tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22073066.post116501504969142226..comments2023-06-03T06:16:38.027-04:00Comments on Estoreal: A secret power none of us can matchRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01714171897239398438noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22073066.post-1165040851871066962006-12-02T01:27:00.000-05:002006-12-02T01:27:00.000-05:00More than being on the cusp of changes, Cockrum he...More than being on the cusp of changes, Cockrum helped spark those changes. You pointed out what <I>X-Men</I> did for Marvel's fortunes; Mark Evanier <A HREF="http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2006_12_01.html#012502" REL="nofollow">raises the point</A> that Cockrum's LSH work contributed to a shift in DC's attitude towards creators. Cockrum didn't benefit from the shifts in attitude he provoked, but isn't that always the way?<BR/><BR/>Even if you hardly knew him, you still spent some time with the guy...and the fact I didn't may be why his death is so weird for me. Over the subsequent years I've had the chance to speak or correspond with folks like Roy Thomas, Len Wein, your old boss Jim Shooter, Steve Englehart, and Steve Gerber, whose work meant so much to me as a teenager (and still does!) and when I think of those people they're <I>people</I> in the real world, not just impossibly distant names attached to favorite stories. But my view of Cockrum (a favorite artist even at a time when I focused almost exclusively on writers) stayed unchanged, because I never had any other experience of him. I don't mean that it's idealized -- I have a warts-and-all impression from lots of people who worked with him -- but his name is filed away under the category that will always be "1973" in my brain.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714171897239398438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22073066.post-1165029998129974182006-12-01T22:26:00.000-05:002006-12-01T22:26:00.000-05:00thanks for the link. I'm glad taht you liked the e...thanks for the link. I'm glad taht you liked the entry. I struggled to not go off into dave's work and where it all stands in the pantheon and just how he was right on the cusp of the changes in the industry. Futurians, seeker 3000, the great MOKF cover with the "unstoppable sumo" (#46), what ownership of just Nightcrawler, Storm, and Colossus would have meant to Dave financially.... the list goes on. <BR/><BR/>he was a great guy. and I hardly knew him.<BR/><BR/>CharlesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com