Ditko talks about the early days of Spider-man 1 1

[Prince Namor]

On a Ditko Kickstarter run by Robin Snyder, I took as a small prize a copy of 'The Comics'.... turned out to be an out of print one from 2002 featuring Ditko writing pretty openly about his early days on ASM! Thought I'd share....

 

 

[kidcolt]

I love reading these type of articles, gives great insight into what and why the creative team do certain things. Thanks for posting it.

[ADAMANTIUM]

Yes thank you  interesting read!

[Dick Pontoon]

Thanks for sharing!

[jcjames]

Most interesting read.

I get the idea of big villains taking up too much panel-space but as far as his comment about capes covering up characters too much, Neal Adams never seemed to have a problem with Batman's cape.

Interesting though he really points out how much of a non-artist Stan Lee was, not quite understanding the balance needed for storyline and art to make sense together. Too much repetative Hero vs Villain encounters in one story does become boring.

Very cool insights.

 

[chrisco37]

Yeah, Chuck.  Thanks for posting that.  

[thehumantorch]

Hey thanks, a fun read.  I never thought about the effect of costumes on a  story but it makes sense, if the super hero has a secret identity the change between the two generally has to be shown in a panel.  Also interesting to hear how Stan thought villains should be draw and how Ditko portrayed the Green Goblin. 

[tv horror]

I have always found Steve Ditko to be very articulate in all his interviews and expresses his views well to the reader, thanks for sharing.

[Sqeggs]

Very interesting.  Thanks for posting it.  Appears to be installment 4 of a series.  Anyone know if the other installments are available somewhere?

[silverseeker]

Very interesting read indeed...thanks for sharing!

[Senormac]

cool read .  thx for posting

 

[shadroch]

Fun read. I wish someone had kept a contemporary diary of the events.

[Unca Ben]

Very cool!

In the article, Ditko twice references "OO".  Perhaps a shorthand that was explained in an earlier installment, since this seems to be a continuation of an earlier article(s).

Any idea as to what it means?

[tv horror]

Maybe original outline?

[01TheDude]

I thought OO meant outside observers based on content.

This article makes me want to review one of the first super hero books-- Action 1 -- to see what the mix is between in costume/ secret identity.

[comicalgems]

Cool, at least Ditko can stop acting like he was a janitor.  "Oh comics was just a job for me, I don't care about all you nerds" Get bent weasel.

[Fan Boy]

Interesting reading with Ditko's view in there. I would want know more of his views in the early Spider-Man stories. Thank you for sharing here. 

[01TheDude]

6 minutes ago, comicalgems said:

Cool, at least Ditko can stop acting like he was a janitor.  "Oh comics was just a job for me, I don't care about all you nerds" Get bent weasel.

sorry-- had to laugh. So many people get PO'd about how Ditko avoids his fans.

 

[comicalgems]

3 minutes ago, 01TheDude said:

sorry-- had to laugh. So many people get PO'd about how Ditko avoids his fans.

 

I get why he's like he is...I mean I used to sell industrial parts for a living.  Did I like it?  No.  Did it pay the bills?  Yeah.  If in sixty years some jackhole wants me to sign a catalog for them because they know I used to sell parts from that manufacturer I'd be like "you're bothering me kid, go get a girlfriend or a job!"

But at the same time, if he doesn't want adoration from comic fans, then I say give him none.  He's no different than the guy that drew Joe Camel.  (that no one knows the identify of I'm sure without looking it up)  He's a paid artist working on selling kids entertainment so that the publisher can get advertiser revenue.

[01TheDude]

4 minutes ago, comicalgems said:

I get why he's like he is...I mean I used to sell industrial parts for a living.  Did I like it?  No.  Did it pay the bills?  Yeah.  If in sixty years some jackhole wants me to sign a catalog for them because they know I used to sell parts from that manufacturer I'd be like "you're bothering me kid, go get a girlfriend or a job!"

But at the same time, if he doesn't want adoration from comic fans, then I say give him none.  He's no different than the guy that drew Joe Camel.  (that no one knows the identify of I'm sure without looking it up)  He's a paid artist working on selling kids entertainment so that the publisher can get advertiser revenue.

Fun Fact:

The caricatured camel was created in 1974 by a British artist, Nicholas Price for a French advertising campaign that subsequently ran in other countries in the 1970s.