Thanks, Jerry. Not only did my dad die on MY b irthday--his SECOND wife died on HIS birthday. I see an uncomfortable tendency here.
Hey, Tennessee's right next door! If you get that far, you definitely have to stop round here! We've got the room here and we'd be glad to have you!
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- Tue Nov 21, 2006 10:21 pm
- Forum: Cockrum Corner
- Topic: It's that day again!
- Replies: 12
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- Tue Nov 21, 2006 10:15 pm
- Forum: Cockrum Corner
- Topic: Passing of Lt.Col. Emmett E. Cockrum USAF(Ret)
- Replies: 14
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Passing of Lt.Col. Emmett E. Cockrum USAF(Ret)
Again, thanks for all the good wishes and condolences, and especially from you, Jerry. We took the trek out to Illinois again for the funeral. Dad was put to rest at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, where Mom was buried some twenty-odd years ago. It was an especially moving ceremony with honor guard an...
- Tue Nov 21, 2006 9:52 pm
- Forum: Cockrum Corner
- Topic: Happy Thanksgiving
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5907
Happy Thanksgiving
My eyes, alas, frequently get bigger than my stomach. Thanks for the good wishes, though, Jerry, and the same back at you. We hve an extended family here in South Carolina , and we'll be celebrating witth them . And hoiday good wishes to all you Nightscrawlers out there too.
- Mon Nov 13, 2006 3:13 am
- Forum: Cockrum Corner
- Topic: Passing of Lt.Col. Emmett E. Cockrum USAF(Ret)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 18822
Passing of Lt.Col. Emmett E. Cockrum USAF(Ret)
You can say that again. Many thanks.Originally posted by kladyelf
Just found this thread
My condolences Dave, its always hard to lose someone, a parent even more so, 95 years isn't enough when its your Dad *hug*
- Mon Nov 13, 2006 3:10 am
- Forum: Cockrum Corner
- Topic: It's that day again!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 15061
It's that day again!
Originally posted by Saint Kurt Our birthdays are so close that I always screw this up and think they're on the same day. I drew this on my birthday, thinking I was drawing it on Nightcrawler's birthday (and therefore yours) so here it is 4 days later with a new word balloon on the correct day: htt...
- Sun Nov 12, 2006 3:34 am
- Forum: Cockrum Corner
- Topic: Passing of Lt.Col. Emmett E. Cockrum USAF(Ret)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 18822
Passing of Lt.Col. Emmett E. Cockrum USAF(Ret)
The only comforting thing is that it wasn't a surprise. Dad had several life-threatening problems, and, realizing the end was approaching, he refused to take the meds and treatments that might have extended his life. He died quietly in his sleep in his own bed at home. Many thanks to all of you for ...
- Sat Nov 11, 2006 1:22 pm
- Forum: Cockrum Corner
- Topic: It's that day again!
- Replies: 12
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It's that day again!
I appreciate the birthday wishes and the really great cards. You understand the happiness of the day has been tempered by the death of my father...
[Edited on 11-11-2006 by Dark Bamf]
[Edited on 11-11-2006 by Dark Bamf]
- Sat Nov 11, 2006 1:14 pm
- Forum: Cockrum Corner
- Topic: Passing of Lt.Col. Emmett E. Cockrum USAF(Ret)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 18822
Passing of Lt.Col. Emmett E. Cockrum USAF(Ret)
FYI: My father--Emmett Erston Cockrum--died this morning at approximately 5am central standard time. He would've been 95 years old next February. He was a retired Lt.Col. in the U.S. Air Force and former history teacher, and at times he seemed larger than life. Life with him and my late mom was some...
- Thu Nov 09, 2006 6:12 pm
- Forum: Cockrum Corner
- Topic: Dave Cockrum Original Artwork
- Replies: 9
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Dave Cockrum Original Artwork
SSorry, thhanks to many problems--finance, the need to carry oxygen supplies, and the need for dialysis three times a week--I can't travel to California. I can't go to any show more than two or three hours drive from Belton. And the sketch I did in Greenville was Wolverine and Colossus doing a 'fast...
- Tue Nov 07, 2006 2:19 pm
- Forum: Cockrum Corner
- Topic: Dave Cockrum Original Artwork
- Replies: 9
- Views: 13722
Dave Cockrum Original Artwork
I attended a local show a couple weeks ago, and did sketch for a guy. It toiok me most of the day and it was like pulling teeth. In the old days I'd've thrown it away, but the guy seemed happy enough with it.
- Mon Nov 06, 2006 2:39 am
- Forum: Cockrum Corner
- Topic: Dave Cockrum Original Artwork
- Replies: 9
- Views: 13722
Dave Cockrum Original Artwork
I think that was a promotional piece. The issue number is #124, and I know the book never ran that many issues.
- Sun Nov 05, 2006 6:31 am
- Forum: Cockrum Corner
- Topic: Dave's perspectives on X-Men
- Replies: 196
- Views: 157072
Dave's perspectives on X-Men
Well, I would've said comic book people in general are impervious to staying dead--with the exception of Bucky Barnes and Marvel's Captain Marvel--but Paty tells me that both of those two characters have returned also. Oh well, go figure.
- Sat Nov 04, 2006 1:38 am
- Forum: Cockrum Corner
- Topic: Dave's perspectives on X-Men
- Replies: 196
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Dave's perspectives on X-Men
I don't know, but I suspect that Harlan might've hung out at that roadhouse.
- Sat Oct 28, 2006 12:33 am
- Forum: Cockrum Corner
- Topic: Dave's perspectives on X-Men
- Replies: 196
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Dave's perspectives on X-Men
Ok, I will. This happened many years ago. I had the assignment to draw the Marvel adaptation of Star Trek: the Motion Picture--the first Trek movie. Marv Wolfman had the writing chores. Marvel sent Marv and I and Len Wein out to Hollywood to Paramount Studios to (hopefully) see the rough cut of the ...
- Thu Oct 26, 2006 11:53 pm
- Forum: Cockrum Corner
- Topic: Dave's art is on a stamp
- Replies: 8
- Views: 10672
Dave's art is on a stamp
THAT'S GREAT!! Pf course, I'd have been happier if they'd used the ol' Fuzzy Elf instead of the Wolvster...
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[Edited on 26-10-2006 by Dark Bamf]
- Thu Oct 26, 2006 6:45 pm
- Forum: Cockrum Corner
- Topic: Dave what do you think of John Byrne's penciling of X-Men?
- Replies: 13
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Dave what do you think of John Byrne's penciling of X-Men?
Originally posted by Angelique What did you think of Harlan Ellison's contribution to the book, by the way? It totally cracked me up. I'm an Ellison fan from a long way back, and I was once very flattered to hear him admit to liking my work too. To have him admit it in public (in however crooked a ...
- Thu Oct 26, 2006 6:35 pm
- Forum: Cockrum Corner
- Topic: Dave's perspectives on X-Men
- Replies: 196
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Dave's perspectives on X-Men
Before dealing with Phoenix, a comment on time travel stories: someone once pointed out that time travel stories couldn't change anything, because the change you make has already occurred in the present/future/whatever. I co-created Green Phoenix. John Byrne co-created Red Phoenix. No, I did not agr...
- Sun Oct 22, 2006 5:20 pm
- Forum: Cockrum Corner
- Topic: Dave Cockrum Original Artwork
- Replies: 9
- Views: 13722
Dave Cockrum Original Artwork
That Giant Size #3 cover was the last tthing I did for publication. I was supposed to do something with Joss Whedon, but I began having problems with my eyes and had to beg off. I've had two operations on my left eye and they tell me I'll need one more before I'm done. I'm not doing any commissions ...
- Sat Oct 21, 2006 2:53 pm
- Forum: Cockrum Corner
- Topic: Dave Cockrum Original Artwork
- Replies: 9
- Views: 13722
Dave Cockrum Original Artwork
Yes, that's one of mine. No, I don't own the original, it was sold many years ago. I've done three or four recreations; most of them went for around $2,000.
- Wed Oct 18, 2006 5:35 am
- Forum: Cockrum Corner
- Topic: Kurt's Fur
- Replies: 14
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Kurt's Fur
First: Do NOT call me Davey. Second: It never occurred to me that he'd have occasion to need to shave. He obviously grows haiir on his head, and a nude Nightcrawler I did for Paty has pubic hair and chest hair. But facial hair? I don't know. I hated the goatee, though. :bamf [Edited on 18-10-2006 by...
- Tue Oct 17, 2006 4:43 pm
- Forum: Cockrum Corner
- Topic: Kurt's Fur
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Kurt's Fur
As I created him, Nightcrawler had blue skin covered with a fine, seal-like fur. He didn't shed--but he also didn't like to be wet. And it was Kitty Pryde who first started calling him 'Fuzzy Elf' because originally she was afraid of him and the nickname helped her get over her fear.
- Tue Oct 10, 2006 2:04 pm
- Forum: Cockrum Corner
- Topic: Dave's perspectives on X-Men
- Replies: 196
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Dave's perspectives on X-Men
TYeah, we figured on unstable molecules. Tht's howcome Colossus' blue pants disappeared when he was armnored up.
I didn't think much of Angel. I'm a Hawkman fan. Nicest thing you can say about Angel is, he's pretty, and he flies.
I didn't think much of Angel. I'm a Hawkman fan. Nicest thing you can say about Angel is, he's pretty, and he flies.
- Mon Oct 09, 2006 1:24 am
- Forum: Cockrum Corner
- Topic: Dave's perspectives on X-Men
- Replies: 196
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Dave's perspectives on X-Men
Dhe does. How d'ya think I got to be so rotund? I had a sudden thought about unstable molecules. Reed Richards has had serious money problems over the years. But you'd think a guy with his brains would think of licencing the formula to all the fabric manufacturers of the world, and making a fortune ...
- Thu Oct 05, 2006 11:41 pm
- Forum: Cockrum Corner
- Topic: Dave's perspectives on X-Men
- Replies: 196
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Dave's perspectives on X-Men
What, you think I locked her in the basement orsomething? No, she's just been busy, She'll be blasting back onto thezse pag es shortly. Actually, we were just back in Illinois viting my (94-year-old) dad, and she brought back a vissual aid he no longer uses, a gozzmo called a video eye. It's differe...
- Thu Oct 05, 2006 1:19 am
- Forum: Cockrum Corner
- Topic: Dave's perspectives on X-Men
- Replies: 196
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Dave's perspectives on X-Men
Aha! That's why I couldn't find out. I was looking under 'Beast;. Some of these compilers actually listed Giant Sized X-Men #1 as the first Beast issue.