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Re: Mr. Mack, how do you and Bendis know eachother

Posted By: MACK!
Date: WED, 2/7/01, 1:49 p.m.

In Response To: Mr. Mack, how do you and Bendis know eachother? (Michael)

: Gotta say.. I love your Kabuki stories, I'll admit.. I
: bought the trade paper back of Circle of Blood because
: of the cover... and boy did I luck out... I also love
: the way you colored (watercolors?) the covers to DD.
: Well what I'm getting at is well I started following
: your work and Brian Michael Bendis' work religouslly
: around the same time... then I read an article or
: something saying you two were long time friends.. I
: was just wondering how you two know eachother. thanks
: for your time

: Michael

Hey thanks for following my/our work.
Brian and I met at the Chicago con over eight years ago and have been each other's best friends in the industry ever since. We've sort of learned a lot from each other and critique each others ideas and work long before they get published. We have different enough perspectives that it is a big help having another unique POV on your initial plans.

Here's something funny that you may not know: When I was writing the first Kabuki story in 1993, I was not interested in drawing or doing the art. I just wanted to be the writer.
I actually asked Bendis to Draw Kabuki and he was going to. So I have these early Kabuki drawings that Bendis did.

Eventually I decided that I'd need to learn to draw it myself in order for the art to fit the organic and unconvential quality of my ridicualous script. So I had to figure out the art stuff on my own. But it sort of cracks me up to see these early Kabuki pages by Bendis. Especially since I'm now painting a DD story that he wrote.

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Messages In This Thread

NEW: Mr. Mack, how do you and Bendis know eachother? -- Michael -- WED, 2/7/01, 2:07 a.m.
NEW: Re: Mr. Mack, how do you and Bendis know eachother -- MACK! -- WED, 2/7/01, 1:49 p.m.
NEW: Re: Mr. Mack, how do you and Bendis know eachother -- Mark -- WED, 2/7/01, 1:58 p.m.
NEW: David left something out....... -- Ron Wm McElman -- WED, 2/7/01, 10:29 p.m.
NEW: Re: Mr. Mack, how do you and Bendis know eachother -- Mark -- WED, 2/7/01, 1:51 p.m.
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