It was just too hard from my standpoint to apply myself properly for the lessons from art school and also work 6 hours a day at the Ben Paris restaurant in downtown Seattle. There was just no time to have… — Mike Royer Copy Share Image
I went to art school for about a year. I was born and raised in the Willamette Valley in Oregon into a middle-class family who didn't have the funds to say, "Here, kid. Here's your money for school." So I… — Mike Royer Copy Share Image
When you're paid $29 for something and 30 or 40 years later you're seeing it on eBay with pages going for $199 or more, it's like, "Dammit!" — Mike Royer Copy Share Image
There are different rules for comic books now. You've got prima donna's that are dealing with the direct sales market, so if they say… — Mike Royer Copy Share Image
I know some stories about "liberation" and stuff that's been liberated by people who turn around and get on their soapbox about how it's… — Mike Royer Copy Share Image
I like to think that I gave Jack Warner Brothers inking and Joe Sinnott gave him MGM inking. If you're not as in love… — Mike Royer Copy Share Image
People ask me who my favorite inker is and I tell them my favorite inker was Joe Sinnott...but I was the best. Now I… — Mike Royer Copy Share Image
I did get a nice compliment from Ramona Fradon a few years ago.She was talking about the one and only Plastic Man comic that… — Mike Royer Copy Share Image
It's not Comic Con any more. It's this huge marketplace for the motion picture and television industry. And the toy manufacturer's and the game… — Mike Royer Copy Share Image
I was with Roy Thomas on a panel and he turned to me and said, "You know, your name is on the cover a… — Mike Royer Copy Share Image
I assisted with Russ [Manning] for about eleven months and my day job for 5 days a week was credit manager and paint salesman… — Mike Royer Copy Share Image
I've been very lucky with the people I've met over the years. Way back in the early '70s I went to [Phil] Seuling's conventions… — Mike Royer Copy Share Image
I still have a lot my Disney store art left and if I ever run out I'll just redraw it, because it will still… — Mike Royer Copy Share Image
Being a naive 20-something I didn't think that I could just go to the screen cartoonist's union, that I was a member of, and… — Mike Royer Copy Share Image
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