what was your 1st piece of orignal art you ever brought

[Kermit the frog]

I was in Iowa City and John Romita Jr. happened to be living there at the time (late 1980s). His house was about 5 blocks away and I had met him at a local show. I went to interview him for a class project (I was in Journalism School Master's Program at Univ of Iowa) and he had all this original art laying around. I bought 2 pages of Iron Man from him. I wanted to buy more (he had a STACK of pages from Iron Man and Daredevil) but as a student just couldn't justify the expense. Of course, I wish I had bought it now, in retrospect! Bottom line is that JR Jr. is one of the nicest, most down to earth guys I had met in comics and I really enjoyed meeting him, talking about comics, and looking at his art. Here's one of the pieces I picked up.

 

 

there are some rhinos who are luckier tha others... specially the albino ones

 

very nice page Steve!!!

 

regards

[Sharkey]

Thanks Pedro -- welcome back after your holiday!

==Steve

[divad]

what was your first piece of comic art you brought.

 

I'm still a virgin

[Sharkey]

what was your first piece of comic art you brought.

 

I'm still a virgin

 

But are you 40 years old?

[nik]

what was your first piece of comic art you brought.

 

I'm still a virgin

 

Well, once your "cherry" gets popped, you will realize how great it is

[divad]

what was your first piece of comic art you brought.

 

I'm still a virgin

 

But are you 40 years old?

 

Unfortunately, I'm "way more" than 40

[divad]

what was your first piece of comic art you brought.

 

I'm still a virgin

 

Well, once your "cherry" gets popped, you will realize how great it is

 

No doubt I had my eye on a Bill Griffith piece and on some R. Crumb work, but the new house (and, ahem, my wife) have kept me from pulling the trigger.

[Sharkey]

what was your first piece of comic art you brought.

 

I'm still a virgin

 

Well, once your "cherry" gets popped, you will realize how great it is

 

No doubt I had my eye on a Bill Griffith piece and on some R. Crumb work, but the new house (and, ahem, my wife) have kept me from pulling the trigger.

 

Now see, that's the great thing about becoming addicted to original art: you realize that you can ALWAYS get another house or car or wife () but if you pass up that one-of-a-kind page of original art, you may regret it for the rest of your life....

 

[divad]

what was your first piece of comic art you brought.

 

I'm still a virgin

 

Well, once your "cherry" gets popped, you will realize how great it is

 

No doubt I had my eye on a Bill Griffith piece and on some R. Crumb work, but the new house (and, ahem, my wife) have kept me from pulling the trigger.

 

Now see, that's the great thing about becoming addicted to original art: you realize that you can ALWAYS get another house or car or wife () but if you pass up that one-of-a-kind page of original art, you may regret it for the rest of your life....

 

 

Yes, I see . . . and which Doctor do you see for this malady?