The irony was, I had already moved down the I-5 here to the Pueblo of Angels (where, NorCal ex-pat that I am, I remain while my sons do their own growing — though I’m not convinced the water will hold out, down here, but again, another column entirely). But I return to the Bay Area’s auld sod often, and I’d pop in to Comic Relief whenever I could.<\/p>\n
Rory was kind enough, in the early days of my Danger Boy<\/a><\/span><\/span> books, to sponsor a signing for me at the San Diego Comic-Con, since the original Tricycle Press editions of the first two books featured covers by the Promethea<\/span><\/span> art team of J.H. Williams III, Mick Gray, and Jeromy Cox. <\/p>\n I can’t say we were overwhelmed by long lines of fans, in those earliest days of the book’s release, but I always appreciated Rory’s willingness to help another Berkeley brother out, even if he was writing prose with no interior pictures. <\/p>\n Continued…<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n My Nexus Graphica co-conspirator Mark London Williams penned this moving, heartfelt appreciation of the late comic book shop pioneer Rory Root and his impact on Mark’s life and art. Quote: And then came Comic Relief, Rory’s store, opening up near … Continue reading ![](\"http:\/\/www.sfsite.com\/images\/graphica\/rory.jpg\")
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