Who was the craziest person to ever work in comics?

[*paull*]

Some possibilities:

 

 

Mike Netzer/Nasser

Steve Ditko

Jim Owsley, aka Christopher Priest

[slab_em-migration]

Mike Hoffman. He's said some insane things on his website over the years.

[*paull*]

Let's not forget Dave Sim.

[Rocketeer]

....it's a cross between Jeff Jones with the cross-dressing thing going on,...not that there's anything wrong with that,....and Wally Wood with the heroin thing....not that there's anything wrong with that.....

[DKB]

Sim wins.

[HouseofComics.Com]

I wonder about the interior life of the artist who did those hyper-violent stories for Atlas in the 1950s. Can't quite remember his name, probably a pseud. Something Q. Sale?

 

He'd do like prison riot stories or tongue ripped out stories, bullet through the head covers, etc. He did a great job drawing crazed people.

 

Marc

[Kevin76]

Craziest person to work in comics is Inker Bob Almond.

[ComicSupply]

Not sure if you met him or not, but I personally knew JO Barr, and well, he wins for me.

[bobpfef]

Bob Burden

[ArAich]

Vaughn Bode...

[goldust40]

S. Clay Wilson? Tim Vigil? Spain Rodriguez? Robert Williams? A certain R. Crumb?

 

Not sure if these gents are crazy, although a couple have reps. Judging by their work they should be at least slightly mental.

[selegue]

William Moulton Marston is a contender, but "eccentric" is probably a fairer description than crazy.

 

Jack

[Aman619]

cmon guys - - - Danny Dupcak hands down!

[ArAich]

S. Clay Wilson? Tim Vigil? Spain Rodriguez? Robert Williams? A certain R. Crumb?

 

Not sure if these gents are crazy, although a couple have reps. Judging by their work they should be at least slightly mental.

 

Certainly Gilbert Shelton was a wacky guy as well...

[goldust40]

S. Clay Wilson? Tim Vigil? Spain Rodriguez? Robert Williams? A certain R. Crumb?

 

Not sure if these gents are crazy, although a couple have reps. Judging by their work they should be at least slightly mental.

 

Certainly Gilbert Shelton was a wacky guy as well...

 

I met him (along with Paul Maurides) at a signing many years ago in London. He seemed very down to earth, although his early work (Wonder Warthog, Feds And Heads, the first couple of Freak Brothers volumes) gives you the impression that he certainly walked the walk, especially with the Rip Off Press being situated in Berkeley.

[The Brain]

Vaughn Bode...

 

One of the nicest person in the biz I have ever met.

[rob_react]

Vaughn Bode...

 

One of the nicest person in the biz I have ever met.

 

(the thread title was too tempting to pass up as I browsed to see if the Chicago Forum Dinner thread was updated.)

 

You met Vaughn Bode? I didn't picture you being that old.

 

Bode was certainly nuts. I don't know if he was the craziest, but he's out there.

[goldust40]

I suppose you'd have to add Jim Steranko to the list, although eccentric would indeed be the better term.

 

And then there's Pat Mills (Slaine writer) and Greg Brooks ('80s DC artist who is currently in jail for murdering his wife)

[shrunkenhead]

Grant Morrisson should be in the running of curent crazies....believes that his Invisibles series is a working magical operation, inspired by the "psychonaut"-style magic of Peter Carroll. Like, the graphic novel is a functioning magical sigil, or some such notion.

[Joanna]

According to Paul Kupperberg, it was Robert Kanigher. Paul told me some wild tales about Kanigher. Though he was also very creative in addition to his craziness. Kanigher was asked to create a new superteam and by the next day he had created and written a full -script for Metal Men.

 

Marston wasn't crazy. Eccentric, maybe, but not crazy.

 

I used to know Christopher Priest pretty well, and he wasn't crazy either. Actually, he's a nice guy. Opinionated, but a good man.

 

-- Joanna