jim shooter used to write rebuttals to articles in the comics journal and they would print them.

like, in the late 70s, early 80s.

thought you'd like to know.

Stanleylieber sightings make me happy!

Now I know this I want to read them. Shooter's crisp, refreshing style of bluntly insulting prose is just what the doctor ordered.

Yes, this should be entertaining.

I saw Shooter at a Comic Con a couple of years back. Do I assume correctly that, other than the occasional Con appearance, he's effectively retired now? He has to be in at least his 70s if not older, right?

He's 69, born in 1951.

Hehe. "69"

In the 80s, the Comics Journal letters page was like the bitchiest internet chat forum you've ever seen, only there was a one-month delay between posts.

I was thinking about SL just the other day!!!! I am so HAPPY!!!!!

Also, would like to read the Shooter rebuttals. Cause, cool.

Now I am going to stare at stanley's avatar awhile

I just read most of Kevin Nowlan's Modern Masters book from TwoMorrows and he had a nice story about Jim Shooter.

They were discussing his New Mutants annual that got some negative fan reaction and he mentioned that after completing the issue, Shooter had sent him a "thank you" note and some flowers for doing such a nice job on it... which to me seems like going above and beyond to be nice, if anything. He said he was aware of Shooter's reputation but his only dealing with him had been very nice.

That is a nice story.
And I can't believe Kevin Nowlan's art would get a negative response (well, I can, but he's a pretty amazing artist. The kids ain't got no cultcha.)

He's also 6'9"

He is very tall. I met him in the early '80s and he towered over me (fairly easy to do)!

Heheh.

If anyone’s looking for a seven hour interview with Jim Shooter — good news!

Seven hours? Wow!

I just started watching this and after 12 minutes, I'll probably watch/listen to it piece by piece. Jim Shooter is pretty interesting. The channel looks like they have other interesting interviews and a bit more mainstream than Cartoonist Kayfabe. Thanks for posting!

I finished the interview. I drive a lot for work. And it was fascinating. If you liked Shooter's old blog, you'll like this. The guys interviewing him are comics fans, one is older than I am and the other is younger maybe 40. They ask all the questions, including about Byrne and other artist's disputes and he doesn't shy away from any questions. I'll watch more interviews by these guys in the future.

Inspired by Marcus I want to hear this as well, now.

For Doot's convenience I will post there is a Claremont answer at 4:07. Goes from there for a while.