Punk was selling like 20000, and he was only 22 when he started it. The magazine was always incredibly poorly run. He did most of the work, him and Carleton, and Ken Weiner were the only people involved with Punk who would actually work. He said if it weren't for his cartoonist buddies, it would never have come out because everybody else involved with Punk just wanted to meet the rock stars. It was real hypocritical the way they would make fun of people like Rod Stewart and would say, "That whole rock star mentality, it's got to go." Because they all wanted to be stars, and they all wanted to hang out with stars and they all wanted to drive around Hollywood in limousines. And they were all full of shit.
people have this idea that I draw the way I do by default; that really I'd like to draw for Marvel or DC but I just can't do it. So I wrote this thing about how I used to sit and slave for hours, trying over and over again to get the Mighty Thor or Iron Man right, only I just never could do it. And I'd screw up the pictures and weep with frustration.
I'm hitting a snag with all this great-looking Peter Bagge-related posts. As with the others, i'm thanking in advance, so i'll get a heads-up if you repost links for these. Much appreciated, JQ.
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