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Jul 22, 2021 • 9 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X
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Here is a funny thing.

Yesterday, at @disneyland, I was there while several @marvel characters appearances. It was lovely to see kids and adults clapping and cheering all these characters.

Guess which one got the biggest response BY FAR?
WRONG.
I’m not joking here.

Three AVENGERS show up, crowd is delighted.

But the response to ANOTHER character blew that response away, it was twice as loud, and genuine excited screams for…
…LATE 80’S LONG-SLICKED-BACK-HAIR MARKETING EXECUTIVE!
I am not even kidding.

Girls and women SQUEALING when Loki showed up wearing TGIF happy hour gear!
ALL RESPECT to the cast member, he did a great job and was a perfect Loki…

BUT HOW IS THIS A COSTUME YOU GUYS.
I’m not supposed to show this, but here is a sneak peek at some of the thrilling characters who will, based on Civilian Loki’s massive popularity, be appearing in the all new land at California Adventure…INSURANCE ADJUSTER CAREER LAND!

TED, JUSTIN, EDWARD, AND NED, JR!
When one guy wears a $200,000 Iron Man suit and with Loki they’re like, PENNY’S IS HAVING A SALE
P.S. #AvengersCampus is amazing and we had the best time!

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Dec 7
I have read a lot of first comic scripts by new writers lately.

A lot of them have very good ideas, but make basic mistakes in execution.

Here are a few bits of advice if you are just starting out writing comics, things to avoid.

Other pros welcome to add to this thread.
1/
NAME YOUR CHARACTERS.

This is annoying, and even pros do it. If you have a character we are supposed to know, you have to name them ON PANEL, not just in script.

I read a major publisher book recently where the main characters were never called by name.

A huge mistake.

2/
TOO MUCH DIALOGUE

Almost all writers do this at times.

But it is wearying, it is exhausting to read, and mostly it shows a lack of awareness of how to use a comics page. There are people who do this well and a LOT who do it badly.

It's alienating. Don't do it.

3/
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Oct 12
Okay, this is a fun story, s o I am going to retell it quickly.

We live in the boonies, don’t really have neighbors, on a very secluded lake in Oregon. As we live in the woods with lots of water, we get bears sometimes. One decided to live in a tree attached to our house.
But the thing is, I am not afraid of bears. I should be, but I am not. My husband and son yell at me for chasing them off with a broom.

We called animal control, they said all they could do is shoot them, we didn’t want to do that.
But these bears are not afraid of people, which is not good. They were getting into our garbage a lot, which only brings more bears.

We finally got a bear proof can. The bear turned it upside down in our driveway, and what on our welcome mat.

Like, hell with YOU, humans!
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Aug 17
The Joys of Being a Hairdresser, part one.

Many of you already know I used to be a hairdresser. I had a salon of my own, in a nice area of my little town, right near the waterfront. It was lovely. Instead of fashion magazines, I had graphic novels. My clients were great.

1/
Most of my clients were well-off, quite a few were retired, and I never felt unsafe in my salon, even when I was alone.

I had a lot of male clients, they would pick up the graphic novels because there wasn't anything else to read, and they'd scoff a bit, then get hooked.

2/
I loved my clients, I was damn good as a hairdresser (to the point that, even years and years later, former clients were always hoping my writing career would crash and I'd start doing hair again).

Anyway, it was lovely and I was happy.

One day, it got weird.

3/
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Apr 23
I have a short little story of a thing that happened yesterday. I don't know what the message is, but it gave me a lot of feelings.

As many of you know, we live in a small town on the Oregon coast. There are a couple grocery stores and one variety store called Bi-Mart.

1/
So we went to Bi-Mart, which is a local chain that is very casual and friendly and less corporate than a lot of national chains. We went to buy key fob batteries and some planters for my garden.

While shopping, there was this older couple there, in their seventies, I'd say.
2/
The man was oldschool in all ways, crew cut, quite fit with big muscles and a tan from working outside. Wife was pretty and petite and soft-spoken.

He was NOT soft-spoken.

He was quite loud, and got mildly annoyed at seemingly everything.

3/
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Jan 16
I feel like people, even some comics pros and publishers, are learning the wrong lessons from the currently most successful comics.

They look at ULTIMATE and ABOSOLUTE and think, 'Oh, people want alternate versions of iconic characters.'

1/
They look at almost all of the hit indie books and think, 'Oh, people want nostalgia.'

I don't think either one of those is the correct conclusion.

People aren't buying Ultimate and Absolute for some version of the Multiverse.

2/
They aren't buying SPACE GHOST and TRANSFORMERS because of they want to relive some okay cartoons of a million years ago.

I think it's simpler than that.

I think it's accessibility.

3/
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Jan 13
Every year on his birthday (which is today), I write a little letter to @JoeQuesada, wishing him health and happiness for him and his family. We have not spoken in person in years.

In that note, every time, I thank him for asking me, out of nowhere, to pitch for Deadpool.

1/
Because I had a comics comedy column on CBR and I made him laugh. He used to read the column on the phone to friends. Garth Ennis didn't have email, so he called him long distance to read one about Garth TO Garth.

Even when I made fun of JOE HIMSELF, he would laugh about it.

2/
So every year, I say something to the effect of, "Thank you for taking a chance on me, and for opening the door that had made my life's dream come true over and over."

And he always says something humble and sweet, that I make it happen myself.

But without Joe...

3/
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