Oregon Live has details on a Dec. 6 art show at Floating World Comics in Portland, Ore. called Spacenight: A Tribute to Bill Mantlo:
Jason Leivian, the owner of Floating World, plans to ask “hundreds of artists” to donate an illustration — original art or digital print — of Rom Spaceknight, a minor Marvel character — and major cult figure — that ran from December 1979 through August 1986. All proceeds from the December 6 show will be delivered to Bill’s brother and caregiver, Mike Mantlo.
“The first comic I ever read was ROM Spaceknight, a silver cyborg fighting evil monsters through the universe” Leivian wrote in an e-mail. “I collected every issue until the series was cancelled at #75. When I asked the comic clerk why it was cancelled, he kindly replied, ‘Well, they just ran out of stories to tell.’
Artwork via the Top Shelf blog.
November 2nd, 2007 at 2:06 pm
If you look really carefully–this week’s South Park featured ROM fighting on the side of our imaginations–no joke.
I blurted out, “Holy Shit, ROM the Space Knight!”
Good times.
November 2nd, 2007 at 4:47 pm
Micronauts was first series where I actually went into a comic book shop to purchase back issues to get a complete collection. It was also the only time I ever subscribed to anything (well, my parents got me a sub to World magazine). Thanks, Bill, for sharing your imagination with me!
November 3rd, 2007 at 3:40 am
I was a huge fan of both Rom and Micronauts. Great stuff.
And great idea! I hope some of the art finds its way online so I can see lots of cool Rom images.
November 3rd, 2007 at 6:08 am
Bill Mantlo, Rom Spaceknight and the Micronautsare the BEST of the BEST!!! MARVEL needs to get off their ^%$#^! and revive the ROM Spaceknight series for all the dedicated fans out there! Visit the “Galador” discussion group on the Yahoo Groups and join in the discussions about the series!. ‘Nuff Said!
November 4th, 2007 at 10:06 am
There’s supposed to be a tribute book collecting the art released after the show. Yay!