Author: Marc Bernardin
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Devourer of Words 033: A Writer’s Resolutions
MARC BERNARDIN’S DEVOURER OF WORDS Devourer of Words 033: A Writer’s Resolutions I don’t know about you guys, but the end of every year prompts me to do two things: 1) collapse in a heap of exhaustion after the inevitable sprint from Thanksgiving to January 1st and 2) begin to make plans for the year…
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Devourer of Words 032: Query as Folk
MARC BERNARDIN’S DEVOURER OF WORDS Devourer of Words 032: Query as Folk One of the great parts of living when we live is, when one is searching for a topic to write about for a column, he can just turn to the Internet for help. Which is exactly what I did. (Ideas are ephemeral creatures…
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Devourer of Words 031: Choosing Whom to Write For
MARC BERNARDIN’S DEVOURER OF WORDS Devourer of Words 031: Choosing Whom to Write For While the comic book marketplace isn’t quite as populous as it might have been maybe 10 years ago—when publishers were popping up trying to chase that sweet movie-option money—there are still enough in business to make choosing who to approach a…
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Devourer of Words 030: Jumping off the Cliff
MARC BERNARDIN’S DEVOURER OF WORDS Devourer of Words 030: Jumping off the Cliff There will come a time—if you’re lucky, it’ll happen more than once—when you encounter a story that you’re not sure you can write. A story that makes you afraid for any number of reasons. Assuming that the story is a good one—or…
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Devourer of Words 029: Comic-Con Memories
MARC BERNARDIN’S DEVOURER OF WORDS Devourer of Words 029: Comic-Con Memories My first Comic-Con was a blur. It was 2003 and I was working for Entertainment Weekly as an editor. I was trying to convince the Powers That Be that we should start a regular comics reviews section. My big ammunition was the $400 million that the…
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Devourer of Words 028: Vision and Compromise
MARC BERNARDIN’S DEVOURER OF WORDS Devourer of Words 028: Vision and Compromise Like many of my life-minded brethren and sistren, I went to go see director George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road this weekend. And, too, like many of them, I was left gobsmacked. Not just because the action is amazing (it is) or because Charlize Theron…