David Armstrong interviewed Silver and Bronze Age great, John Buscema in 2001 on set at San Diego Comic Con about his early drawings, training, entry into comic books, first jobs at Timely Comics, his influences, yearning to be in the illustration business in the late 1940s, his various genres of comic book work for Timely, how he prepares his drawings and generates a layout, Jack Kirby's influence on his art and superheroes in general, encountering George Tuska and Charles Biro, his relationship with Stan Lee, why he preferred Marvel over DC, the Dell movie adaptations, working on Silver Surfer with Stan Lee, Don Heck, his monetary success for Marvel, his love of Europe, his opinion of superheroes and his love for Conan.

Interview conducted, recorded and copyrighted to David Armstrong.
Remastered, edited, timestamped and postproduction by Alex Grand.

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📜 Chapters
00:00 Starting drawing
00:26 Formal training
01:06 Classmates ended up in the business
01:24 Timely Comics
01:54 Influences - Foster/Raymond
02:22 Illustration business in the late '40s
02:45 Various genres for Timely
03:42 Art instruction at Timely
03:57 Socializing with other artists
05:17 Daily preparation for drawing
06:30 Layouts for a comic book page?
07:14 Did you learn from artists? | Jack Kirby
08:32 Jack Kirby's influence on Marvel and Superheroes
10:10 George Tuska, Charles Biro
10:52 Relationship with Stan Lee
11:20 Dell movie adaptations
12:23 Did you want to work for DC?
13:07 Did comic work help with advertising storyboards?
14:08 Silver Surfer with Stan Lee
15:51 Did Stan Lee ever upset you?
18:08 Don Heck
18:36 intimidate Editors by making money
19:30 Supreme confidence
20:12 Enjoyed freelancing?
20:56 What in comics are you proud of?
21:32 Painting career
22:40 Funny interview moment in Spain
23:34 Hated Spider-Man, did Avengers, loved Conan
24:04 Loved Conan paperbacks
24:17 European comic books - Don't like superheroes
24:56 Love traveling & foods
26:13 Anything you like about the business
27:13 Outro

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