WHEN I WENT TO BOOT CAMP IN CHICAGO I WAS ON THE FIRING RANGE MISSING THE TARGET.... THE DRILL SGT CAME UP TO ME AND KICKED ME IN THE ASS !!! YELLING AT ME !!!
HE THEN TOLD ME HOW TO USE THE RIFLE.... LINING UP THE TARGET - THEN I FIRED AND HIT THE BULL'S EYE FIVE TIMES IN A ROW !!!! HE SAID HE NEVER SAW ANYTHING LIKE THAT !!!!
SOME MORE INFO ABOUT ME... I WORKED AS AN ASSISTANT TO GIL KANE ... RICH BUCKLER... HOWARD NOSTRAND... these boys all showed me the ropes on how to be a professional ARTIST...
AND MARIE FRIGGIN' SEVERIN ... A WONDERFUL BEAUTIFUL WOMAN THAT HELPED US YOUNGER BOY ARTISTS TO BECOME ACUTAL PRO COMIC ARTISTS...
I LOVE WALLY WOOD - DAN ADKINS - BURNE HOGARTH - MONTES AND BACHE - WRIGHTSON - RICH BUCKLER - JOHN BUSCEMA - ALBERTO GIOLETTI - GIL KANE
I WENT UP TO DC COMICS AND ART DIRECTOR VINCE COLLETTA TOLD ME I WAS ABOUT A MONTH AWAY FROM GETTING WORK
I WALKED DOWN THE HALL AND PAUL LEVITS SAID WHAT HAVE YOU GOT IN THAT PORTFOLIO ?? I SHOWED HIM THE PAGES AND HE SAID LET ME TAKE THESE AND SHOW THEM TO ORLANDO AND GIORDANO !!!!
THEY CAME OUT OF THE OFFICE AND SAID DO YOU WANT TO DRAW HAWKMAN ???? !!! THAT'S THE FIRST JOB I DID ! I THEN I THOUGHT GEE I'VE GOT TO FOLLOW JOE KUBERT - MURPHY ANDERSON!!!!!
I HAD TO GET REALLY GOOD FAST !!!!!
THE WOLVERINE VS HERCULES... JIM SHOOTER GAVE ME THE MARY JO DUFFY SCRIPT ... IT WAS THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF WOLVIE IN A SOLO STORY
WHAT GREAT LUCK ON MY PART !!!! THANKS JIM !!!!!