Ron Turner Spotlight (53:22, 122mb)
On the panel was Colin Turner, Ron Turner, Trina Robbins (who had to leave early due to a panel conflict) and Jon B Cooke. The spoke about the first comic Ron published under his company Last Gasp. Trina then spoke about Ron’s involvement in It Ain’t Me Babe and Wimmen’s Comix, the first and second all female comic book ever published. Ron and Trina also spoke about his publishing non-profit books. Other books and creators discussed were Justin Green’s Binky Brown meets the Virgin Mary and how that influenced both art spiegelmen and Robert Crumb, Jack Jaxson Texas history books, George DiCaprio and using a different imprint, how Terry Zwigoff was his first employee, the ways various artists got their stuff “borrowed” by Hollywood, working with Harlan Ellison and other funny stories.
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