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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2017 14:31:04 GMT -5
I've had two printed. I was in a message board in 2010 focused on the Dark Horse launch of the Gold Key characters, and Dark Horse Fed Exed me a proof copy of Doctor Solar 1 so I could write a letter about it. I did so and emailed the letter to line editor Chris Warner and it was printed in Doctor Solar 2.
I also had a letter printed in an issue of Jonah Hex back in the day.
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Post by Crimebuster on Mar 14, 2017 14:38:18 GMT -5
Was there ever at least two pages full of fan letters or just the usual whole one page fir any comic book during the 1980s or 1990s? A lot of DC books had two full pages in the 80's, particularly their more serious or prestige books. |
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Post by Crimebuster on Mar 14, 2017 14:39:27 GMT -5
Did anyone here have a letter printed? I had a letter printed in Avengers #353, where my concerns and questions were totally blown off in the Merry Marvel Manner. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2017 14:41:14 GMT -5
I remember TM Maple well. He must've had thousands of letters published. The more prolific letter writers back in the day were minor celebrities to some of us. And of course a few went on to be comic book creators like Kurt Busiek. He had several letters printed in the Stern/Byrne Capt America run. |
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Post by berkley on Mar 14, 2017 14:45:42 GMT -5
IN the 70s, all the more thoughful Marvel series had great letters pages, many of the best letters coming from that same set of exceptional letter page contributeurs - JM de Matteis, TM Maple, Dean Mullaney, Cat Yronwode, ... can't remember them all now. So ToD, Dr Strange, Killraven, MoKF are some of the series that I recall having the best letters pages.
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Post by Spike-X on Mar 14, 2017 14:58:14 GMT -5
The Cerebus letter pages were always quite the interesting read. Sim always seemed to have more than enough letter writers so he could have filled a full monthly comic sized issue with. Definitely Cerebus. Also, any letter column that told David Malcolm Porta to take his homophobic horseshite and stick it. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2017 15:18:54 GMT -5
Did anyone here have a letter printed? I had one printed in West Coast Avengers #13. I think I had a second one printed somewhere (either in a letter WCA issue or in Avengers itself) but I can't recall where. WCA #13 was the first and the one that stuck with me. I never had a letter printed in a DC book, but I did write a handful. What did happen was that one day at university I got a letter in an envelope from DC and it was a typed note hand signed by Dick Giordano thanking me for my interest in DC books and for writing in to comment, and inviting me to try any new DC book I wanted-enclosed was a single dollar bill (the cover price for DC was $1 at the time) and write back to him with what I thought. I thought that was the coolest thing at the time, and was the second Giordano encounter I had making me think of him as one of the best people in comics. -M |
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Post by Spike-X on Mar 14, 2017 15:27:06 GMT -5
That's pretty cool!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2017 19:58:49 GMT -5
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Post by codystarbuck on Mar 15, 2017 1:52:18 GMT -5
Did anyone here have a letter printed? Not at any of the big publishers; but, I had one printed in Mike Grell's Bar Sinister, at the Valiant/Acclaim/Windjammer line and another printed in the indie comic Tales of the Bog (about the first issue). Had a few in the Comic Buyer's Guide. TM Maple even got an obituary, after he passed away. Another prominent one was Uncle Elvis Orten, who wrote in to a lot of John Ostrander's comics. Malcolm Bourne was a frequent poster in Grendel; I wanna say he popped up in Miracleman, too. Of course, the two most famous letter writers: Wendy Fletcher and Richard Pini, who met via the Silver Surfer letters page, married and gave birth to many elves. |
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Post by codystarbuck on Mar 15, 2017 1:54:44 GMT -5
The Cerebus letter pages were always quite the interesting read. Sim always seemed to have more than enough letter writers so he could have filled a full monthly comic sized issue with. Definitely Cerebus. Also, any letter column that told David Malcolm Porta to take his homophobic horseshite and stick it. That's the guy I was trying to remember! I seem to recall him being told off, in print, by both cat yronwode and Diana Schutz. Might be mixing the two, though. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2017 5:04:57 GMT -5
I never read too many letters pages back in the old days. Either I was too busy or maybe I just thought they were all made up? But I do enjoy reading them in the Marvel Omnibus editions that include them now.
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Post by Spike-X on Mar 15, 2017 6:17:25 GMT -5
I never read too many letters pages back in the old days. Either I was too busy or maybe I just thought they were all made up? No, you're thinking of Penthouse Forum. |
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Post by DubipR on Mar 15, 2017 9:23:23 GMT -5
Did anyone here have a letter printed? I had two letters printed. First one was in Steel #28 and the other was in the Frankenstein Mobster #3... |
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Post by brutalis on Mar 15, 2017 9:50:54 GMT -5
Did anyone here have a letter printed? I had two letters printed. First one was in Steel #28 and the other was in the Frankenstein Mobster #3... Now there is a comic just asking to be created. Frankenstein Mobster. Made up of different body parts of famous dead criminals like Capone, Dillinger and others . An unstoppable mob enforcer embracing his true evil villainy!!!! Must read comic book of the century  |
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