Van Sciver Q&A thread!

[Blandy]

Dear Ethan,

Would you ever draw a story with Brother Power the Geek?

BFF,
Blandy

[WillieLee]

Dear Ethan,

Have you ever used any form of Social Assitence?

[Ethan Van Sciver]

Dear Ethan,

Would you ever draw a story with Brother Power the Geek?

BFF,
Blandy

We are instructed by DC Comics to answer all questions that we don't give a shit about with a "maybe".

So, maybe. :)

[Ethan Van Sciver]

Dear Ethan,

Have you ever used any form of Social Assitence?

Me personally? No. My family did when I was growing up, impoverished little subversive radicals that we were. But even then, guess where the welfare came from?

The Mormon Church.

[Sharis the Bunny]

Social assistance as in "antipsychotic drugs?" Or...???

[John Hays]

We are instructed by DC Comics to answer all questions that we don't give a shit about with a "maybe".

So, maybe. :)

That sheds an all new light on WW Texas!

[Blandy]

Dear Ethan,

If you could be any kind of pastry, which one would you be and why?

BFF,
Blandy

[WillieLee]

Dear Ethan,

Are you disappointed in the current crop of Republicans? There doesn't seem to be any cool guys like McCarthy or Thurmond anymore.

SBFF,
WillieLee

[WillieLee]

Dear Ethan,

Do you ever sit upon your horse and pretend you're King of America?

SBFF,

WillieLee

[Blandy]

Dear Ethan,

How does it feel to know that I'm more loved around here than you?

BFF,
Blandy

[WillieLee]

Dear Ethan,

Is it true that you donate to the Democratic Party?

SBFF,

WillieLee

[Sharis the Bunny]

Dear Ethan,
Do you really want to hurt Mase?

[Blandy]

Dear Ethan,

Who doesn't want to hurt Ma$e?

BFF,
Blandy

[WillieLee]

Dear Ethan,

Do you think you could wrestle an alligator?

SBFF,
WillieLee

[Blandy]

Dear Ethan,

Red Hulk vs Rawhide Kid?

BFF,
Blandy

[WillieLee]

Dear Ethan,

Do you ever smear your naked body in cow's blood and run around screaming lyrics from Doors songs?

SBFF,

WillieLee

[Blandy]

Dear Ethan,

Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?

Also, have you ever done the lambada?

Alternately, were you in the Lambda Lambda Lambda fraternity?

BFF,
Blandy

[Sharis the Bunny]

Dear Ethan,

Do you ever smear your naked body in cow's blood and run around screaming lyrics from Doors songs?

SBFF,

WillieLee

I'm seriously offended that you'd even THINK my husband would do that!


Seriously...who screams Doors lyrics? Everyone knows you do that while screaming Elvis lyrics! Sheesh!

[WillieLee]

I'm seriously offended that you'd even THINK my husband would do that!


Seriously...who screams Doors lyrics? Everyone knows you do that while screaming Elvis lyrics! Sheesh!

Sorry,

Dear Ethan,

Mama Let's Play House or Clambake?

SBFF,

WillieLee

[Barry1966]

Dear Ethan,

Do you ever smear your naked body in cow's blood and run around screaming lyrics from Doors songs?

SBFF,

WillieLee

Oh I do that......i thought ....er..............surely i'm not the only one.

[Barry1966]

Q: Where is Ethan?

[Zombie Prince of Greenland]

Q: Where is Ethan?

A: I ate him.

[WillieLee]

Dear Ethan,

What are your thoughts on Jean Claude Van Damme?

SBFF,

WillieLee

[Blandy]

I can't believe I didn't think of that question!

[Barry1966]

A: I ate him.

get outta here!

[WillieLee]

Dear Ethan,

Do you take any pleasure in seeing Blandy beaten to his own joke?

SBFF,

WillieLee

[Ethan Van Sciver]

Sorry,

Dear Ethan,

Mama Let's Play House or Clambake?

SBFF,

WillieLee

Willielee:

No Room to Rhumba in a Sportscar.

Sincerely,
Ethan

[Ethan Van Sciver]

Dear Ethan,

What are your thoughts on Jean Claude Van Damme?

SBFF,

WillieLee

I admit that I haven't spent as much time pondering Jean Claude Van Damme as I should have. I have no thoughts about him, except that Mike Nelson once observed that no one should be in charge of world peace who pronounces it "warald piss". To this, I have no additional comment.

[Ethan Van Sciver]

Dear Ethan,

Do you take any pleasure in seeing Blandy beaten to his own joke?

SBFF,

WillieLee

I had an answer to this question until you added those last four words.

Sincerely,
Ethan

[Blandy]

Dear Ethan,

Do you take any pleasure in seeing me beaten?

BFF,
Blandy

[WillieLee]

Dear Ethan,

Why do I live in a province where the temperature is below freezing for a third of the year?

SBFF,

WillieLee

[WillieLee]

Dear Ethan,

What's the best way to fight a Grizzly Bear?

SBFF,

WillieLee

[Blandy]

Dear Ethan,

May I get your name tattooed on my ass?

BFF,
Blandy

[WillieLee]

Dear Ethan,

I picture you as a man that physically towers over other creators in the comics field. Is this reality or just a dream of mine?

SBFF,

WillieLee

[Blandy]

Dear Ethan,

Will you hold me through the seven days of lonely?

BFF,
Blandy

[Ethan Van Sciver]

Dear Ethan,

Why do I live in a province where the temperature is below freezing for a third of the year?

SBFF,

WillieLee

Because as the glaciers melt, they release energy that pushes freezing cold air southwards. What is your Carbon Footprint?

[Ethan Van Sciver]

Dear Ethan,

What's the best way to fight a Grizzly Bear?

SBFF,

WillieLee

Run? I don't know. Trying to get him to join you in a fun duet, like in Disney movies.

[Ethan Van Sciver]

Dear Ethan,

May I get your name tattooed on my ass?

BFF,
Blandy

You might as well wait ten years or so, when my name will be a bar code on everyone's neck.

[Ethan Van Sciver]

Dear Ethan,

I picture you as a man that physically towers over other creators in the comics field. Is this reality or just a dream of mine?

SBFF,

WillieLee

It's my dream too.

[Ethan Van Sciver]

Dear Ethan,

Will you hold me through the seven days of lonely?

BFF,
Blandy.

Find Jesus Christ, like all the other inmates.

[Blandy]

Find Jesus Christ, like all the other inmates.

Jesus Christ was in a gay prison gangbang?

[WillieLee]

Because as the glaciers melt, they release energy that pushes freezing cold air southwards. What is your Carbon Footprint?

Not big enough to melt all those glaciers. I better turn on the stove.

[WillieLee]

Dear Ethan,

Have you ever ridden in a glass elevator? If so, do you look out and picture yourself as a king surveying his vassals?

SBFF,

WillieLee

[Matt Jay]

Dear Ethan,

I'm sick of waiting to find out who the presidential candidates will be. Will you just tell me who the Democratic and Republican candidates will be so I can get on with my life?

Sincerely,

Sir Robert Townely III

[Blandy]

Dear Ethan,

How much would you charge for a sketch of Red Hulk grudgefucking Tony Stark?

BFF,
Blandy

[WillieLee]

Dear Ethan,

Do you stick out your tongue when you draw?

SBFF,
WillieLee

[Blandy]

Dear Ethan,

I read some more of those Impulse issues you drew over the holidays, and had a question about the style you used for the book. It's obviously extremely different from the style you use now, and much more like Humberto Ramos' art on the book, which brings me to my question:

Was the style you drew the book in a personal choice by you to keep the previous flow of the book, or did editorial have a say in that?

BFF,
Blandy

[Ethan Van Sciver]

Dear Ethan,

I read some more of those Impulse issues you drew over the holidays, and had a question about the style you used for the book. It's obviously extremely different from the style you use now, and much more like Humberto Ramos' art on the book, which brings me to my question:

Was the style you drew the book in a personal choice by you to keep the previous flow of the book, or did editorial have a say in that?

BFF,
Blandy

IMPULSE was my first job at DC, and I learned to draw that way in order to keep the job. Obviously, the way I draw ordinarily wouldn't have been met with much enthusiasm by the fans of that book. It was a lot of fun, though. I miss drawing in that style.

[Blandy]

Dear Ethan,

Who put the "ram" in the "rama-lama-ding-dong"?

BFF,
Blandy

[Lord Jermaine Retail]

Hiya EVS-

Query: When are you going to come up the road and see my shop? We've been keeping the light on for you.

[WillieLee]

Dear Ethan,

Does it bother you when people fail to stick to the official question format as established by Blandy?
SBFF,

WillieLee

[Blandy]

Dear Ethan,

Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of PETA?

BFF,
Blandy

[Ethan Van Sciver]

Dear Ethan,

Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of PETA?

BFF,
Blandy

Yes, I was a member of PETA in my youth, and even now.

[Lord Jermaine Retail]

Yes, I was a member of PETA in my youth, and even now.

Aw, man. Ya screened me! :eek:

[Blandy]

Ethan Querido,

¿Es verdad que usted pasaba sus fines de semana que la fabricación jell-O, apenas así que usted podría rodar alrededor en ella?

Los mejores amigos por siempre,
Manuel

[Ethan Van Sciver]

Ethan Querido,

¿Es verdad que usted pasaba sus fines de semana que la fabricación jell-O, apenas así que usted podría rodar alrededor en ella?

Los mejores amigos por siempre,
Manuel

Translated via free Spanish translation online:

Ethan Beloved,

It is true that you passed its end of week that the production jell-or, barely so you would be able to roll around in her?

The better friends by always,
Manuel


I fear that something was lost in the translation.

[Blandy]

No, that's pretty much exactly what I meant.

[Arion]

Translated via free Spanish translation online:

Ethan Beloved,

It is true that you passed its end of week that the production jell-or, barely so you would be able to roll around in her?

The better friends by always,
Manuel


I fear that something was lost in the translation.

Not really. I read the original message and it certainly didn't make sense in Spanish either.

[Blandy]

Not really. I read the original message and it certainly didn't make sense in Spanish either.

Blame shitty translation sites.

[Anthony ANMPH Hary]

Translated via free Spanish translation online:

Ethan Beloved,

It is true that you passed its end of week that the production jell-or, barely so you would be able to roll around in her?

The better friends by always,
Manuel


I fear that something was lost in the translation.

That is just Darn funny.



Ethan,

Do you have characters of your own creation that you would like to tell stories of? And if so who would you LOVE to have write them for you? or would you do that yourself?

[Arion]

Blame shitty translation sites.

OK, I'll do that .

[Evangelos]

Dear Ethan,

Why am I not wearing pants?

Love,
Pantsless Man

[Arion]

What kind of question was that?

[Evangelos]

Hey, last time I checked, this was the Van Sciver Q&A thread, not the Pantsless Man Q&A thread.

[WillieLee]

Dear Ethan,

Bill Clinton has just been compared to Tailgunner Joe. Does this mean you now love Bill Clinton?

SBFF,
WillieLee

[lucero]

Ethan: What do you think the chances are of us ever getting an Absolute Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War? How does DC determine what gets Absoluted?

[Ethan Van Sciver]

Dear Ethan,

Bill Clinton has just been compared to Tailgunner Joe. Does this mean you now love Bill Clinton?

SBFF,
WillieLee

Bill Clinton isn't and wasn't a fearless anti-communist, so no, I have no love for him.

EVS

[Ethan Van Sciver]

Ethan: What do you think the chances are of us ever getting an Absolute Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War? How does DC determine what gets Absoluted?

I think the chances are pretty good that some kind of Absolute Green Lantern book will happen. Whether its Rebirth, Sinestro or Blackest Night, or a combination of all of them...who knows? I think their chosen on a sort of consensus of what is felt is a "classic" or important story, and whether or not DC feels like they can sell yet another reprint of it.

I'd love to see it, personally. Write to DC!

[Blandy]

Dear Ethan,

Since you worked on the book, and are now a bigshot artist, do you think there's any chance of more Impulse trades being printed? Possibly when (yes, I said "when") Bart gets brought back to life?

BFF,
Blandy

[ScottishGreenLantern]

Ethan,

Is there anyway a guy who lives in Scotland and has very little chance of getting to a convention you're attending could geta convention-type sketch from you?

Cheers

Paul

[JimmyF1982]

quick question my good sir.

is there any website or list online of all the hidden images you've sunk into your art? i remember reading awhile ago a wizard interview about you and it highlighted the "sex-men" issue of new x-men but my eyes are just not so sharp and couldn't find any.

[Ethan Van Sciver]

Dear Ethan,

Since you worked on the book, and are now a bigshot artist, do you think there's any chance of more Impulse trades being printed? Possibly when (yes, I said "when") Bart gets brought back to life?

BFF,
Blandy

I don't know. There's a story that I did with Dezago called MERCURY FALLING that wasn't bad. I think it was 6 issues long, and could make a fun trade paperback, but the IMPULSE "brand" doesn't exist anymore, and I'm not sure how DC could market it. Maybe just call it "Mercury Falling" and not Impulse. I've thought about it once or twice, and I'll mention it to Bob Wayne when I see him next.

Thanks!

[Ethan Van Sciver]

Ethan,

Is there anyway a guy who lives in Scotland and has very little chance of getting to a convention you're attending could geta convention-type sketch from you?

Cheers

Paul

I'm trying to get out your way, Paul. I'm attending my first European convention next week in Athens, and I'm hoping to meet some convention promoters there, you know, get on the "circuit". Until then, it kind of sucks, but no, there's not really a way to get a sketch from me right now.

But dammit, I'd love to come to Scotland.

[Ethan Van Sciver]

quick question my good sir.

is there any website or list online of all the hidden images you've sunk into your art? i remember reading awhile ago a wizard interview about you and it highlighted the "sex-men" issue of new x-men but my eyes are just not so sharp and couldn't find any.

I'm not sure it'd be possible to document all of the hidden words and images I've placed in my art over the years. Many are secret, only I know about them. But I've seen a website about NEW X-MEN #118, and also a YouTube video about it. Both are pretty good at locating the majority of the hidden words in that issue. They shouldn't be difficult to look up on the net!

[JimmyF1982]

I'm not sure it'd be possible to document all of the hidden words and images I've placed in my art over the years. Many are secret, only I know about them. But I've seen a website about NEW X-MEN #118, and also a YouTube video about it. Both are pretty good at locating the majority of the hidden words in that issue. They shouldn't be difficult to look up on the net!

appresh.

on a side note i just got done listening to your old word balloon interview about the sinestro corp. hilarious.

[ScottishGreenLantern]

I'm trying to get out your way, Paul. I'm attending my first European convention next week in Athens, and I'm hoping to meet some convention promoters there, you know, get on the "circuit". Until then, it kind of sucks, but no, there's not really a way to get a sketch from me right now.

But dammit, I'd love to come to Scotland.

Good man. I look forward to seeing you at some point in the not too distant future!

[Tony Coca]

Can I set up my sketch for the NY Con so I wont have to wait on line.:D

[Blandy]

I don't know. There's a story that I did with Dezago called MERCURY FALLING that wasn't bad. I think it was 6 issues long, and could make a fun trade paperback, but the IMPULSE "brand" doesn't exist anymore, and I'm not sure how DC could market it. Maybe just call it "Mercury Falling" and not Impulse. I've thought about it once or twice, and I'll mention it to Bob Wayne when I see him next.

Thanks!

Yeah, I imagine it might be difficult for DC that way. But hell, even if the series were just reprinted as Showcase volumes, I'd still pick them up.

[Ethan Van Sciver]

Can I set up my sketch for the NY Con so I wont have to wait on line.:D

Nope! :)

[KingMob]

Will you be making Chicago again this year? Has this been asked?

[nightwing1982]

Worse Plastic Man story?

[Ethan Van Sciver]

Will you be making Chicago again this year? Has this been asked?

I'm not sure yet. I haven't been invited, but usually I only need ask. Wizard has always been happy to bring me. But my schedule may not permit.

[Ethan Van Sciver]

Worse Plastic Man story?

Is that a question? :)

[Blandy]

I'm not sure yet. I haven't been invited, but usually I only need ask. Wizard has always been happy to bring me. But my schedule may not permit.

Hope to see you there if you can.

[nightwing1982]

Is that a question? :)

YEAH!!!

it is a Q and A thread

:ecstatic:

Ok, oldest Plastic Man's comic book?

[Arion]

Worse Plastic Man story?

What kind of question is that?

[marvelboi77]

Will you be at preview night at San Diego?

[Ethan Van Sciver]

Will you be at preview night at San Diego?

Most certainly. I'm a guest of SDCC this year, so I'll be there the entire show!

And it'll be great!

-EVS

[Immovable Blob]

Hi Ethan; I understand you have been accepting some commission; are you still taking requests and how long does it typically take to get to each commission?

[darth meniscus]

Hey Ethan! Did you print this?

http://tinyurl.com/4b6s7c

I own the original, so I was pretty surprised to see a print of it for sale!

[motoeric]

Hello Ethan,

What are your thoughts on Ayn Rand and her works?

Thanks,

Eric

[Corey A.]

If or when you go back to Marvel, who do you want to work with & which book(s) do you want to draw.

[Ethan Van Sciver]

Hi Ethan; I understand you have been accepting some commission; are you still taking requests and how long does it typically take to get to each commission?

Nope, not taking commissions now.

There are two kinds of commissions: The kind I do at conventions, and the kind I do at home. The kind I do at home are more expensive, and take more time. You can wait up to a year, depending on what the project is, but the end result is a cover quality piece. The detail and the finished quality that I'm known for in my regular work is all there.

The other kind are the convention drawings, and they are less expensive, but you've got to meet me at a show, or be able to pick it up. They are faster, looser, and fun, but they are sketches. Now and then, I'll do an advance list for a convention, and start two days early. But not very often. Thanks!

[Ethan Van Sciver]

Hey Ethan! Did you print this?

http://tinyurl.com/4b6s7c

I own the original, so I was pretty surprised to see a print of it for sale!

Nope! I don't make prints of my own work for sale.

[Ethan Van Sciver]

Hello Ethan,

What are your thoughts on Ayn Rand and her works?

Thanks,

Eric

I never read Ayn Rand.

[Ethan Van Sciver]

If or when you go back to Marvel, who do you want to work with & which book(s) do you want to draw.

It's pointless to think about that right now. If and when I work for Marvel again, it'll require and entire adjustment of the stuff that I think about, and am enthusiastic about. And I don't see it on the horizon. I'm having fun at DC. :D

[motoeric]

I never read Ayn Rand.

You may be interested in reading about her anti-Communist writings and activism including her involvement with the HUAC hearings.

Eric

[Wookiee]

It's pointless to think about that right now. If and when I work for Marvel again, it'll require and entire adjustment of the stuff that I think about, and am enthusiastic about. And I don't see it on the horizon. I'm having fun at DC. :D

Good man! Not that's there's anything wrong with Marvel. But let us DC nuts keep EVS for a while.

[Ethan Van Sciver]

You may be interested in reading about her anti-Communist writings and activism including her involvement with the HUAC hearings.

Eric

Yeah, I know who she is and what's she's about. I'll read her one of these days, but I'm more interested in history and biographies. That's the sort of stuff I find myself reading.

[Jason California]

I never read Ayn Rand.

I am reading the Fountainhead right now. It may be the greatest book I have ever read. I really think you would dig it Ethan.


How many 22 page comics could you put out a year without dropping quality and not burning yourself out?

[Omega Flight]

Ethan would you consider Hal Jordan the comic book version of Indiana Jones? Now I know that he's based on pulp fiction serials heroes and I guess by extension comic book characters but isn't Hal Jordan kind of reminiscent of that?

Like Indy he gets himself into weird shit and trouble due to his choice of profession, he's always brave to the very end and is a badass odds against him or not. Plus he also was a commie smasher in Superman Red Son so the rest writes itself.

[IronLantern]

Hey Ethan, have you ever read Devil in the White City? Its an excellent book IMO. Deals with the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago, and other events surrounding it. Very interesting stuff.

[half guard]

Dear Ethan,

What specific tools do you use when penciling / inking? (lead hardness, nibs, brush, markers, etc.)

Love,
Blandy's Secret Admirer