tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post4227588976806422214..comments2024-03-27T20:08:08.593-05:00Comments on A MOMENT OF CEREBUS: Dave Sim: "My Neil Gaiman Story"A Moment Of Cerebushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02718525538144698138noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-75943378298324931612013-12-15T01:40:28.704-06:002013-12-15T01:40:28.704-06:00I was at the '93 Chicagocon too. I was a bran...I was at the '93 Chicagocon too. I was a brand-new Cerebus fanboy who didn't even have all the phonebooks yet. During the Q&A, I raised my hand like everybody else, even though I didn't have a question in mind and was just raising my hand like everybody else. And Dave called on me. My question was a stammered-out query about what Dave thought, say, DC should do with Superman the character [since Dave is into creators' rights and all] and Dave ignored all that and assumed I was asking about having a great idea for Superman or X-Force and what to do if you didn't want to sell it to Marvel or DC. He pointed to the then-popular "1963" as a perfect example of how to write your favorite characters without using the actual copyrights. He wound up using that in the "Guide to Self-Publishing."<br /><br />The Neil Gaiman tribute is a fun book. I'm a bigger fan of Colleen Doran as a person than as an artist, and it's my absolute favorite Colleen artwork ever. Which she probably bashed out in 20 minutes. The Todd McFarlane piece is hilarious too.<br /><br />And, just because I like to tell people, the Sweatshop Section from "1963" #6 gives a shout-out to Cuddly Chris Cantrecallhisname. That's me. :)ChrisWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18322950015727553689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-33167854523313390532013-12-14T23:55:22.560-06:002013-12-14T23:55:22.560-06:00Ah, yeah! I have this whole thing somewhere. I was...Ah, yeah! I have this whole thing somewhere. I was actually at the 1993 Chicago Con (tho by then I was already living in Indiana, but Moondog's was my local growing up in the Chicago burbs). I actually met Dave no less than 5 times during this show, 2 of which over smokebreaks. We compared his "sucking air through a straw" Canadian brand ultra-lights to the then just-in-test-market Camel Wides. Dave ran the roost during his panel too. Neil Gaiman was GOH (and rightly so!), but Dave ruled that con.<br /><br />--- Geoffrey D. Wessel<br />Geoffrey D. Wesselhttp://gdwessel.comnoreply@blogger.com