tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252129938551938631.post2159637594547752360..comments2024-03-25T22:28:29.238-04:00Comments on Tony Isabella's Bloggy Thing: ACTION FIGURETony Isabellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07356415470545816484noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252129938551938631.post-39063225444920668012012-12-10T16:43:05.012-05:002012-12-10T16:43:05.012-05:00My feelings about Gotham City Sirens after Paul Di...My feelings about Gotham City Sirens after Paul Dini left was "If this isn't going to have a good story, then it should be pandering." I'd rather see a story that teaches me something about the human heart and it's capacity to grow, but that's hard and not every writers can pull that off. If I can't have that, I want Harley in a pirate outfit fighting robot dinosaurs. Rikhttp://captainhawk.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252129938551938631.post-33088218586705609052012-12-10T13:49:52.482-05:002012-12-10T13:49:52.482-05:00Richard...as brain farts go, my getting your name ...Richard...as brain farts go, my getting your name wrong was one for the record books. It's been fixed. Thanks for the correction.Tony Isabellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07356415470545816484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252129938551938631.post-60634884417128215012012-12-10T09:16:32.570-05:002012-12-10T09:16:32.570-05:00First, a big thank you to Tony for the review on m...First, a big thank you to Tony for the review on my book. I really appreciate it. Though I have to point out my name is Richard MARCEJ. The character in the comic book is called Marzelak.<br /><br />@Jonathan, I have to disagree with your taking exception of my assessment of Hasbro, because, well, I was there.<br /><br />First, Hasbro, the toy company didn't invent the action figure, in fact they didn't invent G.I. Joe. That was created by Toy creator/Licensing Agent Stan Weston. He sold it to Hasbro (he'd later go on to create Captain Action)<br /><br />Second, I began at Hasbro in November, 1983. The same time that Hasbro began working on Transformers. I was the 9th artist in the Art Department (in fact, some comic book trivia. I replaced an artist who just left to do comics full time, his name, David Mazzucchelli) Our department was tiny. In fact, the bulk of the creative departments (Art and R&D) worked in a converted A&P Grocery store, right across the street from where they assembled the toys. <br /><br />Hasbro was a large company, but they were no where near as big as Mattel. It wasn't until Hasbro began acquiring other companies, like Playskool in 1985, did they begin their ascent to being the major company they are today/ My department alone grew from 9 artists to over 30 in just two years!Richard J. Marcejhttp://www.theblabbingbaboon.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252129938551938631.post-8707601415821814112012-12-10T05:59:05.857-05:002012-12-10T05:59:05.857-05:00I have to take exception with Marzelak when he wri...I have to take exception with Marzelak when he writes, "I was a designer/artist with Hasbro during the 1980s when they exploded major company."<br /><br />Hasbro <i>invented</i> the action figure in 1964, when they created GI Joe. They've always been the dominant company in that business, and the world of toys in general. I can't imagine a useful definition of a "major company" the would exclude Hasbro at any time in the last 50 years.Jonathan Andrew Sheenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13533106584138186704noreply@blogger.com