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grendeljd: I like writing and creating. Solar is unbeatable if he doesn't beat himself, that is, if his human failings don't undo him. I drink wine sometimes. Beer occasionally. Once in a while a greyhound. Usually seltzer and grapefruit juice. Fatale? I don't know current actors well. Maybe Jennife...

Theebaldmoose: I get some tiny hint of an idea, maybe a phrase that occurs to me or an event of some kind that might be interesting, whatever. Some snippet of a thought or a subject. Then I start writing lists of words related to the snippet. For instance, with PLASM, the snippet was "what if t...

RE: Comics I read: Usually things that are given to me at cons and such, or sent by people wanting crits, or things recommended by JayJay or others. Nothing steady. I read a series by Scott Kollins recently "Weird," I think. Great art. Jai Nitz sends me interesting stuff. RE: Dark Horse de...

P.S. To Veronis and Suhler: They couldn't fund DEFIANT, as it turned out, because they had dealings with Perelman that posed a conflict.

RE: ICON: They asked me to overhaul and write film treatments for some of their properties. I wrote a lot of character developments for "Holy Matrimony," aka Super-Wedding, Crush-O, "Girl Out of Water" and others, I forget. I also overhauled/developed a 12 issue comic book series...

RE: RAI. I had lots of plans for lots of generations of RAI.

RE: Stan signing everything: I think he's entitled to sign anything Marvel. Besides, he's 93. I give him a senior-senior citizen discount.

RE: Purrbinger. Very cool. Nice art.

RE: Kickstarter. I freelance for a company called Illustrated Media. Mostly commercial wrk, promo comics, custom comics, etc. They're considering trying a Kickstarter for one of my many properties.

Yikes! I'm such a slow typer. There was no plan to incorporate DEFIANT into Broadway, though Broadway did acquire the DEFIANT characters as part of a settlement with the River Group, which sued Broadway for hiring me after DEFIANT went down. Sigh. A pattern emerges. Anyway, the suit failed, was thro...

Regarding the end game (for me) at VALIANT, yes, like NASCAR, my VALIANT is all caps, always, Forbes Magazine found the events compelling enough to do an article entitled "How Not to Start a Company: Or what do you do when your partner starts sleeping with the banker." John Veronis and Joh...

vikingspawn, I think the main reason comics these days sell poorly is because they aren't good. The art is great but often the storytelling is unclear. The artists are making pages for the aftermarket, not to serve the story. Some of the writers are talented but "decompressed" writing make...

My relationship with Bob Layton is none. In exchange for a great deal of money, $4 million, according to my ex-partner Winston Fowlkes, who was privy to what went on, plus a big salary for a couple of years and dividends he stabbed me in the back. So did Jin Hartz. The white collar criminals who sto...

Thanks for the kind words about my drawing. I only drew things because we couldn't get a real artist, or there was no money. With a good inker some of it looked okay, I guess. I haven't tried for years. The hands won't cooperate.

Thanks. Looks like someone asked whether VEI wants me to write something. Few people know, but I worked for VEI, on staff for seven months. 2009? I think. It was not pleasant. I quit. Mike Richardson hired me to write the Gold Key characters. VEI sued me for violating my contract. I did not have a c...

I hope I'm doing this right. Never did it before.

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