Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Scott Kurtz likes to ride alone to the funny book convention
I read this over at Lying in the Gutters:
At a large convention, not too long ago, one of the show promotion staff was driving Scott Kurtz and his partner to the show from the hotel. Darick Robertson saw the opportunity and jumped into the front seat.
Scott complained to the driver, asking why he let a fan jump into his ride. Darick, an unassuming kind of chap, just said he was also taking a ride to the convention center. Scott wouldn’t let it lie, and Darick exited the vehicle.
The driver told Scott that it was Darick Robertson. There was no recognition until he mentioned “Transmetropolitan.” Scott didn’t say anything for the rest of the journey - but the driver got a couple of drinks out of it later telling the story (and probably embellishing it) to all and sundry.
I took it to mean that “large convention not too long ago” meant that it happened at Emerald City Comicon. It’s a large convention. It happened not too long ago. Both Scott Kurtz and Darick Robertson were at the con.
Why would Scott Kurtz do this? Even if he didn’t know who Darick Robertson was, why kick him out of the van? I doubt Darick Robertson would have been engaging in obnoxious fanboy behavior. I doubt he was asking Scott Kurtz for an autograph. He was just a guy catching a ride.
I’m guessing that Scott Kurtz hasn’t watched Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth. If so he would know that we should all strive to lower our carbon footprint. Sharing a van with another funny book artist to a funny book convention would have been a good start.
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He was probably freaked out because Robertson looked like he hadn’t bathed in a month.