Where are they now?

Between the three of us last week, we did a pretty good job of vaguely figuring out where a good number of ex-CPMers were and what they were up to these days. A few names we couldn't place though...

Freddie from the mailroom? Last I heard he was back in Ghana.

Jeff Zitomer? Moved down to Virginia?

Jason Crystal? We heard he was laid off from Vivendi-Universal and pursuing acting, but that was years ago.

Anyone have any info? Maybe this link will spread to them?

I'll Facebook them too...

Ye Olde Tripple Inn is gone...

...as is the Shandon Star, so we had to find ourselves a new bar to drink at! And if the glasses in our hands and on the table don't speak for themselves, it was just like the good ol' days at CPM! No sleeping off our hangovers in the comics room these days though!

Is it gone?

When people ask me what working at CPM was like, I always compare it to being in the Vietnam War. I wasn't in that war, or any other war, but I've seen Full Metal Jacket and Platoon a bunch of times so I think I'm qualified to make the comparison.

On one hand it was the most stressful, confusing mentally scarring jobs I ever had (well, working at Disney World was worse, but that's another story). On the other hand, many of my best friends came from those trenches. I wouldn't have my apartment, I would have never been to Tokyo, I would have never worked at Marvel, I wouldn't have ever been to the Tripple if I never worked at CPM. So I'm proud that I worked there, in the same way a Marine is proud of burning down villages in the name of freedom.

But my question is, what is going on at CPM now? After the mass purge of 2006 and the explosion of anime on TV and the internet is there anything left? Inquiring minds want to know...

I'll Start

Me? I'm easy...

I still live in New York City.

Still married to Mutsumi.

Still no kids, just two cats.

I write comics for Marvel and Image.

I'm also a talent scout for Marvel.

You can read my personal blog at www.chesterfest.blogspot.com.

I twitter at www.twitter.com/cbcebulski

Hey, Old Friends!

There are all kinds of different social networks that we're all on these days, and use for different purposes. But it can get a bit confusing when we start cross-pollinating posts and groups to keep in touch. With this in mind, one of my old high school friends decided to create a "neutral" centralized blog for all alumni from my class to post, and it has been wildly successful. So in having beers with Glenn Mondry and Steve Pakula last week, we decided it would be pretty cool if we could do the same here, where we could catch up with all the old friends we made over the years at CPM. So start spreading the word! You can e-mail me any updates, info and pictures you'd like to put up here, or I can easily give you access to post yourself. Either way, you can e-mail me at cbcebulski@gmail.com to get the ball rolling.

I'm looking forward to catching up! Hope you are all well.

Take care,
C.B.