UNCANNY DAVE COCKRUM TRIBUTE #1 (Jul 2004)

Lying In The Gutters
Monday July 19, 2004
written by Rich Johnston

(excerpt)

BYRNE VICTIM?

So where was this John Byrne piece in the upcoming Dave Cockrum tribute/fundraising book?

Jim Reeber of Aardwolf Publishing answered. "John insulted Dave Cockrum on his blog or website while Dave was still hospitalized. This only came to our attention when Dave's wife Paty called our offices. She said that under the circumstances neither she nor Dave felt comfortable with Byrne in the book. So that was that. Byrne had only sent us a xerox, so there was nothing to return to him nor reason to contact him."

Which is a mystery. No one I contacted could remember Byrne saying anything insulting about Cockrum online, quite the opposite in fact. And the thing is, with John Byrne, he's not one to mince words. If he's got something to say against you, he says it. Just ask Peter David, Erik Larsen, Jim Shooter, Joe Quesada, Mark Evanier, Marv Wolfman or hell, even me.

Dave Cockrum on the other hand…