# Strange obsessions of comic artists **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 15, 2010, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-obsessions-of-comic-artists/525063 "2010-01-15T12:57:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-obsessions-of-comic-artists/525063/21 "2010-01-18T12:56:13Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Tell your dad to spring for a new calendar next year. Ha Ha. No, it’s a 2010 calendar, but most of the individual strips (and all of the bear strips) are dated '08. Which makes sense, if you think about it. This calendar was made in 2009. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-obsessions-of-comic-artists/525063/22 "2010-01-18T13:50:12Z")
Want to talk about Greg Land’s obsessions? He likes to drop scan pictures for his comics, and most of them are form his porn collection appartently. There are lots of web pages out there about this on the internets. Example: The Invisible Woman, superhero, wholesome mom, now featuring her [O Face](http://pics.livejournal.com/kphoebe/pic/00032p70). ---
**Author:** ![Rrose\_Selavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bcef8e/32.png) [@Rrose\_Selavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rrose_Selavy)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-obsessions-of-comic-artists/525063/23 "2010-01-18T21:00:41Z")
[Steve Ditko](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Ditko) is a supporter of Ayn Rand’s[Objectisim](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objectivism_(Ayn_Rand)) which may well manifest in some of his characters. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-obsessions-of-comic-artists/525063/24 "2010-01-19T00:00:01Z")
> [@astro](#): > > Don’t think it counts as an obsession but "[Overboard"](http://www.gocomics.com/overboard/)was mostly about the crew. The cartoonist added an on board mouse colony about a year or two ago, and since then at least 80% of the strips are about the ship dog “Louie” or the mice. It was such a good strip,but when the mice came in, it went downhill fast. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-obsessions-of-comic-artists/525063/25 "2010-01-19T00:58:44Z")
> [@Rrose\_Selavy](#): > > [Steve Ditko](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Ditko) is a supporter of Ayn Rand’s[Objectisim](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objectivism_(Ayn_Rand)) which may well manifest in some of his characters. Talk about an understatement. The Question was strongly influenced by Ditko’s attitudes, and then came [Mr A](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._A). Lee keeping him from putting Objectivist stuff into Spider-Man is supposedly why he left the book. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-obsessions-of-comic-artists/525063/26 "2010-01-19T05:35:43Z")
[Art Frahm](http://www.lileks.com/institute/frahm/index.html) had one in particular. ---
**Author:** ![Anduinel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Anduinel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anduinel)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-obsessions-of-comic-artists/525063/27 "2010-01-19T05:42:47Z")
> [@Sr\_Siete](#): > > I have to agree with Gyrate. That sounds a lot more like a running gag than an obsession. > > And yeah, Bryan Elkers is right: if you want a comic book artist with “odd” fetishes towards the female characters he draws, John Byrne is your man. He’s done a ton of comic books with girls being mind-controlled by villains. See also: Claremont, Chris. Claremont’s also your man if you want lesbian subtext. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-obsessions-of-comic-artists/525063/28 "2010-01-19T06:08:41Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > [Art Frahm](http://www.lileks.com/institute/frahm/index.html) had one in particular. Celery? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-obsessions-of-comic-artists/525063.md?page=1)