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Has anyone had any interesting stories of meeting Comic Book artists?
John C:
Again, I'm guessing that the answer is generally no (because you didn't contract to buy those rights), but usually nobody cares about seeing a (sorry, "yet another") picture of Batman running in a void offering best wishes to John Q. Fanatic besides Mr. Fanatic, so I don't imagine it's often an issue.
More confusing: If you had a lot of input into what was drawn and how, you might arguably own part of the copyright, too.
Roygbiv666:
--- Quote from: Yoc on April 23, 2011, 06:20:47 PM ---Hi Roy,
SURE, please do. I think I could make it work with the DCM logo.
BTW, that King-Size Sentinels by Michael Maikowsky commission is AMAZING!!
I was never sure if a person paid for a convention sketch could that sketch then be published or used in any other way without the permission of the artist?
-Yoc
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Fred Said:
from Fred Hembeck <fred@hembeck.com>
to me
date Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 4:48 PM
subject Banner news!
hide details 4:48 PM (17 minutes ago)
Roy
Go right ahead!!
(I hope that'll take some sting out of the fact that there's been no progress as of yet on your most recent commission. Eventually, promise...)
Fred
Yoc:
Oh wow, that's GREAT news!
I wonder if Fred knows anything about DCM?
I'd love to have him as a member.
Thanks very much to both of you. I'll look into creating a banner from it.
I'll send you a PM Roy.
Roygbiv666:
--- Quote from: Yoc on April 24, 2011, 08:20:12 PM ---Oh wow, that's GREAT news!
I wonder if Fred knows anything about DCM?
I'd love to have him as a member.
Thanks very much to both of you. I'll look into creating a banner from it.
I'll send you a PM Roy.
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Well, I'd sent him a link to describe what we wanted it for. He can be contacted directly via his website. Sadly, he appears to have a life outside of comics, so you never know. ;-)
darkmark (RIP):
Here's what I can tell about Jack Kirby: the first time I met him, IIRC, was in San Diego just after he started collaborating with Steve Gerber on DESTROYER DUCK. When I met him, his intro was, "I draw destructive ducks." I said, "I know, sir," and tried to see about doing an interview with him. He put a fatherly hand on my shoulder and said, "I live in Thousand Oaks. My number is in the telephone book." Dave Kraft wasn't eager to get him, though, as he had already treated him in COMICS INTERVIEW. A little later at the con, Jack was at the Eclipse table along with Dean Mullaney, Jerry Siegel, and Joe Shuster. Dean insisted I get a photo of them all together. I thought they looked like a sports team, which was underlined by Jack wearing a New York Yankees cap. I remarked that the cap reminded me of Steve's story for HAUNT OF HORROR #1, which was about a maniac dressed in such a cap. Steve just about fell out of his chair laughing.
At a Chicago con, Mark Evanier, one of the nicest guys evar and my good friend of some 20 years running, invited me to Jack's surprise birthday party. I didn't have anyplace to put the big armful of comic books I bought, so I was talking to a lotta pros with my arms all full of comics until a desk clerk gave me a place to stash them. Jack and Roz were lured down to the room on some pretense and when they got in, we all hollered, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JACK!" I had my trusty Polaroid along and got a pic of him slicing the cake. Tried to get him to autograph my invitation, but Roz intercepted me and signed it instead. I didn't mind.
I interacted with Roz after that, trying to see if I could get an interview with Jack on the phone about the battle with Marvel over his art, wanting to do my part. But it never got arranged. Then he was gone.
But I'd had my face time with him, and her, and I wasn't disappointed.
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