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Charles Valderrama Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 16 April 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4836
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Posted: 17 September 2024 at 10:26pm | IP Logged | 1
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Best wishes to a writer of so many memorable runs... and my favorite JB collaborator!
-C!
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Doug Centers Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 17 February 2014 Location: United States Posts: 5601
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Posted: 18 September 2024 at 12:01am | IP Logged | 2
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Top tier for me that's for sure.
Happy Birthday!
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Steve Gumm Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 10 May 2004 Location: United States Posts: 1471
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Posted: 18 September 2024 at 12:33am | IP Logged | 3
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR STERN!
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Rick Whiting Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 22 April 2004 Posts: 2215
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Posted: 18 September 2024 at 4:39am | IP Logged | 4
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Happy Birthday.
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Jim Burdo Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 19 April 2020 Location: United States Posts: 377
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Posted: 18 September 2024 at 8:13am | IP Logged | 5
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Happy Birthday!
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Fred J Chamberlain Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 30 August 2006 Location: United States Posts: 4037
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Posted: 18 September 2024 at 12:30pm | IP Logged | 6
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Man, that Amazing Spider-Man run....... met Roger at a small con in Scranton, back in 1991ish. I was trying to sell off some of my comics, at the time. While I sold nearly nothing, Roger, his wife and Archie Goodwin sat beside me for the day and it was a very enjoyable afternoon. Roger's wife bought my copy of the Boy Who Collected Spider-Man, his favorite story. I had to buy a replacement copy, a handful of years later.
Their kindness meant a lot to me and I have always looked back fondly towards them.
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Brian Miller Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 28 July 2004 Location: United States Posts: 31188
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Posted: 18 September 2024 at 2:50pm | IP Logged | 7
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Author of my favorite comic of all time. ASM 229. Spider-Man vs Juggernaut. Acquired in a playground trade. I was able to find 231 relatively soon after that but it was decades before I got 230 and was able read the conclusion. Just perfect.
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John Byrne
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Joined: 11 May 2005 Posts: 133355
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Posted: 18 September 2024 at 3:05pm | IP Logged | 8
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I’ve grumbled about how working with Chris Claremont was rarely a true collaboration. The opposite was true with Rog. After bonking heads for hours on end (long distance, on Marvel’s dime) we could each be sure what we’d worked out would be on the page. Refreshing!
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Darren Taylor Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 22 April 2004 Location: Scotland Posts: 6025
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Posted: 18 September 2024 at 3:19pm | IP Logged | 9
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Happy belated birthday!
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Vinny Valenti Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 17 April 2004 Location: United States Posts: 8121
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Posted: 18 September 2024 at 4:07pm | IP Logged | 10
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I say this with the highest intentions of praise, but I see nothing flashy about Stern's work. No "Look at me! aren't I so clever?" moments. It's just GOOD. and unfortunately that's a hard sell for some reason.
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Michael Penn Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 12 April 2006 Location: United States Posts: 12722
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Posted: 18 September 2024 at 4:14pm | IP Logged | 11
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I would not presume to declare any individual the best comicbook writer -- but if I had to consider candidates, Mr. Stern would be right at the top. It's not just his storytelling, not just his talent in crafting dialogue, not just his ability to step back and let the art do its job: it's all that, and then some -- but maybe most because he so obviously loves and respects the characters that he borrows and returns unharmed and even improved.
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John Byrne
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Posted: 18 September 2024 at 4:48pm | IP Logged | 12
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It was Roger who had the Wasp do an impersonation of the Vision by having her balloon become square with rounded corners. Brilliant exploitation of the medium. He’s also known for some of the best balloon placement in the biz!
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