Steve Ditko and the DitkoVerse
The panelists were Lenny Schwartz, Mark Ditko, Joanna Opela and Marci Singel. They first spoke about Dikto being inducted as a Disney Legends and showed a bit of footage from that event. They family said they were treated like royalty at the event, they talked about the recent announcement of a Steve Ditko Artist’s Edition book by Act 4, they revealed how they got artwork for the book the announced that as a family if anybody has stolen Ditko artwork in their private collection they will give out a certificate signifying they are the owners of the artwork in exchange for high resolution scans of the artwork, they talked about and showed a trailer for a Steve Ditko documentary where all the family members were interviewed, they revealed a lineup of books (Complete Mr. A, Complete Static, Complete Essays and Behind the Artist) they plan on having published by 2027. Spoke about seeing Steve draw as kids but were told that Steve was on vacation and to not bother him for drawings, what music Steve liked, which of his characters Steve wanted to be in a movie, if Steve based any of his characters on somebody real, characters that Steve felt closest too, and the upcoming DitkoCon.
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