Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Jun 28, 2015 21:48:59 GMT -6
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An Eight-year-old Comic Fan Wrote Steve Ditko a Letter, and Here’s How Ditko Responded
Steve Ditko isn’t known for being a chatty fellow with the press, but one eight-year-old just nabbed the 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 said 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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An Eight-year-old Comic Fan Wrote Steve Ditko a Letter, and Here’s How Ditko Responded
Steve Ditko isn’t known for being a chatty fellow with the press, but one eight-year-old just nabbed the 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 said 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.
s1029.photobucket.com/user/Simonlove69/media/Screen-Shot-2015-06-28-at-5.02.16-PM_zps9ekrwi8y.png.html
s1029.photobucket.com/user/Simonlove69/media/Screen-Shot-2015-06-28-at-5.02.34-PM_zps01gwpix1.png.html
s1029.photobucket.com/user/Simonlove69/media/steve-ditko1-625x326_zpsbvzyxtmk.jpg.html