#BookOfBill ARTIST APPRECIATION THREAD 🔥 ⃤ 👁️

I was lucky enough to work with a true MURDERERS ROW row of badasses on this book!

Scroll to peek behind the scenes at the hall of fame artists behind the nightmare! (1/?) 1) IAN WORREL: The Emmy-winning genius who designed the Mystery Shack & threw the #CipherHunt with me never stops pushing the envelope! He did the cover, the spread above, even our cursed B&N stand. A wizard & lifelong inspiration
👁️ iworrel on IG (2/?)

One last treat. Ever curious about the fights I had with the censors on Gravity Falls? I probably shouldn't share this buttttt here are some REAL NOTES from DISNEY S&P and my REAL REPLIES. You are not prepared #10YearsOfGravityFalls I have literally *thousands* of these. Each one still haunts me

The problem with anti-vaxxers isn’t that they’re stupid (though plenty are) or that they trust grainy memes more than they trust science (though they all do) it’s that they’re being lied to for profit. There’s a massive ecosystem of MAGA grifters peddling this & killing us In 1955 EVERYONE took the polio vaccine- and ended polio. The difference? Back then there was no FOX news & social media to launder their bullshit through. These grifters will ensure COVID never ends as long as they stay rich from selling paranoia, phony cures & clickbait

DUDE- this #Amphibia season finale is everything a great Disney Channel show should be- lovable iconic characters in high stakes, memorable, beautifully animated compelling stories that don’t talk down to their audience. I CHEERED & GASPED. Congrats to @Radrappy & team! ⚔️ 🐸 👑 Ever since Snow White & Fantasia, “Disney” has included devils & witches, betrayal, fear & death- creating drama, thrills & entertainment. What makes something “Disney” isn’t that its sanitized, it’s that it hits ALL the emotions, light & dark- in service of great storytelling

Seems to me that in order to adapt a beloved IP like, sayyyyy, a video game, you need to start with a simple question- what do fans love about this character? What do they love about this world? What FEELING does this game give them? How can we strive to create that feeling? This means thoughtfully and deeply mining the emotions associated with that game, favorite moments, the design, the MUSIC, the common experiences everyone has had with this game, common frustrations with the game, it’s history, learning to speak the LANGUAGE of that fan community