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20 years ago today my house burned down, so I wrote a comic about it.
Holy shit that’s a cool and terrifying story. Also, having read through the newspaper article at the end, I am looking forward to the Oatmeal comic about having a mother who was an internationally recognized “teddy bear artist.”
Bolding is mine. I thought the same thing. I was like, “Hey, way to bury the lede, Matt.”
Fantastic Four #41 (1965)
I love how comics weren’t afraid to have so much dialog back then. Whenever I write one, I’m afraid to put too many words on the page… maybe I’m doing it wrong.
An idea is not a series, and jokes are not characters […] A story is only a story if (a) it’s about someone (singular or plural) who wants something and (b) something’s in hi (or their) way. And it’s a story worth telling only if (c) the reader has reasons to care about (a) and (b).
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| — | Mark Waid, on the creation of INSUFFERABLE (and also giving some print-this-out-and-hang-it-on-the-wall-where-you-work advice for writers.) |
Thanks for taking it to Tumblr, FYYA.
To stress, most people are totally sweet, even when they hate what I’m doing. But as much as I believe in being accessible and friendly, the boundaries of what’s cool and what isn’t is important.
Boundaries, people. Boundaries.
