MARC BERNARDIN’S DEVOURER OF WORDS Devourer of Words 043: New Year’s Resolutions (Writer Edition) This is the time of year when people make New Year’s resolutions—or, in point of fact, where people have already broken the New Year’s resolutions they made on January 1. But we are people who make comic books and unless we […]

MARC BERNARDIN’S DEVOURER OF WORDS Devourer of Words 042: Fandemonium You might not be there yet, but if you’re a published writer, you will get fans. Because here’s the thing: every comic is someone’s favorite. Even if 99 out of a 100 people are like, “Meh,” that 100th person might be in love. It is […]

MARC BERNARDIN’S DEVOURER OF WORDS Devourer of Words 041: Winter is Here October brings many things—a crispness in the air, longer days, pumpkin spice in every friggin’ thing—but with it also comes the traditional end of convention season. Sure, if you hunt around for a con you can find one or two—especially overseas—but for stateside […]

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 […]

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 […]

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)  […]