Newsletter #54: Real Heroes

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I had a bit of week!

DO TELL

Actually I can’t.

OH GREAT THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE NEWSLETTERS

I’m writing a bunch of fun secret stuff! Sorry!

But! I can talk about one of the big things, which is public!

Last week I was nominated for … THREE EISNERS!

BEST CONTINUING SERIES for Daredevil!

BEST CONTINUING SERIES for Stillwater!

And BEST WRITER!

Which is, of course very exciting. Though looking at that Best Writer category is pretty embarrassing as it’s chock full of us white dudes. At least four of whom are bearded, truly cementing how cliché it all is. Come on!

But in positive news, it’s super nice looking at the full list of nominees, seeing so many friends getting recognized, including my collaborators, like Marco for BEST PENCILER/INKER, Ramon for BEST COVER ARTIST and Matt for BEST WRITER! I have told myself that when Matt beats me for Best Writer it’ll be for Sex Criminals which basically means that I won it too.

SMART

Yeah, I know.

Anyway! Good times! If you’re in the industry in some capacity as a creator, retailer, librarian or educator, you can VOTE in the EISNERS, right HERE!

If I win Best Writer I promise to deliver a scathing speech about the industry, destroying my career! Fun!

HAVEN’T YOU DONE THAT A COUPLE OF TIMES NOW HOW ARE YOU STILL WORKING

Sorry, maybe you didn’t read earlier about me being a white, bearded male

Anyhoo! This week STILLWATER #8 is out!

It’s my favourite of the series, focusing on our small-town Sheriff Tanya. What would you do to live forever if you’ve got nothing to lose?

I DON’T KNOW

It’s a rhetorical question! Go buy the issue! Ramon and Mike are next level:

Also this week, Mangasplaining tackles a super fun manga series, MONTHLY GIRLS’ NOZAKI-KUN! It’s about comic making, so I super super recommend my fellow comic creators check this one out!

And in other news, I wasn’t on twitter yesterday

GOOD FOR YOU

I know I know, but … it meant I couldn’t participate in clowning on this story:

By the time I logged in after dinner … it was over. Every possible joke was made, every comment uploaded. It pained me to put my paying work ahead of cunnilingus comic book jokes, but I guess that’s what happens with age? Sorry, honey, I can’t take Billy to swim class, I need to somehow work Batman creator “Bill Finger” into a joke about Batman pleasuring Catwoman.

Anyway, it’s over. It’s gone. Like the Anakin meme, like my lost youth. It’s all dust in a parched mouth. All that’s left to do is to purchase this limited edition Funko Pop at their booth at the next San Diego Comic Con:

Take care,

Chip

P.S: Next week my ASK CHIP QUESTIONS segment is back!

Like before I’ll answer one POLITE and RESPECTFUL question about my life as a munchmaster or about my work. The email is zdarskyletters@gmail.com.

P.P.S: I did text Matt about doing a sequel to his acclaimed JIMMY OLSEN run: