{"id":7961,"date":"2019-11-15T23:57:59","date_gmt":"2019-11-16T05:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chriswisniaarts.com\/blog\/?p=7961"},"modified":"2021-05-21T09:41:19","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T15:41:19","slug":"doris-danger-vol-2-chpt-3-page-029-mike-ploog-commentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chriswisniaarts.com\/blog\/archives\/7961","title":{"rendered":"Doris Danger (vol. 2, Chpt. 3), page 029 Mike Ploog \u2013 Commentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>My best friend, Mike Ploog<\/b><\/p>\n<p>I met Mike briefly in 2005 at Bristol Con. As with so many artists, I found him at his table, showed him a sample of what I was doing. and asked if I could commission him for a pin-up of a giant monster. He was easy to approach, but pretty busy. He gave me his contact info and said to go ahead and get in touch about a pin-up. I wrote him every month or so, but didn&#8217;t ever hear from him. At Comic-Con 2007, in San Diego, Mike was featured as a guest, and I poked around and finally found him one day, with my son in tow, to snap this picture:<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7981 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chriswisniaarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/mike_ploog_sd2007.jpg?resize=400%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chriswisniaarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/mike_ploog_sd2007.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chriswisniaarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/mike_ploog_sd2007.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I reminded him of our conversation at Bristol Con a couple years earlier, and he said he thought we could work something out. I found him another night, hanging out with Tim Bradstreet and Joe Jusko, and we snapped another pic:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7980\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chriswisniaarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/bradstreetjuskoploog_sd2007.jpg?resize=400%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chriswisniaarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/bradstreetjuskoploog_sd2007.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chriswisniaarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/bradstreetjuskoploog_sd2007.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Three very brief interactions. The pin-up came shortly after the con, in the mail.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chriswisniaarts.com\/blog\/archives\/7960\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1498 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chriswisniaarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Doris-web-published2.jpg?resize=79%2C91&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"79\" height=\"91\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/chriswisniaarts.com\/blog\/\/?p=406\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1593\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chriswisniaarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Doris-web-about3.jpg?resize=79%2C91&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"79\" height=\"91\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/chriswisniaarts.com\/blog\/archives\/408\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2799\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chriswisniaarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Doris-web-how.jpg?resize=79%2C91&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"79\" height=\"91\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/chriswisniaarts.com\/blog\/archives\/754\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2797\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chriswisniaarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Doris-web-chapter.jpg?resize=79%2C91&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"79\" height=\"91\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/chriswisniaarts.com\/blog\/archives\/767\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2798\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chriswisniaarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Doris-web-find.jpg?resize=79%2C91&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"79\" height=\"91\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/chriswisniaarts.com\/blog\/archives\/765\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2796\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chriswisniaarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Doris-web-video2.jpg?resize=79%2C91&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"79\" height=\"91\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My best friend, Mike Ploog I met Mike briefly in 2005 at Bristol Con. As with so many artists, I found him at his table, showed him a sample of what I was doing. and asked if I could commission him for a pin-up of a giant monster. He was easy to approach, but pretty [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-doris-danger"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"woocommerce_thumbnail":false,"woocommerce_single":false,"woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"cwisnia","author_link":"https:\/\/chriswisniaarts.com\/blog\/archives\/author\/cwisnia"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"My best friend, Mike Ploog I met Mike briefly in 2005 at Bristol Con. 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