I joined Tom DeFalco, Danny Fingeroth, Roger Stern and our host Brad Douglas (of the Spider-Man Crawlspace podcast) for a sweet tribute to Our Pal Sal Buscema—and you can watch it below.
Saturday, January 31, 2026
A TRIBUTE TO SAL
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Sir, in your works (I noticed that this applies to DC, Marvel, and other verses in general), you mention a certain gross/material/physical world or world of forms. Are these synonymous in your understanding?
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DeleteThere is actually an interesting little arc with you and the Buscemas.
ReplyDeleteYou have said before that your Conan stories were your first misstep with the comic industry. You also worked on it with John Buscema.
You have also said that one of your favorite comic runs was the Spectacular Spider-run with Sal Buscema. Which, in my humble, but also 100% accurate opinion contains one of the finest Spider-Man comics ever written.
It is almost like the Buscema's represent your growth as a creator. Even down to John;s clean almost romantic art style being a perfect metaphor for your early days trying to imitate the style of writers you admire, and Sal's more brazen, gritty, personality-driven style of art mixing well with your then-crafted personal voice.
If I remember correctly, that run on Spectacular Spider-Man was your homecoming to Marvel, after your stint at DC working with Giffen on JLI and the proto-Vertigo book Dr. Fate, with Karen Berger as your editor. both as sort of the last parts to fully flesh out your voice.
Just an interesting little look at the way things shook out.
Or as you would say, "it is the far-out cosmic -poetry of the universe-eternal I groove on whenever I can, my stardust-child."
(sigh) hippies.
Jack
Interesting and insightful as always, my stardust-child. (You're stuck with it now, Jack!)
DeleteMr. DeMatteis — Truly appreciated your kind words about my dad last week during this tribute to him, along with those of his other collaborators on the panel. Please feel free to reach out to me, as I’d enjoy sharing with you a couple thoughts he shared with me regarding his work on a specific story of yours that he illustrated. Thanks so much, and God bless.
ReplyDeleteJoe, please contact me via the email on the workshops section of this site. I look forward to talking.
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