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John Byrne

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Joined: 11 May 2005
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Posted: 28 March 2020 at 1:41pm | IP Logged | 1 post reply

...in Ohio
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Jason K Fulton
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Posted: 28 March 2020 at 2:35pm | IP Logged | 2 post reply

3:28 in the video - he's coloring the original cover art to FF #265. Good god.
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Greg McPhee
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Posted: 28 March 2020 at 3:02pm | IP Logged | 3 post reply

Ah...1992.
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Eric Smearman
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Posted: 28 March 2020 at 3:03pm | IP Logged | 4 post reply

Sweet mullets!
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Steve Gumm
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Posted: 28 March 2020 at 5:01pm | IP Logged | 5 post reply

Hey the guys flipping through the comic boxes don’t have grey hair like the guys they use in today’s convention b roll.

Shooter would have made for a good mobster in B movie.

I too am surprised that the FF cover is being colored... I didn’t think collectors were having their art painted during that stage of the hobby.

Fun to see JB and Roger Stern!


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James Johnson
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Posted: 28 March 2020 at 6:45pm | IP Logged | 6 post reply

JB,

That jacket!!!!!!!!!  

Definitely an early 90's staple!!!!!
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Shaun Barry
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Posted: 28 March 2020 at 8:32pm | IP Logged | 7 post reply


Too many ponytails goin' on that year...



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Shawn Kincade
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Joined: 29 April 2004
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Posted: 28 March 2020 at 10:13pm | IP Logged | 8 post reply

I have such fond memories of going to Mid-Ohio Con at the Richland County Fairgrounds.  It was the early or mid-1980s when I first went and met my favorite writer and artist: JB.  He was great -- gracious and engaging.  When I asked him about how he was going to approach working on the Hulk, as part of his answer he directed me to a pocketbook collection of the original Hulk stories that he saw a vendor was selling at the show.  Guy gave me a discount when I told him JB had sent me to his table for the book.  One year (1986?) I go to find my dad and tell him about my good deal, and my non-comics-reader dad is sitting at a table in the coffee/lunch area talking to a guy . . . who turns out to be Frank Miller.  Who signs my Daredevil 168.  And am I conflating years, or did JB and Miller collaborate on a Superman/Batman piece that was auctioned off for charity that year?  JB, do you remember working on such a piece?  (JB even served as auctioneer multiple years if my memory is right.)  A great time when cons were for comic fans and full of kids finding comics and meeting pros.  The show was promoted by a guy named Roger Price, who raised money for charity.
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Nathan Greno
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Posted: 29 March 2020 at 9:50am | IP Logged | 9 post reply

Simpler times! 

That was fun to watch :) 
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Peter Martin
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Posted: 29 March 2020 at 11:01am | IP Logged | 10 post reply

Well, you can call it a gimmick, but each and every one of those 6 million copies is now a rare and valuable collector's item :)

Roger Stern looks so young in this video. And managed to keep a straight face when saying they weren't going to spring him back next week (no, but what about a few months down the line...)

JB's comments were the most sensible.
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Steven Myers
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Posted: 30 March 2020 at 7:11am | IP Logged | 11 post reply

The old days of conventions. Nary a costumed attendee.
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John Byrne

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Posted: 30 March 2020 at 7:53am | IP Logged | 12 post reply

I still have that jacket, tho I have not worn it in years. Age brings hesitancy.
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