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Chip,

With Daredevil ending and your work on Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four and the X-Men, do you finally have the cachet at Marvel to work with such beloved characters as Ka-Zar, Parnival, Zabu and Garrok?

Thanks,

Joe

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Right now I'm working Batman's jungle persona, KA-ZUR!!!

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Is this it, the jungle-issance?

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YOUR DAREDEVIL RUN IS ENDING IN AUGUST!!!? HOW CAN U DROP SOMETHING ON US SO BIG SO CASUALLY!!!?

But seriously, way to bury the lead dude. Won’t lie, I am gonna miss miss MISS you with DD, and hope that all u contributed to his mythos remains present for many years to come.

That being said, this ending might open you up for newer pastures out there. I know it isn’t likely, especially with u still hard at work on Bats, but if ur going to be writing another big hero, I certainly hope it might be one who can do whatever a spider can, spin a web any size, and kick ass while doing it 😉.

I do have a Batman question for you: I was surprised to see Red Mask was a super (gave off more a Batman and Joker mixed with dr Hurt vibe). Does his abilities play into his identity under the mask, and why he has them, or is that not really that big a deal and u just wanted him to have powers?

Anyways, hope ur doing well, and hope ur con run up in Canada doesn’t burn you out dude.

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My newer pastures will be "less work" ha ha

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That’s always a plus, can’t deny that. Allows a man to catch more of those naps he’s denied when he’s trying to meet a deadline. Just curious, will ur successor on DD be announced relatively soon, or is that still being decided on?

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can't comment on anything! I've gone ROGUE!!!

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How about this? Scale 1-10. How excited should we be for the next team working on DD?

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ha ha love you man but you're getting nothing from me

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FOR NOW

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Hi Chip,

I knew this announcement would come at some point. I was hoping it wouldn’t be until a year from now, but I want to thank you for being a part of the incredible creative team who made me finally fall in 😈 for Matt Murdock. I’ll save any additional internet sobbing here until the last issue, but you’re partly responsible for my love of Daredevil (Ah, the guilt). So thank you for such a great run and an amazing story. I am also sad your time at Marvel is winding down too, but I hope great things are on the horizon for you (Besides stepping away from Marvel etc.)

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Aw, thanks Kim. That's all really sweet of you to say. Still have more to come!!!

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It’s true. I’m glad there’s more DD to come, but I just wanted to thank you now, Chip. This run is just so good.

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dear chip,

thank you for this!

a couple questions:

1) are you okay?

2) why a bat?

love,

myq

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Thank you!!!!

1) no!!!!!

2) kinda spooky

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dear chip,

thank you for these responses!

quick follow-up question:

do you think there's any connection between all the spookiness you immerse yourself in on a daily basis and how okay you're not?

put another way, is batman saving everyone in the world except for you?

love,

myq

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oh no................

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waiting for that zdarsky daredevil omnibus with a cover of you dressed as the man of mystery himself

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i have never read a single daredevil comic, just took license with his nickname. is that his nickname? is that someone else’s nickname? if no, you can give it to him. if yes, i apologize to the copyright bosses.

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I'm looking forward for the Zdarsky's Daredevil omnibus. The "Zdarskibus"!! Marvel would be stupid to not put your collection together. Love what you've done with the DD and Elektra ❤

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Look, if they did a Howard The Duck omnibus they'll do a Daredevil omnibus, TRUST ME

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Are you okay chip?? Would it cheer you up if I asked chatai to write a kaptara sequel series in “your voice “ and published it as fanfic under the pseudonym Chip Z-farce-sky??

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I knew the end of your Daredevil run was getting closer and closer, and what an incredible accomplishment it’s been! But damn! I don’t want it to be over!

I know you’ve said before that you don’t believe that your work on Daredevil necessarily attracted many readers to your other work like Public Domain, that there wasn’t much overlap, but I am one of those people.

I enjoyed (am enjoying?) your Daredevil run so immensely, that I wanted to see what else this “Zdarsky” guy had worked on. Never in a million years would I have thought I’d have bought a fucking Howard the Duck omnibus before, so thanks for that.

I picked up Vol. 1 of Public Domain as soon as it came out, loved it, and decided to subscribe here so I could stay up to date with it! All because of your Daredevil!

Looking forward to reading the ending!

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Oh hey! That's really nice to hear! From Devils to Ducks to Domain!

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I am a fan of all the D’s!

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It's the curse of simultaneously writing Red Batman and Black Daredevil.

It's only happened to one person, sure, but it's a curse I tell you.

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The end?! Say it ain’t so 😭

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I don't know what you're talking about

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;)

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Thank you for such a great Daredevil run, now I hate you. Did you get fired? Were you being too Canadian? Mr. Chatham asked great questions below but I bet Disney+ sacked you to make way for some "Daredevil Rebirth Again" storyline.

Also, even though CBR said Batman 133 "lacked urgency," I loved it and holy hell Hawthorne gets better every issue.

Have a great weekend!

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