Friday, April 06, 2007
pop culture. legacy
Spring, 1984
Laird: "So, um. Dude, you're not worried about this, are you?"
Eastman: "No. wait, what? Worried about what?"
Laird: "What we're making. I mean, it's weird, right?"
Eastman: "Dude, it's our hook. Weird is good. What are you worried about?"
Laird "I dunno. It just seems like, this is the kind of thing that gets stuck in a kid's head, you know? What if we're screwing with some kid's cultural references.."
Eastman: "Dude, what?"
Laird: "No, see, dude what I mean is, what if this sticks with some kids, instead of something more normal, more.. important?"
Eastman: "Dude. You can't.. no seriously, you can't be worried about this. It's just for us, man. We're self-publishing a comic book. In our garage. It's just for our portfolio, dude. A couple thousand issues. Maybe three thousand, tops, depending how much newsprint we have. It's just to get our work out there. Example crap."
Laird: "It's not crap."
Eastman: "No dude, I know. I didn't mean crap. I just meant, this is just for us. No one's going to read it, it's just to get our foot in the door at Marvel or DC."
Laird: "Marvel."
Eastman: "Ok, yes, Marvel, fine. But that's all it is. It's not meant to stand on it's own. No one self publishes comic books. Doesn't happen. Trust me, six months from now, you and me, we're gonna be sitting in the middle of the Marvel Bullpen, thanks to this. And no one's ever gonna remember the Teenage Mutant Jiu Jitsu Turtles."
Laird: "Ninja."
Eastman: "What"?
Laird: "Dude, they're Ninja Turtles."
Eastman: "Whatever."
