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Peter Hicks Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 30 April 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 1965
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Posted: 08 August 2024 at 9:23pm | IP Logged | 1
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“Just did some quick, conservative math, and my output for fifty years at the board works out to more than 30,000 pages and covers. Allowing for downtime, I gave each year 11 months, and restricted those months to 22 working days, ignoring the many years that I worked 7 days a week. I also calculated at slightly less than my normal production rate of three pages a day. ************************** The database at the website below lists JB as the #5 penciller of all time, based on total pages.
Before you look, try and guess who is places 1-4!
http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/creator.php?p age=topcreators
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Peter Martin Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 17 March 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 15937
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Posted: 08 August 2024 at 9:43pm | IP Logged | 2
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Happy retirement anniversary.
What a career!
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John Byrne
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Joined: 11 May 2005 Posts: 133274
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Posted: 08 August 2024 at 10:32pm | IP Logged | 3
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That list works out to a career average of about 16 issues per year, less than one and a half titles.
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Richard Stevens Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 04 May 2004 Location: United States Posts: 1954
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Posted: 08 August 2024 at 10:34pm | IP Logged | 4
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So, about 8x the monthly output of the average hot 90s artist.
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Paul Wills Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 18 August 2018 Location: United States Posts: 883
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Posted: 08 August 2024 at 11:29pm | IP Logged | 5
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and to think, JB never fully realized his 'MAD' magazine style art!
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Joseph Gauthier Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 11 March 2009 Posts: 1421
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Posted: 08 August 2024 at 11:42pm | IP Logged | 6
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(It's bad enough I turned 50 on the same day that Olivia Newton-John died... then I find out, after the fact, that it's the same day John Byrne retired!!).......................................
Not only that, but I think I also heard that after years without comment, the mysterious Scandinavian inker Bjorn Heyn officially retired on the exact same day. But seriously, what a career! And I retrospect, I'm hard-pressed to think of anyone other than the really central figures of Marvel's first generation of talent to have had such a significant (positive) impact on the Marvel story! How lucky are we to have had the opportunity to enjoy it?!
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Brian Miller Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 28 July 2004 Location: United States Posts: 31160
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Posted: 09 August 2024 at 1:12am | IP Logged | 7
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JB never fully realized his 'MAD' magazine style art! **** WHAT TH’? doesn’t count?
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Wilson Mui Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 27 June 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4550
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Posted: 09 August 2024 at 3:24am | IP Logged | 8
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I imagine you have a lot of storylines in your head. Have you ever considered writing the scripts and having someone else do the art?
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Matt Hawes Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 16 April 2004 Location: United States Posts: 16498
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Posted: 09 August 2024 at 6:29am | IP Logged | 9
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JB" "...One of my reasons to opt for retirement was feeling I wasn’t really at the top anymore...."
In all sincerity, the work you did on X-Men Elsewhen was, I feel, some of the best drawings you had produced. It seemed to me that there was a renewed excitement in the work.
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Francesco Consoli Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 04 August 2012 Location: United States Posts: 909
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Posted: 09 August 2024 at 11:23am | IP Logged | 10
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What Matt said!
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John Byrne
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Joined: 11 May 2005 Posts: 133274
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Posted: 09 August 2024 at 11:38am | IP Logged | 11
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It seemed to me that there was a renewed excitement in the work. ••• Mind reading? Ugh!!
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Michael Penn Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 12 April 2006 Location: United States Posts: 12701
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Posted: 09 August 2024 at 12:18pm | IP Logged | 12
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JB, how do you manage to avoid a daily routine?
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