Jim Starlin: “I always turned in things as late as possible so they wouldn’t have time to change anything.”<\/p>\n
Mike Grell: “Did you ever take something back, sit on it for awhile, and then send it back without the changes? I did.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Len Wein talked about trying to sell Jim Warren a story for either Creepy<\/i> or Eerie<\/i> back when Len thought he’d wanted to be an artist instead of a writer. He saw a badly drawn published story, thought he could do better, took the same script, drew his own version, and handed it in to Warren to show that he was the more talented artist. Warren agreed that Len had drawn the story better than the printed version, but then added something that’s important for writers to remember when they get disgusted with stories in magazines they feel aren’t as good as their own work:<\/p>\n Len Wein: “I’m looking for artists who are better than my best<\/i> artists, not my worst<\/i> artists.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n One other interesting quote was from writer\/artist Mike Grell about the tendency for readers to confuse characters with their creators. When readers met him face to face and grew disappointed that he didn’t look like his popular character Warlord, he’d tell them:<\/p>\n Mike Grell: “I do—only I’m shorter, fatter, older, balder, and uglier. But on the inside<\/i> …<\/p><\/blockquote>\n After further exploration of the exhibit hall, I went to two parties Friday night, the first a SCI FI Channel dinner held at Chive restaurant<\/a>, and the second a DC Comics bash at Deco’s nightclub<\/a>. The coolest image of the night for me was that specialty menu up above, which featured drinks based on DC heroes and villains.<\/p>\n
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