-Lunch was Chinese with Brevoort. Conversation was more personal than usual since it was Just The Two Of Us (cue Grover Washington, Jr.).
I screwed up and called his son his step-son. Turns out he’s not a step-son. That was embarrassing. Lots of Marvel and comics history in general when you talk to Tom. He’s been here a long time and has an interesting, useful insight on just about everything and everyone involved with this business. He’s an executive editor, so I can’t really say he’s under-rated, but he’s a guy always worth hearing out.
My impression of his grunting was stolen from Aubrey Sitterson, a woman that used to work as his assistant.
-After lunch was the twice weekly stop at the Treat Truck which is just what it sounds like: a truck filled with treats. We pretty sure we keep that place open. When we got there, Kim, the owner of the truck says that someone already bought Tom’s favorite peanut butter cookies for him. Tom has never moved faster. I’d like to see him race Slott.
Hint to talent: You can pretty much get Tom to approve anything if it's accompanied by peanut butter cookie.
-I buy a chocolate chip cookie for Brennan as I am wonderful.
-Stopped by David Bogart who commends a comic my five year old son drew. Chris Allo stops in to give me a hard time about something. Both are now famous here.
-E-mails galore.
MARVEL APES logos coming later in the week from designer Rich Ginter. I’m trying something new and hope he can do it relatively easily.
Writer wants to deliver pitch next week since he’s busy with con. That’s fine. I’m sitting on a big pile anyway.
Scripts needed for other offices to read, so I send them.
-Lots of other private stuff and a bunch of reference. Usually I give reference requests to Brennan to handle, but sometimes he’s busy, so I just do it myself, like now.
-FISH IS CRITICAL Wife says it’s on its side barely moving and she’s devastated watching it die. I can’t believe this is happening on the day I do this blogging thing. What a narrative! (Always editing.)
Really makes you think about how short life really is…for a goldfish.
I’ll tell ya though, goldfish got more attention from my kids than I do! And I bring home a paycheck!!
-What’s Jen Grunwald doing today?
-I have to answer questions for website about artists going exclusive this weekend. Can’t wait for my words to be parsed within an inch of their life by Internet!
-Warren sends me e-mail I don’t understand. It reads “mean” to me.
-DING: new MS. MARVEL page arrived.
-REMEMBER: If you pull out a fish in Act One...
more later.
I spy Ringo's Byrne homage.
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