ecstaticI have loved comics since I was very small, paging through the issues that belonged to older friends of the family (IE, the teenage and pre-teen children of my mother's friends). I was always brutally careful, and fully aware that failure to take care would result in losing my comic privileges. I essentially grew up at Flying Colors, my local comic book store. The owner, Joe, has seen me go from skinny little girl to adult woman in one-week increments, framed by trips to the quarter box and the graphic novel shelves. The idea that comics weren't for girls never occurred to me, and he's part of the reason why. I wish everyone had a local comic guy like Joe Field.
I want to write for comics. That, too, has been true since I was very small. When I first started working with my agent, Diana Fox, she asked me what I wanted out of my career. She was probably expecting "a million dollars" or something else improbable. What she got was "I want to write the X-Men." So yeah, I've been trying to find a way to start writing for comics for a while now.
I found it.
I am proud, thrilled, and terrified to announce that I have signed on with Thrillbent.com to script a new ongoing series titled The Best Thing. We don't have an artist or a release date yet, but I am so, so excited about this concept and this world, and I am going to smash things so hard. The Best Thing is to magical girl titles as Velveteen vs. is to superhero teams, and I am really hoping it lives up to its name.
I'm gonna write a comic book.
It's gonna be the best thing.
May 4 2014, 10:23:48 UTC 3 years ago
Also, to keep your comments-to-answer count down, yay for the tip jar! My kitties send your kitties poor-abandoned-us hugs, especially the new kitten Pippin (Peregrin Rorschach; he's white with a big black splotch on his back). My psych said when I told him I had a new kitten, 'It must be nice to have a little pussy around the house again.' I bit my tongue SO HARD.
July 9 2014, 20:52:46 UTC 3 years ago
I LOVE KITTIES.