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Eric Smearman
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@Anthony - I didn't intend to equate happiness with fame and wealth.
I'm more concerned that his strict (IMHO extreme) adherence to
Objectivism makes it difficult to maintain friendships and/or work
relationships. Again, I don't know who he may have in his life or how
he measures contentment or happiness and I would never disrespect
his right to his beliefs. It just makes me wonder sometimes.
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Anthony J Lombardi
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@Anthony - I didn't intend to equate happiness with fame and wealth.
I'm more concerned that his strict (IMHO extreme) adherence to
Objectivism makes it difficult to maintain friendships and/or work
relationships. Again, I don't know who he may have in his life or how
he measures contentment or happiness and I would never disrespect
his right to his beliefs. It just makes me wonder sometimes.
~~~~~~~~ Eric It wasn't specifically meant to you but what you said. it did make me think about what I had written. Also it made me think about all the people who have tried to contact Steve Ditko for interviews and what not. I became aware that it is for our own selff fullfillment that we look for Ditko. When really we should just respect what he wants.
Edited by Anthony J Lombardi on 04 July 2012 at 2:58am
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Cesar Madarro
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No phone ringing, no questions being asked, no autograph requests, its all ok, we must respect his privacy. But not showing his face in decades, not even a picture here or there does not make sense in the current world we live in, unless he feels too old or ugly (with no real reason to be so) or ashamed of what he looks like to be seen.
"Leave me alone" is OK, but "Dont even look at me so you dont know the way I look like" is too strange.
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Anthony J Lombardi
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"Leave me alone" is OK, but "Dont even look at me so you dont know the way I look like" is too strange.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Where do you get that? Cesar what you said seems so far out of left field. I don't think it's too strange. Calvin & Hobbes creator Bill Watterson has been the same way when he ended the comic strip.
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Cesar Madarro
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Anthony, we all cross the street, or smile and say hi, or walk into a room where we might find other people. Our face is there with us all the time, and the only reason I could find (from a comic-book celebrity point of view) to hide it is to avoid being asked for an autograph or someone who could ask him why he left Amazing Spider-Man, or any other question... Is that reason good enough to hide and not be recognised? the risk of meeting someone who could ask for something?
I dont know, maybe we should be him to know for sure.
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Anthony J Lombardi
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Anthony, we all cross the street, or smile and say hi, or walk into a room where we might find other people. Our face is there with us all the time, and the only reason I could find (from a comic-book celebrity point of view) to hide it is to avoid being asked for an autograph or someone who could ask him why he left Amazing Spider-Man, or any other question... Is that reason good enough to hide and not be recognised? the risk of meeting someone who could ask for something?
I dont know, maybe we should be him to know for sure. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I believe he has a problem with being a celebrity. I imagine if you just ran into him on the street or in the grocery store. As long as the conversation wasn't about him he would be fine..... Maybe
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Anthony J Lombardi
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Something that was said about Ditko. He puts his thoughts and feelings into his artwork. reminded me of Billy Joel. He has said he didn't want to do an autobiography because he wants his work to speak for him. I think thats what Ditko meant as well.
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I think Ditko is the coolest.
He's only strange in the best sense of the word
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Anthony J Lombardi
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I can't say I was a fan of Steve Ditko's Spider-Man. I'm more a fan of John Romita's Spider-Man. I loved his Ditko's Dr. Strange
I'm a huge fan of his Speedball . A character I thought had huge potential to be the next Spider-Man Later writers and artist thou really dropped the ball.
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Anthony J Lombardi
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Edited by Anthony J Lombardi on 05 July 2012 at 11:03am
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Sebastien Roy
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A recent article about Steve Dikto... http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/the_secret_hero_of_spi der_man_XHZklFc7QJWuekwj2zDDCM
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