Comments on: Meeting Steve Ditko

Meeting Steve Ditko

MartinWisse — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 11:10:19 -0800

"I've since discovered that dropping in on Steve Ditko unannounced is a pretty common practice. That does't make me feel any better. I felt gross for having invaded someone's privacy – there is zero excuse – but the fact that people do this as a sort of known event is even worse. I haven't pulled that on Ditko since and I never will, but I suppose we're all free to disrupt the man just to satiate our curiosity, or "just cuz", as if he were a landmark attraction and not a person." -- On Ditko's eightyfifth birthday, cartoonist Michael Fiffe talks about Steve Ditko, the influence Ditko has had on his own comics and the incredibly gracious way in which he corresponded with him as a young clueless fan.

By: Egg Shen

Egg Shen — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 11:13:31 -0800

Mr. A wouldn't tolerate uninvited guests. Because it's WRONG.

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 11:17:21 -0800

Michael Fiffe is an amazing cartoonist and a charming man.

By: Artw

Artw — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 11:18:24 -0800

/does Spider-man/Dr Strange hand-signs.

By: wittgenstein

wittgenstein — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 12:49:20 -0800

Great find. Thanks for posting.

By: Mezentian

Mezentian — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:17:18 -0800

Relatedly, Comics Should Be Good polled its readers for 2012's Top 100 comic book runs, and Ditko shows up twice: 74. Stan Lee and Steve Ditko's Doctor Strange 6. Stan Lee and Steve Ditko's Amazing Spider-Man.