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<FONT FACE="Verdana">And well deserved, too!<BR>
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on 3/24/07 3:05 AM, Mark Evanier at me@evanier.com wrote:<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000098">> On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:59:09 +0000, you wrote:<BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#006600">>> Plus since Sergio is a special <BR>
>> guest this year he'll likely have a spotlight (probably hosted by Mark). <BR>
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> ME: Just in case anyone's interested...<BR>
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> Sergio is a special guest at the con this year. Sergio will be a<BR>
> special guest at the con next year. And the year after. In fact, for<BR>
> the rest of his life, any year there's a Comic-Con International, if<BR>
> Sergio wants to go, he'll be a special guest.<BR>
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> The convention has this special category called Permanent Guest of<BR>
> Honor. It's reserved for a select few...and in the past, most of the<BR>
> folks who've gotten the honor, like Jack Kirby or Will Eisner, have<BR>
> passed away. The folks in this category are always invited to be<BR>
> special guests.<BR>
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> For several years, I lobbied the convention committee to award this<BR>
> status to Sergio. The argument against it was that he was too<BR>
> young...but they finally gave in and voted last year to make him a<BR>
> Permanent Guest of Honor. I think there are only two or three others.<BR>
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