| Posted: 27 January 2014 at 7:07am | IP Logged | 1
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Here's a placeholder, until I get a better scan, of the commision done for Alex and Brook Lopez, The "F" stands for "Flash's Rogue's Gallery."
And now a story: When Jim Warden first asked me if I would like to do this particular "F," the character was the Flying Fox. Remembering a story from childhood, in which young Bruce Wayne adopts that identity during a visit to Smallville (also referenced in GENERATIONS), I agreed to do it. Turned out, tho, that Alex and Brook had a different Flying Fox in mind, a character I didn't know and so didn't care about. So I said I'd rather not do it. This prompted Jim to get back to Alex and ask if they would mind if I did "my" Flying Fox, and Alex agreed. But this made me vaguely uncomfortable. I felt like this was forcing them to accept a character for their alphabet that THEY didn't know or care about. So I kept putting off doing the drawing, as Jim kept nudging me. Finally, I asked if they would not rather have some OFTHER "F" character -- one they actually LIKED. And they came up with the Flash's Rogues Gallery, which was generally more satisfying to all concerned! And, no, before anyone asks, I don't know how many more letters there will be, or how many they will ask ME to do!
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