Gary Groth and John Byrne have a friendly chat... 0

[F For Fake]

15 minutes ago, bb8 said:

Interesting article. When Byrne says 'I hate to play superstar' but I get the feeling he didn't actually hate to play superstar.

Yeah, this exactly. And "comics superstar", man, talk about damning with faint praise. "I'm a household name for tens of thousands of people!"

[Crimebuster]

Everybody in this comes off looking worse. Byrne, Groth, the audience, everybody comes off badly. What any of them had to be so smug about is beyond me. 

[F For Fake]

I just wish young John Byrne could see old John Byrne, compare him to what Colan was doing at the same age, and then start leveling accusations of hacking it out. Byrne hasn't drawn anything worth looking at since the 80s.

[THE_BEYONDER]

1 hour ago, bb8 said:

Interesting article. When Byrne says 'I hate to play superstar' but I get the feeling he didn't actually hate to play superstar.

He was a superstar.  Love him or hate him, no one else could have taken on full duties on a book like FF.  

[bb8]

1 hour ago, F For Fake said:

Yeah, this exactly. And "comics superstar", man, talk about damning with faint praise. "I'm a household name for tens of thousands of people!"

Hundreds even!!

[FlyingDonut]

On 9/22/2020 at 1:38 PM, bb8 said:

Hundreds even!!

Not back then. Sales figures were multiples higher of what books sell now.

[500Club]

On 9/21/2020 at 4:26 PM, Prince Namor said:

The part in the left column describing how Byrne interacted with Claremont at times is exactly what I envision when I hear the phrase 'creative differences' used in describing the breakdown of a partnership.

[500Club]

On 9/22/2020 at 10:16 AM, bb8 said:

Interesting article. When Byrne says 'I hate to play superstar' but I get the feeling he didn't actually hate to play superstar.

No, he didn't. 

I love Byrne - he's my favorite creator - but as you can see from the article, he never hid his light under a bushel, or really cared to hold his tongue.