{"id":765,"date":"2008-06-28T16:08:10","date_gmt":"2008-06-28T16:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/06\/28\/an-unexpected-sighting\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:19:37","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:19:37","slug":"an-unexpected-sighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/06\/28\/an-unexpected-sighting\/","title":{"rendered":"An Unexpected Sighting"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was reading Blake Bell’s critical retrospective Strange and Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko<\/span><\/a> when I ran across this unexpected mention of my grandfather<\/a> on p.75.<\/p>\n

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The art direction, set design, lighting, characterizations, plotlines and dialog of movies had been a strong influence on comic-book artists from the beginning, and with its many theaters and ready access to research material, Manhattan was a movie haven. One of the most popular haunts for acquiring 8X10-inch movie still photos was Irving Klaw’s Movie Star News on 18th Street.<\/p>\n

"Al Williamson once said he always ran into Ditko at Irving’s," says artist Batton Lash.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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\nSo Irving Klaw was not only instrumental in the pin-up and fetish industries but served as a source for comic book artists. The latter was news to me.<\/p>\n

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