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Meetin' Steve Ditko!

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Jun. 28th, 2008 | 10:39 pm

This is just a short comic about my... er... meeting with Steve Ditko.  With Cameos by Dean and Fiffe!


Enjoy!




I am not shitting you either... This is EXACTLY how it happened!
Overall it was pretty funny if anything and it's still cool to say I met him at all.  I knew it was over when he came to the door with his shirt half unbuttoned...  But... what else was I gonna say at that point?

I know Fiffe looks kind of.. jolly, but I left it cause it's pretty hilarious.

A few things that didn't make the cut: 
when I was standing at the window, some trendy hipster type dudes were talking about going to a party as they left the room next door.
I knocked once and waited, then I thought I heard rustling paper, so I knocked again after a few minutes... 

Too bad me and Ditko couldn't be buddies...  Maybe if he knew my name was STEVE too...

My dad suggested I try again next year, see if he remembers me, maybe I'll get a few more words, if only "Why do you keep coming here?"

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Man-Size

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from: [info]man_size
date: Jun. 29th, 2008 04:45 am (UTC)
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Happy Birthday!

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zegas

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from: [info]zegas
date: Jun. 29th, 2008 04:55 am (UTC)
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It took balls to show up at Ditko's doorstep. Hope your birthday was a fun one!

Maybe next time you should go with more of a purpose than saying "hi". Give him your comics, ask questions, mention Ayn Rand, I dunno... Who knows what he was in the middle of?

I like your renditions of Dean and I. We all look like we're on Death Row!

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Steve Fuentes

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from: [info]steve_fuentes
date: Jun. 29th, 2008 04:58 am (UTC)
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Very true, but in this instance there wasn't much else I could say, he just shut the door. Plus him not even really being dressed didn't help. I still feel like I should go back, maybe the next comic I finish I'll try to give him a copy.

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66kmph

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from: [info]66kmph
date: Jun. 29th, 2008 05:16 am (UTC)
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Happy Birthday, Steve.
This is the best comic I've seen you do.
Stop fooling around with that alien-meteorite-noir stuff and do more of this.
Can we reprint this at the Deep Six blog?

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Steve Fuentes

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from: [info]steve_fuentes
date: Jun. 29th, 2008 05:51 am (UTC)
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Yeah, go ahead... and thanks, I guess?

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iconotrast

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from: [info]iconotrast
date: Jun. 29th, 2008 05:42 am (UTC)
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Why is Fiffe using the Purvis desk??
He never sits there.

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simonfraser

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from: [info]simonfraser
date: Jun. 29th, 2008 06:13 am (UTC)
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Wow!
I'm not entirely sure I approve of people hassling the old guy, but that's a helluva way to mark your birthday. More importantly I like your comic about it.

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Man-Size

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from: [info]man_size
date: Jun. 29th, 2008 02:47 pm (UTC)
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How would you know, Tim? You're never at D6 after 4/5PM.

Dogs.

Leland's desk is Fiffe's preferred board when I'm using mine.

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Leland Purvis

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from: [info]purvision
date: Jun. 29th, 2008 03:23 pm (UTC)
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If you ever see the Toth documentary, there's a similar scene a guy relates about the first time he met Alex Toth. Later he sent him a letter and they started corresponding and became good friends. But he never asked Toth if he remembered him from the first meeting... and Toth never said.

The best thing about this is that it inspired you to do a finished page of comics.
Happy birthday. Way to take some risks. Now, get busy livin'!

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natsch

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date: Jun. 29th, 2008 03:45 pm (UTC)
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nice work steve!

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Re: natsch

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date: Jun. 29th, 2008 11:45 pm (UTC)
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Happy birthday you ditko stalker. =P

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patrickdean

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from: [info]patrickdean
date: Jun. 30th, 2008 02:24 pm (UTC)
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Right before he shut the door, you should have yelled; "Hey, didja see that Spider-Man movie? It was er...".

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Pj Perez

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from: [info]pjperez
date: Jun. 30th, 2008 11:37 pm (UTC)
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Well, it took balls to just show up on his doorstep anyway.

Mind if I add you as a "friend?" You have cool stuff going on here I'd like to keep up on!

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All's Well that ends ...er...

from: anonymous
date: Jul. 2nd, 2008 04:37 pm (UTC)
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Hey -

that was pretty cool gettin' to meet Ditko...An iconic symbol obviously engrossed in his own spider web...maybe another visit - maybe bring him a snack...food always is well received...

DF

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wrongdimension

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from: [info]wrongdimension
date: Jul. 8th, 2008 01:33 am (UTC)
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Reminds me of when the Sex Pistols met Syd Barrett.

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