MM: Yeah? That’s great! MICHAEL: It was amazing! It’s like, it’s gone! You can’t get it anymore, kids, it’s gone! Although they have gone back for a second printing now, and we did the signed and numbered edition through Image Comics and Eva Ink. MM: Did you like the digest format? MICHAEL: Yeah.
MM: Some panels were enlarged or removed or moved around. MICHAEL: Oh, well, you’d have to talk to Continuity about that.
Above: A “Bucky O’Hare” panel as it originally saw print on page 2 of Echo of Futurepast #1 (left), and as it saw print on page 5 of Bucky O’Hare #1. Not only was the panel moved and the dialogue changed, but the background was erased and Bucky’s eyes were redrawn. Right: Sketch of the first mate of the Righteous Indignation, Jenny. Next Page Top: Jenny uses her wily charms on Willie to convince him to join the team. Next Page Bottom: Sketch Bucky O’Hare’s Dead-Eye Duck. Bucky O’Hare and the Toad Menace ™ and ©2007 Continuity Graphics Associates, Inc.
MM: Oh, okay. So you didn’t have anything to do with it? You didn’t redraw anything? MICHAEL: No, no. They actually found an artist who could mimic my art style enough to where even I wasn’t sure whether I had done it or not, and he went in there and filled in all the gaps. Like you said, they blew up some panels. You’ll have to talk to Continuity about all of that. MM: Did you do any of the covers for the new reprinting? MICHAEL: Not officially. There was some promotional stuff sitting around that I seem to recall was turned into covers. I did ink one cover that one of the artists had done, but—again, I don’t know if officially it was supposed to be a cover, but I think it eventually did become a cover for the comic book. MM: Let’s just step back just a minute. MICHAEL: Well, you’ve got to talk about Bucky O’Hare. Bucky O’Hare is great! [laughter] The Vanguard book sold out!
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MM: Yeah, I mean, it’s obviously playing on the popularity of the manga books now. MICHAEL: You know, when they told me they were going to publish it in that format, I was thinking, “Gee, why didn’t anybody think of this before?” I thought it was a brilliant little idea. And I guess it was! I’ve been validated, because it’s gone. It sold out almost immediately on that first printing, as I mentioned.