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| From | "Josh Chasin" <jchasin@nyc.rr.com> |
| Subject | Re: Dave Cockrum |
| Date | Wed, 29 Nov 2006 16:41:52 -0500 |
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This is a sincere question. What does diabetes have to do with the Superman
PJs and Batman Blanket? Or am I missing the point?
I don't think the Superman PJs suggests crazy at all. I don't wear PJs (I
know, too much info; I prefer a t-shirt) but if I did, there's a fair chance
I'd wear Superman PJs. And I have definitely slept in my Superman t-shirt.
----- Original Message -----
From: <zoogang@cox.net>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 11:56 AM
Subject: Re: Dave Cockrum
>I read that on CNN online. I was a big Cockrum fan back in the day. He was
>supremely talented.
>
> The headline on CNN was, I thought, in really bad taste:
>
> "X-Men illustrator dies in Superman pajamas."
>
> And the lead for the story was even worse:
>
> COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) -- Wearing Superman pajamas and covered with
> his Batman blanket, comic book illustrator Dave Cockrum died Sunday.
>
> I understand that catchy headlines and leads get people to read stories,
> and I'm not saying that what he was wearing wasn't a relevant point to
> bring up in the story, but that headline and lead suggest that Cockrum was
> crazy, when in fact, he was a victim of ongoing problems relating to
> diabetes.
>
> All I'm saying is, Cockrum is somebody's husband and son, and this is no
> way to treat him with respect.
>
> Alan
> Pure Pop
> buhdge
>
>
> ---- moteeko@telerama.com wrote:
>> I know there's a bunch of comic fans on the list, and in case you hadn't
>> heard,
>> Dave Cockrum, who helped to do a major overhaul of the X-Men, co-creating
>> many
>> of the team's popular characters, has died. He was 63.
>>
>> Back in the years just after my high school graduation, when I was
>> hell-bent on
>> getting into comics as an illustrator, I met Dave at a convention in
>> Pittsburgh. I showed hime some of my work, and he sat with me for a good
>> half-hour going over styles and techniques, pointing out what would
>> reproduce
>> well, what Marvel's preferences were, etc. It waqs an extraorinarily
>> helpful
>> and educational experience.
>>
>> Greg Matecko
>>
>
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