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Struggling to say this in a funny or clever way, but feel better?

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lol nice one

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Hey chip will you ever return to Newburn/ contemporary crime fiction? I have really enjoyed the serialized reading of this incredible world and I didn’t realize it was about done until I read the last one and it said finale next and I was so disappointed. I would read a thousand volumes

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If I had a strong enough idea, then yes!

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Ugh!!!! Stupid con germs!!! Hope you’re well ASAP!

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Feel better soon, Chip! I need some more comics with the Bat-Family energy from this new issue! Those kiddos never confident if Bruce is koo-koo or not. :)

LAST NEWBURN WAS INSANE!!! So good!

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coo-coo.

Hrm. which one is it?

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cuckoo? yeah, that's it.

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cuck-oo

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My congested honker is blowing sad flu bubbles in sympathy, Chip. Please rest up and get well super soon.

I so enjoyed Avengers Twilight 3 (Eeewww, I loathe James Stark.) This mini is such a good story.

I love those sketches, esp. plump & content Wolverine…kind of like an actual wolverine after it’s eaten an 800 lb (Oops, my metrics are non-existent) Moose.

Sktchd is awesome; but subscribing will have to wait. Happy to read part of that Daredevil article.

And some tribute doodles I hope will make you feel slightly better:

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And I’m very happy with this. Thanks again for running Marco’s King Daredevil concepts Chip.

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Speaking of King DD, not sure why Marvel constantly ignores his costume when talking about DD’s costumes, so I launched #SovereignSunDDay on my IG because, dammit I love King Daredevil, and I will keep spreading that love far and wide. Promise it’s nothing like Covid and nobody will lose their eyes.

Hoping you have an easy restful weekend Chip. Sending healing vibes.

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Ha! Thanks for the healing sketch, Kim!

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Feel better dude and Covid better not fuck up Twilight. Tell me your scripts are in! (God it’s soooo goooood.) And yeah, feel better. 😁

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Scripts have been in for YEARS!

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You keep saying that but that’s so crazy!

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Well, you know why they call them comic cons right? The "con" is short for "contagion zone"

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Also, I don't know if this is intentional, or whose idea it was if it was, but Zur-Failsafe looks a lot like 39/40's Bat-Man, which is interesting as I'd say that's the Batman the most similar to Zur

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Jorge's idea! Super smart

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Dude, no joke, that is one of the coolest things about this whole run! Whenever the Bat-Man look makes a return, I squeak! I believe that it's his best costume - he actually looks like a bat

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totally!

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Aw man. Get well soon!

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Get well, Chip. Sent you a smear of Joker Venom on something as I hear it puts an end to Covid. In the mail, a package, or a page of a comic. I forget which.

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I swear to god it wasn’t me. I stayed home after I popped positive the weekend before ECCC.

Hope you recover quickly.

I’ll see you at RCCC.

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Get well soon, chipster! 🖤

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Ah you're gonna be in Houston! (Assuming you don't hate conventions and cancel after getting sick, which is valid). Will you be there all 3 days and do you have a preferred number of things you'd sign?

Will the Joker backups expand on what Halliday did? I know Joker isn't a trustworthy narrator, but he seems to kill the duplicates created by Halliday in Joker Year One. Was Halliday creating literal Jokers or the other personas that exist in his mind?

As always, love your stuff, thank you for taking the time to read this and hope you feel better soon!

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I'll be there the whole time! No limit to signed things (personalized sigs are free)

I'm leaving a lot open to interpretation by writers who will come after me, but in MY mind, Hallliday accidentally created two more Jokers in #135/900 with his universe hopping. Did Joker succeed in killing them? Maybe! In a lot of ways, the RED MASK stuff was a bit of a RED HERRING (see how smart/dumb I am??) as my focus was actually on Captio helping to create three Joker personalities.

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Well, I won't try to hog the line. I have a lot of your books....

Your interpretation makes sense! I've definitely been back and forth with a friend and people online. Do you always have an answer for the questions stories you write and is it hard to leave those answers vague for your own storytelling?

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nooo, sorry you left Seattle with an unwanted souvenir. I hope it's mild & passes quickly!

it was great chatting & watching you sketch, thanks for the awesome art!

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Nita! My GREATEST SKETCH CUSTOMER! The next time we meet I'm just gonna do free sketches for you!

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☺️ I'll have to come up with some worthy ideas!

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Getting to say hi to you again in Seattle was definitely a highlight of my convention experience! Thanks for being so generous with your time, I had a blast visiting with you at your table and attending your panels! Hope you feel better soon.

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Yeah! Great seeing you again, Finn!

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dear chip,

always love these!

i particularly like this line: "Turns out people like Batman and the Avengers??"

it's true! also, based on his origin, Batman kind of IS an Avenger and it's weird that he's not on the team?!?!

thanks for what you do!

love,

myq

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This new strain sucks AND takes a long time to recover from -- so please take it easy. And, if you're having any post-covid symptoms at c2e2 do not believe the lying liars who say Malort is a covid treatment.

It is not.

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