Yes, again with the Scrawl. The mix tape ended with "11:59 (It's January)" from Nature Film, leaving me to think this was a New Years Eve thing. Which year? Um. . .
Dwayne McDuffie and Kyle Baker goodness up at Comicon.com:
[WB Animation studio is] also chock full of comics folks. Of course, Paul Dini and Bruce Timm, the masterminds behind the entire Batman Animated franchise work there. In addition, Denys Cowan is co-producer on Static Shock, and Dwayne McDuffie is story editing JLA. While I was snooping around, I saw a cubicle with the name plate "Kyle Baker" - alas Kyle was not there, but I did see his storyboards for a new Looney Tunes short he had pinned to his wall. But I can't say anything about them! I don't know about you, but when I hear the words "Kyle Baker" and "Looney Tunes" together, I get all tingly.[. . .] At last, I saw Dwayne McDuffie, hard at work on a JLA script. I even asked him some questions, and I am allowed to tell you what he said.
THE PULSE: How did you make the jump from comics scribe to animation scribe?
MCDUFFIE: STATIC, a comic book I co-created for Milestone, was adapted into the Kids WB series STATIC SHOCK (now going into its third season). Producer Alan (BATMAN THE ANIMATED SERIES, BATMAN BEYOND) Burnett gave me a shot at writing a script for the series early in the first season and was also kind enough to ask me back for two more (I've ended up doing three scripts in each of the three seasons). When an injury prevented Paul Dini from finishing his work on a two-part JUSTICE LEAGUE episode, producer Rich Fogel gave me the nod (I can account for my whereabouts at the time of Paul's accident. My lawyers say I can't stress this enough). The scripts came out well and I was given two more. Later they asked me to join Justice League's staff as a story editor for the second season. I've also done a Scooby Doo episode for the fall season.
Yes, back to cartoons, but at least now they're American cartoons. And Dwayne McDuffie, Kyle Baker and Denys Cowan are black, so technically this is vaguely on-topic for this site.
Oh, the person doing the interviews is one of the few women working in the comics industry, which also makes this on-topic.
What, me snarky?
I almost bought a kyle baker book yesterday...but it was too damn expensive. I have Why I hate Saturn around here somewhere. I love the way that man draws facial expressions. He is a true artist.
You liked Why I Hate Saturn. You are officially my favorite person in the whole wide world.
Was it King David you were looking at? It is a bit pricey, especially considering the paper quality. It's beautiful and funny, though. Wanna borrow a copy by mail?
Damn straight. What's not to love about WIHS? Did it get bad reviews or something? I think I got it in 1988? 1987? When it first came out, and I haven't picked it up in like 10 years and I STILL think about it. Which says a lot, considering I can't remember what I read last week unless I put it in the blog.
I think it was King David that I saw. I don't think I even picked it up because I didn't want to be tempted, so I forced myself to believe that Kyle Baker had gotten all religious and was doing Christian comic books. hahahaha. It's called "consumer avoidance syndrome" or something.
You know I would love to "borrow" it, but I'm awful...AWFUL about mail, Aaron. I would be really apprehensive about sending anything into the gaping maw that is my home. I mean, aside from my lack of responsibility about returning things, there are children with crayons and markers running around willy nilly over here. It's a madhouse, I tell you.
Two other people who came to know and love WIHS I had to practically tie down and force them to read the thing to get beyond the whole "Oh, I don't read comic books" attitude. Someone who freely gives the love makes for a pleasant change.
Did the children actually do the coloring page at the back of WIHS? They only needed the one crayon, after all.
But what about Cowboy Wally, the Graphic Novel people would sacrifice bodyparts for?
Until it was reprinted some years ago, that is.
Love Kyle Baker. Discovered him too late, when he had become bitter and twisted and left the comics industry for a while. Got to get his books out of storage.
What did I tell you about writing more about comics? I cannot affort starting up a comics addiction again, dammit.
Um, Aaron. Nofuckingway would I leave one of MY precious comix out for the children to defile. MY comix are all neatly sealed in plastic and stacked in boxes in a closet somewhere.
And I live in fear of the day they discover them.
This all started the day (about 12 years ago) that my dog chewed up a copy of Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children. I felt an anger that I never hope to feel again.
Martin, the library in Rantoul had a copy of Cowboy Wally from before the reprint came out. I was so, so tempted to steal the thing and pay the comparative pittance they'd charge. As it is, I just photocopied the funnier pages.
Yes, that was a lot of copies.
And at least I didn't mention Cowboy Wally 2 again.
Oopsie.
Dru, sorry to hear about that. Hope the kids manage to miss the books. Or you can get a ton of dog-eared old ones at a garage sale or something for them to trash as a decoy.