Twitter and I are finally done, I think.
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✌🏻🦊
I don’t have the patience or ability to play ELDEN RING but I’m madly jealous of everyone tweeting stuff like, “I found Borghus the Wretched Goat-Herder in the Plain of Tormented Milk. His head is eight dogs. I had to fight him 342 times. He wept as he died. It was awesome.”
Queer (or other marginalized characters) shouldn’t be kept behind a glass case immune to death or other negative plot developments, but for that to be the status quo, you have to have enough marginalized characters that the loss of one doesn’t feel like such an outsized blow.
Also maybe don’t use the addition of a queer character as a big attention-grabbing selling point if that character doesn’t make it past an episode or two before dying 🤷🏼♂️
I can’t believe today is finally the day: Cooper Coen, the winsome, witty Web-Weaver, makes his official debut in EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE
#5
, on shelves now!
Such an immense honor to co-create a brand-new Marvel hero, especially alongside such hugely talented collaborators:
I want queer characters that get to go through all the ups and downs and deaths and magical rebirths as any number of straight characters, but we can’t have that until each queer character doesn’t have to be everything to everyone because there are so few of them to go around.
Shea’s makeup tonight is inspired by Berlin-based “distorted drag” artist Hungry (isshehungry on IG), who you have absolutely NO excuse not to follow.
#AllStars5
#DragRace
Nintendo Directs are the only good event left on Twitter because it’s three days of gay nerds loudly preparing for disappointment and then an hour of “YESSSSS BLOKA BLOKA SEQUEL FINALLY!!!” and “BAKING DAD VIII???? OMG” and everyone is happy and I don’t understand a word of it 🥰
@AstroKatie
@Coelacanthkiss
It’s also wild that this looks like a fairly uncomfortable experience when Japanese high-speed trains are some of the smoothest rides I’ve ever experienced.
SUPER grateful for all the DARK X-MEN hype the team has gotten, but ahead of the Gala & FoX, I do just want to ask that readers put on their thinking cap (which is not what Maddie calls the object below, promise) and remember that the creators behind these books are real people.
Cosmic horror/weird fiction rarely works in comics because most creators can’t (or won’t) exercise any restraint.
BLACK STARS ABOVE is *so* carefully paced, with a heady mix of wilderness horror, cosmic terror, body freakishness, and period/setting authenticity.
Preorder!
Thank god this is public knowledge because “hey Steve do you want to write an X-Men ‘92 series reinterpreting the entire Krakoan era as if it happened 30 years ago?” felt like a fever dream one might have in the final seconds before death.
I’M WRITING X-MEN ‘92, Y’ALL
X-MEN '92 continues with when X-MEN ’92: HOUSE OF XCII
#1
this April from
@steve_foxe
&
@SalvaEspin
What would it look like if the Krakoan age was ushered in decades earlier?
Cover by
@david_baldeon
SURPRISE: I had the huge gay honor of helping to co-create WEB-WEAVER, who'll make his debut in EDGE OF THE SPIDER-VERSE
#5
this September!
Designed by the one and only
@kristaferanka
, cover by Josemaria Casanovas, with our interior artist to be revealed soon!
❗️🔞🍆🔞🍑🔞❗️
A few years ago, I had the opportunity to pitch for
@limerencepress
,
@OniPress
’s brand-new line of erotica and sex-ed comics...and today, I can FINALLY share that the resulting 120-page original graphic novel, CHEAT(ER) CODE, will be on shelves September 22nd!
An internet-famous person RT’d this so let me just clarify: I understand and respect the difficulty is part of the game, and that a lot of folks find this one more accessible than prior games.
That’s great! I simply admire the designs and lore from afar. It’s not that serious!!!
Something wicked this way comes...
Extremely, perversely thrilled to be introducing the world to the most horrific team of X-Men yet. You are not going to BELIEVE the pages
@scharf_jonas
is producing for this book. Gothic horror/action at its finest.
.
@steve_foxe
❌
@scharf_jonas
What happens when Madelyne Pryor takes charge with her own twisted team of X-Men? Hope the world survives the experience!
Find out more about
#FallOfX
’s 'Dark X-Men' series here:
Just a reminder that while there’s less discussion about it on a daily basis, the pre-pandemic printing and distribution models aren’t back up and running at full strength yet.
It’s more important than ever to preorder upcoming books to make sure print runs reflect demand!
Preorders for BLOOD STAINED TEETH
#1
close on the 4th of April. A psychedelic vamp noir about the lengths Vampires will go to fund their immortality, with art from the amazing
@patric_reynolds
. Out April 27th from
@ImageComics
There will be NO reprints - RT’s appreciated.
Not sure if THE EXORCIST III still counts as underrated (on Twitter, at least), but if you still haven’t watched this sleeper classic, October is the perfect time!
✂️
This whole thread is great, but this is, imo, the single best piece of advice for new comic creators. Don’t try to latch onto your heroes’ coattails, find your peers and grow together. This has led to major work for me, but more importantly, actual friendships.
So, some bad news:
At the end of June, Paste will be shutting down its Comics section.
I’m immensely proud of the work my team got to do there, but times are tough for digital outlets and the audience for comics journalism just isn’t as large as it is for other media.
Oh hey! I missed that this became public knowledge yesterday—I got to write a Steven Universe short for a one-shot coming out in March!!
@Velinxi
drew the heck out of it, and I owe it all to
@MiMoccio
. ALSO WHAT THEY HEY
@meakoopa
IS IN THIS TOO???
Celebrating Krakoa day 4!
What is your FAVORITE SINGLE PANEL from the Krakoan era?!
...I'm going to cheat and pick 2 so I'll allow y'all to pick 2 as well...
Anyway, to the surprise of no one:
Me: It's important not to expect readers to know decades-old continuity. I try to keep everything I write fairly self-contained with any and all context you might need to understand it. And remember--your audience isn't just deep-cut fans on Twitter.
Also me:
Monday: The Switch that I bought my boyfriend as a surprise, partially so we could play together, partially to get him away from Fortnite, arrives.
Tuesday: Nintendo announces Fortnite is immediately available for download on the Switch.
Madelyne Pryor leads a new Dark X-Men team full of mutant heroes and villains (including her ex-boyfriend, Havok) through Marvel's "Fall of X" event in a new series by
@steve_foxe
and
@scharf_jonas
.
Details and more "Fall of X" annoucements here:
Out today!
RAZORBLADES: THE HORROR MAGAZINE Book One Deluxe HC
Co-created with
@ReadTinyOnion
and featuring too many incomparable horror talents to include in one tweet. MASSIVELY proud of this one, and so glad the first year of
@ReadRazorblades
will now be widely available!
🎅🏼 MERRY CHRISTMAS! 👹
The best part of comics is making stuff with your friends, and I happen to have EXTREMELY talented friends. SO WE MADE A THING, and are giving it to everyone for free. Enjoy, and please share it along!
Art:
@ArtofNickRobles
Letters:
@HassanOE
Words: Me
No matter how the rest of the night goes, I never, EVER want to hear, “This is not who we are” again.
With every possible thing laid on the table, this is, clearly, who a LOT of us are.
And too many others simply don’t care. Dispel the myth that we’re better than this.
Fair warning that I *will* be RTing nice stuff about X-MEN ‘92: HOUSE OF XCII that I get tagged in, because hey—we all had a blast making this book and it’s rewarding to see folks having fun with this wild (big) little story!
Out THIS Wednesday wherever fine comics are sold!
Midsommar: 97% white, remote location, hallucinogenic drugs, awkward group sex, straight people
Fire Island: 97% white, remote location, hallucinogenic drugs, awkward group sex, gay people
Since we’re unfortunately having to talk about C*micsg*te again—I recently grabbed a new Twitter handle for a project that will be announced soon.
Right now, it follows no one, but I did click “Comics” as an interest. Guess what kind of accounts Twitter feeds me 2-5 times a day?
STEVEN UNIVERSE: FUSION FRENZY is in shops and online today! I had the privilege of writing a Smoky Quartz short drawn by the awesome
@Velinxi
. Thanks again to
@MiMoccio
& BOOM! for the opportunity!
If you’re looking for a spooky comic read that’s just getting started (or is firing on all engines and easily accessible via trade), these are all the real deal on this Haunted Halloween!
COOL NEWS, COMIC PEOPLE:
@PasteBooks
is looking for a freelance writer for the Comics section, reporting to me.
(Yes, we pay)
If you're interested, read this WHOLE thread, then email the Paste address in my bio with links to PUBLISHED samples. Personal blogs count.
Please RT!
That's right--Carmen wasn't the only mutant who didn't show up on that first cover. Maggott enters the mix!
Doesn't look like he and Maddie are hitting it off though, does it?
You know, when the DARK X-MEN cast got revealed, I got a bunch of people requesting Alex's Goblin Prince outfit, and now I can't wait for readers to see how I fulfilled that...
Every once in a while, I remember that we’re a few weeks out from a full-blown curated horror imprint at DC Comics, overseen by Joe Hill and including insane talents like Carmen Maria Machado and Mike Carey, and I cry a grateful, spooky tear. 🎃😱👻
The one thing you should never underestimate is the X communities' ability to fixate on a minor character who got half a panel in 1986...
Yes, I am proudly in this tweet.
Surprise!
Thrilled to be joining some of Krakoa's finest artists--including my Dark X-Men collaborator
@scharf_jonas
, Astonishing Iceman's
@carratu_art
, and Jean Grey's
@thebernardchang
--for one of the most quintessentially *X-MEN* stories I've ever worked on!
This January,
@steve_foxe
teams up with an all-star lineup of artists in 'Dead X-Men', a new limited series tied to the end of the X-Men’s Krakoan era. Check out Pere Pérez’s haunting cover for 'Dead X-Men'
#1
and read more now:
By all means, we want you to get excited and upset and thrilled and chilled, but please check yourself before harassing creators because of developments with fictional characters.
Most of the X-Men are older than all of us—even if we literally kill them, we aren’t KILLING them.
Remember when Hickman was announced for X-Men and some fans worried that he’d be too cold and distant and big-picture sci-fi for the property, and now X-Men
#1
is out and all anyone can talk about is the floor plan for Jean, Scott, and Logan’s bedrooms?
#XSpoilers
Many, MANY bad things happen in these comics (I’m responsible for w lot of them!), but that’s because the nature of sequential storytelling is to confront your faves with adversity and see if and how they overcome it.
And each issue is just a CHAPTER of the arcs we have planned.
Thrilled to be in absolutely stellar company in the pages of MARVEL'S VOICES: SPIDER-VERSE, which is out today with a Web-Weaver story from
@LucianoVecchio
,
@Ruth_Redmond
, and yours truly!
Pick it up for a truly wide-ranging and inclusive cross-section of the Spider-Verse!
The Christmas episode of X-Men: The Animated Series is unhinged in a dozen ways but the best part is that Jean loses her MIND when Gambit tries to season the food.
He suggests paprika and she screams and telekinetically attacks him.
White Christmas, indeed 🎄
Thanks to everyone who picked up ALL EIGHT EYES
#1
and had awesome things to say about our NYC creature-feature.
Issue
#2
is on Final Order Cutoff, with orders due Monday, May 1st—ask your shop today!
-Main Cover: MAR230320
-GRUESOME
@slimyswampghost
variant: MAR230321
And here's the official announcement, folks!
@CarolaBorelli
& I are taking on SPIDER-WOMAN--and check out these covers!
We kick off with a GANG WAR story that has VERY intense ramifications for Jess's personal life--and you can get a peek *tomorrow* in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
#31
!
This November, Jessica Drew has a new mission, and this time, it’s personal! 🕸️
Spider-Woman wages war against her greatest enemies in her new ongoing solo series by
@steve_foxe
and
@CarolaBorelli
:
🔥SURPRISE🔥
I got the chance to write an oversized X-Men Annual (!) coming out this December, with art by the astonishing
@Andrea_Di_Vito
and a cover by none other than
@St3Caselli
!
I can barely process that this happened, let alone how GOSH-DARNED GREAT it's going to look!
Most of all, thank you to everyone who picks up EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE
#5
to see Web-Weaver in action!
You can find him next in the pages of SPIDER-MAN by Dan Slott and Mark Bagley, and hopefully we’ll get the chance to weave other stories for him soon…
🌈🕸
FALL OF X begins today!
Hats off to the ASTONISHING ICEMAN
#1
and X-MEN
#25
teams for kicking off this grim new world for mutantkind! You are not going to want to miss these issues, folks ⚔️🥶👀
Overwatch at launch felt really fun and diverse but 6/9 additional characters have been robots, animals, or white women. Nothing about Ashe's outlaw thing dictates she needed to be a *squints* wealthy white girl with a robot butler who got bored?
Can we double back and appreciate that I lucked into
@DavidTalaski
variants for X-MEN ‘92
#1
*and* ARCHER & ARMSTRONG FOREVER
#1
???
Feeling blessed and a little hot under the collar, tbh.
Very cool and surreal meeting readers during FCBD who recognized my name and said they were excited for DARK X-MEN.
Just hope they weren't fans of [redacted] or [redacted]...or especially of [redacted]...
💀😈
.
@steve_foxe
❌
@scharf_jonas
What happens when Madelyne Pryor takes charge with her own twisted team of X-Men? Hope the world survives the experience!
Find out more about
#FallOfX
’s 'Dark X-Men' series here:
Heeeei,
@steve_foxe
e
@kristaferanka
vejam o que encontramos aqui na Comic Con Experiente (Brasil).
Um fã fazendo cosplay de Web Weaver (ou Tecelão de Teia em uma tradução livre).
A variante gay do Homem-Aranha que vocês recém criaram para o novo Aranhaverso.
@purplechrain
RIGHT?? I worship Trinity but this was maybe the fastest win ever. I know camera editing plays a part but it’s like Manila was alone on stage.