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Dallas, while I’d LIKE to think the state of the industry could be blamed on a few individuals who “don’t understand the magic”, and from my perspective there are those who have an extremely limited and blinkered view of comics (I once dealt with an assistant editor on Spiderman who didn’t know who ...

Thanks for the vote of confidence, Wonderdallas and Row but I think you might have to accept that you/we are in a minority. As the ClanDestine creator there always a risk I'll sound defensive or bitter if I try to rationalise why the series wasn't more of a success but... When the first issue came o...

No question, Meggan belongs with Brian/Captain Britain. Nightcrawler was the perfect third to supply romantic tension in a little love triangle but I didn’t think there was any long term potential to the relationship. Nightcrawler works best as a tragic loner. Meggan could and would be everything he...

Wife? How could Adam have married a Djinn? But you’re not wrong. She never ‘left’. You might say she is/was visiting her folks. The Djinn has a name (Sorry, not Neilah) but, in the context of the overall mythology, it would give too much away to reveal it here. The nature of the Djinn was to have be...

I’m fine thanks… Finished the second issue of FF THE END today and I’m thoroughly enjoying myself. I had absolutely no involvement in the HoM storyline or Meggan’s appearance in Uncanny. As I have written elsewhere, I was working from one plot to the next on Uncanny and had little or no advanced kno...

Really long story, as you might imagine, so rather than outline extensive plotlines I’ll list a few of the questions that I considered, in regard of a mind/soul that can transfer itself into other bodies. 1) From the spiritual perspective, how would the departed mind/spirit feel about someone hijack...

Hi Allan

I'll try to find a few more of the Wildcats pages to post. But it may be anti-climactic... Most of the best-- most dynamic pages-- were in the Modern Masters book.

All the best

Alan

I won't be attending the Brighton expo, Row. The gossip mongers (wannabe journalists) who use the events to manufacture 'scoops' have caused me a few problems over recent years and, although I'd like to support the event, it really just isn't worth the hassle.

All the best

Alan

The 'change' to Rachel's hound costume didn't seem that radical at the time. Despite the fact it had always appeared as a solid black costume, Chris described it as leather. Adding the highlights and musculature wasn't so much a redesign as my interpretation of the established costume. Having introd...

Thanks for the kind words Jason. I have had a few favourable comments in regard to the Monkey sketches so I may post more once I get time to tidy them up-- along with a variety of other bits and pieces. I haven't sent any new art to Jim Warden for some time. As I have frequently said, selling origin...

Gordon Thanks for the compliments and encouragement-- but I think a monthly posting will be my limit. I'm not sure who you saw selling Excalibur pages at UKCAC but it certainly wasn't Mark (As he confirmed himself). Like myself, Mark has always sold his art through an agent. In '92 it may well have ...

I hope I'm allowed in on this one, Jim because like that pesky know-it-all kid waving his raised hand at the teacher saying 'I know, I know' I have the answer. There were a couple of factors. First Nightcrawler's costume had a lot of solid black, which makes the character easy to draw but it can loo...

Hi Andrew Of course I remember you and I still wear the Phoenix shirt you painted at conventions-- and I have refused a number of generous offers from folk who wanted to buy it over the years. Despite Robin's kind intervention (the cheque is in the post Robin) the reason I wouldn't do a 'how to' boo...

Thanks for taking the time and trouble to get so much info, Jim. I really can't think of anything else to ask and I certainly don't have any problems of complaints with the paper. I have only had a handful of noteworthy problems over fifteen or twenty years-- although there was a period of about a y...

Gordon I have a number of the Aquaman pencil pages laying around somewhere, some of which have appeared in interviews over the years. I'm never happy with my old work but, as I intended to ink the Aquaman pencils myself, they are far more basic and incomplete. When I worked on the Aquaman pencils my...