{"id":4468,"date":"2011-11-13T19:42:25","date_gmt":"2011-11-14T00:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/?p=4468"},"modified":"2011-11-13T19:42:25","modified_gmt":"2011-11-14T00:42:25","slug":"3-pics-make-a-post-dim-sum-bill-mantlo-and-an-angst-ridden-goldfish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2011\/11\/13\/3-pics-make-a-post-dim-sum-bill-mantlo-and-an-angst-ridden-goldfish\/","title":{"rendered":"3 pics make a post: Dim sum, Bill Mantlo, and an angst-ridden goldfish"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been working so hard all week (and this weekend, too) that I’ve been forced into silence here since Saturday. But since three things equal a post, how about we let these pics stand in for my week?<\/p>\n

First, a lovely pic Irene snapped of me with Geoff Landis and Mary Turzillo at my favorite local dim sum restaurant, New Fortune<\/a>. While on their way to Maryland for a scientific conference, Geoff and Mary swung through West Virginia Saturday night and had dinner at the Edelman-Vartanoff homestead, followed the next day by shumai over in Maryland, which Irene and I ran over to share.<\/p>\n

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It was good to play catch-up outside of the madness of a convention.<\/p>\n

Next up, a pic of that shows old Marvel pal Bill Mantlo, whose medical woes were recently reported on at length<\/a>, in far happier times. I published it in the December 1974 issue of Marvel’s official fan magazine, FOOM<\/em>. It was part of a strange idea I had of running baby pictures of artists and writers, and while everyone else turned in the real thing, Bill came up with this.<\/p>\n

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And that’s how I’d rather remember him.<\/p>\n

As for pic #3, it made me laugh so hard midweek that it brought tears to my eyes. It appeared on the cover of I’ll Be Dead By the Time You Read This<\/em><\/a>, by Romeo Alaeff<\/a>, a copy of which had been sent by a PR rep who must not have realized this isn’t the sort of thing we’d cover over at Blastr<\/em><\/a>. But I’m happy for the mistake, because the cover, which illustrates the existential angst of a goldfish, cracked me up.<\/p>\n

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The book also features drawings of a rhino hoping, “There must be a reason I’m here,” a moose asking, “Tell me everything is going to be OK,” and other intriguingly philosophical animals. The disconnect between the cute animals and their weighty thoughts tickled me on a day I needed tickling.<\/p>\n

So there you have it. Three pics I hope make a post. I now return to radio silence … though hopefully not for as long a silence as this has been.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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