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Recorded panel discussion from a Los Angeles comics convention, addressing whether creators work for love or money. Panelists discuss creative burnout, the challenges of working with editors, the difficulty of breaking in as a writer vs. an artist, and the dual necessity of passion and business sense for a comics career. Kirby reflects on his long career spanning romance comics to Fourth World, while younger creators like Liefeld and Silvestri describe their own paths into the industry.

Valentino details the Shadowhawk mystery (identity deliberately withheld, to be revealed in Shadowhawk II), explains the upcoming Images of Shadowhawk monthly with rotating creative teams starting with Alan Grant and Keith Giffen, and shares extensive detail about the 1963 retro-homage series featuring Alan Moore, Steve Bissette, Rick Veitch, Dave Gibbons, and others. He defends Image's impact on creator rights industry-wide.