When I was younger and had spare time I did want to get involved in the comics scene. I couldn’t draw so I tried to learn a bit, but the super-hero’s pin-ups I was drawing were terribly wrong in too many aspects and I decided to give up on my artist career very soon.
Cerebus by Manuel Barrero
“If you cannot draw, you have to write” I thought. I had a couple of friends that weren’t as bad artist as I was and we started making the “most original” Punisher/Batman crossover ever. The story started with Batman and the Punisher as enemies, but later they did realize they had misunderstand each other and became allies (original, isn’t it?). Before it was finished I was quiting my script writing career too. And I was only 15 years old.
What career was left in the comics business for me? “Editor” was the only answer I could imagine.
I didn’t know any artist able to make their own comics so I thought that I had to reprint other comics. Most fanzines were photocopied (for obvious economic reasons) so I started to think that any comic worth to be reprinted by me had to be published in black and white. Being a fan of american comic books I didn’t know many interesting black and white comics, so I chose Dave Sim’s Cerebus.
To be continued…
Crom!
I’d forgotten this pin-up!
Sorry Mr. Sim!
Good Work, Mr. Jimenez
MB