These probably seemed somewhat earnest at the time. But now they just sound like cheese-whiz. And who doesn't like cheese-whiz? Eat up, Internets.
First up, a "creative summit" featuring myself, penciler Scott McDaniel, editor Ralph Macchio and others working on Daredevil at the time. Might be kind of interesting if whoever audio-engineered it hadn't boosted the music just hight enough to drown out the voices. Following that, a horrendously forced promotional spot, featuring yours truly, prepared for the Marvel "fan phone." (Back before you could get your fill of promo with just a click.)
Back in '93, the "Marvel Mega Tour" visited the Philly Comic Con, and I was asked by some indie filmmakers to prattle on about my view on comic creation. This was my pretentious, way-too-serious, personality-deprived contribution to the effort.
The full flick, Comic Art, features other comic types of the time, including Mike Baron, Ray Lago, Colleen Doran and many more.
Excerpts from a SUNY documentary on comics, while living in Poughkeepsie, NY. Middling observations on the comics code, comics as movies, and the larger appeal of comics. Count how many times I say "you know..." Help me figure out if my praise of "Men in Black" was because there was no other decent comic movie at the time, or if I was sucking up hoping to land work. (Probably the latter!)
In the early nineties, Marvel Comics fell under an alignment of dark stars. Put another way, they had a whole bunch of scary comic books coming out at the same time. In an uncharacteristic moment of promotional inspiration they decided to push the fall launch of those titles as the “Harvest of Evil.” One of the tactics was a cassette tape (Huh? What’s that, old man?) with spooky sound effects on one side, and eerie “Inner Sanctum” style audio stories on the other.
Herewith, my contributions to the effort, featuring characters and creatures from Clive Barker’s Nightbreed. Channeled in my most overwrought, Rod Serling style, natch.
