“I went into Hollywood and met Mike Aarons and went to Grantray-Lawrence Animation to work on the, by today's standards, extremely cheap and crude Marvel superheroes cartoons which basically consisted of taking stacks of the comic book art, taking parts of the art, pasting it down, extending it down into drawings and occasionally a new piece of art to bridge the comic book panels and limited animation and lip movement.” ArtBookTodayPiecesMovementMetsStandardsHollywoodLipsDrawingComicBridgesComic BookCartoonSuperheroAnimationMikeCrudeExtending Author:Mike Royer
“There are different rules for comic books now. You've got prima donna's that are dealing with the direct sales market, so if they say it's going to be late, then that's what you tell the dealers and it's late.” IfsBookDifferentLateDirectComicComic BookDealerPrima DonnasDirect Sales Author:Mike Royer
“I've been very lucky with the people I've met over the years. Way back in the early '70s I went to [Phil] Seuling's conventions for something like three years in a row from '70 to '72 and I remember at the '72 luncheon with the Academy of Comic Book Artists and talking with John Romita about the kind of brushes he used. Pros ask pros the same questions that fans do. "What kind of pens do you use? What kind of brushes do you use?" I was so amazed that the wonderful work John Romita was doing was accomplished with a Windsor-Newton series 7 Number 4. Not a 2 or a 3, but a 4.” PeopleWayYearsKindBookUseRememberUsedArtistThreeAsksNumbersTalkingWonderfulFansMetsLuckySeriesComicAccomplishedPensThree YearsConventionsComic BookAmazedBrushesAcademyNewtonWindsorNumber 4 Author:Mike Royer
“I learned early Jack Kirby favorite movies were the Warner Brothers from the '30s. When you look at Jack Kirby's comic books, or at least when I do, I can make an instant connection. When he said he loved those movies it was like, "Of course."” LooksSaidI CanBookCoursesBrotherConnectionsComicInstantComic BookWarner BrothersInstant Connection Author:Mike Royer