Website Contributors

I now debut a new site contributor as Rich Lane takes my tired and decrepit old site and gives it a much-needed facelift to mark the 10-year anniversary of it's launch in 2000.  A full-time web creator and designer by profession, he has owned Webbed Feats Web Design for over a decade and he has also taught high school English by day for over fifteen years.  I met him at the Pittsburgh Comic Con (photo above, 4/08) and he subsequently and generously offered to overhaul my website.  He acted as voluntary website maintenance assistant until 2014 when he resigned.

Chris Griffen

If it weren't for Craig Rousseau or Christopher Griffen I simply would not even have a website up and running. Even though I now generally have all of this on-going site construction and maintenance figured out, I’m eternally grateful for their expertise and patience. Click the images to check their sites out!

Official Chronicler

It was thanks to Mike Fichera that I was added to the world of Wikipedia. A professional environmental engineer by day and freelance writer by night, I 'met' mike through email correspondence with Jeff ("Snood") Christiansen, creator of the Marvel Universe Appendix site (of which we’re all fellow 'masters of the obscure') for either the site or in regard to a marvel handbook. I had been waiting to get a wiki page posted but never seemed to find the time. I contacted fellow “Jarvishead” Danny Wall, who I read writes for Marvel.com's wiki section, but he was too busy to fill that slot, so he put the word out to his fellow contributors and thankfully Mike came a callin' to the rescue. Posted as of January ’08, Mike will be updating my entry as time goes on. You can click the related logos for their respective links and Mike's photo to visit his own website.

Inking Assistants

I’d like to thank the following for their usually uncredited, invaluable assistance over various lengths of time

(above L-R) Diane and Bob Almond alongside Warren and Patty Martineck from the '02 Boston Comic Book & Toy Spectacular

Check out Warren's official site!

Scott Ambruson at the '02 Boston Great American Comic Book Expo

Check Scott's official site!

 Norman Lee (1968-2015) He is always in our hearts!

The Norman Lee Heroes Foundation /Comicart House / CAF

Check out Zeke's Facebook page!

And Last But Not Least...

Sal and Bob at the '00 All-Time Classic New York Comic Book Con

Sal's Site

Mark's Site

If it wasn't for the assistance and Support of my friends Sal Velluto and Mark McKenna I probably wouldn't have survived the dire '90s and reached past the first decade mark in my comic biz career. I owe them immensely and will never forget their kindness. Click the logo (Sal) and Bananatail cover art (Mark) to visit their sites.

And I'll respectfully END this by thanking the two gents who started it all. I'll forever hold a debt of gratitude to the heroes who helped make my fantasy since the age of NINE a reality:

Bernie Wrightson

Bob and Bernie at the 2004 Pittsburgh Comicon

Jim Starlin

Jim and Bob at the 2006 Premiere New York Comicon

Check out the websites of these two legends by clicking on their names. To all of those listed on this page...Thanks Guys!

Not really "contributors," but how cool is it to hang out with Gene "the Dean" Colan (NYCC '06) and "Joltin" Joe Sinnott (Boston Comic Book Spectacular '05), respectively?