Alley Oop artist Jack Bender took this picture in 2008 of the Oklahoma Cartoonists Collection, which I created. It is located inside the Toy and Action Figure Museum in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma.

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Bart Bush opened the first comics shop at which I was a customer in the early '70s. It was located in Norman, Oklahoma. He helped produce the recent OafCon 08 at which this photo was taken. Thanks for the memories, Bart!

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Bud Plant is the famous mail-order giant who bought the largest number of my fanzines back in the '70s. This photo was taken at OafCon 08.

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Cover art by Ogden Whitney. This line of comic book titles from ACG was an influence on me as a boy. I wrote my book Forbidden Adventures: The History of the American Comics Group because of that influence.

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As a boy, I loved the artwork by Ross Andre and Mike Esposito on Wonder Woman. I also liked the infusion of Greek and Roman mytholody.

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