I met Howard at Long Beach comic con a few weeks back, specifically to get a critique on my most recent work and man, he revealed ALL of my storytelling deficiencies! He was amazing and freely discussed areas of improvement and how things could have been done to greater affect. When I asked if he would critique my story telling, his response was, “If you think my %#*$ing opinion matters… then yeah of course.” My none comics making friends and family were flabbergasted at how excited I was to finally get actual criticism from someone that outsiders consider to be nothing more than “A grumpy old cuss” as one friend put it, but his love for the craft and his openness and willingness to discuss improvements with me was life altering. Get episode gents! Let’s get more Chaykin episodes!
@andybrining
Жыл бұрын
Deconstructing TCJ like Wizard, issue by issue, might run off some of the more "speculatively minded" audience, but I think the channel's core fanbase would be ecstatic.
@buckocean7616
Жыл бұрын
Count me in ❗
@alfredfrancis1475
Жыл бұрын
Me too
@jeremystone286
Жыл бұрын
Me three!
@LXhSh
Жыл бұрын
Yes please
@bobblehead67
Жыл бұрын
Great conversation. I look forward to deep dives into mid eighties TCJ if it sparks these kinds of discussions. Looking back, lucky there was something like TCJ casting a thoughtful critical eye on comics. Looking forward, at the risk of sounding goopy, comics posterity is gonna be grateful for the work you guys do here.
@scottmaclellan5688
Жыл бұрын
15:12 Morality used to be a large concern for people in the west. There used to be a genuine interest in the well being of not only people, but institutions and skills as well. I would say that the corporatization of art and media has brought with it the amoral (as opposed to immoral) nature of corporations. Big business is interested in making money and the only concern is legal trouble and public relations. Horrendous things can happen and be kept under wraps and it's all good. The bottom line is not hurt and the gears keep grinding. The catch is that when you try to corporatize the creative arts, you breed sterility because you have ledgers, schedules and bosses who are there to manage rather than direct artistic development and the guy screeching about morality is not going to be the one drawing the same thing over and over again like a robot just because market research says that people like the same thing over and over again.
@bryanharris5823
Жыл бұрын
When I first got into Chaykin as a teenager, interviews like this transformed him in my estimation from a cool comics artist to one of my heroes, because he was so articulate and unusual ("If my government were to provide me with the means to eat whatever I wanted and remove it from my body modularly, I would do nothing else.")
@cjansenATL
Жыл бұрын
I met HC, Mike Zeck, and Dan Green at a Howard Johnson's in Miami during a Comicbook Convention in the 80s. I think American Flagg had recently come out. Zeck was doing Captain America. Teenage me was filled with questions that they patiently answered.
@CantosHype
Жыл бұрын
The fact that you went to a convention at a Howard Johnson’s is awesome in itself.
@ChuckArnold1
Жыл бұрын
If you all are looking for a good follow up Chaykin interview, check out Comics Interview 75. Chaykin is just starting in Hollywood, Black Kiss has been released and he's looking to be done with comics.
@hcanderson3787
Жыл бұрын
Holy shit! I haven't even watched this yet but I am hella excited!! This interview is a rosetta stone for me, thank you so much for doing this!!!
@doomtripper
Жыл бұрын
Game changing episode. You dudes continue to inspire. Hitting my lcs tomorrow to pick up some Copra.
@buckocean7616
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely fascinating episode guys. I used to read The Comics Journal regularly, long after I pretty much stopped reading comics. Those looong interviews were just incredible and essential reading for really *anyone* interested in not only comics, but in any creative endeavor that was made to be printed, as opposed to being hung in a gallery. I haven't saved too much of my collection, sad to say, but I do have the original printing of Watchmen, The Dark Knight, and American Flagg. Chaykin is an amazing talent, and a real interesting and knowledgeable cat.
@TheFuersty
Жыл бұрын
You all are awesome. Didn't know about Mr. Fiffe before this series and am going to check out his stuff. Thanks.
@sdowdca
Жыл бұрын
Great series of episodes this week, guys. This should be an annual event!
@hcanderson3787
Жыл бұрын
If you want some Black Kiss talk I would recommend Chaykin's 1987 Amazing Heroes interview for Blackhawk (number 181 I think??). At the end of the interview he gets into his upcoming work and Black Kiss was next up. Phenomenal episode
@joblotcomics7076
Жыл бұрын
Love Chaykin's series Hey Kids ! Comics. Hope the team here take a look at it soon, and wonder if any of you have watched the comic book movie Funny Pages yet. It is worth a view.
@theartofSkinner
Жыл бұрын
This was so great! Amazing conversation!
@MrSamfonseca
Жыл бұрын
Awesome episode - I loved the conversation.
@toddblackwood129
Жыл бұрын
Still my favorite quote from this interview after all these years: Chaykin: ‘I hear Kevin Nowlan is a strange duck.’ Groth: ‘I don’t think he’s a strange duck.’
@anthonytee6798
Жыл бұрын
fan of his since sword of sorcery hit the stands almost 50 yrs ago
@buckocean7616
Жыл бұрын
Oh man ... haven't thought of that in years. Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser! 😍
@timothymarkin4481
Жыл бұрын
Leslie Chaykin was a colorist known professionally as Leslie Zahler. Howard is now on his fourth marriage. Btw one of my favorite Chaykin Marvel jobs (besides Dominic Fortune) was Marvel Spotlight 31, a Nick Fury one-shot story where Howard was doing his damndest to channel Alex Toth.
@matthewlangleyartblog
Жыл бұрын
Totally agree - that was my first Chaykin - it really dug into me.
@frankstrysik1558
Жыл бұрын
TCJ #43 and #51 might be worth a look.
@gabrielcarras1699
Жыл бұрын
The U Miss books about comics has a great collection of Chaykin interviews from across the years.
@ottawabrands6045
Жыл бұрын
Glad you guys liked the Stark Future ad and amazed you guys bought them. I would like you guys to take a close look at Dragon Ring's first run Black and whites 1 to 6. I think Guang Yap did some of the best artwork out there. And just a note we were outselling TMNT 4 to 1 back then.
@thetabletopskirmisher
10 ай бұрын
I was flabbergasted to learn that Chaykin never did any pencilling but drew straight on the page in inks. Explains a lot of his latest works and why the anatomy was so off. Having said that, Chaykin at his worst is still better than 99% of modern artist today.
@nickjanecke6688
Жыл бұрын
I think you guys hit the nail on the head with the idea that doing art for the sake of art (without any concern for the financial aspect) is just not feasible/realistic for most people. I think Ed brought up the idea that someone else (a partner/spouse maybe) is bankrolling you, and it just made me think of how hundreds of years ago artists would literally have wealthy patrons/nobility backing them, so this dynamic has existed for a very long time.
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