Baltimore Comic Con: For the Love of Comics

DC’s Editor-in-Chief Dan DiDio, Senior Coordinating Editor Jann Jones, Tiny Titans’ Franco, Teen Titans’ Sean McKeever and Senior President of Marketing Steve Rotterdam got together with audience members this afternoon in Baltimore to talk about their love of comics and some of their favorite comic moments. Here are the highlights:
- In the panel room, there was one person who had been reading comics for over 50 years.
- Some of the weirdest places people had ever bought comics were Costo, People’s Grocer, a rest stop on the Ohio Turnpike, Vending Machines, Rite Aid, Gas Station, a Video Arcade with tickets, a bookstore in Sao Paulo Brazil (“What’s the matter, you couldn’t find it in Brooklyn?” joked DiDio) a Junk Shop, Barber Shop, and Flea Market in Rome.
- DiDio related that Jonah Hex scribe Jimmy Palmiotti used to buy comics by the pound. Franco used to dumpster dive to get some of his comics. Jones walked into a drug store at one point and bought Valiant Comics off the rack.
- One audience member who was stationed in Kuwait took a convoy to get comics.
- In terms of favorite covers, McKeever said he liked Romita Sr. Amazing Spider-Man covers, Rotterdam liked Michael Turner’s Supergirl covers, Franco liked the Amazing Spider-Man cover with the Tarantula, Jones liked the Dave Johnson Renee Montoya/Two-Face cover, while DiDio professed to enjoy the cover from Spider-Man #40.
- DiDio surprised a fan by mentioning that he had 100 longboxes full of comics. (The fan had 60)
- Some of everyone’s favorite ridiculous comic moments included Daredevil having a picture of Karen Page hanging in his home, DC Superheroes versus Super Gorillas, Daredevil having his glasses on under his mask in early issues, Green Lantern professing to all that his ring could not affect the color yellow, Wolf-Man Captain America, and the many strange sports adventures that would occur.
That’s it from For the Love of Comics! Stay tuned to Wizard Universe for more!