This cover to the 100th issue of the long-running science fiction anthology title MYSTERY IN SPACE is simultaneously totally on-the-nose while simultaneously being intriguing as hell. Yes, this moment is silly, but it promises an exciting story within, one laden with cross and double-cross. In many cases, though, once a buyer had paid their dimes … Continue reading Great Covers: MYSTERY IN SPACE #100
A post from my Marvel blog of long ago in which I talk about a convention that's now long over and run a bunch of photographs. Back From Wizard World LA April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General No time for a lot of chatter today, I'm afraid, as I'm … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Back From Wizard World LA
Got a quick but important Editorial Simulation update for the participants and the audience, so here it is. Due to other commitments, player Dolores Tinari has decided to drop out of the game. Therefore, her editorial slot will now be taken by new player Kurt Onstad. As this is happening before the first move has … Continue reading EDITORIAL SIMULATION UPDATE
All right, our players are:Kyle Ross Sal Brucculeri Erik Merk David Oskutis and Dolores TinariKyle, Sal and Dolores, you have all just been hired by Marvel Comics in an effort to overhaul the place and make it better than it was. As such, you have each been allocated a group of titles to manage. The … Continue reading EDITORIAL SIMULATION BEGINS
All right, we are about ready to begin our Editorial Simulation game. But first, I need to properly lay out how this is all going to work so that we've all got an understanding as to what we are doing and how it will all play out. So, in the past iterations of this game, … Continue reading EDITORIAL SIMULATION PRE-FLIGHT
A post from my old Marvel blog about dealing with art submissions. Submissions April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General All right, here's a question for discussion. And the good part is, you don't actually need to deal with the situation; I do.One of the things you deal with at … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog: Submissions
A post from my now-defunct Marvel blog replying to a question concerning how we updated the relationship between Peggy and Sharon Carter to account for the passage of time. My Aunt, My Sister... April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General Received a letter on CAPTAIN AMERICA #25 that I wanted … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – My Aunt, My Sister
A post from my old Marvel blog concerning my own personal history. Sadly, I don't still have easy access to all of the art that's referenced here. My So-Called Career pt 4 April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General Day four of the ongoing saga of my early days at … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – My So-Called Career In Comics Part Four
A post from my defunct old Marvel blog concerning writing SECRET DEFENDERS More Bad Comics April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General Continuing with our sequence on BAD COMICS I WROTE, today the spotlight turns towards the first ongoing series I ever helmed as a writer, SECRET DEFENDERS.SECRET DEFENDERS was … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – More Bad Comics
A post from my old Marvel blog concerning how the switch-over to the Direct Market system impacted on the types of books and stories we made. Distribution and Content April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General Continuing on one of the points that came up yesterday in discussing the old … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Distribution and Content
