Talk:J. David Spurlock

Self-promotion
This article, whose virtually sole editor is the subject himself, suffered from extreme and extensive WP:NOTADVERTISING and WP:COI violations. The subject himself wrote self-promotional prose lacking citations, using WP:PEACOCK terms & claims. I also see now that a tag above reads "A page with this title has previously been deleted," meaning that this is not the first attempt at promoting a publisher and his company.

I use Spurlock's reference books while researching Wikipedia and journalistic articles; I find Vanguard a valuable resource. But given how many legitimate articles about publishers exist on Wikipedia, which could have been referenced and used as models, there is no excuse for such blatant self-promotion. I would strongly suggest that no one associated with Vanguard edit this article, nor meat-puppet friends. Wikipedia admins frown on such self-promotion, and can remove articles containing blatant policy violations. -- Tenebrae (talk) 20:44, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

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I am J. David Spurlock. re Talk:J. David Spurlock, sorry, while Ive been editing for decades including Steranko, Neal Adams, Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, Peter Max, Infantino, etc., Im obviously new to Wikipedia. Just trying to correct and add references. I will shy away from that page, but I wanted to say, the details are easily verified. There is a fair bio on me in DC's SPIRIT ARCHIVES vol 24 which DC (inspired by my various Wally Wood books and my founding of the Wally Wood Scholarship Fund at the School of Visual Arts) hired me to author the introduction to. another good reference on J. David Spurlock is:  and: Comic Book Market Place no. 111 "In Praise of Great Men" article on j. david spurlock's career as an author and publisher working with comics' all time best artists. The bit of J. David Spurlock bibliography that is left on Wikipedia is actually my AUTHOR bibliography (I've published and edited many, many, more books than that). Most of that is easily verified via Amazon, B&N, etc. (though occasionally, I get listed as an editor of a book I actually authored). The awards are easily confirmed (5 or 6 Eisner nominations, Rondo Award for co-authoring the Famous Monster Movie Art of Basil Gogos book, Locus Award nomination on the RGK: Art of Roy G. Krenkel book and the Wally Wood, Wally's World biography...) Whether or not there is ever a page on Vanguard (I think there should be, as Vanguard holds THE registered trademark for publishing and only having the old, long-out-of-business Vanguard Press listed is misleading), Im in agreement that any page on me should cover my writing, illustration and work in support of artists (my work with Adams, Kubert, and Stan Lee on the Dina Babbitt matter, etc.) and not be a PR vehicle for Vanguard. Again, please forgive (and help) the newbie. --Vanguardpub (talk) 04:37, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

A few notes on my talk page--Vanguardpub (talk) 16:15, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

References:

Besides Amazon.com [ http://www.Amazon.com ], Barnes & Noble, etc.,

Some Spurlock credits are listed by Michigan State University Libraries Special Collections Division Reading Room Index to the Comic Art Collection at About 160 results come up on a David Spurlock search of Locus Online A few others are on the Grand Comics Database --Vanguardpub (talk) 16:15, 19 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Starting now to work on your page. Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc. aren't allowed as Wikipedia references since they're commercial sales sites. Similarly, the interview at World Famous Comics (link 7 above) is unusable since that same site sells your books, and so the interview is promotional in nature, and not a disinterested journalistic interview. -- Tenebrae (talk) 13:51, 20 February 2010 (UTC)


 * I'm not having any luck finding any biographies of you or interviews with you online, not even at the Vanguard site. There are some capsule bios at convention sites, but convention bios are generally supplied by the subject are so are unusable.


 * I don't have the issue of Comic Book Marketplace article you mention, which might be the best source. Can you scan and OCR it, and post the results on this page? We can't keep it here, as that would be a copyright violation, but I think we can use this page as a means of transmission for a couple hours so that I can use the article as a basis with which to WP:VERIFY. In fact, the material up on the page now is unverified, and can't stay up unless we do get impartial, third-party WP:RS.


 * I'll keep checking back in here today, and in the meantime see what I can glean from GCD and Locus databases. -- Tenebrae (talk) 14:06, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

The CBM was written by Bill Baker. He has a column called Bakers Dozen in which he ran the same interview: http://www.worldfamouscomics.com/bakersdozen/back20040211.shtml I will also look for scans. The DC SPIRIT Archives 24 has a good bio on me. There is a good list of books at http://www.worldfamouscomics.com/shopping/browser.shtml?Operation=ItemSearch&Keywords=david+spurlock&BrowseNodeName=Comics&SearchIndex=node%3ABooks%3A4366 that shows me properly credited on most as AUTHOR (not just Editor or compiler). --Vanguardpub (talk) 16:47, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

HERE is a brand new feature that just went up at ERBzine.com

http://www.erbzine.com/mag21/2195.html --Vanguardpub (talk) 01:45, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

--Vanguardpub (talk) 17:34, 22 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks &mdash; I'll look at these now. The terms "ed." and "compiler" I took off the book covers. You'll see you're listed as author for the Romita and Buscema books, for example, on the article page.


 * As I'd mentioned above, "the interview at World Famous Comics is unusable since that same site sells your books, and so the interview is promotional in nature, and not a disinterested journalistic interview." Relevant policies are at WP:RS, WP:EL and elsewhere. -- Tenebrae (talk) 22:10, 23 February 2010 (UTC)


 * The John Buscema Sketchbook cover in the ERB article is different from the cover on my copy of the book. The former says "compiled and edited by J. David Spurlock" while the latter says "by J. David Spurlock and John Buscema."


 * I took down the relevant information from the Spirit scans, so feel free to remove them from this page. -- Tenebrae (talk) 22:39, 23 February 2010 (UTC)


 * I didn't see any titles in the Locus list not already in the article, but another pair of eyes would help. Are there any missing? -- Tenebrae (talk) 22:42, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

Here is a brand new Collected Comics Library podcast interview with me. Subjects include Frazetta, Wally Wood, Infantino, Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steranko, Joe Orlando, my background in Texas before moving to the greater New York area, etc.

http://www.collectedcomicslibrary.com/ccl-podcast-301-david-spurlock-vanguard-productions/ Vanguardpub (talk) 18:26, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

Photo
If you own the rights to the photo of you and Frank Frazetta, and you grant permission, we could run a cropped image of you in a bio box in the top-right corner of your article. As well, assuming both rights and permission, we could run a a cropped image of Frazetta in the article Frank Frazetta. (I can color correct the image, which seems a bit faded.) --Tenebrae (talk) 22:48, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

Which photo of me and Frank? (There are a few including one on the Painting With Fire bonus disk.) I have better photos of me, See the Vanguard Productions Facebook Page and I like the one on the J. David Spurlock facebook page--it was shot at the Wally Wood Day event at New York's National Arts Club the night we launched the Wally Wood Scholarship Fund (deserves a mention on Wiki dont you think?). Thanks--Vanguardpub (talk) 02:57, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

Here is the Comic Book Marketplace piece. I like the quotes from Eisner, etc. though many are more fitting to a VANGUARD article. --Vanguardpub (talk) 22:10, 9 March 2010 (UTC)


 * I'm thinking the photo here. Obviously, it'd be nice to get a younger shot of Frazetta, but Wikipedia can only use rights-cleared photos. Actually, since you've published a Frazetta book, you might have a photo that you could upload and clear copyright on, if you wanted to.


 * The files you uploaded were deleted, probably by a bot, since they weren't Wikipedia articles or talk pages. We can't really keep copyrighted material up -- that page from the Spirit book really ought to be taken down -- but if you can post that CBM article on this talk page for a couple of days, I'm sure I could cull biographical details. -- Tenebrae (talk) 01:08, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

you can use the Spirit bio to reference my founding of the Wally Wood Scholarship Fund at SVA, and the list of Eisner Award nominations. re CBM: you can see my co-author credit on the Infantino book and maybe others --Vanguardpub (talk) 23:43, 13 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Cool. I've download the CBM pages and will read them this weekend. Thanks for going to the time and trouble of putting these up. -- Tenebrae (talk) 05:02, 14 March 2010 (UTC)


 * I've added the CBM bio material, plus confirmations from a number of other sites. Because an unaffiliated editor (me) added the bulk of the material, I'm removing the COI tag. I have a copy of The Amazing World of Carmine Infantino  and the cover reads "by Carmine Infantino with J. David Spurlock", just as we have it in the article.


 * Let me know about getting a photo of you into the article. I can help you with directions on uploading it, and then we can insert it into an infobox. With regards, -- Tenebrae (talk) 23:44, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Spurlock credits
Here is something on one of my artists rights advocate issues. Ive been working on this one with Joe Kubert, Neal Adams, Stan Lee and the The David Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies in Washington, DC. 

I just guest-curated a Jim Steranko event and exhibit at the Geppi Entertainment Museum / GEM in Balitimore, MD March 26-28, 2010. Plenty of on-line coverage to confirm, including:  and, my credits have been updated at: --Vanguardpub (talk) 22:34, 30 March 2010 (UTC)


 * I'll swing back around soon and check those links out. Thanks. --Tenebrae (talk) 19:56, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Here is a piece on our dear, late friend Pat Boyette by my early assistant Don Mangus who now works at Heritage Auctions. It includes some discussion (early on) of the early Vanguard days before Pat passed and we relocated to New York/New Jersey. --Vanguardpub (talk) 02:45, 6 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks. I've always loved Comicartville Library. I've been away for a week or two, as you can probably tell, but I'll look at this right now. --Tenebrae (talk) 01:00, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

I have other Eisner Award nominations including for Authoring the Wally Wood biography WALLY's WORLD. Here is a reference to cite:  Best Comics-Related Book Wally’s World, by Steve Sarger and J. David Spurlock (Vanguard) --Vanguardpub (talk) 15:35, 17 April 2010 (UTC)


 * It's in! Also, I added the Dina Babbitt info to the Dina Babbitt article as well as to here.-- Tenebrae (talk) 01:21, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

Some updates sept 18, 2010: Here is a recent interview I did, Scroll down to Episode 101 with J. David Spurlock  There is lots of news, photos and info on the Vanguard facebook page  I just did Dragon Con in Atlanta with Neal Adams and Stan Lee. We premiered the new Art of Neal ADams book and Stan and I did a panel for an audience of 4,600 people. It was also broadcast on local cable and here is some footage  On the facebook page is also information on my guest speaking engagements including with Pat Broderick, Allen Bellman, Joe Jusko, Bill Sienkiewicz on the Marvel Comics panel at the Miami SuperCon June 20, 2010; FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND convention with BASIL GOGOS, Bela Lugosi Jr., Bill Stout, Kerry Gammill, Tim Bradstreet, INDIANAPOLIS JULY 9-11; with Stan Lee and Bill Sienkiewicz at the LA Rock'n Comic-Con May 29, 2010; America's largest publishing industry convention, BookExpo America at New York's Javits Center May 25-27, 2010 where I picked up an Independent Press Award for our book on slain Narnia illustrator, Roger Hane; etc. There is an item on our publishing agreement with Frazetta at I am sorry to say, with so much going on, don't get to wikipedia that often but I am accessible through facebook Vanguardpub (talk) 03:47, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

new Collected Comics Library podcast interview with me. Subjects include Frazetta, Wally Wood, Infantino, Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steranko, my early days before moving to greater new york area, etc.

 Vanguardpub (talk) 18:30, 4 February 2011 (UTC)