Comments on: In Search of Steve Ditko

By: Grant

Grant — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:57:06 +0000

That documentary just about brought me to tears. That was f!#%$ awsome. I’d give anything to just shake his hand and thank him for the pleasure ive gotten from his body of work.

By: DOuG pRATt

DOuG pRATt — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 22:27:16 +0000

Looks like it’s been pulled from YouTube.

By: DOuG pRATt

DOuG pRATt — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 01:14:19 +0000

The copy of the Ditko program that still resides on YouTube is, in fact, superior to the first one that was posted, because it gets the aspect ratio right. But I’m assuming it too will be pulled eventually, so I’m posting it here:

http://www.dograt.com/category/cartooning/comic-books/in-search-of-steve-ditko/

By: Ed

Ed — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:33:16 +0000

Just go to youtube and do a search; last I checked, there are still copies that haven’t been caught, it’s just the specific one linked in all the comics blogs that’s gone.
And, yeah, Mark E., that whole “Stan wasn’t even the co-creator, and it’s all-or-nothing” thing you’re ranting about is to be found absolutely fricking NOWHERE in the documentary and, as far as I can tell, has been pulled whole cloth from the terminal end of your digestive system.

By: Cary Coatney

Cary Coatney — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:48:07 +0000

Does Leonard Nimoy narrate?

Coat

By: Sphinx Magoo

Sphinx Magoo — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:59:58 +0000

Rats! Too late…

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By: James Van Hise

James Van Hise — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 20:00:50 +0000

You Tube just canceled X-Mas. The links to the documentary are now gone.

By: Matthew Craig

Matthew Craig — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:15:33 +0000

“the documentary’s entire premise, that Ditko alone created Spider-Man and Stan Lee was just some sort of incidental figure.”

That’s not what he said. That’s not what anybody said. Not even in that small-press strip Ditko did (see it at Journalista).

CO-creator, he said.

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By: CBrown

CBrown — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:57:54 +0000

Also, one thing I wish Jonathan Ross had done, if he really does respect Mr. Ditko’s privacy, is to blur out the address of his office.

By: CBrown

CBrown — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:00:05 +0000

That was a fascinating piece. And after all these years, I finally know how to pronounce “yronwode.”

Also, Mark Engblom: I hope you sat through the rest of it. I felt Jonathan Ross made it pretty clear that he does not consider Stan Lee an incidental character.

By: Peter Krause

Peter Krause — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:54:42 +0000

I actually had tears in my eyes at the very last line.

Until you do it, you have no idea at the blood and sweat and piss you go through to bring life to characters by drawing.

I thought the end was very appropriate and respectful and not at all a letdown.

Thanks again, Heidi.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:31:54 +0000

I wanna echo Russ Maheras’ comment.

By: Mark Engblom

Mark Engblom — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:57:01 +0000

I haven’t gotten through the whole thing yet, but what I’ve seen has been very interesting. Of course, I fundamentally disagree with the documentary’s entire premise, that Ditko alone created Spider-Man and Stan Lee was just some sort of incidental figure. This “either/or” mentality when it comes to the creation of Marvel’s Silver Age pantheon is a bit juvenile and, ultimately, something that can never be fully established either way (as to the precise percentages of creative input).

I’m happy to see Ditko get some much-deserved attention, but it’s a pity it’s through the boring old argument of who created what and when.

Still, it’s great to see Alan Moore on camera talking about ANYTHING.

By: Alexa

Alexa — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 09:33:06 +0000

Neil Gaiman is adorable. Granted, this is not news.

Also, someone needs to code an Alan Moore voice simulator, so that he can read me all of my pdfs.