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I've had so many run-ins with comic folk, but because I don't attend cons no one knows me so I keep my mouth shut. Feels pretentious to be like, "Hello fellow comic creator. I too create comics!"
Once a friend and I waited in line at a NYC hotel behind @seangallowayart
We were both leaning in like "holy shit, it's HIM"!
We were both leaning in like "holy shit, it's HIM"!
I saw him another time in NYC on the street, happened to have my kids with me. I quietly pointed him out & told them the Spider-man cartoon they loved looked the way it did because of him :-)
Another time I had lunch in Baltimore with @sinKEVitch and said ZERO words about my work cause how does one even bother saying they draw when at a table with THE BILL SINKEVITCH!?
Dude is super nice, BTW.
Dude is super nice, BTW.
I had an entire conversation with Steranko and didn't mention being an artist :-)
I got publishing advice from the great @ColleenDoran near DC, not mentioning I was already making comics.
Best advice on publishing I ever got, she didn't care that I was "nobody".
Forever grateful.
Best advice on publishing I ever got, she didn't care that I was "nobody".
Forever grateful.
YEARS ago I handed an artbook to Kyle Baker, then walked off before he could respond.
Just wanted to tell him I was a fan, give him a book, not ask anything of him.
Much later we'd be interviewed in the same issue of DRAW! magazine.
Surreal.
Just wanted to tell him I was a fan, give him a book, not ask anything of him.
Much later we'd be interviewed in the same issue of DRAW! magazine.
Surreal.
Not even about being shy or anything, just hated the feeling "networking", I was just being fan.
Not totally true, I was star struck once by Sergio Argones. Saw him on an elevator and couldn't speak. Doors opened, he walked out & @Oeming leaned his head out, points at me and and yelled "He's a BIG fan!"
Doors closed, elevator moves & we hear Sergio say "THANK YOU!"
Doors closed, elevator moves & we hear Sergio say "THANK YOU!"
I met Wil Eisner once too. I was up for an award, I waited till he wasn't being mobbed by people, this time I ACTUALLY introduced myself as a creator.
I said I was up for an award & I'd gotten into the business because of him....
I said I was up for an award & I'd gotten into the business because of him....
He put his hand on my shoulder, smiled at me like we were old friends & said... "I'm sorry."
I laughed my ass off. I didn't win an Eisner, but I won the day anyway because I got to laugh with the man.
He passed away the following year.
Glad I introduced myself.
I laughed my ass off. I didn't win an Eisner, but I won the day anyway because I got to laugh with the man.
He passed away the following year.
Glad I introduced myself.
People say don't meet your heroes, but in comics it usually ends up they're as cool as you'd hoped.
Anyway, I'll shut up now. Thanks!
Anyway, I'll shut up now. Thanks!
