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proline91

Real Name: george tanner
Gender: Male
Age: 43

Joined: Dec 12th, 2006
Last Visit: Aug 2nd, 2007

User Tags: comicart-l, comicartfans.com, journalist, original art collector

i started reading comics in 1971, when when i was 6. my family moved from fort lauderdale, fla., to kentucky, and my parents bought me three comics to read on the trip. yes, three. i read them over and over, and i was hooked. i can't remember the books they bought, but i swear one of them was a horror title about a swamp monster.

in the 1970s, i was a voracious reader and collector. my favorite titles were "howard the duck," "uncanny x-men" (the reprints), "superboy and the legion of super-heroes," "plop," "house of mystery" and the other DC horror titles. i also read "creepy" and "vampirella" occasionally. but as a kid, i read only the word balloons, not the narration. so i missed quite a bit in the Warren titles.

i got out of comics when the big teen titans/x-men crossover came out. cover price was $2, and that was too much for me. i remember plucking it off the rack at the grocery store, putting it back in disgust and going cold turkey on the spot.

fast-forward to the early 1990s: two guys i worked with were avid comics readers. they showed me a Previews catalog, and they explained how much things had changed. i was dazzled by the catalog. the advances in art, paper quality, colors, characters and variety were stunning, easily enough to justify spending $3 per issue. so i was back on the wagon.

now i collect original comic art, too. check out my gallery here: http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=125

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	[ Posted by illustrators_lounge on Jan 10th, 2007 6:14 AM ]... Wow, you have a great collection! Swing by the Lounge any time Kyri
	[ Posted by ScottyShoemaker on Jan 1st, 2007 1:09 PM ]... Happy New Year!!!! Hope you have a great one!!!
	[ Posted by monsterink on Dec 29th, 2006 9:18 AM ]... Hell-O, Fangs 4 Bein' My ComicSpace Fiend! ~ Chops!
	[ Posted by mattereaterlad on Dec 26th, 2006 7:19 PM ]... Thanks for the add! Long Live the Legion!
	[ Posted by AbacusComics on Dec 26th, 2006 5:36 PM ]... And a Happy New year!
	[ Posted by TWL on Dec 26th, 2006 10:06 AM ]... Merry Xmas to you too!
	[ Posted by Sanchez on Dec 20th, 2006 12:29 AM ]... Heya George! Nice to hear from ya again. You had gotten a commission off of Noel. I saw it up there on your CAF gallery, still looks awesome!
	[ Posted by Michael_Bair on Dec 16th, 2006 11:31 PM ]... well.......the Hawkman art was mostly Rags, but thanks for the kind comment anyway. Happy Holidays.
	[ Posted by MODOK on Dec 16th, 2006 8:57 AM ]... You need more MODOK in your life.
	[ Posted by AlRioArt on Dec 16th, 2006 1:04 AM ]... George, you've got a great collection of art! And yes, I was into DC's Plop and Mad and reading House Of Mystery and House Of Secrets at about the same time you were. :) Thanks for being an Al Rio fan! Terry http://alrioart.com/
	[ Posted by JimmyKitty on Dec 15th, 2006 9:44 AM ]... Re: Your comments THANK YOU! I'm glad you like my current work, and I will indeed continue to make more Bomb Queen. Thanks for your support, I really appreciate it.

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