The only time I got a Stan sig was at SDCC the year Stan "created" those DC comics. I gave him one of my mini-comics, and he told me he'd read it on the plane ride home. I mean, GEEZ! what a great thing to say. Oh yeah, and the signature was FREE! Back in the day...
I’m glad that I never got a Stan signature towards the end of his long life at the cons. I could tell something was fishy from the raw amount of conventions he was attending, it didn’t seem healthy or right to me. Sure enough, he was being abused by his “managers” and daughter. As cool as it would have been to have something of mine signed, I’m glad I didn’t give money to people who were hurting him.
Daniel Keyes, author of Flowers for Algernon interviewed by Will Murray (Alter Ego #13, March 2002), was a prolific contributor to Stan Lee’s fantasy/horror line between 1952 and 1955 and when asked about Stan writing said: "Not to my knowledge. He edited, I guess. He was a businessman, as far as I was concerned. And a shy businessman is almost an oxymoron. I’ve never thought of Stan as a writer at all. So that surprises me. Of course, he might have been turning in comics for a few extra bucks, doing it under pen names so that Martin Goodman wouldn’t know about it. I never thought of Stan as a writer. He says that he created Spider-Man. I never thought of him as a creative person. It could be that one of the writers created it and sent in a synopsis. And it got picked up. But of course he’s become a multi-millionaire for that stuff."
20:39 How do you do this? Well, I don't know if they really did it this way but I'd just put an second sheet of Paper behind with an table layout drawn on it to use as guidelines during writing. For the with of each column at least. Or you just remember the spacing, since there is usually a ruler attached to the roll, the paper sheet goes through. So you can do it like the Tabstops on a modern MS Office. Like first column is e.g. 4x space until 3" then 5x space and second column goes from there e.g. 9" +5x space and so on.
Mark Evanier described Mike Sekowski's method. He was just as fast as Kirby, but in the 30 minutes he took to draw a page, it was nearly blank until the last 5 minutes. He laid it out in his head with some faint lines to indicate where things were to go, then in 5 minutes would draw the entire page.
I bought a copy of this in great shape at an antique store in the 90s - couldn’t have been more than $10. I just thought it was cool. I forgot about it until now…I hope it’s still in a box at my mom’s house…
The idea that Martin Goodman created Captain America, and that he was written and drawn by some unknown writer and artist, is hilarious. P.S. At least Morris Weiss himself lived to be 98, lol.
I used to work for a grading company and I once saw Stan's handlers straight-up pocketing signature money. No doubt in my mind that Stan was robbed of a huge cut of that cash.
Morning chaps.Comics were 10cents when FFno1 was published and 12 cents when no 4 was published.It's about time the world knew it was Martin Goodman created Cap.Thanks for another great episode.
I always thought it was a promotional tool, but clearly it was a pitch for the dollar lesson, a both sneaky and smart little idea. ( I'm assuming there were advertisements for this in Writer's Digest and other magazines, right next to the Rosicrucian ads.) Probably included the Goodman puffery to help get permission to exploit the properties. It's interesting that at age 25, Stan's persona is already established with lots of soft shoe dancing and little detail.
Look, I know it's not your style, but Hot Damn a Kayfabe CGC signing would GO! Alright, I admit it. I just want Jim to sign my Street Angel 1, 2. You Guys Rock.
24.16 Published in 1947 - millions have been reading the adventures of Captain America for more than 9 years - so before Superman in 1938 then? 25.49 Captain America has a round shield - not his original shield...
MAN, I love it when Warren B is in the house with the Kayfabe Crew! PLUS Tom Schioli! I can't wait to see what other videos you guys post this week.
The only time I got a Stan sig was at SDCC the year Stan "created" those DC comics. I gave him one of my mini-comics, and he told me he'd read it on the plane ride home. I mean, GEEZ! what a great thing to say. Oh yeah, and the signature was FREE! Back in the day...
I’m glad that I never got a Stan signature towards the end of his long life at the cons. I could tell something was fishy from the raw amount of conventions he was attending, it didn’t seem healthy or right to me. Sure enough, he was being abused by his “managers” and daughter. As cool as it would have been to have something of mine signed, I’m glad I didn’t give money to people who were hurting him.
Daniel Keyes, author of Flowers for Algernon interviewed by Will Murray (Alter Ego #13, March 2002), was a prolific contributor to Stan Lee’s fantasy/horror line between 1952 and 1955 and when asked about Stan writing said: "Not to my knowledge. He edited, I guess. He was a businessman, as far as I was concerned. And a shy businessman is almost an oxymoron. I’ve never thought of Stan as a writer at all. So that surprises me. Of course, he might have been turning in comics for a few extra bucks, doing it under pen names so that Martin Goodman wouldn’t know about it. I never thought of Stan as a writer. He says that he created Spider-Man. I never thought of him as a creative person. It could be that one of the writers created it and sent in a synopsis. And it got picked up. But of course he’s become a multi-millionaire for that stuff."
Most interesting. Thank you. :)
20:39 How do you do this? Well, I don't know if they really did it this way but I'd just put an second sheet of Paper behind with an table layout drawn on it to use as guidelines during writing. For the with of each column at least. Or you just remember the spacing, since there is usually a ruler attached to the roll, the paper sheet goes through.
So you can do it like the Tabstops on a modern MS Office.
Like first column is e.g. 4x space until 3" then 5x space and second column goes from there e.g. 9" +5x space and so on.
Uncle Warren killing it with this content this week. Never knew this existed at all.
Mark Evanier described Mike Sekowski's method. He was just as fast as Kirby, but in the 30 minutes he took to draw a page, it was nearly blank until the last 5 minutes. He laid it out in his head with some faint lines to indicate where things were to go, then in 5 minutes would draw the entire page.
"Famous comics strips - Tessie the Typist, Margie, Ruffy Ropes", who remembers these comic strips nowadays?
I bought a copy of this in great shape at an antique store in the 90s - couldn’t have been more than $10. I just thought it was cool. I forgot about it until now…I hope it’s still in a box at my mom’s house…
The idea that Martin Goodman created Captain America, and that he was written and drawn by some unknown writer and artist, is hilarious.
P.S. At least Morris Weiss himself lived to be 98, lol.
I used to work for a grading company and I once saw Stan's handlers straight-up pocketing signature money. No doubt in my mind that Stan was robbed of a huge cut of that cash.
Morning chaps.Comics were 10cents when FFno1 was published and 12 cents when no 4 was published.It's about time the world knew it was Martin Goodman created Cap.Thanks for another great episode.
Wow! Never even heard of this before!
Another Warren Bernard week WITH Scioli. Gonna be a good week
In inking style, reminds me of the Comic Book History of the Universe
Great episode full of fascinating insights. Thanks Kayfabe Dream Team
What a find!
I always thought it was a promotional tool, but clearly it was a pitch for the dollar lesson, a both sneaky and smart little idea. ( I'm assuming there were advertisements for this in Writer's Digest and other magazines, right next to the Rosicrucian ads.) Probably included the Goodman puffery to help get permission to exploit the properties. It's interesting that at age 25, Stan's persona is already established with lots of soft shoe dancing and little detail.
"Daffy Douchebag", that one's going in the pocket
Look, I know it's not your style, but Hot Damn a Kayfabe CGC signing would GO!
Alright, I admit it.
I just want Jim to sign my Street Angel 1, 2.
You Guys Rock.
24.16 Published in 1947 - millions have been reading the adventures of Captain America for more than 9 years - so before Superman in 1938 then? 25.49 Captain America has a round shield - not his original shield...
Tom laughs like billy from predator