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Joe Sinnott

One of my all-time favorite comic book artists gives an overview of his career.

Interview with comics legend Joe Sinnott, Part 1 from The Comic Archive on Vimeo.

Interview with comics legend Joe Sinnott, Part 2 from The Comic Archive on Vimeo.

A couple years ago, I had the great pleasure of hiring Joe to ink this variant cover, penciled by Sal Buscema, another comics legend himself, for “The Life and Times of Savior 28” issue # 1, the series I co-created with J.M. DeMatteis. Colors by Andrew Covalt.

Paolo Rivera studio tour

I love this look into Paolo’s studio and process. It’s great to see someone able to put so much thought and care into his work.

Artist Paolo Rivera Gives a Tour of His Studio (PART 1) from The Comic Archive on Vimeo.

Joe Kubert on Process

This video courtesy of The Comic Archive

Comics Legend Joe Kubert Talks About His Process from The Comic Archive on Vimeo.

Joe Sinnott

One of my all-time favorite comic book artists gives an overview of his career.

Interview with comics legend Joe Sinnott, Part 1 from The Comic Archive on Vimeo.

Interview with comics legend Joe Sinnott, Part 2 from The Comic Archive on Vimeo.

Paolo Rivera studio tour

I love this look into Paolo’s studio and process. It’s great to see someone able to put so much thought and care into his work.

Artist Paolo Rivera Gives a Tour of His Studio (PART 1) from The Comic Archive on Vimeo.

Joe Kubert on Process

This video courtesy of The Comic Archive

Comics Legend Joe Kubert Talks About His Process from The Comic Archive on Vimeo.

The Brave and the Bold

“Mort [Weisinger] and I got along with in a business way, but it was an awful time. If you shook in your boots, especially in those days, they would jump all over you. When he was very rude to [Jerry] Siegel, I told him, “You wouldn’t be sitting behind that desk if he hadn’t created Superman, you know.” I never kept my voice down. When they wanted me to do something over I would say, “Whatever I give you is the best I can do.” My attitude was, they’re not bosses, they’re editors.”

-Al Plastino (Golden/Silver Age “Superman” artist extraordinaire)
from an interview with Jim Kealy & Eddy Zeno
Alter Ego fanzine #59

All In A Day’s Work …

“… in those days, you had to knock the stuff out in order to make a living. I’d pencil a page in the morning and ink it in the afternoon. After supper, I’d ghost a couple of Archie pages for Jon D’Agostino; I did that for a number of years. I was also doing covers for a crossword puzzle magazine publisher. I only had so much time to spend on the Marvel stuff, because I couldn’t give up my other assignments. Those people were depending on me, too. I used to juggle a lot of assignments.”

– Joe Sinnott
from a interview with Jim Amash
(Alter Ego #26)

[Relevant because … things haven’t changed that much.]

A New York Story

Last night, attended the New York premiere screening of first time documentary film-maker Dan Makara’s “IRWIN – A NEW YORK STORY”, at the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art. The film is a portrait of legendary cartoonist Irwin Hasen, co-creator of “DONDI” and “WILDCAT”, and early chronicler of the adventures of “WONDER WOMAN”, “GREEN LANTERN” and “THE JUSTICE SOCIETY”.

I was a student of Irwin’s over 20 years ago at the Joe Kubert School, and it’s always a pleasure to see Irwin at conventions or gatherings like the one last night.

Also on hand were Jerry Robinson and Jules Feiffer.

Whether you know a lot about Irwin or not, the film is worth seeing for a glimpse of his own larger-than-life character. At 92 years of age, he still knows how to work an audience.

Congrats to Irwin and Dan for a job well done!

BEN 10 and CURSES, FOILED AGAIN!

Last year, May 2010, First Second Books published the graphic novel “FOILED”, my collaboration with writer Jane Yolen. Jane has written the sequel, “CURSES, FOILED AGAIN!”. I’ve thumbnailed the whole thing, and I’m now about 20 or so pages into penciling.

At the same time, I’m still penciling “BEN 10” stories for DC Comics’ CARTOON NETWORK ACTION PACK comic book series.

I like getting to bounce back-and-forth between the two. “BEN 10” has to be on-model with the design of the animated T.V. show it’s based on, while “FOILED” can be weird and loose. They both provide a nice change of pace from each other.