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)