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| From | CCDatsMe@aol.com |
| Subject | Re: Dave Cockrum |
| Date | Wed, 29 Nov 2006 20:01:11 EST |
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In a message dated 11/29/06 7:13:35 PM, zoogang@cox.net writes:
> I've been reading comics on and off for more than 40 years, and attended
> many comic book conventions in my younger days. Cockrum was one of the
> greats. I'm definitely a fan of the old school illustrators, like Gene
> Colan, Bernie Wrightson, Vaughn Bode, Val Meyerik, Joe Staton, Carmine
> Infantino, Curt Swan, Neal Adams (seeing a new story drawn by him always
> made my day), and many more. One of my prized possessions is a New York
> Comicon program full of original drawings done for me at the autograph
> tables, from such artists as Herb Trimpe (who drew the Hulk, 'natch,
> with a blue ink pen), Neal Adams (who drew Deadman with a black felt-tip
> marker), and Sergio Aragones (from Mad magazine, for those of you who
> don't know).
>
Preemptive motion to list moderator: as someone whose main hobbies are
super-heroes, rock 'n' roll and Syracuse University basketball, I'm BEGGIN' ya to
not to view this discussion as off-topic. I can bring in all manner of
reference points to demonstrate that comics and power pop are intrinsically
inter-related subjects--from XTC to Segarini to the cover of Bomp's 1978 power pop
issue to Beatles roman a clef band The Oliver Twists in the pages of Batman to
Joe Field in the pages of Archie, and hell YEAH I could go on and on, if I need
to demonstrate that all of this is on-topic. But I won't--please let this
discussion follow its natural course, and I'll spare you the details of
cartoonist Fred Hembeck's collection of Shoes LPs. (And I'll refrain from talking
SU hoops, too)
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