Shredding hundreds of pages torn from notebooks filled by my teen and twentysomething self causes me to reminisce about my collaboration with artist P. Craig Russell which could have been, the poem 18-year-old me wrote about Action Comics #1, my mysterious mid-’70s New Jersey comic convention meeting with Anthony Bourdain, why when it comes to the process of writing I’m a voyeur but not an exhibitionist, the complete lyrics to a song I had Rick Jones sing way back in Captain Marvel #50, my joy upon seeing Superman co-creator Joe Shuster’s name in my old address book, how the Grim Reaper might have prevented my Scarecrow from being born, and much more.

You can eavesdrop on those memories via the embed below or download at the site of your choice.

Here are some images which will enrich your listening experience, though they probably won’t make much sense without it —

Rick Jones sings my song in Captain Marvel #50 (May 1977)

Complete lyrics for “Champagne People”
written December 12, 1973

1974 Me and 1974 Anthony Bourdain

The New Jersey con where I probably met Anthony Bourdain

What Really Happened with “Picasso Fever”

P. Craig Russell’s Grim Reaper