J. SHOOTER ON THE PASSING OF THE LEGENDARY JULIE SCHWARTZ...
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J. SHOOTER ON THE PASSING OF THE LEGENDARY JULIE SCHWARTZ...
From Newsarama.com:
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"I was very sad to hear about Julie's death," Shooter said. "I worked for Julie for a couple of years. I learned a great deal from him. We had a few disagreements early on, but became good friends.
"Once, I borrowed 50 cents from him for a phone call and he would never let me pay him back so he could tell everyone I owed him money. He also made fun of my tie every time he saw me -- too wide, too narrow, ugly, there was always something wrong with it. I think that was his M.O. -- if he was mildly abusing you and getting laughs, it meant that he liked you.
"Every time I saw him during the last decade or so, Julie invited me to lunch, but I never seemed to be in the city and available when he was. Finally, a couple of years ago, we managed to work out the logistics. First, Julie gave me a tour of DC's offices. Along the way, he showed me a wall displaying all DC's latest covers and asked me what I thought of them. Fortunately, having been taught well by Julie and others, I made reasonably correct assessments. Julie was a lot more pointed in his evisceration of the covers than I was -- I was trying to be polite. He explained a lot about what didn't work and why, and what few things were acceptable. Still teaching....
"The loss of Julie Schwartz means that a great deal of the wisdom and knowledge of the elders is lost as well. It's very sad. So many people who could have stood upon the shoulders of this giant wasted the opportunity playing in the dust at his feet, and now the chance is gone.
"We spent a long time talking about the business, old times and life in general. I paid for lunch. What, you think all this education is free? Buying lunch still didn't count against the 50 cents, mind you.
“I'll miss Julie very much."
Best,
Jim Shooter
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"I was very sad to hear about Julie's death," Shooter said. "I worked for Julie for a couple of years. I learned a great deal from him. We had a few disagreements early on, but became good friends.
"Once, I borrowed 50 cents from him for a phone call and he would never let me pay him back so he could tell everyone I owed him money. He also made fun of my tie every time he saw me -- too wide, too narrow, ugly, there was always something wrong with it. I think that was his M.O. -- if he was mildly abusing you and getting laughs, it meant that he liked you.
"Every time I saw him during the last decade or so, Julie invited me to lunch, but I never seemed to be in the city and available when he was. Finally, a couple of years ago, we managed to work out the logistics. First, Julie gave me a tour of DC's offices. Along the way, he showed me a wall displaying all DC's latest covers and asked me what I thought of them. Fortunately, having been taught well by Julie and others, I made reasonably correct assessments. Julie was a lot more pointed in his evisceration of the covers than I was -- I was trying to be polite. He explained a lot about what didn't work and why, and what few things were acceptable. Still teaching....
"The loss of Julie Schwartz means that a great deal of the wisdom and knowledge of the elders is lost as well. It's very sad. So many people who could have stood upon the shoulders of this giant wasted the opportunity playing in the dust at his feet, and now the chance is gone.
"We spent a long time talking about the business, old times and life in general. I paid for lunch. What, you think all this education is free? Buying lunch still didn't count against the 50 cents, mind you.
“I'll miss Julie very much."
Best,
Jim Shooter
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He was one of the best in the biz, for decades and decades....working in the field when it was 'embarrasing' to let people know what you did.