Rufus Dayglo: I rememeber meeting a shakey Jerry Robinson at NYCC, stuck in the far corner of artists alley with a thermos & sandwich at a small table. I went over to the DC booth ( which had a megasize Joker film banner) and asked why they weren't looking after him. 'He doesn't work us' Fuck these companies.

Pretty much every move I’ve ever made in comics since age 25 has been inspired by the 70-year-olds I saw in comic con Artist Alleys, cranking out sketches of characters they created but don’t own, to pay their doctor bills and nursing home fees.

Jerry Siegel, co-creator of Superman, 61, at his clerking job in Los Angeles, 1975

I rememeber meeting a shakey Jerry Robinson at NYCC, stuck in the far corner of artists alley with a thermos & sandwich at a small table. I went over to the DC booth ( which had a megasize Joker film banner) and asked why they weren't looking after him. 'He doesn't work us' Fuck these companies.

I bought a giant print from him one year at, maybe, Baltimore and got him to sign it. I really need to get it framed.

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