"This is the beginning, middle, and end of this conversation. Nice meeting you Mr. Steranko. Goodbye." Nice print. Never seen it before. Hamma and Englehart, two different interaction experiences. Sorry they didn't go as planned.
Lol…i need you to script my come backs , Miguel! I guess one problem is that as the conversation is going in a stupid direction, in my head i'm scrambling for someway to get it back on track…
@@sleepyreader666 I was going to recommend my lawyers, but Dewey just tweeted that the firm represents Steranko's hair (and former President Trump's, too).
Nice Steranko print Damian. I do believe that those 70’s Space War are all reprints but I enjoy them. It must have been neat to hang out with Bueller and the gang. Thanks for sharing.👍
Hey Sleepy 👋 Nice books ya got there. I had to pause the Steranko piece for a bit, I did not notice the killer until you mentioned it. Appreciate you sharing ✌️
Incredibly insightful commentary as usual Damien. Completely agree on the location of the panels, they clearly were not a priority when it came down to panels vs celebrity access. It was great to see Steranko again but sorry you had to endure a Spanish Inquisition 😂 Seeing your haul for the second time I appreciate your ability to find old gems and resist the siren song of new comics. You are my hero sir, great video!
This is officially my year of not doing new comics and I’ve mostly stuck to it. But new and old comics are both worthwhile. We all have different financial or storage space issues. (Mine are the space issues)
At the very end of the show, I ended up just hanging out with steranko for about an hour. We didn't even talk comics. We just chatted about music and what not.
Pablo Marcos is kind of an amazing, if undiscussed, guy in comics. There's at least one decent interview in an old issue of Comic Book Artist and he seems to have done everything for everybody at one time or another. He's Peruvian; one of his first comics jobs was drawing the James Bond newspaper strip in Spanish. He ended up in the big comics scene in Mexico; I remember seeing some of his Spanish language comics when I lived in South Florida. From there he jumped to Warren and Skywald. When Brodsky went back to Marvel, Marcos assisted for a while, putting together reprint packages for the UK, before he became an inker and eventually a penciller for Marvel and DC, as well as that short stint drawing Iron Jaw at Atlas. He got so busy, he eventually opened a Mexican-based studio that assisted his output. He drew the Conan newspaper strip, Star Trek comics, did stories for Heavy Metal and art for Sports Illustrated. You've got to admire his hustle,. My favorite work of his is Tales from the Zombie, very weirdly written by Steve Gerber. I believe any success it had was attributable more to Marcos' consistent work and the painted covers by his friend Boris Vallejo. Marcos still has a web page, where you can buy original art and he also accepts commissions (pretty decent prices too) but the guy is getting on in years...
I suspect my first awareness of him was on Iron Jaw. I remember being fascinated and disturbed by the art style, as a 12 year old… I think he might have recently done some Edgar Rice Burroughs work with Roy Thomas, initially published on line. I’ll have to dig around and see if I have that issue of Back Issue and look for his website!
Thanks for sharing your haul and your thoughts on Summer Con. I almost went but have family coming into town, maybe next year. I don't converse well with others as a fan of theirs either. ✌️😄
I feel you. I don't have a problem being a fan of people, but whenever I'm around them my entire focus is on winning their approval by not bothering them at all lol which means I don't get to interact with them much
Is he known for this these “quizzes”? But when you put it that way i suppose its good i got the experience before he becomes too old for the con hustle.
Hah ha. A lot of great creators are dicks, in the arts! Poor Steranko is hanging on to the last shreds of past glory. But even approaching nicer creators is odd, to me.
I’m so jealous that I didn’t go to that con (maybe next year!). I loved your encounter with Steranko, and now I want to read Red Tide. Those Ditko Space War covers looked amazing! I’ve never had any interest in Conan, but some of that art you showed is beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
Maybe we can meet there next Summer…you can join the “gang.” Meanwhile I still would love to joyride over to Moscow and see your part of the world! What’s not to love about Conan? Nearly naked men with long hair and swords ⚔️ heh
Hey Damian, I feel the same way about idolizing... Yeah, I do have little buyer's remorse on Stranko's signature on my books too. His signatures did not raise the value of my books by $50 per book IMO. He did have some interesting stories but I didn't like the little talk down myself. Those Conan mags have some cool arts. That Dagar copy looks it has an inspiration for Castle Grayskull from Heman universe. Roger got me collecting Space War too. Happy July 4th weekend Sleepy!
Yeah, the Dagar does have a Grayskull look! It's a weird position to be a "fan" as an adult just trying to talk to another adult! Roger is influencing us all with his great collecting instincts!
You’re busy!!! I hope I can share some beer with you in the future (but you know YT royalty!!). That Steranko art piece - wow. I’d pick up those old beat up comics for a buck!! Yay - Dagar!! I’m collecting Gold Key. I found a bunch of Conan Saga Magazine, which I think are Savage Sword reprints, in a dollar bin - I was lucky. I love the dirt you dish at the end - awesome. It’s so true about being uncomfortable.
Are you the youtube royalty? Or me? Down with the monarchy! The few issues of Conan Saga collect black and white versions of Barry Windsor Smith's Conan run…then it shifts over to reprinting parts of Savage Sword, not in the original order!
@@sleepyreader666 You mention all the royalty you hang with!! I’m a YT pleb! I’ll have to check the issues I have - I really got them for the awesome cover art.
Steranko is an interesting dude lol I had a chance to meet him and Planet this year and I also paid the big bucks for his sig. Always interesting listening to what you have to say.
I imagine people have all different experiences with creators. I heard a lot of complaints about Neal Adams...but found him to be very pleasant when I had a chance to talk with him...it may all depend on the day, or how the con is going for them...
I thought the con was a mess. I've been going to this con since the beginning really, and normally its fantastic. There was a multitude of problems from overcrowding, too many guests, not enough things to do outside of celebrity's (could have renamed it line-con), A LOT of miscommunication between staff. Nobody knew anything about anything, and by how frazzled the staff were, they seemed completely unprepared, understaffed and overworked. Panels were atrocious. There were mods that really shouldn't have been on stage. No Charisma, poorly planned, Hocking their personal projects, and the main stage/barn/tent needing separate passes (that attendees were unaware of unless the were lucky enough to stumble upon the pass table) was ridiculous. I over heard ming chen (who normally is a great moderator) was just told at the last minutes that so and so didnt show up and was asked to fill in. So here he is with no notes and is expected to run a panel. But worst of all was how the comics guests were treated. They all seemed out of the loop, and were shoved into that tiny stuffy room, with a terrible sound system, that was filled to the brim with the loud star trek meet and greet overflow line. I saw Mark Waid at the end of the show and he seemed so disappointed after he saw the coke a cola stage, and that it was OUTSIDE. I was angry at how the comics guests seemed to be treated as an afterthought. I mean comic cons exist because of them.
@@sleepyreader666 I spoke to some staff and i was told they cast a wide net in regards to celebrity invites, expecting that they wouldn't be able to get everyone, but everyone said yes. And then that caused other people to schedule an appearance. I get it. I mean if I was in their position, how could i say "sorry entire next gen crew, we overbooked and don't have the space for you, maybe next year" But i feel they flew too close to the sun this year.
I'll never understand why comic book companies don't want the creators to talk about their comics. Though I suspect it's that the company thinks they have some brilliant marketing plan that's going to make their comic a big hit and they don't want the creators ruining their plan.
That definitely must be their thinking. As I said, as far as I can tell most successful comics work via word of mouth...tell a few people about your great plans for a rebooted GI Joe and soon it's all over youtube and you're getting hundred's more advance orders...I think...
I once asked Larry Hama on FB whether Larry Yakata was Jim Owsley in disguise (that was another conspiracy theory). He pointed in me Yakata's website's direction. I don't know if it's still there, but I think I still have Yakata's pic in one of my old laptops.
I think I can have a one-on-one conversation with Jim Steranko, but we're gonna be talking about cars the whole time. I know he's a car guy because he gave Nick Fury two very specific cars as SHIELD aero-vehicles that you need to be a car guy to know.
Why does everyone who gets a water damaged comic say that they're not a fan of waterdamed comics as if there is a group of people out there who love water damaged comics?
I feel like I've heard some people being okay with a little water damage on their reader copies. I'll accept all kinds of wear and tear, except for water caused rippling. Also I didn’t know about the damage till i pulled the comic out of its bag on camera and I just reacted in the moment.
With Steranko it was an impulse…it was the end of the first day and there was no line. First and only time I've paid for a signature…generally speaking I don’t even like signatures.
Jim Steranko - great artist, bigger jerk.. your not the first to complain that he doesn’t know how to act with fans. Hopefully cons will stop inviting him .
I've heard plenty of stories about many creators who are said to be "jerks", and I've have had great interactions with them. And vice versa. Steranko was one I was apprehensive about, but I've met him several times over the years, and haven't had a single negative experience. Luck of the draw I guess.
I don't think cons will stop inviting him. His name has too much cache. In a way I feel sorry for him, eeking out some extra cash in his old age because creating people don't have pension plans....
@@rccomics Well, perhaps the fans have the right approach! Steranko of the past was a giant. He really is a major figure in US comics, he really did do a stunning early graphic novel, he really did interesting innovative publications with Comixscene and Mediascene, etc. Now he's eeking out a living as a sideshow hustler, living a sad afterlife….
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Great pickups! I like your passion for creators & various comic & mag runs. Great Steranko print! 🔥
Thanks! The art and history of comics is a big part of my inspiration to collect. Cheers.
Nice pickups Damian! Really cool Steranko print and auto! Cool Blackhawks and Conan covers. Enjoy your weekend!👍✌️
Thanks my friend. I hope you’re having a good Fourth of July weekend.
"This is the beginning, middle, and end of this conversation. Nice meeting you Mr. Steranko. Goodbye."
Nice print. Never seen it before. Hamma and Englehart, two different interaction experiences. Sorry they didn't go as planned.
You sound like a big Steranko fan.
Lol…i need you to script my come backs , Miguel! I guess one problem is that as the conversation is going in a stupid direction, in my head i'm scrambling for someway to get it back on track…
@@sleepyreader666 One bright spot, at least it wasn't as bad as when you met Harlan Ellison ;)
@@GoreVidalComicbooks Way better!
@@sleepyreader666 I was going to recommend my lawyers, but Dewey just tweeted that the firm represents Steranko's hair (and former President Trump's, too).
Nice Steranko print Damian. I do believe that those 70’s Space War are all reprints but I enjoy them. It must have been neat to hang out with Bueller and the gang. Thanks for sharing.👍
I look forward to reading the Space War books. It seems collecting Charlton can be a little confusing at times...
Hey Sleepy 👋 Nice books ya got there. I had to pause the Steranko piece for a bit, I did not notice the killer until you mentioned it. Appreciate you sharing ✌️
It’s an amazing print to me, so many details to take and fascinating use of shadow!
Incredibly insightful commentary as usual Damien. Completely agree on the location of the panels, they clearly were not a priority when it came down to panels vs celebrity access.
It was great to see Steranko again but sorry you had to endure a Spanish Inquisition 😂
Seeing your haul for the second time I appreciate your ability to find old gems and resist the siren song of new comics. You are my hero sir, great video!
This is officially my year of not doing new comics and I’ve mostly stuck to it. But new and old comics are both worthwhile. We all have different financial or storage space issues. (Mine are the space issues)
At the very end of the show, I ended up just hanging out with steranko for about an hour. We didn't even talk comics. We just chatted about music and what not.
@@betaraybrad91 Very nice! He probably gets tired of talking comics!
Pablo Marcos is kind of an amazing, if undiscussed, guy in comics. There's at least one decent interview in an old issue of Comic Book Artist and he seems to have done everything for everybody at one time or another.
He's Peruvian; one of his first comics jobs was drawing the James Bond newspaper strip in Spanish. He ended up in the big comics scene in Mexico; I remember seeing some of his Spanish language comics when I lived in South Florida. From there he jumped to Warren and Skywald. When Brodsky went back to Marvel, Marcos assisted for a while, putting together reprint packages for the UK, before he became an inker and eventually a penciller for Marvel and DC, as well as that short stint drawing Iron Jaw at Atlas.
He got so busy, he eventually opened a Mexican-based studio that assisted his output. He drew the Conan newspaper strip, Star Trek comics, did stories for Heavy Metal and art for Sports Illustrated. You've got to admire his hustle,. My favorite work of his is Tales from the Zombie, very weirdly written by Steve Gerber. I believe any success it had was attributable more to Marcos' consistent work and the painted covers by his friend Boris Vallejo.
Marcos still has a web page, where you can buy original art and he also accepts commissions (pretty decent prices too) but the guy is getting on in years...
I suspect my first awareness of him was on Iron Jaw. I remember being fascinated and disturbed by the art style, as a 12 year old…
I think he might have recently done some Edgar Rice Burroughs work with Roy Thomas, initially published on line. I’ll have to dig around and see if I have that issue of Back Issue and look for his website!
Wow great knowledge. Thanks
@@MrScroogedmcduck Russ goes deep! If only he did videos!
Loving the tee😍Nice Chandler print😍
Thanks! I think it's an early image of Buck Rogers on my tee shirt! Maybe from Amazing Stories the pulp mag?
I love the Chandler print.
Great video!if they ever do an alternate universe of nick fury, it should be Jim Steranko’s Nick Fury version.
I would love that. His visuals cry out for a movie adaptation.
Thanks for sharing your haul and your thoughts on Summer Con. I almost went but have family coming into town, maybe next year. I don't converse well with others as a fan of theirs either. ✌️😄
Maybe we'll see you next year...
I feel you. I don't have a problem being a fan of people, but whenever I'm around them my entire focus is on winning their approval by not bothering them at all lol which means I don't get to interact with them much
Ohh i am a Sleepy fan
Lol. All the creators must love you Marcus! 😂
Sounds like you had a good time overall. Nice haul Mr. Sleepy 😊😊
Thanks Matilda! I did have a great time overall…it’s great getting to know fellow readers and collectors any way we can.
@@sleepyreader666 😊😊
Steranko’s getting up there. We may not have much time left to enjoy his douche-chill inducing quizzes.
Is he known for this these “quizzes”?
But when you put it that way i suppose its good i got the experience before he becomes too old for the con hustle.
Beautiful Steranko piece
Thanks Borom. I love it.
Cool stuff thanks for sharing your comics and memories of the con. I probably wouldn't even speak to a creator haha
Thanks Mighty Grey. You should take Kyle with you to a con, then he could talk to all the creators and you could film it!
@@sleepyreader666 nah my poor old feet couldn't handle that I'm afraid
Good point on idolizing. Same boat. Glad you had fun. And F Steranko.
Hah ha. A lot of great creators are dicks, in the arts! Poor Steranko is hanging on to the last shreds of past glory. But even approaching nicer creators is odd, to me.
I’m so jealous that I didn’t go to that con (maybe next year!). I loved your encounter with Steranko, and now I want to read Red Tide. Those Ditko Space War covers looked amazing! I’ve never had any interest in Conan, but some of that art you showed is beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
Maybe we can meet there next Summer…you can join the “gang.” Meanwhile I still would love to joyride over to Moscow and see your part of the world!
What’s not to love about Conan? Nearly naked men with long hair and swords ⚔️ heh
@@sleepyreader666 I would love to have you visit!
Hey Damian, I feel the same way about idolizing... Yeah, I do have little buyer's remorse on Stranko's signature on my books too. His signatures did not raise the value of my books by $50 per book IMO. He did have some interesting stories but I didn't like the little talk down myself. Those Conan mags have some cool arts. That Dagar copy looks it has an inspiration for Castle Grayskull from Heman universe. Roger got me collecting Space War too. Happy July 4th weekend Sleepy!
Yeah, the Dagar does have a Grayskull look!
It's a weird position to be a "fan" as an adult just trying to talk to another adult!
Roger is influencing us all with his great collecting instincts!
You’re busy!!! I hope I can share some beer with you in the future (but you know YT royalty!!). That Steranko art piece - wow. I’d pick up those old beat up comics for a buck!! Yay - Dagar!! I’m collecting Gold Key. I found a bunch of Conan Saga Magazine, which I think are Savage Sword reprints, in a dollar bin - I was lucky. I love the dirt you dish at the end - awesome. It’s so true about being uncomfortable.
Are you the youtube royalty? Or me? Down with the monarchy!
The few issues of Conan Saga collect black and white versions of Barry Windsor Smith's Conan run…then it shifts over to reprinting parts of Savage Sword, not in the original order!
@@sleepyreader666 You mention all the royalty you hang with!! I’m a YT pleb! I’ll have to check the issues I have - I really got them for the awesome cover art.
@@garagegeek4863 You have the garagette army!!!
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Steranko is an interesting dude lol I had a chance to meet him and Planet this year and I also paid the big bucks for his sig. Always interesting listening to what you have to say.
I imagine people have all different experiences with creators. I heard a lot of complaints about Neal Adams...but found him to be very pleasant when I had a chance to talk with him...it may all depend on the day, or how the con is going for them...
So hard to find
I thought the con was a mess. I've been going to this con since the beginning really, and normally its fantastic. There was a multitude of problems from overcrowding, too many guests, not enough things to do outside of celebrity's (could have renamed it line-con), A LOT of miscommunication between staff. Nobody knew anything about anything, and by how frazzled the staff were, they seemed completely unprepared, understaffed and overworked.
Panels were atrocious. There were mods that really shouldn't have been on stage. No Charisma, poorly planned, Hocking their personal projects, and the main stage/barn/tent needing separate passes (that attendees were unaware of unless the were lucky enough to stumble upon the pass table) was ridiculous. I over heard ming chen (who normally is a great moderator) was just told at the last minutes that so and so didnt show up and was asked to fill in. So here he is with no notes and is expected to run a panel.
But worst of all was how the comics guests were treated. They all seemed out of the loop, and were shoved into that tiny stuffy room, with a terrible sound system, that was filled to the brim with the loud star trek meet and greet overflow line.
I saw Mark Waid at the end of the show and he seemed so disappointed after he saw the coke a cola stage, and that it was OUTSIDE.
I was angry at how the comics guests seemed to be treated as an afterthought. I mean comic cons exist because of them.
Perhaps the con has grown too quickly? I didn't make it previous years. Or maybe they are just following the money?
@@sleepyreader666 I spoke to some staff and i was told they cast a wide net in regards to celebrity invites, expecting that they wouldn't be able to get everyone, but everyone said yes. And then that caused other people to schedule an appearance.
I get it. I mean if I was in their position, how could i say "sorry entire next gen crew, we overbooked and don't have the space for you, maybe next year"
But i feel they flew too close to the sun this year.
welcome back!
Thanks! I have slowed down a bit but not going away.
Shades of Harlan Ellison.
Hah…a little bit…but truthfully, for me far more likeable and admirable when compared to the Ellison I experienced!
I'll never understand why comic book companies don't want the creators to talk about their comics. Though I suspect it's that the company thinks they have some brilliant marketing plan that's going to make their comic a big hit and they don't want the creators ruining their plan.
I agree
That definitely must be their thinking. As I said, as far as I can tell most successful comics work via word of mouth...tell a few people about your great plans for a rebooted GI Joe and soon it's all over youtube and you're getting hundred's more advance orders...I think...
I think I need to get out to this con next year.
It would be fun if you could make it up there
I've heard it said: "Don't meet your heroes"
It's a crapshoot! One hero of mine i got to know for a while was Ursula Le Guin turned out to be wonderful...some others not so much, heh.
You never know. I've had pretty good luck for the most part. So I say, if you have the opportunity, meet your heroes.
I'd get some Dagars too
Easy to do!
The best part of cons is always the homies!
Sooo true.
I once asked Larry Hama on FB whether Larry Yakata was Jim Owsley in disguise (that was another conspiracy theory). He pointed in me Yakata's website's direction. I don't know if it's still there, but I think I still have Yakata's pic in one of my old laptops.
I think I can have a one-on-one conversation with Jim Steranko, but we're gonna be talking about cars the whole time. I know he's a car guy because he gave Nick Fury two very specific cars as SHIELD aero-vehicles that you need to be a car guy to know.
@@paulocosta4744 I'd love to be there to listen in on your guys talking cars!
I can't seem to find Yakata's webpage. And there don't seem to be any other work by him, beyond a little Conan. A bit weird.
U R the SLEEPY !
Yes I am. Maybe?
Why does everyone who gets a water damaged comic say that they're not a fan of waterdamed comics as if there is a group of people out there who love water damaged comics?
😂😂😂
I feel like I've heard some people being okay with a little water damage on their reader copies. I'll accept all kinds of wear and tear, except for water caused rippling. Also I didn’t know about the damage till i pulled the comic out of its bag on camera and I just reacted in the moment.
@@sleepyreader666 Yeah, I figured you were reacting in the moment. It's just funny that everybody I see on TH-cam has the same reaction (so would I).
First!
Your No Prize is in the mail. You are first and best!
@@sleepyreader666 Yay!
I don't ever care to talk to creators in that environment. Hi here's my money for the thing I want, see ya later.
With Steranko it was an impulse…it was the end of the first day and there was no line. First and only time I've paid for a signature…generally speaking I don’t even like signatures.
@sleepyreader666 same with signatures although i was happy to see moebius' in that blueberry hardcover
@ChaosandComics At least a Moebius signature seems a little more exotic!
Jim Steranko - great artist, bigger jerk.. your not the first to complain that he doesn’t know how to act with fans. Hopefully cons will stop inviting him .
I've heard plenty of stories about many creators who are said to be "jerks", and I've have had great interactions with them. And vice versa.
Steranko was one I was apprehensive about, but I've met him several times over the years, and haven't had a single negative experience.
Luck of the draw I guess.
I don't think cons will stop inviting him. His name has too much cache. In a way I feel sorry for him, eeking out some extra cash in his old age because creating people don't have pension plans....
I stopped following Steranko when he went full MAGA in 2016. He’s also IMO overhyped. He’s been living off of Nick Fury for 50+ years.
I saw that back in 2016…and forgot about it! Anyway I didn’t hear him say anything political or Qanon-ish. I can only hope he’s mellowed out…
@@sleepyreader666 Doubtful. He’s probably keeping his mouth shut not yo hurt his income and most fans are idol worshippers and don’t care.
@@rccomics Well, perhaps the fans have the right approach! Steranko of the past was a giant. He really is a major figure in US comics, he really did do a stunning early graphic novel, he really did interesting innovative publications with Comixscene and Mediascene, etc. Now he's eeking out a living as a sideshow hustler, living a sad afterlife….