I firmly believe that Johns is a good guy who genuinely loves these things, and who lacks the malice and contempt of certain others in the biz. He just really seems to lack a fundamental understanding things sometimes. I'd love to hang out with him. I met him at a con around 2003, back when he was an honorary member of H.E.A.T. and on our mailing list, interacting with members. He signed a promo poster of JLA/JSA: Virtue and Vice for me and doodled a word balloon over Ollie's head that read "To John: Keep the faith!" From what I can tell, he's still the sweet, optimistic fan he used to be, which makes his obliviousness (even to the graphic violence of his own work at times) all the more frustrating.
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Date: 2011-06-22 01:45 am (UTC)