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Photographer, recovering attorney, 4x Jeopardy champion, fabulous cook, widow of writer Len Wein.
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I remember the days when it was a quest to find women SF writers in print. Fortunately, those days have passed.
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I hear my husband had a good time with it. He did a mini with a chicken-person in it that was amusing after we were married, but he had written it before. I think it was Brian Michael Bendis who came up with the rainbow Lanterns. Len said he wished he himself had come up with that.
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Yes—and no. As I recall the iconic image was a recreation of the actual event. There was a story about it I read maybe 40 years ago.
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She is so good. I am so angry.
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Going in a group, a voter to open the door and others to support the message, has an impact. Also, it used to be easy (pre-9/11) to get into a press conference for a member of Congress & ask questions. I did that to Teddy Kennedy & we got language change in VARA because of it.
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I should add that members of Congress (or their aides) are often starstruck, so if you have famous people in your ranks, you can usually set up office visits to state your position. We did several such group efforts where one of our people would set up a meeting with their rep & 3-4 others of us.
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I am all for this.
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Same letter to your two Senators & your Rep., but the nice thing about this is you can also jam up the mail service of other office: the Republicans cowards who are letting this all happen & turn off their phones. Just a thought, but maybe it’s time for letter-writing parties like we did for votes.
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I would love to see Congress and the White House inundated with paper. It’s old-fashioned, but tangible in a way phone calls are not. Think Miracle on 34th Street or Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. One postcard/letter a day on the latest outrage, perhaps guidance from @Maddow’s lead story for focus.
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Thanks, but I firmly believe this is what most all ultra-rich think—and say when they are among their own kind.
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Len Wein would love this. I love this.
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I love the analogy.
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And just like Cap, I assure you Wolverine was anti-nazi. In fact, Len Wein wrote the original X-men Animated episode teaming up Cap and Wolvie fighting together in WWII.
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I am so glad for you and your family. My son worked for a major health insurance company for about 18 months & hated that the policy was to delay and deny for as long as possible, because most people do not have the time or energy to fight back. Bad publicity can get results. Keep fighting.
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A count of the number of writers given credit is a clue to why there are problems.
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Nice to see you.
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He’s ignored them his whole life so why would now be any different.
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It was gross.
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Len Wein thought Marie Javins was one of the best editors he ever worked with and would have been thrilled when DC hired her for her current position. She’s amazing.
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Thank you.
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The version with an audio cassette tape is the first thing of Len’s I bought to give to my son after I met Len. Carr D’Angelo made sure I got 2 copies of this reprint yesterday. I am grateful.
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Good work!