“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 for something like three years in a row from '70 to '72 and I remember at the '72 luncheon with the Academy of Comic Book Artists and talking with John Romita about the kind of brushes he used. Pros ask pros the same questions that fans do. "What kind of pens do you use? What kind of brushes do you use?" I was so amazed that the wonderful work John Romita was doing was accomplished with a Windsor-Newton series 7 Number 4. Not a 2 or a 3, but a 4.”
![“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 for something like three years in a row from '70 to '72 and I remember at the '72 luncheon with the Academy of Comic Book Artists and talking with John Romita about the…” quote by Mike Royer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d0b/mike-royer-14555_academy_i-ve-been-very-lucky-with-the-people-i-v_766773.jpg)
![“I assisted with Russ [Manning] for about eleven months and my day job for 5 days a week was credit manager and paint salesman for Sherwin-Williams.” quote by Mike Royer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6b5/mike-royer-14555_credit_i-assisted-with-russ-manning-for-about-e_749759.jpg)
