Author: Marc Bernardin
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Devourer of Words 039: Comic-Con Questions, Answered
MARC BERNARDIN’S DEVOURER OF WORDS Devourer of Words 039: Comic-Con Questions, Answered I’ve given a decent amount of advice for writers during convention season—posts here on “Convention Season” and here on my own experiences at Comic-Con—so with Comic-Con 2016 barreling towards us, I figured I’d see what specific questions you lot wanted answered. So I asked you. Here…
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Devourer of Words 038: Get Ready for the Pitch
MARC BERNARDIN’S DEVOURER OF WORDS Devourer of Words 038: Get Ready for the Pitch We are 10 weeks—give or take a few sleepless nights—from the beginning of Comic Con. And if you are attending, preparations are, I’m assuming, well under way: Hotel rooms are secured, transportation is sorted, cosplay is being fabricated. But if you’re…
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Devourer of Words 037: Back in the Mailbag
MARC BERNARDIN’S DEVOURER OF WORDS Devourer of Words 037: Back in the Mailbag For this column, I turned to Twitter to answer some questions from “the people.” And once again, they didn’t disappoint, offering ways to discuss finding collaborators, script formats, and finding the desire to press on. So, here we go: From Mikala James (@FiveFoot5) …
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Devourer of Words 036: Reboot Camp
MARC BERNARDIN’S DEVOURER OF WORDS Devourer of Words 036: Reboot Camp We live in a world that is, at least as far as pop culture is concerned, obsessed with taking old things and trying to make them new again. Prequels, sequels, spin-offs, and, yes, reboots. Comics does it probably as much as anyone, especially in…
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Devourer of Words 035: The Commitments
MARC BERNARDIN’S DEVOURER OF WORDS Devourer of Words 035: The Commitments There are going to be a score (and then a score more) of thinking pieces about Deadpool and what its success means. (In case you missed it, Deadpool grossed $150 million over the Presidents Day holiday weekend, pulling down more in it’s opening than any other R-Rated movie—and…
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Devourer of Words 034: Legacy
MARC BERNARDIN’S DEVOURER OF WORDS Devourer of Words 034: Legacy It’s a thought that sneaks into every writer’s mind at one point or another, no matter the kind of work you’re doing or the kind of medium you’re operating. “Does this piece of work matter, in any way? Will anyone ever remember it?” I’ve got…