I have always called him “Magnet-O.” At the first NYCC, I was the moderator of a panel with Joe Quesada and Chris Claremont. In front of a packed house I referred to the Master of Magnetism the way I’ve always said his name. Oh boy. Let me tell you... 1/ https://twitter.com/ianmckellen/status/1316751785332109312

Claremont adjusted the silk scarf he was wearing around his neck and lit into me. I was dressed down and made to feel that I was a con man and a poseur. He was such a vicious prick. I stammered and tried to assert my nerd cred but it was over. He spent the rest of the panel all

“HARRRUMPH. GOOD DAY, SIR.” Coincidently he lives in my old neighborhood. I used to see him around. It’s funny because he must have developed a nerd radar sense, because I doubt he would remember me, but when I’d see him he’d immediately cross the street while adjusting his

Silk scarf around his neck. F that guy. Magent-O, now and forever. Also, F John Byrne while we’re at it.