Comments on: Guest Blog Laurie Sutton: A FEW OF MY ADDRESSES ON MEMORY LANE http://adistantsoil.com/2009/04/20/laurie-sutton-a-few-of-my-addresses-on-memory-lane/ The Official Website of A Distant Soil, the legendary graphic novel series from Image Comics. Tue, 22 May 2012 18:05:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: James A. Owen http://adistantsoil.com/2009/04/20/laurie-sutton-a-few-of-my-addresses-on-memory-lane/#comment-1230 James A. Owen Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:29:50 +0000 http://adistantsoil.com/?p=2091#comment-1230 @Laurie - I'm not sure, but that sounds close! I'll have to see if I can find it... @Laurie -

I’m not sure, but that sounds close! I’ll have to see if I can find it…

]]> By: Mik1 http://adistantsoil.com/2009/04/20/laurie-sutton-a-few-of-my-addresses-on-memory-lane/#comment-1229 Mik1 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:11:40 +0000 http://adistantsoil.com/?p=2091#comment-1229 Laurie wrote: 'I want to thank everyone who posted in response to my little memoir. Your comments have warmed my heart. I’m glad I did something good and contributed to the medium.' Thank you, Laurie! I love hearing from the people who created some of my favorite comics. I am eagerly awaiting part 2. Laurie wrote:
‘I want to thank everyone who posted in response to my little memoir. Your comments have warmed my heart. I’m glad I did something good and contributed to the medium.’

Thank you, Laurie!
I love hearing from the people who created some of my favorite comics.
I am eagerly awaiting part 2.

]]> By: Laurie Sutton http://adistantsoil.com/2009/04/20/laurie-sutton-a-few-of-my-addresses-on-memory-lane/#comment-1227 Laurie Sutton Tue, 21 Apr 2009 23:14:58 +0000 http://adistantsoil.com/?p=2091#comment-1227 @Allan: I feel your pain of a "to be continued"! I remember it well. Comics readers are so lucky these days, what with the internets and all. @All: I want to thank everyone who posted in response to my little memoir. Your comments have warmed my heart. I'm glad I did something good and contributed to the medium. @Allan: I feel your pain of a “to be continued”! I remember it well. Comics readers are so lucky these days, what with the internets and all.
@All: I want to thank everyone who posted in response to my little memoir. Your comments have warmed my heart. I’m glad I did something good and contributed to the medium.

]]> By: Allan http://adistantsoil.com/2009/04/20/laurie-sutton-a-few-of-my-addresses-on-memory-lane/#comment-1224 Allan Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:11:50 +0000 http://adistantsoil.com/?p=2091#comment-1224 <i>"I lived in London back inn the late 70s and the comic store I went to was Dark They Were and Golden Eyed. I can’t remember what street it was on. But it predates Forbidden Planet by some years, I think."</i> Dark They Were... was gone by the time I arrived, but there were still a few signs of that near-legendary shop -- pretty much the UK's first comics speciality store -- to be seen: the odd price label, or a shopping bag. <i>"It was rough finding American comics abroad."</i> And you had access to a comic shop. You shoulda tried growing up in deepest, darkest Wales, where the sun rarely ventured from behind the chemical fog and if ever an American comic did appear, the first thing you'd do was check out the last page -- if it was 'to be continued' you'd put it back on the shelf as there was absolutely no guarantee you'd ever find the next part. “I lived in London back inn the late 70s and the comic store I went to was Dark They Were and Golden Eyed. I can’t remember what street it was on. But it predates Forbidden Planet by some years, I think.”

Dark They Were… was gone by the time I arrived, but there were still a few signs of that near-legendary shop — pretty much the UK’s first comics speciality store — to be seen: the odd price label, or a shopping bag.

“It was rough finding American comics abroad.”

And you had access to a comic shop. You shoulda tried growing up in deepest, darkest Wales, where the sun rarely ventured from behind the chemical fog and if ever an American comic did appear, the first thing you’d do was check out the last page — if it was ‘to be continued’ you’d put it back on the shelf as there was absolutely no guarantee you’d ever find the next part.

]]> By: Laurie Sutton http://adistantsoil.com/2009/04/20/laurie-sutton-a-few-of-my-addresses-on-memory-lane/#comment-1223 Laurie Sutton Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:24:12 +0000 http://adistantsoil.com/?p=2091#comment-1223 @James: Was it titled "Whispering Knight"? @James: Was it titled “Whispering Knight”?

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