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Hey, I thought this was kinda cool.
I was watching a documentary on the Travel Channel (yes, the TRAVEL channel. Can you believe it?). The subject was New York City in comic books. It had tons of interviews with really classic now-iconical comic artists, writers, and creators. One really cool segment was an interview with Joe Simon, who co-created Captain America with Jack "King" Kirby. He discussed how he and Kirby targeted the Nazis as bad guys in the Captain America comics. This was before America entered the war, and there was a big Nazi presence in the states at that time. This group was not amused, and they caused a lot of problems for Marvel (back then, known as Timely Comics). Mr. Kirby discussed this event with me personally at a San Diego Comic Con some years back. He said, "these were tough guys." Say it like Leo Gorcey from the Dead End Kids/Bowery Boys....that's what the King's accent was like.
Anyways, there was a big segment on the 500th issue of Amazing Spider-Man, and they were filming the release of the book at one of NYC's biggest comic shops. The Spider-Man staff was there signing autographs, and lo and behold! There's ole JMS himself, with his ever-present water bottle! It showed the autograph table briefly during the discussion, and I didn't think to look for JMS......but I immediately remembered he was writing the book, so I payed close attention for any other shots. It wasn't in vain, a minute or so later they showed the table again with a clear shot of JMS talking with a fan. I wonder how many fans actually knew who they were seeing?
So I start a thread about comic books AND jms......am I a GEEK or what?
I was watching a documentary on the Travel Channel (yes, the TRAVEL channel. Can you believe it?). The subject was New York City in comic books. It had tons of interviews with really classic now-iconical comic artists, writers, and creators. One really cool segment was an interview with Joe Simon, who co-created Captain America with Jack "King" Kirby. He discussed how he and Kirby targeted the Nazis as bad guys in the Captain America comics. This was before America entered the war, and there was a big Nazi presence in the states at that time. This group was not amused, and they caused a lot of problems for Marvel (back then, known as Timely Comics). Mr. Kirby discussed this event with me personally at a San Diego Comic Con some years back. He said, "these were tough guys." Say it like Leo Gorcey from the Dead End Kids/Bowery Boys....that's what the King's accent was like.
Anyways, there was a big segment on the 500th issue of Amazing Spider-Man, and they were filming the release of the book at one of NYC's biggest comic shops. The Spider-Man staff was there signing autographs, and lo and behold! There's ole JMS himself, with his ever-present water bottle! It showed the autograph table briefly during the discussion, and I didn't think to look for JMS......but I immediately remembered he was writing the book, so I payed close attention for any other shots. It wasn't in vain, a minute or so later they showed the table again with a clear shot of JMS talking with a fan. I wonder how many fans actually knew who they were seeing?
So I start a thread about comic books AND jms......am I a GEEK or what?
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