BlackUmbrella

Excited positively or negatively or both?

I'd say both. After a few decades of being aware of the Presidency and Congress changing hands between the parties, I am convinced that both sides are about equally culpable in nearly every issue that impacts the American people. They say the same things to the same people every election. The more you know about whatever a politician happens to be talking about, the less convincing they are.

So when I hear a very partisan person, even if they are an atheist they just sound like any run-of-the-mill religious fanatic to me. What is saddest of all is when they are so convinced that they are right that they assume everyone who doesn't agree with them is a villain or an idiot. This is why I prefer not to hear any political ranting on the show.

When I canned people I didn't discuss those reasons with anyone but the employee unless they had actually failed openly (stolen from another employee, etc.). Deemer is right in not discussing the matter in depth with anyone except Mike. Mike, on the other hand, can shout it from the mountaintops if he's convinced that's what serves him best.

Mike, you were always kind in your remarks to me, sir. God bless, and great success.

On with the show...

Happened to be in Fort Wayne over the weekend and tracked down the DCBS store... INCREDIBLE! Worth the trip if you're close by... it's packed with discounted trades. I picked up books on Neal Adams, JR Jr. and Alan Davis I'd been wanting.

I got the impression he's just talking about backgrounds. I don't mind it as long as it's actually drawn to look consistent with the rest of the work, rather than just being a mechanical image slapped into the background. Joe Quesada does a great job of it.

There are theories that even some of the old masters used rudimentary projection. If you demand realism, there's going to be reference involved. No one can draw original poses and scenes photorealistically from memory, unless they're drawing from a limited repertoire of memorized work.

Lifelong wish fulfillment. Had to tell someone who knows what I'm talking about. That is all.