Category: Comic Books

Staton’s Favorite TV Station

A happy bit of news is that Joe Staton is Svengoolie’s latest featured artist.

https://metvmall.com/collections/svengoolie-artist-collection

As soon as I saw those glasses with Joe’s design, I had to have one in red and one in black. My buddy Bismo and I tried them out last Friday night.

Sven and Joe first met some years ago at a Chicago convention, as was seen on Svengoolie’s TV show. Sven mispronounced Joe’s name, leading me to wonder if his not-so-secret identity, Rich Koz, has some history with Stanton phono cartridges. 😉

Denro has one of those official Dick Tracy watch replicas. It was a birthday gift from me, and I commissioned Joe to draw a custom card to go with it.

MeTV has posted this interview with Staton.

https://metv.com/stories/exclusive-interview-comics-legend-joe-staton-dishes-on-the-superman-red-carpet-and-his-svengoolie-artist-collection-design

Denro and I first met Joe about fifty years ago. I’m not sure when I grabbed this sign from one of the Boston comic book events we attended long ago.

The Merry Patreon Marching Society

A while ago, I trimmed back a couple of my Patreon subscriptions to focus on a few favorites; one about audio, one about comic book art, and one about the Beatles

  • Audio Unleashed is a podcast with Brent Butterworth and Dennis Burger. Brent is a friend of a friend, from when they worked at Dolby Labs.
  • Artist Colleen Doran I know well enough to say I consider her to be a friend.
  • Andrew’s Parlogram videos are mostly about the Beatles. Another Andrew of impeccable quality and integrity, named Sandoval, who I have met, has given a thumbs-up to Andrew’s work.

Hobnobbing With the Professional Doodlers

What happens at the National Cartoonists Society conference stays at the NCS conference. Okay, not really, but I’m still feeling too euphoric to say very much.

I spoke with quite a few people, some more familiar than others. I had wonderful chats with a couple of comic book artists I already know, Joe Staton and Colleen Doran. Also, two cartoonists who I hadn’t met before today, Lynn Johnston and Greg Walker, one of Mort Walker’s son.

Tomorrow, I will be wearing a suit and tie to attend the Reuben Awards ceremony and banquet.

Art Spiegelman, creator of Maus, will be the recipient of the Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award.

Adventure strip and comic book artist Sy Barry will receive the Elzie Segar Award for excellence in cartooning.