When Paul Pope Got Mixed Up With Brian Wood

[Rich Johnston]

From the backmatter interviews in Image Comics titles, with Paul Pope.

What's the best thing a fan has ever said to you?

Probably the times you meet someone who said they read your books with their kids. That is really meaningful. I like meeting people, everyone has something to say.

I did, however, just find out that I met Jordia Bellaire, the colorist on Mara, at some show when she was THIRTEEN and sold her a copy of one of my books.I've never felt older.

Seems fair enough. But not to Paul Pope. He tweets;

@davezissou @royalboiler It's a pet peeve~people talking about "feeling old". My grandma is 93, never complains, despite pain. F that.

? PULPHOPE (@PULPH0PE) January 4, 2013

@davezissou @royalboiler Someone inserted the bit about Mara & colorist & my "feeling old" without my permission/approval. Never said that.

? PULPHOPE (@PULPH0PE) January 4, 2013

How so? Journalist extraordinaire Ales Kot is on the case!

I just double-checked this against the previous interview from December - the one with Brian Wood - and figured out what happened.

It looks like an accident. Part of Wood?s answer to the same question stayed in the interview with Paul Pope. A simple copy & paste mistake and not something premeditated.

Scandal averted! For now...

[Stephen B.]

I love reading the Image backmatter (and wish the Big Two could do something similar instead of mid-story ads that often confuse me briefly as I flip pages), but they've made this flub several times and ruined some pretty great creator interviews. Hire better interns, guys, they'll be happy to check this stuff!

[not him - HIM]

I thought that answer seemed very familair when I read it, but couldn't remember which creator had said it originally. Glad to see it isn't just a case of me getting senile.

[Jason A. Quest]

It could be worse. I keep getting confused with Paul Pope's grandmother. But we both feel young, so no complaints!

[mquitney]

It could be worse. I keep getting confused with Paul Pope's grandmother. But we both feel young, so no complaints!

Your grandson is quite talented. You should be very proud.

[Jason A. Quest]

Your grandson is quite talented. You should be very proud.

What's scary (to me) is the fact that it's :ahem: conceivable that such a person exists. Shit, now I'm going to have to get hold of the girl I went to prom with, just to be sure.

[Victorian Squid]

Haha, that sounds like Paul.

He made many a classmate jealous and many a young co-ed swoon in our days in art school at OSU.