danmishkin.bsky.social
Freelance writer (self-unemployed); Ann Arbor Comic Arts Festival; husband, father, zayde
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We went to Italy on one of his semi-self-guided tours: knowledgeable resource person, some terrific group meals, and lots of time to explore on our own. A blast!
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The slogan I came up with on Sunday was IMPEACH BIBI'S BITCH!
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Hey, @markwaid.bsky.social, someone is asking you a question. 😊
A question that makes me interested in reading the book now, even though (or perhaps because) the only DC title I follow these days is World's Finest.
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I'll be passing through Bowling Green on Sunday, July 6 on my way back to Michigan from North Carolina. If someone is around, I can stop and sign.
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I'm on the road, looking forward to seeing my copy (or COPIES, DC?) when I get back home.
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Trump's GOP is the party of death. Make American Graves Again!
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Among his many great contributions to comics—not to mention being a joy to know—is this little one: He taught me how to spot word balloons.
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Thanks! I gave my dad, a lawyer, a page of original art from that story, which (both the story and the gift) he loved.
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Liked it a lot!
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Thanks, Steve.
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Just read the piece. I think your point about being tried for espionage instead of murder is a compelling one.
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Ah, the things I miss by not reading superhero comics anymore. Thanks for the clarification.
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Thanks for the info. As a matter of principle and objective fact (and just plain manners if this was real life), I'd refer to her as a woman, not a girl.
The only reason I can see for the persistence of "girl" in superhero comics is that it's only one syllable. And that's not reason enough, IMO.
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I understand that. She's also been Hawkman's romantic partner through many lifetimes (at least the last time I checked), so I think that unless he's been robbing the cradle, she's a woman.
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I wrote a bunch of Superman team-ups and I hope readers had as much fun reading them as I did writing them. (I'm especially fond of my Superman in the House of Mystery tale, a Mr. Mxyzptlk story.)
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An article in The Atlantic about the "dual state"—the continuation of a normative state alongside a growing "prerogative state" in which norms can be shattered—is worth your attention.
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The treason part should not be forgotten.
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When I was writing Hawkman, his partner was Hawkwoman. I know this didn't start with you, but why the backsliding?
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Writing 3-8-page stories for the DC anthology titles back in the dark ages was tremendous training for learning the concision comics rely on.
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This is a major (and creepy) feature of the novel "Hum" by Helen Phillips.
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Point taken. Blame the character limit. 😕
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Their birthday gift to you.
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One of my favorite closing lines of dialogue.
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What, no Blue Devil?!
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Daredevil #1 was the comic that brought me to Marvel. I loved it!
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The stain-on-the-wall idea reminds me of a longago Ditko story from a DC anthology book: EM The Energy Monster, in which a disembodied alien can inhabit any substance.
Remarkable that he used a very cool visual idea for a one-off. OTOH, he *did* have reason to be confident in his own imagination.
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At the 1996 Olympics, we got last-minute tix for USA-China women's soccer finals and sat with a bunch of Chinese nationals who we taught the YMCA movements when it played.
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Maybe it will end up as HBO: Now Available Only from Your Cable Company.