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Steve ditko passed Away from a heart attack at the age of 90. I wanted to make this thread to salute his greatness. He was and always will be one of the greatest artists of our time. If you have any Steve ditko things that are worth showing I think it would be fit to show for his honor. thank you mr ditko we love you so much.
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Collector X51 private msg quote post Address this user
The news stories are saying he was found dead on June 29th and they believe he actually passed away on June 27th.
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So sad thanks Steve for develping the image of Spider-Man ! He would not exist without your help!
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Collector X51 private msg quote post Address this user
People say Ditko never gave his side of the story about the creation of Spider-Man... but he actually did. Some of it is printed in this.

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Ditkomania #66



Ditkomania #68



Ditkomania #69

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Collector X51 private msg quote post Address this user
Not mine, but here is Ditko's picture from his high school annual.

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I don't believe this....and I know you don't care that I don't believe this. GAC private msg quote post Address this user
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People say Ditko never gave his side of the story about the creation of Spider-Man... but he actually did. Some of it is printed in this.



my understanding is this drawing is the closest Ditko ever came to publicly stating his opinion on creator vs co-creator of Spider man.


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I don't believe this....and I know you don't care that I don't believe this. GAC private msg quote post Address this user
my personal opinion is that Steve Ditko co-created Spider-man with Stan Lee.
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my personal opinion is that Steve Ditko co-created Spider-man with Stan Lee.


Stan said that and Steve was annoyed. He took issue with the word "opinion".
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my understanding is this drawing is the closest Ditko ever came to publicly stating his opinion on creator vs co-creator of Spider man.






I seem to recall a lengthy text piece where Steve elaborated further.
I'm going to say no... there's more.
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He wrote lengthy essays in a fanzine(?) titled "The Comics!" published by long time collaborator Robin Snyder. A personal favorite is one titled "Why I Quit" where he spells out a lot of why he left Spider-Man and eventually Marvel. I'm not able to get to my copy now, but will try to track it down when I can.

He has been self publishing (with Robin Snyder) for the last several years through Kickstarter. His work is challenging to me. I'm not sure if it is genius or madness but I keep (kept) sponsoring it religiously. I have read and re-read them, believing there is more than meets the eye, having written back and forth with him several times. He was lucid, intelligent, and generous with his time as his letters were always handwritten and were generally lengthy.

Ms. Snyder has posted on Facebook that the widely quoted and published obituary is wildly incorrect and that she will release a more accurate version soon.
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He wrote lengthy essays in a fanzine(?) titled "The Comics!" published by long time collaborator Robin Snyder. A personal favorite is one titled "Why I Quit" where he spells out a lot of why he left Spider-Man and eventually Marvel. I'm not able to get to my copy now, but will try to track it down when I can.

He has been self publishing (with Robin Snyder) for the last several years through Kickstarter. His work is challenging to me. I'm not sure if it is genius or madness but I keep (kept) sponsoring it religiously. I have read and re-read them, believing there is more than meets the eye, having written back and forth with him several times. He was lucid, intelligent, and generous with his time as his letters were always handwritten and were generally lengthy.

Ms. Snyder has posted on Facebook that the widely quoted and published obituary is wildly incorrect and that she will release a more accurate version soon.


My guess is that he's thinking on different levels when he writes. There's linear thinking where everything gets processed in order and there's non-linear thinking. The text pieces I saw seemed to capture the process of thinking in concepts. He'd use several verbs with slashes between them as if to combine the nuances of each word to relay a concept rather than use one word that may not fully express his specific point. When I have specific points, words feel like a box. I found his writing to be somewhat compelling, but it is admittedly more of a challenge to read.
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I've often thought of his writing, particularly his essays, as near stream of consciousness in style. He even did it in his letters, using a series of synonyms to further his ideas. This works well with prose but his later comics are strange to say the least. I had faith in him though and I still think that there is more to his comic work than the surface material. Just as his prose had a learning curve, I think that his comic work did as well.

"Compelling" is the perfect description. I feel a need to read more and then to read it all again.
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It just struck me as well that his Kickstarter material was a perfect example of his non-linear thinking. Most issues have a number on the cover somewhere but they don't create a recognizable pattern when looked at chronologically or as a whole. I tried to put them in order for ComicBase/AtomicAvenue.com and while I fished some order out of them, I still don't think that this system is correct. It puts the books into some order but I doubt it was his order.
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Collector X51 private msg quote post Address this user
I bought this yesterday and it is simply #26. I see no title anywhere on it. I agree with what you are saying. I don't buy comics online anymore, so I'm just picking these up as I see them.


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