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Rawburn
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Post subject: An Eight-year-old Comic Fan Wrote Steve Ditko a Letter, and Here’s How Ditko Responded Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2015 6:17 pm |
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An Eight-year-old Comic Fan Wrote Steve Ditko a Letter, and Here’s How Ditko RespondedQuote: Steve Ditko isn’t known for being a chatty fellow with the press, but one eight-year-old just nabbed to exclusive of a lifetime.
A young comic reader named Carl runs the blog “Carl’s Comix!” with help from his father. Though Carl’s a big Spider-Man and Batman fan, he more frequently talks about the old-school stuff, like ’60s Flash comics and early “Amazing Spider-Man” stories. That’s why back in June, he took it upon himself to write the legendary Ditko a little note.
Carl wanted to know if any of Ditko’s teachers made him want to get into comics, and also what he had the most fun drawing. He capped it off by thanking him for inventing Spider-Man. It was a fan letter many people may have written at one point or another in their lives, but Carl actually got a response.
Earlier this week, Carl received a handwritten reply from Ditko, directly answering the young reader’s questions. He wrote that there wasn’t a particular teacher who inspired him to draw, and noted that “A teacher comes after one thinks or would like to draw comic book stories.” He also that his favorite things to draw are characters in action. “One of the hardest things to learn to do well are the mechanical things,” he added, “like cars, buildings, ett and animals – horses, etc. but they can be fun like with Gorgo and Konga.”
Carl admitted he’d never heard of those two monster characters, but he’ll be sure to read up on them now. Below, check out pictures of both the letters.  
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Post subject: An Eight-year-old Comic Fan Wrote Steve Ditko a Letter, and Here’s How Ditko Responded Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2015 7:36 pm |
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Mr. IMWANKO
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Hanzo the Razor
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Post subject: An Eight-year-old Comic Fan Wrote Steve Ditko a Letter, and Here’s How Ditko Responded Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2015 8:19 pm |
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Ancient Alien Theorist
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Steve's got nice handwriting. Pretty cool.
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Li'l Jay
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Post subject: An Eight-year-old Comic Fan Wrote Steve Ditko a Letter, and Here’s How Ditko Responded Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2015 8:24 pm |
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It scorched
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Hanzo the Razor wrote: Steve's got nice handwriting. Pretty cool. I'll bet it's way better than Kirby's.
_________________ Rom's kiss turned Rogue a hero.
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Hanzo the Razor
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Post subject: An Eight-year-old Comic Fan Wrote Steve Ditko a Letter, and Here’s How Ditko Responded Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2015 8:26 pm |
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I'd put it on the tier just below Kirby's handwriting. Its nice but its not as legible as Will Eisner or Hal Foster's printing.
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Li'l Jay
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Post subject: An Eight-year-old Comic Fan Wrote Steve Ditko a Letter, and Here’s How Ditko Responded Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2015 8:29 pm |
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It scorched
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Bob Kane wrote that letter.
_________________ Rom's kiss turned Rogue a hero.
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Beachy
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Post subject: An Eight-year-old Comic Fan Wrote Steve Ditko a Letter, and Here’s How Ditko Responded Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2015 9:00 pm |
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Mr. IMWANKO
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TS Garp
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Post subject: An Eight-year-old Comic Fan Wrote Steve Ditko a Letter, and Here’s How Ditko Responded Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2015 9:18 pm |
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Manchester City Fan
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His name is Jay not Shirley.
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Paulo
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Post subject: An Eight-year-old Comic Fan Wrote Steve Ditko a Letter, and Here’s How Ditko Responded Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2015 10:34 pm |
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That's so cool.
_________________ These days, it's all secrecy, no privacy... ~ Mick Jagger, "Fingerprint File" Save the Bees
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Post subject: An Eight-year-old Comic Fan Wrote Steve Ditko a Letter, and Here’s How Ditko Responded Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2015 10:37 pm |
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Post subject: An Eight-year-old Comic Fan Wrote Steve Ditko a Letter, and Here’s How Ditko Responded Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2015 3:39 am |
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Hanzo the Razor wrote: I'd put it on the tier just below Kirby's handwriting. Its nice but its not as legible as Will Eisner or Hal Foster's printing. Wow, so apparently Stan Lee doesn't even rate. You don't even consider Stan a handwriter?
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Post subject: An Eight-year-old Comic Fan Wrote Steve Ditko a Letter, and Here’s How Ditko Responded Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2015 3:44 am |
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Post subject: An Eight-year-old Comic Fan Wrote Steve Ditko a Letter, and Here’s How Ditko Responded Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2015 4:10 am |
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Ocean Doot wrote: Hanzo the Razor wrote: I'd put it on the tier just below Kirby's handwriting. Its nice but its not as legible as Will Eisner or Hal Foster's printing. Wow, so apparently Stan Lee doesn't even rate. You don't even consider Stan a handwriter? A Finger writer, not a whole hand.
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Post subject: An Eight-year-old Comic Fan Wrote Steve Ditko a Letter, and Here’s How Ditko Responded Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2015 4:12 am |
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Boring but true
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His handwriting seems simplistic and childlike. Like Objectivism. 
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Post subject: An Eight-year-old Comic Fan Wrote Steve Ditko a Letter, and Here’s How Ditko Responded Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2015 6:10 am |
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I'm afraid to ask about Rob Liefeld's handwriting.
_________________ "They'll bite your finger off given a chance" - Junkie Luv (regarding Zebras)
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Fraxon!
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Post subject: An Eight-year-old Comic Fan Wrote Steve Ditko a Letter, and Here’s How Ditko Responded Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2015 6:28 am |
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Simon wrote: I'm afraid to ask about Rob Liefeld's handwriting. IT'S EXTREME!!!!!
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Post subject: An Eight-year-old Comic Fan Wrote Steve Ditko a Letter, and Here’s How Ditko Responded Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2015 6:33 am |
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Fraxon! wrote: Simon wrote: I'm afraid to ask about Rob Liefeld's handwriting. IT'S EXTREME!!!!! 
_________________ "They'll bite your finger off given a chance" - Junkie Luv (regarding Zebras)
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Hanzo the Razor
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Post subject: An Eight-year-old Comic Fan Wrote Steve Ditko a Letter, and Here’s How Ditko Responded Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2015 9:37 am |
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Ocean Doot wrote: Hanzo the Razor wrote: I'd put it on the tier just below Kirby's handwriting. Its nice but its not as legible as Will Eisner or Hal Foster's printing. Wow, so apparently Stan Lee doesn't even rate. You don't even consider Stan a handwriter? While he dictated the words verbally, it was Flo Steinberg who actually wrote the letters, so she must be considered the co-handwriter for all of Lee's letters.
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