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Interview with Clifford VanMeter- formerly of Valiant Comics

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On Sketch Maven, we just posted an interview with Clifford VanMeter of Valiant Comics, Comicolor and most recently Arctos Comics. Cliff gives advice, talks about about being at Valiant during its 90s heyday, and shares the best piece of advice that Bob Layton ever gave him. Hope you enjoy the read!

http://www.sketchmaven.com/cms.php?&con ... d_VanMeter
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Re: Interview with Clifford VanMeter- formerly of Valiant Co

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sketchmaven wrote:On Sketch Maven, we just posted an interview with Clifford VanMeter of Valiant Comics, Comicolor and most recently Arctos Comics. Cliff gives advice, talks about about being at Valiant during its 90s heyday, and shares the best piece of advice that Bob Layton ever gave him. Hope you enjoy the read!

http://www.sketchmaven.com/cms.php?&con ... d_VanMeter
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Thanks Sketchy. Cool read.
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Good read. Thanks for sharing. :thumb:
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nice one :thumb:
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iggy101us wrote:Good read. Thanks for sharing. :thumb:
What I wanted to say as well :thumb:

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Nice interview. I like this part.
What’s your all-time favorite comic issue or series

Magnus Robot Fighter is up there, both theMagnus Robot Fighter #1 original Russ Manning and the one I worked on at Valiant.
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Daniel Jackson wrote:Nice interview. I like this part.
What’s your all-time favorite comic issue or series

Magnus Robot Fighter is up there, both the Magnus Robot Fighter #1 original Russ Manning and the one I worked on at Valiant.
In a portion that was deleted from the original interview, he said that now he really enjoys seeing men in skirts and this was the impetus...
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dave wrote:
Daniel Jackson wrote:Nice interview. I like this part.
What’s your all-time favorite comic issue or series

Magnus Robot Fighter is up there, both the Magnus Robot Fighter #1 original Russ Manning and the one I worked on at Valiant.
In a portion that was deleted from the original interview, he said that now he really enjoys seeing men in skirts and this was the impetus...
:lol:

Good interview! Particularly like his choices of dream projects!
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Hey everyone, thanks for the comments. To give Cliff a shameless plug as well- feel free to check out his web comic too at http://arctoscomics.com/

-Mike (Sketch Maven)
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thanks for posting the link and doing the interview!
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I have spoken to Cliff a few times on the phone and I can say that he is one VERY pleasant guy with a definative love for comics and people.
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Knightt wrote:I have spoken to Cliff a few times on the phone and I can say that he is one VERY pleasant guy with a definative love for comics and people.
I have chatted to him a few times via Facebook and he is a really cool guy. It is always nice to see a creator who has time for the fans.
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I liked that step by step Magnus stuff he showed us awhile back. Very cool of him.
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Drift wrote:
Knightt wrote:I have spoken to Cliff a few times on the phone and I can say that he is one VERY pleasant guy with a definative love for comics and people.
I have chatted to him a few times via Facebook and he is a really cool guy. It is always nice to see a creator who has time for the fans.
I had a commission done by him, acrylic painting and was very pleased. Not sure if it was a sign of slow times, however his pricing was way better than other artists that I would consider the same caliber.

If your on the fence about getting one done, I suggest shooting him an email.

One note though, you have to appreciate his style of art though :thumb:
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Different article, same Cliff.

http://www.comicbookbin.com/news667.html
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Re: Interview with Clifford VanMeter- formerly of Valiant Co

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sketchmaven wrote:On Sketch Maven, we just posted an interview with Clifford VanMeter of Valiant Comics, Comicolor and most recently Arctos Comics. Cliff gives advice, talks about about being at Valiant during its 90s heyday, and shares the best piece of advice that Bob Layton ever gave him. Hope you enjoy the read!

http://www.sketchmaven.com/cms.php?&con ... d_VanMeter
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