[ Posted by Jeff_Mariotte to BeauSmith on Dec 17th, 2008 10:42 AM ]...

Congrats on the Parts Unknown option, Beau! All I can say is, it's about damn time!

Jeff

[ Posted by Jeff_Mariotte to White_Picket_Fences on Feb 28th, 2007 11:40 AM ]...

Matt, White Picket Fences looks great! I'm from the Chicago burbs originally, and this looks like a trip back home. Although weirder...

Jeff

[ Posted by Jeff_Mariotte to Kent on Feb 7th, 2007 12:07 PM ]...

RE: Letters Page

Kurt Busiek still has 'em in Astro City, too, I think, and those have always been good ones. Dark Horse hasn't given them up, either--there's always some good stuff in Conan. I was working in comics publishing when the death of the letters page happened, and it was strange--even when we had hundreds of thousands of readers, as the online forums gained prominence, people stopped writing. And what mail we did get stopped being very interesting--it was all "You rule!" or "You suck!" but not the kind of interesting commentary we hoped for.

I think e-mail killed good letter writing of almost every kind, including letters of comment to comics. Dropping the pages was a hard decision at the company I worked for, but filling them with nonsense wasn't really a better alternative.

Jeff

[ Posted by Jeff_Mariotte to Kent on Feb 7th, 2007 11:58 AM ]...

Hi Kent! It's good to "meet" you, and I'm looking forward to your book.

Jeff

[ Posted by Jeff_Mariotte to andykuhn on Jan 22nd, 2007 3:22 PM ]...

Andy,

I'll definitely be at the Phoenix Con. I'm on 4 panels, and will be sharing an Artist's Alley table with Alberto Dose, the artist on the new Desperadoes mini. See you there!

Jeff

3 Replies [ Latest posted on January 23rd, 2007 5:11 PM ]

	[ Posted by andykuhn on Jan 22nd, 2007 4:05 PM ]... awesome, jeff. it'll be great to see you there. i dig albertos work. does he live in the states? for some reason i thought he was south american.
	[ Posted by Jeff_Mariotte on Jan 23rd, 2007 2:21 PM ]... Alberto was an animator at Klasky Csupo for years. He's lived in South America and Europe, but he's been in L.A. for at least 10 years or more. His English is pretty hard to understand sometimes, but he's a great guy.
	[ Posted by andykuhn on Jan 23rd, 2007 5:11 PM ]... cool, it'll be good to meet him!

[ Posted by Jeff_Mariotte to Klebs on Jan 21st, 2007 5:38 PM ]...

Klebs! It's good to see you!

Jeff

2 Replies [ Latest posted on January 23rd, 2007 2:21 PM ]

	[ Posted by Klebs on Jan 22nd, 2007 8:36 PM ]... Hey Jeff. Thanks for the add. How´s the new Desperado book coming? Have you ever read Ken Parker? A great italian western.. best Klebs
	[ Posted by Jeff_Mariotte on Jan 23rd, 2007 2:21 PM ]... Klebs, I'll have to look for Ken Parker--haven't seen it, but you know I love good Westerns! Jeff

[ Posted by Jeff_Mariotte to gordonpurcell on Jan 21st, 2007 5:39 PM ]...

Hey Gordon! Good to see you here. I hope you're doing well!

Jeff

1 Reply [ Latest posted on January 22nd, 2007 11:10 AM ]

[ Posted by gordonpurcell on Jan 22nd, 2007 11:10 AM ]... All is well here! Hoping you're still living the sweet life. Looking forward to Desperados!

[ Posted by Jeff_Mariotte to Joe_Prado on Jan 19th, 2007 10:58 AM ]...

Joe! Good to see you!

Jeff

1 Reply [ Latest posted on January 22nd, 2007 3:19 AM ]

[ Posted by Joe_Prado on Jan 22nd, 2007 3:19 AM ]... Hey, Jeff! Long time no talk, man! =)

[ Posted by Jeff_Mariotte to ArchieComics on Jan 20th, 2007 1:20 PM ]...

Archie Comics rules!

Jeff

1 Reply [ Latest posted on January 20th, 2007 6:56 PM ]

[ Posted by ArchieComics on Jan 20th, 2007 6:56 PM ]... Thanks for the kind words Jeff

[ Posted by Jeff_Mariotte to cinemacomics on Jan 20th, 2007 1:27 PM ]...

Good to meet you! I'll definitely keep my eyes open for Clark & Jefferson--looks right up my alley.

Jeff

1 Reply [ Latest posted on January 20th, 2007 1:47 PM ]

[ Posted by cinemacomics on Jan 20th, 2007 1:47 PM ]... Thanks Jeff! It's a 4 issue mini scheduled for this summer and then followed by a series of mini's. Hope to have you along for the ride :) --Jay

[ Posted by Jeff_Mariotte to streakfire on Jan 20th, 2007 1:25 PM ]...

Very nice work, J.R.! It's good to meet you!

Jeff

[ Posted by Jeff_Mariotte to PaulStorrie on Jan 20th, 2007 1:22 PM ]...

Yo, Paul! You're everywhere!

Jeff

[ Posted by Jeff_Mariotte to Michael_Bair on Jan 20th, 2007 1:21 PM ]...

Michael! It's been a long time. Glad to see you're keeping busy!

Jeff

[ Posted by Jeff_Mariotte to ShannonEricDenton on Jan 20th, 2007 1:19 PM ]...

Shannon! See you next week!

[ Posted by Jeff_Mariotte to JackieE on Jan 19th, 2007 10:46 AM ]...

Hi Jackie! Good to see you here. Best to Batton as well!

Jeff

[ Posted by Jeff_Mariotte to Eliopoulos on Jan 19th, 2007 10:40 AM ]...

It's good to see you here, Chris! It has been way too long.

Jeff

[ Posted by Jeff_Mariotte to illustrators_lounge on Jan 18th, 2007 5:09 PM ]...

Thanks, Loungers! It's good to meet you too.

Jeff

[ Posted by Jeff_Mariotte to ChuckDixon on Jan 18th, 2007 3:43 PM ]...

Hey Chuck! Good to see you on here. It's been a very long time.

Jeff

1 Reply [ Latest posted on January 18th, 2007 3:46 PM ]

[ Posted by ChuckDixon on Jan 18th, 2007 3:46 PM ]... Yep. One of those brief "talk to you later!" moments at San Diego. Well, talk to you later! LOL!

[ Posted by Jeff_Mariotte to JoeNassise on Jan 18th, 2007 3:03 PM ]...

Hi Joe! This looks like an interesting place to visit--good to see you here too.

Jeff

[ Posted by Jeff_Mariotte to jonfmerz on Jan 18th, 2007 12:25 PM ]...

Thanks for adding me, Jon. I can see this place becoming a huge time sink...

Jeff