I love the footage of people walking around the con...I went to a couple cons around that time and remember a lot of the folks there looking like the ones in this video. My dad used to drop me off at the door of the Dearborn Civic Center, head to the bar for a few hours, and then pick me up, all the while poking fun at all the "weirdos."
It's cool to see so many of my favorite creators 20 years younger. Roger Stern, that bowtie...yikes! Check out John Byrne at the 3:10 mark, being the legendary curmudgeon. Right after him they interview "Big" Jim Shooter, who is looking pretty yuppie with the slick-backed hair/pony-tail combo. I remember seeing Paul McCartney at the Silverdome in 1993 and a guy with the same haircut was sitting in front of me.
That was an excellent time to be a comic book fan for sure. I still remember buying the 4-pack in a big white bag, that had all the Superman replacements. I even remember how badass I thought Superman was when he came back as the cyborg. And his fight through the afterlife to save Pa Kent. Great stuff!!! if only the industry didn't kill itself just a few years after that...I probably never would have stopped reading when I did.
ReplyDeleteMaybe it's nostagia, but I remember the period of 1993-1995 being the most exciting for Superman comics. After the death and rebirth there was an amazing run of stories...the return of Doomsday in Hunter/Prey, the Fall of Metropolis, Zero Hour crossovers, Dead Again, the Death of Clark Kent, the Trial of Superman, etc. I could reread that stuff over and over. Once he turned to electro Supes the books took a dive for a while.
ReplyDeleteYeah I have all those stories except for Trial of Superman. I remember borrowing that one from you though. If I ever find it cheap at a convention, its bought.
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