Comments on CHESTERFEST: Breaking Into The Big Two

My first writing credit was on a DC book: Showcase...

2009-07-02T10:54:14.209-07:00

My first writing credit was on a DC book: Showcase'95 #5.

All the interviews I've seen from Romita Jr. about...

2009-06-19T23:10:33.811-07:00

All the interviews I've seen from Romita Jr. about how he broke in state that he had to deal with a sort of anti-nepotism. People weren't giving him the chance to work because of his name.

Loeb and Straczynski don't really count because th...

2009-06-18T08:45:39.069-07:00

Loeb and Straczynski don't really count because they had written stuff professionally for television beforehand. And it's a little unfair to list John Romita Jr and the Kuberts, they had nepotism on their side...

didn't adrian alphona start on runaways #1 ?!? an...

2009-06-18T08:36:49.500-07:00

didn't adrian alphona start on runaways #1 ?!?

and very impressed to read about Joe Kelly and BKV starting off like that

how does that work in this case? how were they chosen to get published without any work to their name?

Ok, between my guys, first work published in the U...

2009-06-18T05:29:17.023-07:00

Ok, between my guys, first work published in the US & Marvel or DC, and with no previous experience in European Comics or other american companies:

- Al Barrionuevo, The LEGION #17.
- Bit, Batman: Gotham Knights #61.
- Julian Lopez: Superman #676 (not first published, but first penciled work, first published was Wonder Woman #13).
-Manuel Garcia: Robin #
- Marta Martinez: Martian Manhunter #1.
- Javier Mena: Marvel Apes #1.
- MA Sepulveda: Marvel Illustrated The Iliad #1.
- Sergio Ariño: Ms. Marvel #41. (I could count as first his inks for Push, but that's WS, so it fits here, too).

I hope not to be forgetting anybody else here!
D.

If it was easy everyone would be doing it. This is...

2009-06-18T03:39:32.776-07:00

If it was easy everyone would be doing it. This is entertainment and its a got a built in weeding process. If you want in, you got to pay in dues: blood, sweat, tears and a lot of rejection and even then you may not make it. Mind your craft and stay the course, either you'll earn the opportunity or it will take you elsewhere. This is true for anything worth doing.

Jefte Palo, his first break into comics was "x-for...

2009-06-18T01:54:26.681-07:00

Jefte Palo, his first break into comics was "x-force: ain´t no dog"... ´cause his work in graphic design doesn´t count right?

Peter David - Amazing Spider-Man #267.

2009-06-18T00:08:03.226-07:00

Peter David - Amazing Spider-Man #267.

A few people on that list don't surprise me consid...

2009-06-17T21:14:06.745-07:00

A few people on that list don't surprise me considering their family ties (Kuberts for example). Not to say that they didn't earn their way on talent, but it sure helps to have a famous name on your side to get someone to take a look :)

Last century my first writing credit was Wolverine...

2009-06-17T17:28:24.725-07:00

Last century my first writing credit was Wolverine Encyclopedia Vol. Editorial credit was ID4#0 - and o how far I've come...

I'm actually not including foreign writers and art...

2009-06-17T17:01:51.866-07:00

I'm actually not including foreign writers and artists on this list if they'd worked in their home countries before writing/drawing for Marvel or DC. This is not breaking into American comics, this is breaking into comics period, no matter where in the world you broke in.

My first gig in comics was X-Men Unlimited #1 - bu...

2009-06-17T16:51:43.587-07:00

My first gig in comics was X-Men Unlimited #1 - but I got it because of my time writing in radio / TV...

Not to undercut your point, which is FAR more appl...

2009-06-17T16:49:32.926-07:00

Not to undercut your point, which is FAR more applicable today than it was in the two-horse-town days of the '70s and early '80s, but, yeah...my first published gig was Action Comics #572, Oct 1985.

My first published comics work was Smallville #5 a...

2009-06-17T16:39:59.998-07:00

My first published comics work was Smallville #5 at DC. I co-wrote the backup story. I was the writers' intern on the TV show at the time.

I started on Birds of Prey #33 doing covers. While...

2009-06-17T16:34:58.854-07:00

I started on Birds of Prey #33 doing covers.
While I was working full time at Disney .
Seems like a lifetime ago :)

I know one more, and you met him in Barcelona a fe...

2009-06-17T16:25:05.587-07:00

I know one more, and you met him in Barcelona a few weeks ago.

His name is Salva Espín and his first american work is the cover for Wolverine First Clss #1.