This exchange took place among the comments about “An Airplane Ride or Three with Herb Trimpe.” It addresses instances of plagiarism by Bill Mantlo. I post it here again in response to several requests. dailypop said… “Speaking of the Hulk I was wondering if you could shed some light where the idea of the child […]
Michael Netzer left the following comment on The Coming of ROM: A Knight’s Tale: Dear Jim, You remain one of the more gracious people in the comics world. Your sense of fairness and goodwill towards creators have inscribed memories of one of the more engaging and steadfast people I’ve ever had the pleasure to work […]
Because you demanded it! Jim took pictures today of the portrait Bill painted for him using his new iPhone’s camera. Pardon the reflections of the kitchen in the the glass. […]
Sometime early in 1979, Marvel Comics President Jim Galton called me to his office to discuss an opportunity to license a toy property—ROM, the Spaceknight. We’d had some success with the Micronauts, which the legendary licensing/toy genius Stan Weston had pitched to me, and I had licensed, so Galton was immediately interested in a new […]
(NOTE: I wrote this a long time ago, but it’s germane to the tales of old Marvel I’ve been telling.) During my time at Marvel the people that held the position of Art Director were John Romita, Sr., Marie Severin (briefly), and John Romita, Sr. again. Dave Cockrum shared duties with John Romita for a […]
The Benevolent Lapping Scam – Benign Malfeasance Around the beginning of December, 1977, Marvel President Jim Galton offered me the Editor in Chief job, replacing Archie Goodwin. (How that came to pass is another wondrous strange tale, coming soon.) Archie was going to step down as EIC and become a contract writer-editor. The plan was […]
My giant Jack Kirby drawing. Mentioned in Reminiscing About Jack Kirby. Signature and dedication. Sorry about the shadows and reflections. The photos would be better if JayJay had taken them, but I had to post these today, on Flag Day. […]
The Benevolent Lapping Scam – Background Info While Stan Lee was the editor, from 1941 till Roy Thomas took over as Marvel’s first Editor in Chief in 1972, Marvel Comics was run like a mom’n’pop operation. Stan was the boss, and did or governed all things creative. For a while during the 1950’s, and again […]
I found these the other day. Thanks to my charmingly pack-ratty mother, my Merry Marvel Marching Society membership kits survived the ages. That’s her writing on the envelope of the first membership kit. The first time I signed up for the M.M.M.S. was in 1964, at the age of 12. Later Marvel offered a second […]
I came across this yesterday. It’s the first letter I ever received from Curt Swan, hand written on a 14×16″ piece of vellum. What a wonderful letter, what a brilliant artist, what a great man. P.S. Check out how neat the lettering is. : ) (Click on the letter for a more satisfyingly large […]