tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post2002126520741033272..comments2024-03-28T05:23:01.707-05:00Comments on A MOMENT OF CEREBUS: My LCS: Cave ComicsA Moment Of Cerebushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02718525538144698138noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-12191655715770792732017-01-27T19:43:36.207-06:002017-01-27T19:43:36.207-06:00Weird memory yesterday: I was comfortable enough i...Weird memory yesterday: I was comfortable enough in the Words and Pictures Museum that when someone asked for a Batman sketch, I went looking for Fiona (who still works with Kevin on HEAVY METAL) and found her in the office/lunchroom with a few other people watching the CCTV. "Do you have a THICK BLACK MARKER? Fresh? Really black?" She went looking and found a few that she tested until she found a fresh one. Meanwhile I was hypnotized watching the CCTV. <br /><br />"I can see why you're in here, this is more interesting than being out there." Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06502294606395720342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-82805040728077342902017-01-26T04:29:56.354-06:002017-01-26T04:29:56.354-06:00On a trip in, I assume, 1999 (as I distinctly reme...On a trip in, I assume, 1999 (as I distinctly remember an ad for the comic book Yeah! as being upcoming at that time), on the Mass Turnpike, at a rest stop, was a pamphlet for the Words and Pictures Museum. Somehow I convinced mom to stop there for a bit. Unfortunately, the museum part was closed at that point, but the store attached was still selling off their merchandise at clearance prices. Got some good stuff, as I recall. Wish I'd gotten some issues of Taboo, but that may have pushed it with mom around ;)<br /><br />"Lost Girls? Oh, it's about...girls...that are...lost...DON'T LOOK AT IT!"Travis Pelkienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-50917823823965976112017-01-25T15:03:29.761-06:002017-01-25T15:03:29.761-06:00Jim & owner of CAVE COMICS: I would guess tha...Jim & owner of CAVE COMICS: I would guess that would have been the HEAVY METAL 20th ANNIVERSARY exhibit where Kevin flew in all of the artists who worked on the 20th anniversary special (except me: I was probably visiting Susan at the time anyway). 1996? (Scott Hampton's water-coloured/photorealism contribution to the anniversary issue still makes me laugh out loud when I read it). <br /><br />The WORDS & PICTURES MUSEUM was definitely a showpiece environment. Just not commercially viable. There was a section of the Museum set aside for TMNT. Kevin was modest enough and enough of a comics purist to want TMNT to be a minor part of the exhibition space. In retrospect, it probably would have been better as a TMNT MUSEUM with space set aside for other comics exhibits.<br /><br />Steve - That would often depend on the paper that I was given to draw on. I didn't really bring my own drawing paper after...the mid-1980s? I'd usually do sketches on a backing board if they had one and there was very little bleed with that. There are people who are insistent about you using THEIR sketchpad. Well, okay, but the Sharpie is going to spread on this. Didn't matter. They wanted ALL of their sketches on a specific kind of sketch pad paper.<br /><br />Also, some sketches were rougher than others just because of the time factor. By the looks of the Cave Comics piece, I definitely wasn't swamped at WORDS & PICTURES. It was always nice when I could take my time. Sitting next to Joe Kubert. <br /><br /> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06502294606395720342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-24397621714199061952017-01-25T11:39:36.971-06:002017-01-25T11:39:36.971-06:00Me: "Did you request that he draw Cerebus/ Ba...Me: "Did you request that he draw Cerebus/ Batman in Frank Miller Dark Knight style, or was that his call?"<br /><br />Cave Comics: "I asked for a Cerebus/Batman. The design was his call."<br />Jim Sheridanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12723199909214872706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-76019950391366933982017-01-25T09:58:53.124-06:002017-01-25T09:58:53.124-06:00Here is a note from the owner of Cave Comics about...Here is a note from the owner of Cave Comics about the sketch: <br /><br /> "I got that sketch from Dave at an event in Northhampton Mass at Kevin Eastman's Comic Art Museum. Sometime in the mid-90's. Very nice place but unfortunately gone now."<br /><br />I'll have to ask him - did he request that Dave do a "Dark Knight" / Frank Miller nod with the sketch, or was that Dave's call? Jim Sheridanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12723199909214872706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-20205825328980698882017-01-25T06:24:42.053-06:002017-01-25T06:24:42.053-06:00The problem with the Sharpie blacks is that on som...<br />The problem with the Sharpie blacks is that on some of the paper you were using the ink has bled / 'crept' past where you'd originally used it, obscuring the original borders of your drawing.<br /><br />Not explaining this too terribly well...<br /><br />Steve<br />Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06324364972414451992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-38529798850377492122017-01-25T02:56:09.150-06:002017-01-25T02:56:09.150-06:00The secret origin of Batvark? ;)The secret origin of Batvark? ;)Travis Pelkienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-9219655711786002762017-01-24T14:46:34.082-06:002017-01-24T14:46:34.082-06:00VERY nice looking store and VERY nice-looking webs...VERY nice looking store and VERY nice-looking website. Thanks, Jim!<br /><br />It's always a concern when you hear about a framed sketch of yours -- particularly in an LCS -- "Jeez I hope t's a good one." No control over which sketches had to get done "on the fly" or in the last ten minutes of a convention or signing or something. <br /><br />It looks as if some of this one was done with markers or ballpoint pen that's faded a bit, but the solid blacks are good beefy Sharpie blacks by the looks of them. And probably won't be fading in our lifetimes!<br /><br /> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06502294606395720342noreply@blogger.com