From: IMRud@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 12:12 PM To: Clark, Wes Subject: Re: Halloween 1966, 3 of 3 In a message dated 5/29/01 5:38:58 AM, Wes.Clark@USPTO.GOV writes: << Okay, you should have gotten: 3 Halloween 1966 images 1 Santa Claus Lane Parade image 4 Beatles Party images>> Hey Wes, Yes, I received those and also the covers to War of the Worlds, Ratman!, and two issues of Captain Russian. I like the lettering title lettering on War of the Worlds quite a bit and the cover itself has an almost expressionistic use of color. Ratman!, on the other hand, has a nice stripped down, simple design look to him as does Capt. Russian in the straight on shot of him on issue #1. Maybe you're a little too hard on your talents, or you were simply moving in a more abstract, less representational look and didn't realize it. Anyway, it's great to see this stuff. Of course the photos of us bring all kinds of memories and feelings flooding back -- but the biggest shocker for me is to see Kathy. She's so young in the pictures at the party -- and yet she can't be more than a year or less away from running away to the Sunset Strip all the time chasing after rock bands. Of all the things my mother might have thought she'd have to deal with in raising a daughter, I don't think she could have ever seen this one coming. <> This seems unlikely (again, moving every year or so really takes its toll on what makes it from one move to the next) but I'll dig through what I've got in the garage and see if I can turn anything up. I'm afraid all I have in the way of comics to send you is one half finished Incredible Sulk comic, the splash page for a Creature from the Black Lagoon comic (I guess he really was my favorite monster), and since my offerings are so paltry from this end, I'll also send along some comic artwork I did in the early 80s for the Hollywood YMCA, along with a proposed daily comic strip I did with a friend (I drew and created all the characters). Among the responses we received from the different newspaper syndicates was: "This is well drawn and funny, but does not meet our present needs." My thought was, "What do they want? Something poorly drawn and unfunny? Would that meet thier needs?" Judging by many of the comics in the paper today, I'd have to say that was probably the answer. But then again, maybe a Sci-fi (comic -- as opposed to adventure -- anyway) strip was seen as appealing to too small a market. I'm not aware of one that ever made it into the paper. You may be getting a little tired of hearing this by now, but many, many thanks for sending all this stuff. I can't even begin to tell you what it means to me. Those years were always very special to me, but to see these pictures -- the comics that were drawn with markers on computer paper -- and to have made contact with you again -- it makes it all more real and immediate in a way those days haven't seemed to me in a very long time. I guess that's it for this time around. Jim