tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post908338685242122035..comments2024-03-27T05:22:27.604-05:00Comments on Eddie Campbell: Eddie Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02492020671613766729noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-7806953369915841132008-08-15T15:34:00.000-05:002008-08-15T15:34:00.000-05:00My dear Edward,After completing the task, I couldn...My dear Edward,<BR/><BR/><I>After completing the task, I <B>couldn't find any of my pals</B> in the hotel bars around the place and <B>never said cheerio to them</B>. We only meet <B>once a year or two years or more</B>.</I><BR/><BR/>I missed that ritual parting late Sunday too. Then again, I was with your Oz pals who would've been glad to have been found by you for a post-con meetup. Maybe next time...<BR/><BR/>BTW, does <I>The Playright</I> have an official home yet?<BR/><BR/>Yer pal,<BR/><BR/>WayneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-78102059525506077522008-08-15T03:04:00.000-05:002008-08-15T03:04:00.000-05:00Yeah, but he wants to be a SERIOUS cowboyOxtay!!Yeah, but he wants to be a SERIOUS cowboy<BR/><BR/>Oxtay!!Matthew Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06954050440829792514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-66571076199542649812008-08-15T02:35:00.000-05:002008-08-15T02:35:00.000-05:00An artist? I thought you wanted to be a cowboy Be...An artist? I thought you wanted to be a cowboy <BR/><BR/>BestAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-83514291013849401712008-08-15T00:40:00.000-05:002008-08-15T00:40:00.000-05:00You are an artist of the serious sort, Eddie. You ...You are an artist of the serious sort, Eddie. You do your work and you do it seriously. <BR/>Why should you let the tomfoolery around you get you down? Just because you are attending the convention does not mean that you HAVE to wear a batman costume... <BR/>I'd have to go with Christopher's advice.<BR/>(you are not getting depressed on us again, are you?)spacedlawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12462723005560128474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-38097875476271367112008-08-14T23:30:00.000-05:002008-08-14T23:30:00.000-05:00You know, someone gave me a great bit of advice wh...You know, someone gave me a great bit of advice which has helped me a lot in the past month, so I'm going to pass it on to you. Don't focus on what you don't want, because you'll only attract more of that to you. Think about what makes you happy, and focus only on that. The more you put your mind to those things which give you joy, the more your mind will show you the way to more of those things. Then you can start to change things your way. I've been getting a lot of art jobs since I took this advice so I must be doing something right.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08365108625579347498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-72713997958138115122008-08-14T22:47:00.000-05:002008-08-14T22:47:00.000-05:00"I had always wanted to be an artist of a serious ..."I had always wanted to be an artist of a serious sort, offering my observations and commentary on life as it is lived in our times, an author sought out for his wisdom and insight. How I came to get mixed up with this subculture of the fantastical I cannot now recall." <BR/><BR/>Bacchus? It was my gateway drug to your Alec works, in part because of its (smarter) resemblance to superheroics.<BR/><BR/>I remember reading of Vonnegut's complaints about being pigeon-holed as a science-fiction writer even though many of his books had nothing to do with aliens or teleporting or time travel. The ones that did were enough to get him stuck in that category for a time. I think part of the problem is as much the comics community clinging to the sense of legitimacy achieved by comics published in "real" books by "real" publishers and sold in "real" bookstores (much as the sci-fi community clung to its occasional authors of "real" fiction with sci-fi trappings) as it is the wider media condescending to recognize books that are "really just" comics.<BR/><BR/>One huge problem librarians open up by shelving such books in the juvenile section is the question of how many more times works like Fun Home will be pulled off the shelves and questioned as appropriate. <BR/><BR/>Michael GrabowskiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-64453708741039437142008-08-14T18:15:00.000-05:002008-08-14T18:15:00.000-05:00Yes. Just remember that your words and your works ...Yes. Just remember that your words and your works mean a great deal to some of us outside of the baloney realm...Austin Kleonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03109597007967627708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-80669604642265452982008-08-14T17:47:00.000-05:002008-08-14T17:47:00.000-05:00Dear Edward- Shame on you! You are an "artist...Dear Edward- Shame on you! You are an "artist of a serious sort"! Last night I read your wonderful graphic novel "The Fate of the Artist", I'm so happy that I didn't read your work before you took the bar stool next to me at the Marriot Bar & Lounge, for I would be far too intimidated by your genius to speak to you! I have often passed up the opporunity to meet writers I admire - your fellow English friend Neil Gaiman is one author I admire but have made it an effort not to meet him by attending of his book signings or even speak to him when I passed him in the hallways of last year's Comic Con. I'm afraid if I was aware of your greats gifts and talents I would had avoided speaking to you as well. Your book was wonderful and full of human truth! An artist is not just someone who draws pretty paintings or spins great tales but who searches deep into the core of the human experience. You my friend are a true artist! So stop being so hard on yourself! I love your poetic turn of words, "wife of my bosom" indeed! Namaste - geriYoga Galhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11811671544368940573noreply@blogger.com