Group Editor, Licensing at IDW on STAR TREK, Mattel & more! Previously Marvel, Star Wars, etc. I write & draw for fun. Creator of
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Why is "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" told as a morality story to children, but not "Cassandra, the Woman Who Told the Truth But Was Never Believed" as well?
βπ»Raise your hand if you were bullied in school but somehow managed to get by without bringing a weapon to the classroom and committing mass murder. βπ»
We've had the live-action Star Wars/MCU shows on Disney Plus for a few years now and with every show we keep hearing the same complaints from a certain sect of fandom...
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) Margaret Sixel is George Miller's wife. He wanted her to edit the film, she asked him why, as she had never edited an action film before, Miller replied, "Because if a guy did it, it would look like every other action movie." She went on to win an Oscar.
If Anna Paquin playing Jeff Daniel's daughter in "Fly Away Home" only to be followed 9 years later with her playing his LOVE INTEREST in "The Squid and the Whale" doesn't perfectly display the problematic age gaps in Hollywood "romances", I don't know what does...
My Top 10 Rules for Comics Writers:
1. Read
2. Read MORE
3. Study comic art
4. RESPECT the artists
5. 25 words(ish) max per balloon
6. & 100 max per page
7. ...but, like, not ALL of them
8. Study human interaction
9. Understand someone has to DRAW this
10. Finished, not perfect
Additionally, your heroes ALSO don't need to have tragic backstories in order to justify their "goodness"
It's okay to sometimes let your heroes be decent people because it's the decent thing to do!
It was not that long ago when a socially isolated disgruntled white man who felt "wronged" by society quite literally dressed up as the Joker and shot up a movie theater in Colorado.
THEM: Star Wars has NEVER been about Politics!
ME: It's literally about a young man who is convinced by a fringe rebellion terrorist group to join a near suicidal mission to take down a tyrannical government.
PRO TIP: When introducing yourself to someone you've only interacted with online NEVER assume they'll know who you are on a first name basis only. ALWAYS provide context!
"Hi, I'm *first & last name*. I am a *writer/artist/creator*. We met on *Reddit/twitter/etc."
"Warner Bros. wants so badly to be where Marvel Studios is, but it lacks the patience and understanding of its characters to ever get there. It wants billion-dollar hits without making $300 million hits first. "
INTERVIEWER: What's it like to be a woman in comics?
ME: Well the tampon keeps the blood from staining the pages when I hold the pencil with my vagina if that's what you're asking...
"LIKE" if you think
@jack
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@twitter
removing the "like" button is a dumb idea. "RETWEET" if you think they should start banning abusive accounts instead.
That's interesting, usually white dudes wait at least a generation or two before trying to rewrite the history of all the awful shit they've done π³π€·ββοΈπ
I will never forget when I first pitched doing THRAWN comics at Marvel, a Very Important Higher Upβ’οΈ said, and I quote "The blue guy? No one cares about him."
Fast forward 3 years later and this announcement was the BIGGEST Star Wars news to come out of SDCC.
It is with GREAT pleasure that I announce I'm joining IDW Publishing, where I will once again be editing none other than their AMAZING line of Star Wars & Marvel comics!
4. Fans are no longer consuming media to enjoy it. They are watching to have a reactionary opinion of "good" or "bad".
Curiosity and escapism or even enjoyment don't seem to be a part of some people's viewing experience anymore. And that's sad.
Fun fact - Just because you have an encyclopedic knowledge of the entire canon history of fandom. does not mean you have the skills to make a good comic/movie/show/game.
"Why didn't *insert character here* show up?"
"Why is so-and-so not doing *other action/plot point here*?"
And my favorite...
"WHY AM I NOT GETTING EVERY QUESTION ANSWERED IN THE FIRST EPISODE???"
#TheSuicideSquad
may have received great reviews, but it underperformed at the box office, showing WB learned the wrong lessons from Batman v Superman in abandoning all of its plans and making such huge changes:
I love Star Wars more than most things on this planet.
Some of y'all take a franchise about space wizards with laser swords and highly incorrect physics way way too seriously.
Anyone who thinks this is the ONLY way to tell an interesting Superman story doesn't actually understand what makes a good Superman story to begin with.
The writers room for the βSILKβ series has been scrapped except for showrunner Angela Kang.
The show will have a creative overhaul & refocused to a more male-skewing audience.
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Writers are storytellers. Artists are storytellers. Colorists are storytellers. Letterers are storytellers.
Any single individual who collaborates on a comic is a storyteller.
I honestly can't think of someone who must be more miserable in life than the person who immediately has to say something negative whenever anyone else shows genuine excitement about something.
Boyfriend: "I mean Wilson Fisk is basically Trump, right?"
Me: "How dare you insult Kingpin! Fisk is actually smart, successful in his business, honest about his crimes, and respectful to women."