Does anyone recognize the signatures?15849
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   Inside the book .....An unknown on the first page, table of contents John Severin Dave Dorman Lurene Haines |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Darkseid_of_town I was a Heavy Metal junkie as a teenager. This book was just covered in heavy hitting signatures, many of which can no longer be acquired. I put a tracking bid on it and was willing to go after it hard the night of the auction, but something came up that kept me away from bidding. I'm glad it went to someone I know and who will appreciate it. That's a solid book you should be proud to own. Congrats on the win. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by SteveRicketts I always checked them out at the comic store as a kid but no way could I have brought one into my house. No National Lampoon either. |
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| I was careful to keep them out of the prying eyes of my mom. They were just comic magazines, after all. They flew under the radar for a long time. One day I accidentally left this issue laying out with the front cover facing down. Mom walked into my room, glanced down at the back cover...and lost her Christian mind. Then proceeded to pull every Heavy Metal and National Lampoon magazine I owned and threw them in the garbage can.  Front cover...  Back cover...  |
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Quote:Originally Posted by SteveRicketts Oh shit, if my mom had found that back cover I would have been out of the house with the magazine. She would have never considered there's a humor element to it. |
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| Did anyone have a hot take on this signature? Where is etapi when I need him? Thanks for sharing your thoughts Steve...I used to see Heavy Metal on the stands at the store, but always thought it was pretty far off the beaten path for me. I am unsure what year Eastman must have taken over or perhaps bought the magazine...it seems like he did so just as he also get mixed in with Julie Strain, and she began appearing as the cover model or often inside as well in some fashion. I am sad Julie is gone, she was an amazing woman and very amusing to sit and talk to. You could find her in any room or con, she towered over most people. I have also been dabbling in the spin off magazine..Heavy Metal Live:Julie Strain and Friends. There are signed versions availible ....you can often find the tour Editions signed by Julie. I do have a copy of Tour Edition cover 5C signed by Julie that comes with the certificate they placed in with the book when sold, to guarantee the signature, so they were definitely utilizing her heavily with the publications   |
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Quote:Originally Posted by SteveRicketts How old were you at the time? Also, it sounds like you knew what your mother’s rules were for her home, attempted to skirt them, and paid the price. As a Christian and a parent, I can see where your mother was coming from. |
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I kept my Heavy Metal magazines in taped up plastic produce bags in the bottom of a box. I was TOTALLY surprised that my let me tac up Farrah Fawcett poster (which I still have)! |
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| Bless her heart, we lost Farrah far too soon. She was the Marilyn Monroe of the 70's | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by Towmater I was 13 at the time. Aside from my taste in comics, music, and comedy, I was a pretty good kid. Well...at least as far as my mother knew. I have a similar story about the time I was listening to 'Get Down, Make Love" by Queen. The next thing I know mom is coming through the bedroom door like the Kool-Ade Man.  🤣 |
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Quote:Originally Posted by SteveRicketts My cousin was introducing me to the more explicit lyrices of 2 Live Crew when her mom came in the room and I can still remember the look on cousin's face. The actor from Shang-Chi plays a role in Kim's Convenience of a Korean man who got in trouble with the law as a teenager. All of his friends moms look down on him. In one funny episode he finds out that after he got in trouble with the law he became the scape goat for all of his Korean friends. Any time they got caught with Porn or other vices they just told their mom that it was his and he had hidden it in their room. |
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| Always bought what I wanted and parents have always given me room to make the right choices and never forced their own values on my decisions. They always gave their two cents , which was often how I made my decisions. End of the day they valued educating and teaching over indoctrinating. |
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 so did anyone have a hot take on this signature? I was trying to post it before and it must not have loaded....Simon Bisley was all I could come up with and it does not resemble his style at all |
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| That's Steve Bissette from Swamp Thing and Tyrant. His signature is S R Bissette, that's why it doesn't look like "Steve". | ||
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| oh thats aweome, and makes sense. I think that was all the signatures inside as well, quite a lineup of people all in one magazine ! Thanks for the help! |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Darkseid_of_town No problem. Whoever owned that book must've attended the same show I did in 1997, the 20th Anniversary of Heavy Metal at The Words and Pictures Museum in North Hampton MA. They had 20 artists there in honor of the 20th ann. Kevin Eastman was the founder of the museum, which is now closed. |
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| Did you make your own version of a signed book from the show similar to this or do you just remember the list of names present? | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by Darkseid_of_town No I don't have a book like yours (which is awesome), I brought a couple comics each for the artists I was interested in. I do remember who I met from the list. I remember Steve Bissette was sitting next to Joe Kubert when I handed Joe one of the few ECs he drew. Joe was kinda "meh" about it but Steve thought it was so cool, he asked me if he could look through the book and of course I said yes  |
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| Shame the museum is now only online, and went down. Neat backstory for my signed book though. I kept wondering how someone found all these people under one roof or if it had been multiple cons, etc. | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by Darkseid_of_town It was all in one day, all under one roof! The Museum had three floors tho, so plenty of room for everyone. I was on the elevator with Dave Dorman and Bill Sienkiewicz  |
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| Julie was there then with her husband, Kevin and Bernie Wrightson, no less, as well as John Severin, and Bill Sienkiwickz..wow...plus Dave Dorman, Jeff Jones, and Mark bode, and Veitch | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by Darkseid_of_town Twenty kick-ass artists and Julie. She was about a 1/2 foot taller than me Hey I'd keep looking through that mag, there's gotta be a Joe Kubert sig in there. |
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| She was outright towering over people...and she was really ripped too. I was so sad when I read about her passing already | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by HexView Sometimes you have to appreciate genius for what it is. Alright check this out Hexview, I spent an hour paging through that magazine over and over and found a few more things that sort of amazed me...first lets cover your theory that this was signed at the museum, on the 20th anniversary. Check out this signature I found from Dave Sims, I believe. He actually recorded the place and time! Northhampton, 11-8-97 precisely indicating the Museum and event you stated..... So why not double down....you said keep looking, there had to be a Joe kubert signed in there somewhere.....and although it was hard to find, it looks like this!   14 signatures inside and out, and five are all people we know are deceased Julie Strain Bernie Wrightson Jeff Jones John Severin Joe Kubert Finding that Kubert as well really did it for me! Literally stunned that when they auctioned this off, they failed to mention any of the signatures inside the book. Steve Bisette Dave Dorman Lurene Haines Dave Sims John Severin (deceased) Joe Kubert (deceased) All were never stated in the sale. How much more would you think that would have added to the sale price? |
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| Does Bob Burden's work always tend to have characters appearing in the upper margins of the books? He did a story in this one called Robot Crime, that has the faces of several of the characters up in the margins, but I had assumed it was a printed part of the book | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by Darkseid_of_townAwesome! I knew there had to be a Joe Kubert in there  |
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So you got me thinking... so I went and checked... and YUP! Dave Sim: |
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| I wasn't sure if that Cerebus book would have the same Sig as yours since I met Dave there twice. A couple months before the HM 20th party they had an Indy panel with Sim, Dave Lapham, Evan Dorkin, Sarah Dyer, and Ben Edlund! | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by HexViewYou straight up called it without even seeing the book! Superb job! |
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