Who was Steve Ditko? (47:38, 109mb)
Lenny Schwartz asked Jack C. Harris and Mark Ditko questions about Steve. They revealed the difference between what fans think about Steve Ditko and the man they personally knew. They said he wasn’t reclusive and was a generally a happy funny guy. Mark spoke about the recent Rolling Stone article about Steve Ditko and their reaction to it. Jack and Mark spoke of how Steve compartmentalized work and family and didn’t cross the two. Jack spoke about working with Ditko and how Steve really liked designing things and had no preference to content in his work, Mark spoke about what books about Steve he considered good, including Jack’s Working with Ditko, Mark spoke about the upcoming Disney event where Steve Ditko would be getting an Icon award and how Steve would have felt about that using his writings about awards, Mark also spoke about the Ditko Con and the possibility of a Ditko Museum, Jack spoke about Steve working from a full script as was custom at DC, Ditko and his brief experiences with comic conventions, Ditko not traveling outside of NY and PA and his eating at nearby fast food restaurants, his relationship with publisher Robin Snyder, and plans to publish a number of Ditko’s works.
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