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| Haven't posted to the new board until now, however, I'm still having trouble believing that I visited the home of John Byrne after attending the San Diego Comic Con this year! Thanks to good mate Jim Warden (John Byrne's original art dealer), he arranged for us to visit John's home where I spent some hours exploring his amazing residence and the incredible collectibles therein. After the visit, we had lunch at a local restaurant and I had an opportunity to listen to a comic industry legend reminisce. John was a gracious, charming and entertaining host who seemed pleased to show a long-distance visitor around his home. I was in awe of John's life-size statues of Darth Vader, Predator, NASA astronaut suit with Alien face hugger attached, C3-PIO, Robbie the Robot and Gort along with a plethora of statues, busts, original comic art (Wrightson Swamp Thing page, Neal Adams Batman pages, Jack Kirby FF pages, etc.) and more! To cap off the visit, Jim mentioned to John that it was my 50th birthday year to which John responded by asking if I'd like a sketch. I managed to croak out "yes please" and he created a sweet Shanna the She-Devil sketch for me. I've attached a photo of John and me with the sketch and a separate one of the sketch - 
A visit to the USA that I will always remember fondly. Best, Royd
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Dude! Nothing like making it worth it. I would have settled for having lunch with the man and I would have paid.
Where does he get those wonderful toys!
I have yet begun to surrender.
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| wow!, what an amazing experience. It is great to hear someone raving about how John was nice for a change (instead of the typical internet mewlings that brand him an a$$hat)
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Royd - don't take this the wrong way, but I want to B!TCH SLAP you.
(lucky no good s.o.b.)
Murray Clack (CPG Admin)
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"A lot of nerds aren't aware they're nerds. A geek has thrown his hands up to the universe and gone, 'I speak Klingon — who am I fooling? You win! I'm just gonna openly like what I like.' Geeks tend to be a little happier with themselves."
Patton Oswalt
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What an awesome experience...congratulations.
and Happy 'belated' Birthday
"Psychos do not explode when sunlight hits them...I don't give a fu-- how crazy they are."
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Haha, no worries Murray, I didn't take it the wrong way  As for this being a positive John Byrne story, John said to me that since I enjoyed my visit, he hoped I would describe it as a "good John Byrne story" to counteract the negative ones out there!By the way, more photos of John's amazing home (including his studio) can be seen here - http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryRoom.asp?GSub=64631 An incredible collection of life-size statues, busts, original comic art etc. on display! Best, Royd
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| Looks like a great visit however should you be posting so many pictures of someones private residence ,I well remember the premier Barbie collector had something similar done a few years ago and when he came back home one weekend it was all gone ,he had given unscrupulous people a photo tour of his home.
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| Just to add that I did ask John's permission before taking the photos and he had no objection to the posting of same. I trust that the fact that his location/address is not common knowledge will ensure the protection of his home and contents Best, Royd ronankan (8/21/2008)
Looks like a great visit however should you be posting so many pictures of someones private residence ,I well remember the premier Barbie collector had something similar done a few years ago and when he came back home one weekend it was all gone ,he had given unscrupulous people a photo tour of his home.
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