part 2

…that. I think it was Mark Waid. There was no suggestion of sex, as I recall. Was there? Anyway, I didn’t write that. Dream Girl was long dead when I started. I never complained about the writers’ treatment of women in the course of the reviews. Afterward, in a subsequent…

Made to Order

…a client’s specifications. They’re used for advertising, marketing, premiums, promotion, education or any kind of communication, really. Propaganda, anyone? : ) The first time I left the mainstream comic book business, around 1970 at age 18, I found myself creating comics again almost right away, working freelance for an advertising…

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