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Autonomic Comics's avatar

Let's see,

Panel One; Kevin Matchstick, Hellboy, Leave It To Chance characters, and your little demon dude from COVENTRY.

Panel Two: Nexus, Superman, and one of your characters from either ELEMENTALS Vol. 2 or PANTHEON.

Panel Three: Grendel, Confessor, Batman, and one of the PANTHEON dudes (sorry, my memory sucks on their names and don't have the books right at my fingers.)

Panel Four: Constantine, Marv, Bond, Cerebus (the Latter Days version) and Phoney Bone.

Panel 5: Jesse Custer, Saint of Killers (?), Francine and Katchoo, and is that one of the Xenozoic Tales dinos in back?

Pnael Six: Replacement God dude, librarian (?) from CASTLE WAITING, Fone Bone, Smiley Bone, and a Rat Creature. Is the sword Granma Rose's?

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Bill Willingham's avatar

Oh, you were so close to being a truly Fine Fellow. If only you’d remembered a few more characters by name. If there was a Mostly Fine Fellow award you’d have won it for sure.

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Chris Opperman's avatar

I actually know most of them, but not all. :) Awesome to see these pictures.

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B Everall's avatar

I can't name them all, but can give it a shot. (will avoid looking at Nick's post)

Panel 1: Kevin Matchstick, Hellboy, Demon from Coventry (wish I still had those issues!)

Panel 2: Nexus, Superman, Dynasty (I'm happy to say I still have all my Pantheon issues!)

Panel 3: Grendel, Confessor, Batman, Blackheart (yay, Pantheon!)

Panel 4: John Constantine, Marv, Definitely not James Bond, Cerebus, Bone character

Panel 5: Preacher (Jesse Custer), Saint of Killers, unsure on the two ladies

Panel 6: Some characters from Bone?

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Bill Willingham's avatar

You got close.

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Eric Hinkle's avatar

I wish I recognized more than a few of those characters. Great to see the Confessor up there.

By the by, how well are comics selling these days? I keep hearing that they're doing worse than ever. I just recently read one or another of Dick Lupoff's 70's-era histories of comics and they mentioned how there was worry at Fawcett when Captain Marvel started to sell 'only' a million or two issues per month rather than 5-6 million. I wonder how most modern comics publishers would react to a 'mere' million copies of any given issue of theirs selling in a month.

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Bill Willingham's avatar

Comics used to be a major medium. Almost every kid in America read them, traded them, and generally had them around. They were ubiquitous. Now they are a novelty product that one must hunt down. Sales today versus sales then reflect that. But ow comics fuel other media (movies, TV, etc.) like never before. Times and cultures change.

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