In which Sam decides to actually post ABOUT work

I've found that one of the really cool parts about working at Marvel, besides reading lots of free comics, is one that I didn't really expect, namely photocopying.

I guess I should clarify. I'm not talking about photocopying some random skrull-related issues of X-men to send to Brian Michael Bendis. What I enjoy is photocopying hand-drawn inked artwork. There's something magical about taking an 11" x 17" inked page and shrinking it down to 8.5 x 11. All of a sudden the clean lines become even crisper, the large black regions, loosely colored with a big marker, become pure black. In short, the already-beautiful artwork becomes, well, this:


(Well, not technically this, because this is a DC page, but it's by Phil Jimenez and I've been scanning his work lately. Also, talking to him about The Bionic Woman. Nice guy. Anyways...)

It's a moment where you can really see the process happening, and I find it very cool to be part of, even though when you actually think about it, it's just photocopying. I guess intern work is what you make of it?