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Lunch, Marvel-style
2006-12-13 08:51:25

Lunch time!

Lunchtime at the Marvel offices can be an adventure all its own. On a typical day, a group of Marvel staffers will head out together to get a meal somewhere around 1:00 in the afternoon. These little impromptu get-togethers are very much like those among the staff in any other business, but they also have a flavor all their own.

The make-up of the lunch crew will tend to determine the overall vibe of the meal--and even on those occasions where we're heading out specifically to talk about some point of business, we very rarely stay in a work-mindset for the entirety of any lunch. If Joe Q is along, there's likely to be at least a little bit of sports chatter, or maybe a bit of business he heard on the Howard Stern show the last couple of days. Ralph Macchio is known for bringing up issues of one sort or another on the political front, both national and local. Ralph also has the largest stockpile of stories about the bygone days of Marvel, having worked here so long. The gregarious C.B. Cebulski is almost guaranteed to contribute some tale of his latest misadventure at some point during the lunch, typically but not always involving the consumption of alcohol. Axel Alonso can be depended upon to make at least one off-coor comment, usually in a self-deprecating way. And David Bogart is either in an ultra-hyper mode, or an ultra-polite one, depending on his stress level throughout the day.

There's often a lot of industry gossip shared (some of it even true!), discussions about people in and around the office, a fair amount of bashing of the competition, and a little bit of off-the-cuff brainstorming. Some of our best and most commercial ideas have come from something somebody's said off-handedly at lunch.

And, more often than we'd like, some editors wind up having to spend their lunch period hastily wolfing down some quickie sandwich at their desk, while trying to get caught up on the mountain of work that's been piling up.

More later.

Tom B

>There's often a lot of industry gossip shared (some of it even true!),

Glad to see it's not just me!

Posted by RichJohnston on 2006-12-13 07:09:06

I used to have the lunchbox, Tom, all through grade school. Loved that thing!

Posted by Sean McKeever on 2006-12-13 12:11:43

Is the aim of this blog to sell editing comics as a career choice? Cus it's sure working on me...

Posted by Fetsur on 2006-12-13 13:04:49

But what about YOU, Tom? What are you like when you eat lunch?

Posted by bigdaddyhub2 on 2006-12-13 13:32:07

ok
so thats how u guys eat

Posted by tarhaun on 2006-12-13 16:50:16

who want the
tongue

Posted by notapotatoe on 2006-12-14 05:02:10

lunchbox
I had that very lunchbox in third grade back in '76. Metal with the characters in relief. Whatever happened to that thing? Hmm...

Posted by cgriffen on 2006-12-14 18:15:57

where is this memo
where it is said to warren ellis he has forgotten Typhoid Mary for the new thunderbolts ...it's always the same with you guys....i can't handle this any more you know

Posted by notapotatoe on 2006-12-15 04:05:51

I had a Lunch (I am legend coz)
absolutely....this night...you must believe me for sure:
AMERICAN EAGLE written by Grant Morrisson and draw by Frank Quitely, cover art by Frank Miller, and the special three-parts final story arc written by Miller him self and draw by Geof Darrow... Thanks you very much

Posted by notapotatoe on 2006-12-15 07:09:03

polite
c'mon...don't tell ma you don't who I'm talking about ?!
This guy with always something clumbing out of of the nose...
aw c'mon
(the next who said :" do something this guy is hallucinating, he's coughing with his apple-pie" is dead .Coz it's too late now.)

Posted by notapotatoe on 2006-12-16 05:50:11

Gregarious?
Moi?

Posted by C.B. Cebulski on 2006-12-17 21:58:01

you
don' T take it personnally man, 's just I had heard once they wish to make good stories here.

Posted by notapotatoe on 2006-12-18 04:43:49

don't take it personnally
but I've heard once that they wanted to make good stories here....
(hey Tom : notapotatoe1@aol.com)

Posted by notapotatoe on 2006-12-18 08:23:24

so
excuses for disturbing the great atmosphere, but there are people who just want a chance or a test to ... yeah do the same job as you, you know, take some liberty...

Posted by notapotatoe on 2006-12-18 08:58:09

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