I can honestly say that I never had any interest in attending the Kubert School because I assumed it would be some dunghole in the middle of nowhere brimming with alpha nerd rat finks that would have put me in the poorhouse, so I was pleased to have that prejudice validated. Sounds like a worthwhile experience if you could manage it, though.

Even a crappy film adaptation is more than most comic/strip creators get, though reviews seem to back up Dondi being the Barb Wire of 1961.

I’m going to have to side with underrated Bronze Age Wonder Woman artist Jose Delbo against Rob, if for no other reason than any client can arbitrarily dismiss your effort and demand revisions without the artist having to accept their rationale.

Great episode! More please!

It sounded like the Joe Kubert School had provided a rewarding experience for you both, despite the “hardships” you had described. In fact, I believe your homework and class experiences were a true representation of the on-the-job experience of working in the comic book field (from the ongoing massive workload and tight deadlines to Jose Delbo telling you to change an illustration as if it were an editorial edict [at least that was how I interpreted that story]). This is more than what could be said about most “normal” colleges that tend to teach about a profession with more focus on the academia than real-world application. (I can say that I learned much more about advertising by working in the field than I did through my high-ranked UK college education…)

I believe I can imagine the amount of work you had to put in, for I have worked a few years in a Hong Kong manhua studio as a background illustrator (which required long, late hours because I was not very fast — especially after an injury I had suffered… off the job). The studio had provided me with a small room with a cot and a portable gas stove, so maybe I can relate to the lodging experience as well? Hong Kong in the late-1980s to early-1990s was likely more interesting than Dover, New Jersey, so I will end my meager attempt to create a relatable comparison now…

So will we see photos of any of your JKS works you both mentioned in this podcast on the Tumblr? I would love to see the two album covers in particular…

And despite the initial ratings report I was “hearing” about this podcast on Facebook, I hope we will hear more “Tales from the Joe Kubert School.”