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Post by Icctrombone on Sept 21, 2017 11:09:04 GMT -5
What the title says, who's the most difficult and nasty person to work in the comics field ?
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Sept 21, 2017 11:34:28 GMT -5
I thought you were talking about the best writer of heart-wrenching stories!
Certain creators were arrested on charges ranging from rape to murder by way of fraud, so they have the nasty part covered.
As for being hard to work with, I heard that Robert Kanigher, for all that he could write a great war story, was not a very pleasant collaborator.
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Post by Crimebuster on Sept 21, 2017 11:37:46 GMT -5
Mort Weisinger had a reputation as a real wanker.
Arthur Suydam is reportedly a major tool.
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Post by Prince Hal on Sept 21, 2017 11:39:34 GMT -5
Al Capp was no day at the beach.
Also, Funky Flashman had quite the ego.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Sept 21, 2017 12:11:50 GMT -5
Al Capp was no day at the beach. Also, Funky Flashman had quite the ego. Harh!!!  Isn't he friendly with everyone, however? |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Sept 21, 2017 12:15:23 GMT -5
Sad story about one of my favourite artists treating a fan pretty shabbily. Oh, why can't they all be as nice as Stan Sakai??? |
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Post by Hoosier X on Sept 21, 2017 12:16:31 GMT -5
Well, according to everyone whoever worked with Bob Kane, it was Bob Kane.
I attended a Golden Age Batman panel made up of Jerry Robinson, Sheldon Moldoff and Lew Sayre Schwarz and they all had Bob Kane stories. Especially Moldoff! He was hilarious, bagging on Bob Kane. Just one more reason Sheldon Moldoff is AWESOME!
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Post by The Captain on Sept 21, 2017 12:49:19 GMT -5
Mort Weisinger had a reputation as a real wanker. Arthur Suydam is reportedly a major tool. I don't know about being difficult to work with, but my daughter and I met Arthur Suydam at a convention earlier this year and he was quite pleasant to talk with even though we didn't wind up buying anything from his table. |
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Post by hondobrode on Sept 21, 2017 13:06:10 GMT -5
I too met Suydam at a convention and he was quite nice.
Golden was standoff-ish, but all right.
I got autographs and a commissioned Baron Karza from him.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Sept 21, 2017 13:14:08 GMT -5
(...) and a commissioned Baron Karza from him. I am more than a little envious, you know. Golden is like unto a god to me. If I could, I'd commission a calf from him. Then I could worship a Golden calf. (Badum *tsss*!  ) |
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Post by DubipR on Sept 21, 2017 13:55:44 GMT -5
The two experiences I've had with Golden were not pleasant. By no means was he rude and surly, but as other mentioned, he's stand-offish. I was doing some charity work at a convention where we were gathering signatures on a guitar from all the guests. My friend and I walk up to his booth and we tell him who we are and what we do. We tell him and then he just says "And why should I sign this?" "Uh.. for charity and just being a nice guy?" "I'll think about it;" and he goes back to his sketch he's working on. We're standing there and we leave. Come back an hour later, and ask him. Letting out a sigh "Fine.. I'll sign" The other time was personal and just asked him to sign a few issue of The Nam; maybe I caught him on a bad day, I don't know... just didn't like him.
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Post by MDG on Sept 21, 2017 14:20:47 GMT -5
Sad story about one of my favourite artists treating a fan pretty shabbily. I was on the Comic Art board when this hit, and it seemed to go on for weeks. But it was pretty shabby treatment of a fan. On the whole, though, most pros I've met at conventions are pretty positive, though some have off days. I'd met one artist a couple of times at shows and he seemed fine; my friend saw him at another and complained "What a dick!" the rest of the weekend. I only had one artist act like a dick toward me, but it wasn't really a surprise based on what I'd heard. (Also, Kanigher was the first name that sprung to mind when I saw this.) |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2017 14:50:01 GMT -5
 Bob who? |
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Post by Prince Hal on Sept 21, 2017 15:01:56 GMT -5
(...) and a commissioned Baron Karza from him. I am more than a little envious, you know. Golden is like unto a god to me. If I could, I'd commission a calf from him. Then I could worship a Golden calf. (Badum *tsss*! )I tried the veal and I'm tipping my waitress as I type. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Sept 21, 2017 15:59:10 GMT -5
Maybe Jack Miller. He dealt with a whole lot of sob stories in all those romance comics.
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