haha Im Arnie and I painted this for Stan way back when. I gave Stan the original painting at the 1976 NY convention during his speech there. Thats where I met David Kraft, the editor of FOOM, who wanted it for the cover. And he agreed to help me sell some of the 1000s of posters I had printed up expecting to make a killing! (there were plenty left over. all gone now). Stan always loved this image and kept the trading card version of it in his wallet.
Ironically, Carnegie Hall had a similar concept for their poster for Stan's Sold Out "Evening With Stan Lee" event. But they just used a grid of comic images to make a face.
Today I look back and wonder why I bothers with Howard the Ducks hat in there! But he was so popular it made sense.
Cover of FOOM #17 (June 1977), cover art by Arnold Sawyer
You're one crazy bovine because I went totally gaga for this cover when it came out. I wish I did get the poster!
ReplyDeleteI can't stop looking at his invisible finger.
ReplyDeleteThis was my first issue of FOOM! And why the hell didn't it cause me nightmares?
ReplyDeletehaha Im Arnie and I painted this for Stan way back when. I gave Stan the original painting at the 1976 NY convention during his speech there. Thats where I met David Kraft, the editor of FOOM, who wanted it for the cover. And he agreed to help me sell some of the 1000s of posters I had printed up expecting to make a killing! (there were plenty left over. all gone now). Stan always loved this image and kept the trading card version of it in his wallet.
ReplyDeleteIronically, Carnegie Hall had a similar concept for their poster for Stan's Sold Out "Evening With Stan Lee" event. But they just used a grid of comic images to make a face.
Today I look back and wonder why I bothers with Howard the Ducks hat in there! But he was so popular it made sense.