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Christopher Arndt
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Stan Lee is a bombastic man.
Ditko is not.
In order for Ditko to crusade to not be "shut out" he would have to violate his personal beliefs.
Otherwise he would be plotting Spider-Man today. There is a reason why he doesn't; I don't know what it is.
I keep thinking that Ditko would love Jack Bauer.
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Pierce Askegren
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I know two people who (used to, at least) visit him fairly reguarly in his studio and they report that he's a gracious host and perfactly happy to talk at length about issues that interest hm. Correspondants say much the same -- take a look at that letter again. It's good life advice. He visits his family (syblings, etc.) regularly and his nephew reports (to the Ditko mailing list) that he's a warm, witty guy. He's not a recluse; he's someone who doesn't like crowds and who has clearly defined boundaries in his life. That those boundaries don't line up with other peoples' isn't his fault, and probably not a fault at all.
I second what Chuck says about Peter Parker, though -- especially the early Peter Parker.
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Glenn Greenberg
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About 10 years ago, we were SO CLOSE to getting Ditko back to do a Spider-Man project, and there was even talk of getting Stan to script it. But then Ditko found out about UNTOLD TALES OF SPIDER-MAN, which we were publishing at the time, and he was offended that a series was being done that took place during his run on the character. From what I heard, he didn't like the fact that he now had collaborators, 30-plus years after the fact. So the project died very quickly.
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James Hanson
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I found this on the web--
"Excerpt from Comic Fan #2, Summer 1965, Ditko interview conducted by mail with Gary Martin; punctuation verbatim [2]:
GARY - Who originated Spider-Man?
STEVE - Stan Lee
thought the name up. I did costume, web gimmick on wrist & spider
signal.
GARY - Would you enjoy continuing on him?
STEVE - If nothing better comes along."
Doesn't sound like he's all that attached or beloved to me, but I
maybe this excerpt is out of context. It's too bad that there are so
few interviews with him because it would be nice to see his words
rather than people speaking for him.
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Jason Schulman
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Chuck's already said what I would've said. Spider-Man has made such an extraordinary amount of money for his owners, and Ditko's received none of it. It just infuriates me.
Edited by Jason Schulman on 21 May 2006 at 4:17pm
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James Hanson
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I am most upset by the Siegal/Shuster thing and of course, Kirby. I
adore Ditko's work and would feel as upset if there wasn't some popular
belief that he has rejected compensation and never sought out any type
of ownership. I may be wrong though, it's hard to tell when you're
dealing with such an elusive creator.
However, I agree that he should receive any reasonable compensation that he wants.
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Darragh Greene
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Glenn, that's so frustrating! I remember I picked up Untold Tales of
Spider-Man in conjunction with the release of Essential Amazing
Spider-Man volume 1, and I really enjoyed both; but I would have
heartily sacrificed Untold Tales to see Ditko back on Spider-Man!
Aargh!
I wonder did he actually get his hands on an issue of Untold Tales
and dislike it, or did he just hear about it and dislike the idea?
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Christopher Arndt
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heck he should recieve reasonable compensation regardless of what he wants.
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Mig Da Silva
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QUOTE:
| If Ditko opened himself up to fandom, he would likely end up taken for granted and ridiculed. |
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Correct. No good deed goes unpunished.
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Glenn Greenberg
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Darragh-
Read my post above again. The last two lines answer your question.
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Whatever motivates Mr. Ditko, it clearly is not money. According to this he has piles of pages of his original art laying around his home that he uses for cutting boards. Amazing fellow.
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Atlas Shrugged is the one that's over a thousand pages, and was at least conceived of by Rand as the "end all and be all."
Correct. The Fountainhead is a long book, though...700ish?
While I don't want to speculate on what drives Steve Ditko, it is worth noting that Howard Roark ultimately considered his work its own reward. So long as he got to build what he wanted to build exactly the way he wanted to build it, he was happy.
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