The John Byrne Forum

[thomasallencummins]

www.byrnerobotics.com/forum/forum_topics.asp?FID=3

As a long time fan of John Byrne I have periodically looked for information regarding my favorite comic artist. What comic is he working on? Will he appear at a local convention?
While scouring the INTERNET for information I ran across a message board (like Glurpworld) dedicated to Mr. Byrne.
I've joined naturally and have been kind of surprised to find that John posts to this forum prolifically.
For those of you who participate at Kevinswatch (message board dedicated to author Stephen R. Donaldson) you know what a shock it would be for SRD to dive in and post comments daily on the site. Mr. Byrne does that very thing. It's kind of cool and gives fans access to the Artist/Writer that would otherwise be impossible. (Stephen Donaldson's Gradual Interview would be another example of a similar access point.)

[ram]

I haven't checked out the website, but yeah, it's cool that Mr. Byrne is a regular poster there.

I'm just wary of the fan/artist relationship, and how things can potentially get out of hand.

And Donaldson...he must be up to his eyeballs in that Gradual Interview. The last thing he needs is to spend even more time wrangling with fans on a message board. We all know how rowdy those places are!

[thomasallencummins]

Well John Byrne (though I'm sure he's a busy guy) isn't trying to tackle a project as consuming as the Last Chronicles. He probably has more free time to interact with fans but it seems very much like John is interacting with friends/boardmates, not necessarily fans though I do notice a bit of butt kissing going on here and there. I'm up to 50 posts on the site. It appears the membership is on par with the Watch so there is no shortage of two bit opinions.
Plus I have new opportunities to proclaim that Highlander II sucks and that Star Trek V is an abomination featuring ROCKET BOOTS! :-)

[ram]

Come to think of it, since I only know Byrne's art via his run on Superman, I might be tempted to go to that site just to ask him what he thinks of the Superman movies. All of them.

Or you could ask for me...

Plus I have new opportunities to proclaim that Highlander II sucks and that Star Trek V is an abomination featuring ROCKET BOOTS!

Heh heh...it would be real funny if, say, one of the writers for ST V happened to be a member at a forum that you also frequented. ;D

[thomasallencummins]

Jun 24, 2008 18:58:54 GMT -5 ram said:

Come to think of it, since I only know Byrne's art via his run on Superman, I might be tempted to go to that site just to ask him what he thinks of the Superman movies. All of them.

Or you could ask for me...

Plus I have new opportunities to proclaim that Highlander II sucks and that Star Trek V is an abomination featuring ROCKET BOOTS!

Heh heh...it would be real funny if, say, one of the writers for ST V happened to be a member at a forum that you also frequented. ;D

Aw crap! I've already noticed there are quite a few comic book writers, artists, colorists etc that post there. It's not out of the realm of possibility.