Meet the "press"

[Aweandlorder]

What an awesome photo making the rounds online on fb now. Courtesy of Albert Deguzman

 

Left to right: Will Eisner, Joe Orlando; Jerry Robinson, Terry Austin, Leonard Starr, Sal Amendola, Walter Simonson, Dck Giordano, Julius Schwartz, Howard Chaykin, Frank Miller, John Byrne

[Duffman_Comics]

Great pic

 

However, what on Earth was John Byrne wearing?

[1Cool]

Great pic

 

However, what on Earth was John Byrne wearing?

 

His dress up suspenders of course

[Chip Cataldo]

Great pic

 

However, what on Earth was John Byrne wearing?

Something with suspenders. He loves suspenders for some odd reason.

[InvstmntComcSuply]

And John is also accessorized with a lovely faux leather eyeglass protector with clip neatly tucked in his shirt pocket.

[1Cool]

I love the way Frank doesn't put down his bag. His body language is one of "I've got better things to do" which definitely did not include putting on a tie.

[budsbundy]

Great pic

 

However, what on Earth was John Byrne wearing?

 

John and the short guy in the center joined the "I'm an old man, and I wear my pants really high(Like above the belly button)" club quite young

[Jeffro.]

Miller and Chaykin look thrilled

[MediumLover]

Amendola looks like a gangster.

[F For Fake]

Miller and Chaykin look thrilled

 

Yeah, when I saw their expressions I thought "Yep, that's about what I expected."

[SquareChaos]

Thanks for sharing, I probably never would have seen this otherwise.

[Logan510]

I find it interesting that the "old school" guys are all wearing suits and all the 1970's guys all pretty much look like slobs in comparison.

[the blob]

For people of a certain generation and earlier you put on at least a jacket and wore a tie if you were going to be seen in public, particularly if you were getting photographed. and that all went down the crapper in the late 60s/70s.

 

pre-retirement, unless my father, born in 1924, was playing sports, at the beach or at the park with us kids, if he was outside, he wore a jacket, slacks, button down shirt, dress shoes, and a tie.

 

when he retired he started dressing like a vagabond, but that was something else.

[1Cool]

Not to pick but you notice Sal Amendola has what appears to be sun glasses in his hand. Wonder if he was wearing them inside and decided he better take them off for the picture.

[jools&jim]

 

For people of a certain generation and earlier you put on at least a jacket and wore a tie if you were going to be seen in public...

Yep, same for my dad, born in 1923.

 

Back in the '70s, he'd put on a sport-coat to go to the 7-11 for a pack of smokes, never wore denim (except for his dungarees in the Navy) or shorts, and even cut the grass in an old pair of dark green work pants and one of those old-school "penguin" polo shirts.

 

'Twas a different era indeed...

 

 

[the blob]

For people of a certain generation and earlier you put on at least a jacket and wore a tie if you were going to be seen in public...

Yep, same for my dad, born in 1923.

 

Back in the '70s, he'd put on a sport-coat to go to the 7-11 for a pack of smokes, never wore denim (except for his dungarees in the Navy) or shorts, and even cut the grass in an old pair of dark green work pants and one of those old-school "penguin" polo shirts.

 

'Twas a different era indeed...

 

 

it was interesting to see my dad just do a gigantic "F-this" when he retired though. up until 65, he dressed formally for everything, after that he dressed worse than his teenage kids (but still no jeans, he hated jeans...)

[Sqeggs]

For people of a certain generation and earlier you put on at least a jacket and wore a tie if you were going to be seen in public...

Yep, same for my dad, born in 1923.

 

Back in the '70s, he'd put on a sport-coat to go to the 7-11 for a pack of smokes, never wore denim (except for his dungarees in the Navy) or shorts, and even cut the grass in an old pair of dark green work pants and one of those old-school "penguin" polo shirts.

 

'Twas a different era indeed...

 

 

If you look at pictures of the crowds at baseball and football games from the 1950s and earlier, you see a lot of men wearing sports jackets and ties. Similarly, I was looking at some photos of Disneyland in the 1950s and, again, a significant minority of men were wearing jackets and ties.

[the blob]

For people of a certain generation and earlier you put on at least a jacket and wore a tie if you were going to be seen in public...

Yep, same for my dad, born in 1923.

 

Back in the '70s, he'd put on a sport-coat to go to the 7-11 for a pack of smokes, never wore denim (except for his dungarees in the Navy) or shorts, and even cut the grass in an old pair of dark green work pants and one of those old-school "penguin" polo shirts.

 

'Twas a different era indeed...

 

 

If you look at pictures of the crowds at baseball and football games from the 1950s and earlier, you see a lot of men wearing sports jackets and ties. Similarly, I was looking at some photos of Disneyland in the 1950s and, again, a significant minority of men were wearing jackets and ties.

 

And women are dressed like they're going to Easter mass.

[KPR Comics]

Great pic

 

However, what on Earth was John Byrne wearing?

 

John and the short guy in the center joined the "I'm an old man, and I wear my pants really high(Like above the belly button)" club quite young

 

He likes to show off his front butt

[Ken Aldred]

Great pic

 

However, what on Earth was John Byrne wearing?

 

John and the short guy in the center joined the "I'm an old man, and I wear my pants really high(Like above the belly button)" club quite young

 

He likes to show off his front butt

 

It had occurred to me that it could be something similar to Lyndon Johnson's favourite tactic of genital dominance.