Continuing our dip into old photos I found in my files, here's one I took at a New York Comic Convention in, I think, 1976. The lady at left is Marvelous Marie Severin, who worked for Marvel for so many years drawing Hulk and Sub-Mariner and Not Brand Echh and other comics. Her real specialty, however, was drawing hilarious and insulting caricatures of anyone who stumbled within about ten feet of her drawing table. In recent years, Marie has had some health problems but we're hearing good things about the recovery process.
The gentleman at right is my long-time (like, back to the mid-sixties) friend, Tony Isabella. Tony was then writing and sometimes editing for Marvel so Marie drew a lot of insulting caricatures of him…and she should have been ashamed of herself for that because it was just too easy. Tony has since written for most of the major publishers and he recently authored a huge, popular book entitled 1,000 Comic Books You Must Read, which is a shameless lie because I haven't written quite that many comic books. Almost but not quite. Ergo, there aren't a thousand you must read. But I guess if you view it as 1,000 Comic Books You Might Wanna Read, it's fine. Even then, I'm sure it's only because he wanted to show his impartiality that he left out most of what his dear friend Mark has written. I shall show mine by recommending it anyway and putting in this Amazon link so you can order a copy or three.