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Isn't it funny how everyone wants to be what they aren't? Curly haired women wish they had straight hair; women with straight hair... you get the idea. So, in my deeping fandom of Ed Brubaker (writer of many comic books for Marvel, but most notably for me the current Captain America title -- go Bucky Barnes!), I checked out his MySpace. First of all, whoa doggie, that man has a lot of "friends." Secondly, he's my age (okay, a year older,) and a Scorpio like me. Third, he has unfinished novels in his sock drawer.
How hillarious.
I can't remember a time when I didn't dream of writing/drawing comic books for Marvel. When Ed and I were ten, all I did was pretend to be Marvel superheroes in my grandmother's backyard with my cousin Laun. Laun and I "wrote" (played, really, as we only rarely took the time to transcribe any of our epic adventures onto paper) hundreds of continuing storylines for the X-Men, Avengers, Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, etc. I secretly wanted nothing more than a job at Marvel Comics when I grew up.
And Ed Brubaker wants to write novels.
Let me tell you something, Ed. Look at the number of "friends" you have on MySpace and compare your tally to mine. I've written six commercially published novels. No one knows my name. Although, man, if you can do it, you could go the way of another comic book writer turned novelist, Neil Gaiman. With as many MySpace friends as you already have, I say finish up one of those beauties. You tell me what you have lanned for next month's Cap issue, and I'll get you in touch with my agent. You can realize your dream of becoming a novelist. I can help.
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Cross posted from MySpace
How hillarious.
I can't remember a time when I didn't dream of writing/drawing comic books for Marvel. When Ed and I were ten, all I did was pretend to be Marvel superheroes in my grandmother's backyard with my cousin Laun. Laun and I "wrote" (played, really, as we only rarely took the time to transcribe any of our epic adventures onto paper) hundreds of continuing storylines for the X-Men, Avengers, Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, etc. I secretly wanted nothing more than a job at Marvel Comics when I grew up.
And Ed Brubaker wants to write novels.
Let me tell you something, Ed. Look at the number of "friends" you have on MySpace and compare your tally to mine. I've written six commercially published novels. No one knows my name. Although, man, if you can do it, you could go the way of another comic book writer turned novelist, Neil Gaiman. With as many MySpace friends as you already have, I say finish up one of those beauties. You tell me what you have lanned for next month's Cap issue, and I'll get you in touch with my agent. You can realize your dream of becoming a novelist. I can help.
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Cross posted from MySpace
