As a long-time reader, I appreciate all of the work you have (collectively) done over the years.
I also, bluntly, appreciate that you never sold to a larger business. You're a must-read every day, and I trust you more than any other journalistic outllet.
Thanks for everything you do.
I like to think I'm more aware of it now, but I still have work to do.
/Fin.
When I look and think back, I think reports of Allie's behavior overshadowed MR's enabling.
I also can say for myself that I wasn't - at that point in time - considering how guys like Allie were enabled by others. (Not just in comics, but everywhere).
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I really had forgotten how shitty Scott Allie was, and how he was enabled by Mike Richardson.
Good riddance.
I know Richardson was an absolute force in the industry, changing the landscape of comics forever, giving lots of opportunities to amazing indie work.
He also stifled a lot of great projects and creators, enabled workplace abuse, and perpetuated ineptitude all through his company.
Two things can be true about Mike Richardson:
-He was responsible for some major genre hits
AND
-He did not protect staff if they were not a white man and is responsible for a generation of queer and female editors leaving comics rather than continue in a toxic environment
Thanks for posting this. I had forgotten how he protected Allie all those years.
... deserves an Eisner award itself for the sheer audacity of pulling THAT off.
Anyways, I look forward to hearing you discuss this book (if you do) in the future.
Thanks for doing a podcast for 1000+ years, gents.
/Fin.
...I thought of you both earlier today when I read Imperial Guardians #1 which actually DOES come out of Imperial in a couple ways.
This was the book to launch first, post-Imperial, and addresses your earlier point.
Abnett also does his "I"m going to keep making Darkhawk interesting" bit which
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... the Giffen/Abnett/Lanning Annihilation et al stories. I -loved- those books. Some of my favorite comics EVER.
Your point about how the post-Imperial launches didn't seem to be BECAUSE of Imperial was smart and pointed. I've been enjoying these books, a lot.
Which is why...
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@ifdestroyed.bsky.social @alkennedy.bsky.social
I can't find the post for your podcast where you mention Marvel's Imperial-related cancellations, so I'll just post this here.
I enjoyed hearing you talk about this, as I love the Cosmic Marvel stuff - especially anything that tonally matches...
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Upstate NY here and I also have the same issue.
this junkballing Czech electrician is a folk hero in Japan for striking out Ohtani in the last WBC (stopped for photos/autographs etc) but he's retiring after this bc Czech league ball doesn't pay the bills.
I love the way he took in in this one last surreal moment before going back to normalcy
Taking a break from stressing about the problems of the world to focus on a much cheerier topic: the problems at Marvel Comics thecommasplice.com/marvel-comic...
VG stuff here from pal Stu
Wow, I hadn't heard of any of this.
I, like you, live in hope.
This won't get nearly enough attention, but A++ TO YOU GOOD SIR.
A Reductress post features a photo of Kristi Noem with the headline, “Kristi Noem Put Down for Being Too Hard to Train”
Screaming
Me too.
I feel like Dunbier is one of the BTS people whose work in the industry hasn't been appreciated enough publicly.
I'm biased, because I love OG WildStorm, the Artist Edition stuff is great, AND because Bloom County is one of my all-time favorite works.
I feel like a lot of people missed out on Dark Patterns due to the Absolute line, and they're going to be coming back to it in trade for a long, long time.
That's a new Batman perennial, right there.
As someone who grew up reading a lot of his works, it's been a bit of a learning curve the last couple days.
But yes, you are correct.
I have nothing but love for Civ.
Enjoy.
After Jason Lee opened a camera shop in Eagle Rock, I thought, man, that'd be a fun story to do. I did not know that it would eventually lead to him threatening to take me to court. For @defector.com, the whole bloody affair:
defector.com/a-compliment...
Yupyup.
