Rich Buckler, best known for having co-created the character Deathlok the Demolisher and for his art on Fantastic Four in the mid-70s, turns 60 today.

But years before he did either of those things, he drew a convention sketch for an annoying teenager with a sketchbook—me!

I have no idea what con I would have been attending in New York in late November of 1972. I think it might have been one of the first Creation cons. Anyone out there know for sure?

In any case—Happy Birthday, Rich!