To me, I was always just standing on the sidelines because up until issue 50, we were just doing Spawn. I wasn't recruiting anybody because I didn't have any books for people to work on.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
They don't draft you to sit there and stand on the sideline.
If I didn't have a recruiting engagement, I was going to be here. I did everything possible to change the recruiting thing. I'm a very small part of this night, but I did want to be a part of it.
When when my first feature opportunity came along, I wasn't prepared, but we did it in about 17 days.
In my fifties, I was still in creation mode. Now I have more of a responsibility to step back and mentor and offer wisdom, offer sign posts on the path.
I had to prepare physically every day, and I didn't leave many scraps for the writers.
I show up ready to play, so I normally try and fit the situation.
I can remember loving to recruit. I knew I was going to do my best. But traveling and recruiting doesn't appeal to me any more. It's not as much fun as it used to be.
I graduated with a class of 35 people. We had basically just enough people to actually have a play.
I'm lucky because I have never been pigeonholed and the roles have kept on coming.
We have closely monitored the ups and downs of recruiting and retention trends for many years and have been quick to sound the alarm when challenges came into view.