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Did you see my previous post with tweets of hers, and are you familiar with what went down with her Mockingbird series? Without that context, I guess it doesn't really make sense, lol.

Basically, Mockingbird was a critical success but sold poorly and only got 8 issues. People on Twitter who hate Marvel's "SJW agenda" or whatever harassed her over the series end. It was a whole thing. Then, recently, the series got nominated for an Eisner, but none of the information about attending the convention, etc., was forwarded to her. She vented her frustrations on Twitter yesterday. In the midst of that, Marvel reached out to her to clear things up. (The boyfriend stuff is her making light of her complicated relationship with Marvel, and comics in general.)

Apparently the Eisners don't contact creators directly because it's the publishers who offer up titles to be potentially nominated. But, since comics can be such an insular club, Marvel mistakenly assumed Chelsea Cain would already understand the convention system. (They also may have assumed that 'cause she's Portland pals with Bendis, Matt Fraction, and Kelly Sue.) Based on these tweets, it seems they've gone as far as to make an FAQ with her input so that future nominees who aren't part of the inner club yet don't feel as alienated.


tl;dr version: The comic industry continues to be simultaneously friendly and impenetrable.

 

I did read the previous tweets so knew the reference. I guess I'm just bad at interpreting based on those tweets

 

colby being bad at ________

who would have thought




























loveucolbs

 

Someday, I'm going to feel about about this running joke which is completely based on a 100% genuine assessment of Colby's worth as a human being.

But, today is not that day.

 

@Tim I'll write about Spiderman. I've been wanting to check Superior Foes out for a while so I can do that one.

 

"Spiderman"

 

yeah, yeah i suck. this shouldn't surprise you.

 

Tim rn

 

Came across this interesting look at how Stan Lee's dialogue inserted sexism that Jack Kirby's art didn't include before Stan's scripting.

KIRBY WITHOUT WORDS

(If you're not nerdy enough to recall the "Marvel Method," this is relevant 'cause Stan would give Jack a general premise, which Jack would flesh out when illustrating, and then Stan would see what Jack did and come up with dialogue for it.)

 

Wow. This is incredible.

I hadn't heard of this site before. I could read these all day. I would probably end up throwing a lot of things, but still.

 

I am so ready for Aquaman just to say fuck Atlantis.

 

NCBD!!!!

NEW THIS WEEK
Batman 24
Nightwing 22
Superman 24

PREVIOUSLY RELEASED, BUT RECENTLY REDUCED
Green Valley 8

I also picked up God Country 1, because I've been curious for a while.

 

I've been enjoying God Country a lot.

 

Is there just one more issue of God Country? I have the first three issues, but I'm waiting on the trade.

 

Yeah, I wish it was more than just a miniseries.

 

Maybe he won't write then geez

 

I'll allow it

 

I'm thinking the trade may be 6 issues. It's $16.99 which is hella pricey for an image trade, especially a vol. 1. Also issue 6 comes out in June, and the trade is in August.

 

I'll think of this panel with every Stan Lee cameo in those movies and hate them even more than I already do.

 

You can all listen to @Tim on the podcast again next week. We talked about All-New Wolverine: The Four Sisters today.

 

Better not hear any Batman bashing

 

Dang it, forgot to do that.

 

Good forget forever!

 

Reading comics is fun.

Jem: The Misfits #5 was a decent but anticlimactic finale for this mini, but that's alright. Really enjoyed this series.

My Kelly Thompson reading continued with Hawkeye #7, which was yet another fantastic issue in what has thus far been a completely flawless series. The flashback to young Kate was so adorable, lol. I'm really into this current story.

Superman #24 was good, though having two artists with different styles on the same issue without a clear narrative purpose was weird. Curious as to how this story ends.

Avengers #8, another fill-in issue from Phil Noto, was fun. I don't know if there are any roster shake-ups on the horizon, but depending on whatever's happening in Infamous Iron Man, I'd like to see Doom come on as a full-time member.

Paper Girls #15 had a fun cliffhanger ending. I feel like I'm gonna have to reread this series at some point with all the time travel stuff going on, but I'm still enjoying the ride, especially with Cliff Chiang and Matt Wilson killing it on art.

I loved seeing Bombshell have a major role in Spider-Man #17, though it didn't go quite as I expected it to. I'm loving this current arc a lot, which feels a lot more like the grounded (Ultimate) Spider-Man I know and love than the CWII and Gwen stories did (though I still liked 'em for what they were).