For the last 30 years there has been a rumour, then a statement from someone who walked into the office that I held a certain editor at Marvel UK out of a window.
So let me tell you now, as a statement of fact: yes I did. The person who walked into the room took one look and left. I had travelled 200 miles to get to Marvel UK offices to find that the editor in question had decided to waste my time. Not phone me to save me the expense of the trip and to not waste my time.
Still, I decided to be diplomatic as the man showed that he was not fit to clean outa toilet bowl. Minute after minute dragged on as he proved himself an incompetent ass and he even tried to impress me by telling me all of the titles he had edited...but had not lasted very long. He criticised everyone from "hack" Leonardo da Vimci and what a crap artist he was to showing me drawers of samples sent to him that were incredible but he had rejected every one of the artists because "They aren't getting past me" -yeah I spaced out at that point.
I know it was a hot day so the windows were open and after 25 minutes I suggested he "take in some fresh air" and explained to him why he was not fit to run anything and that he needed to start respecting creators not deliberately block them from getting work -which he told me he was doing.
I was a "tad" angry. There was a heavy fire door that was stuck for some reason and I... well, I pulled it off its hinges and gave it to a staffer.
The fella vanished from comics, no surprise, and he even told someone the story about "the mad bearded bastard" who hung him out a window.
Now, regarding the real pain in the ass small press publisher who annoyed everyone: I did NOT throw him in the River Thames 0that started out as a joke in Zine Zone which people took to be a factual account.
In every story there are two sides but you know you are right when certain people only give the negative side of things and point the finger at you!
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