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Larry Lieber On The Gold & Silver Age Of Comics Panel
As Seen At The 2008 SDCC Comic Con International!
One of the best things about attending the San Diego Comic Con International each year is that I get to see and hear Comics Pros that usually are only seen at a few East Coast Conventions! This special Golden & Silver Age Comics program was held on the first day of the 2008 San Diego Comic Con International. It was held in Room 8, which is one of the smaller sized meeting rooms at the San Diego Convention Center. Attendance was heavy... This blog post is centering on answers and stories that Larry Lieber told the audience after Mark Evanier questioned him... What was the 1st professional work you were proud of? - The first one would be the Rawhide Kid, because "It was all mine. I was given a free hand". Larry went on to say that it was probably because the Marvel Superheroes were taking up all of the time of people like Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, etc. Larry in another Q&A was asked to tell a story about his brother Stan Lee, (who changed his name from Stanley Lieber to Stan Lee). Larry was given an assignment to write the Amazing Spider-Man Annual by Stan. He hadn't drawn Spidey before, knew that he couldn't draw like Steve Ditko with his different style, and that John Romita, the then current Spidey artist, drew very attractive women, due to his previous DC Romance works. So Larry tried to imitate Romita's style. It was a laborious effort. He finally finished the job and realized his women in the story weren't as beautiful as Romita's. According to Stan's comments, his women actually looked closer to Ditko's in looks! I appreciated seeing Larry Lieber again at a panel at this Comic Con. For those that don't know, Larry also scripted some of the earliest 'Mighty Thor' 'Ant-Man' and 'Iron Man' stories for Marvel, as well as even earlier sci-fi stories before the superheroes debut. Larry was also Editor at the Atlas-Seaboard Comics Group from 1974-75. Which is a blog post for another time! Larry Lieber was born October 26th, 1931 in NYC. So this is also an early 'Happy Birthday' to Larry! It was great to see and hear him once again at this Comic Con! BTW, we also have an ongoing Comic Con and Pop Culture convention here at Make It So Marketing, what with our daily blog posts and listings of items for sale! Thanks for reading this blog post today and please join us again for more! - Michael |  Of course the special Gold & Silver Age of Comics panel was moderated by Mark Evanier at the 2008 SDCC San Diego Comic Con! From left to right in the photo above are: Mark Evanier, Al Jaffee, Russ Heath, Larry Lieber, Jerry Robinson and Al Feldstein.  This second photo shows a close up of Al Jaffee, Russ Heath, and Larry Lieber.
 This third photo shows the cover to the Rawhide Kid #50 guest starring Kid Colt Outlaw! All photos with the exception of the comic book cover were taken by Michael D Hamersky at the SDCC San Diego Comic Con International on July 24th, 2008.
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