This Channel 4 News clip interviews British artist Ronald Searle an the occasion of the opening of a tribute exhibition at the Cartoon Art Museum (London) as he turns 90 (!) Coverage includes an extensive feature article in this month's ArtNews by William Feaver (not on-line at this time).
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During Q & A time, people often get sort of teary and thank him for being such an inspiration. A couple years ago, someone asked "how does it feel to know that you've inspired all these young writers." With a expansive wave to the audience he said, "You are all my bastard children, and I love you." We love you too Ray.
One of the highlights of my first SDCC was standing in Artists' Alley chatting with a friend, when a voice bellowed, "make way, make way, make way for Ray Bradbury!" As his assistant wheeled him by, we applauded and thanked him for his work. He gave us a "yeah, it's cool" smile and moved on.
ReplyDeleteBTW, Stan Lee is 90 too!
Stan was there in multiple sessions, signings and projects. There's a photo of him with Todd McFarlane in the slideshow I posted earlier. He kind of rambled, but I suppose I would too if I was committed in that many places at once (I do anyway :-)
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