It’s already been a few days since the Big Apple Con. Marvel Comics artist John Romita Sr. was feeling under the weather and couldn’t make it to the show, and that was disappointing. But I was pleased to finally meet Mark Evanier in person, who I have mentioned countless times, and whose biography of Jack Kirby, Kirby: King of Comics, will be released in February. Here I am sneaking up behind Mark, trying steal one of his lollipops. The orange gadget is Mark’s Blackberry. That thing was constantly getting a call or e-mail. Evanier is a multi-tasking machine!
Mark collaborates with MAD Magazine cartoonist Sergio Aragonés on the long-running comic book Groo the Wanderer. Here’s Dennis hanging with Sergio.
Sergio is a riot. “Shy and retiring” are words that do no apply. In fact, Aragonés seems to have no plans to retire at all! He was inking Groo pages while he talked, and it was a lot of fun watching him work. I’m very familiar with Sergio’s cartooning over the years and the art he’s doing now is stunning, especially when seeing his originals.
