I’m not an artist, but I’ve always loved art. I believe that comic books were the start of it all. Like most kids of my generation, I loved comic books. Unlike most, I never outgrew them.<\/p>\n
In junior high I met John Beatty. He was also into comic books and original art. He wanted to be a comic book artist. During our high school and my college years, Beatty and I spent a lot of time at Jim Ivey’s Cartoon Museum. Jim’s was THE place for comics and original art. We also started attending conventions. I was in college and Beatty had become a comic book artist.<\/p>\n
I sold off my art collection when I was ready to graduate college. I kept just one piece, a Paul Gulacy commission of Sylvester Stallone [my favorite actor]. Over the years some of my artist friends gifted me pieces of Stallone art. When my sons were in their mid-teens we started attending comic conventions. I realized that getting sketches of Stallone from my favorite comic artists was a perfect mesh of my hobbies.<\/p>\n
So, no, I don’t draw ’em, I just collect ’em.<\/p>\n
Mood: Joy
\nListening to: 70’s Music
\nReading: The Wildwood Boys by James Carlos Blake
\nWatching: “Serenity”
\nPlaying: Internet Hearts
\nEating: Wings
\nDrinking: Tea<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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