{"id":36222,"date":"2024-12-10T17:37:48","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T22:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/?p=36222"},"modified":"2024-12-23T22:56:28","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T03:56:28","slug":"why-not-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2024\/12\/10\/why-not-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Not Say What Happened? Episode 10: Why I Was Questioned by the Police for Wearing a Mister Miracle Mask"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Staring at the hole in the ground which used to be NYC&#8217;s Statler Hilton Hotel, home to my first comic book convention in 1970, has me remembering the time I heckled publisher Jim Warren (and what he shouted back), the original art I bought for a buck a page, why the <em>National Lampoon<\/em>&#8216;s Michael O&#8217;Donoghue doused me with a pitcher of ice water, the reason I was locked in a dealers room overnight, the early morning I was stopped by two NYC police officers while wandering Penn Station in a Mister Miracle mask, and much more.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to my reminiscences of cons more than half a century old via the embed below or <a href=\"https:\/\/pod.link\/1775481331\">download at the site of your choice<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/34372330\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here are are a few images which I reference during the episode  &#8212;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>16-year-old me at the 1971 Comic Art Convention<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>I&#8217;m on the right in the second image<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/PhilSeulingandMe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/PhilSeulingandMe-188x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/PhilSeulingandMe-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/PhilSeulingandMe.jpg 262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/1971ComicArtCollection.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/1971ComicArtCollection-300x244.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"244\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/1971ComicArtCollection-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/1971ComicArtCollection.jpg 304w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Cover to the 1970 Comic Art Convention<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/1970ComicArtConventionCover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/1970ComicArtConventionCover-189x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"189\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/1970ComicArtConventionCover-189x300.jpg 189w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/1970ComicArtConventionCover.jpg 385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 189px) 100vw, 189px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Membership list for the 1970 Comic Art Convention<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/1970ConicConMembershipList.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/1970ConicConMembershipList-300x233.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/1970ConicConMembershipList-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/1970ConicConMembershipList.jpg 772w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>My 1970 sketch from Sergio Aragones<<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Sergio1970.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Sergio1970-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-36228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Sergio1970-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Sergio1970-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Sergio1970-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Sergio1970-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Sergio1970-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Sergio1970-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Sergio1970.jpg 1247w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The first original art I ever bought<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/GIlKaneAllStarWestern.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/GIlKaneAllStarWestern-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/GIlKaneAllStarWestern-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/GIlKaneAllStarWestern.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/JoeKubertGICombat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/JoeKubertGICombat-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/JoeKubertGICombat-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/JoeKubertGICombat.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/SekowskyOriginal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/SekowskyOriginal-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-36229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/SekowskyOriginal-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/SekowskyOriginal.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The only existing page of Don Perlin Scarecrow art<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DonPerlinScarecrowSplash.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DonPerlinScarecrowSplash-250x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DonPerlinScarecrowSplash-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DonPerlinScarecrowSplash.jpeg 792w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong> Mark T. Collins&#8217;s Mister Miracle costume <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1972ComicArtConventionMisterMiracle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1972ComicArtConventionMisterMiracle-300x245.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-36401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1972ComicArtConventionMisterMiracle-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1972ComicArtConventionMisterMiracle-768x626.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1972ComicArtConventionMisterMiracle.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staring at the hole in the ground which used to be NYC&#8217;s Statler Hilton Hotel, home to my first comic book convention in 1970, has me remembering the time I heckled publisher Jim Warren (and what he shouted back), the original art I bought for a buck a page, why the National Lampoon&#8216;s Michael O&#8217;Donoghue [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1018],"class_list":["post-36222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-why-not-say-what-happened"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36222"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36402,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36222\/revisions\/36402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}