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Chip,

If you could smooch one Marvel hero and one Marvel villain, who would it be?

For me it's gotta be Slapstick and Sugar Man - they seem like good smoochers!

Love,

Joe

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i'd smooch doc ock and aunt may and see where the night took us

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You say you don’t like clickbait, but I’m certain you know exactly which Sex and the City character you are!

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SAMANTHA!!!!!

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Checcetto beards vs. Hawthorne mustaches ... go! (The next feature on CBR: "Zdarsky Says Gunn's Beard Sucks, Evans' Stache Reigns Supreme")

I still think the Hand should've all had mustaches. Everyone would've been like, "why is Elektra stabbing Jim Gordon??"

True story: My wife drove me from the hospital (nothing too serious) to the comics store Wednesday. Reading DD and Batman while still loopy from the anesthesia was (wait for it) truly a gas.

Have a great weekend.

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oh man! I've often said everyone should read my work while under anesthesia!

though others have said that reading my work IS like having anesthesia...

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I did think it weird when the anesthesiologist asked my to list my favorite Robins instead of counting back from 10. "Dick, Damian, ZZZZZzzdarsky...."

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Breaking News!

Zdarsky: "James Gunn is my Daddy and I Love My Daddy! Especially When He is Serving DC Batman! Bang!"

This week's comics were great! Continuously surprising and very chunky stories!

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CLASSIC CHIP CHUNKY!!!!

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dear chip,

thank you for all this CHIPbait.

batman IS cool.

love,

myq

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Fucking clickbait!

But I totally agree! Sometimes I watch a movie and go out and buy comics to read more back story (or the REAL story). But other times I don’t.

Definitely sometimes could maybe impact comic sales. 👍

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oh definitely!

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You STOLE the first comment on exploding Giraffe from me a few weeks ago and I’ll NEVER FORGIVE YOU “chip zdarsky” if that is your real name... even if I loved your runs on HTD, Daredevil, Sex Criminals, Batman so far, and I think Kaptara is giving Saga a run for its money. I just subscribed to tell you I hate you dad!!!!!!

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I just want to make it clear that was a (painfully unfunny) joke you’re honest to god a literary hero of mine and if I knew you’d respond I wouldn’t have acted like such a troll lol

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Ha! I knew it was a joke! What, you think I’m not smart enough to recognize a joke???

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I just thinking you being a citizen of the internet and the steward of beloved IP you’ve had to have had some super bizarre fan interactions and I thought maybe I should clarify 😂

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Thank you Chip for the ongoing Daredevil teases. Typically beautiful, hawt & hairy panel by Marco.

With the next DD issue 7 weeks away :( !!!, I hope you will continue to tease us with new DD art every so often. (Pretty please and thank you.)

Is Matt more fun to write in the Red Fist Saga than in To Heaven Through Hell & The Devil’s Reign?

I hope you are feeling better post Covid and that Public Domain, Batman, & DD are all selling very well.

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The WHOLE story is called "To Heaven Through Hell"! And I think it gets harder to write Matt the deeper into the story I go? Like, it's tricky to give the character a monologue of evolution without a final form.

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Ah, thank you for this Chip. :) I love the “To Heaven Through Hell” title for the whole story.

Whole lotta hell going on (Personal Hell, now Mythic Hell, and Who the Hell knows?!?)

Matt Murdock: the eternal mess & work-in-process.

Looking forward to what’s next.

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❤️

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Big Matt Berry shouting "FAAATHERRR" in IT Crowd vibes for that MOTHERRRR! panel. And I loved that interview, how open and honest you were about the industry. Refreshing, and surprisingly serious!

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I can be serious!!!

And yes! That scene is the exact reference I sent Kagan!

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Yes, yes you can! And I appreciate that you definitely didn't fluff around with calling out the clickbait trends and the roadblocks to industry reform.

(And hahah yes, perfect!!! Kagan NAILED it. Is there anything he can't do??)

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Chip I have a real question this time! Since you're a bigshot Batman writer now, what are your favorite Batman stories/runs, or some that influenced yours. Any Batman hot takes or stories you think are underrated/overrated?

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DAMNIT I FUCKING HATE CLICKBAIT!!! That’s why when it comes to news about DC I choose to wait to hear confirmation from JG above any supposed scooper!

Also great Batman issue this week Chip! Curious as to what inspired you for ur back up stories? The last one with Zur Enn Arrh I understand, but why dedicate an entire back up story about Toyman? A Superman baddie. No less.

I can only assume it plays into the greater story going on here so that’s why he’s here in this run. Though I wonder if that means he’s unusable for Josh and PKJ’s Superman and Action Comics.

Also yes, the art for Daredevil in this and the last run have been incredible! And this tease has me beyond excited for next issue! I really hope that this marriage between Matt and Elektra stays around long after ur tenure on the character ends. It’s the sorta idea concept like the Kingpin as mayor that can have so much come out of it depending on who writes next.

Speaking of next things, and this is rumor rumor rumor level I’m told, but some report that Spider-Man’s current runs numbers haven’t been as good as they usually are, and maybe looking to change out creatives. IF that were a true statement, and IF you were offered it, would taking on the main Spider-Man title be something you’d be interested in?

U did a great story with Spiders shadow, and I’d honestly very much like to see what you’d do for webs after everything you have done with horn head!

Once again, great week, can’t wait for more!

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Ha! First off, it's not a TOYMAN story, it's a Tim Drake story where he's searching for Batman, and also the origin of the gun used on Batman!

As for ASM, I would not believe those kinds of rumours, because they're almost always started by people who WANT them to be true. I love what Zeb's been doing!

I never say never because things change, but right now, at this point in my life, I would not write ASM. For a lot of reasons, but honestly writing Batman is a full time job. On top of my full-time job of drawing Public Domain. On top of my third full-time job of writing Newburn, Kaptara, Daredevil and Allnighter.

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Well yes, ahem, pardon me for messing up that. That’d being said, using toyman in this robin back up story is an interesting choice. But granted that Jon Kent is co-starring, I can see now how he manages to fit into this much easier. Somehow I forgot Jon was in here (adhd at work again).

I tend to agree (though I confess not everything he’s doing is doing it for me) I do tend to think rumors like that are, as u said, made by people who want them to be true. I just figured that would have been an easier way to slide in the question I had about u maybe writing for amazing Spider-Man.

I can imagine how daunting a task writing for Batman can be chief. Compound that with everything else ur doing, I can see where you are coming from. I suppose a title like Spider-Man would take up a lot more of one’s attention when working on it. Hell, Zeb had to take off for a few issues to get ready for his next arc in his run so I can understand the pressure that would bring with it. Still, it’d be fun to read maybe one day. Maybe grab your DD team and work that same magic with Peter and co one day. Never know what the future holds.

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I think Marco would actually murder me if I wrote ASM without him on art!

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If he didn’t, I WOULD! You guys are like the dynamic duo! You just work so well. Like peanut butter and jelly, or chocolate and peanut butter. You’d have to bring him with you on ASM just on principle!

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he's a massive Spidey fan! It's why I keep putting him in the book!

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It all makes sense now! I always wondered why Spidey managed to find his way into your DD run since u started on it. Now it all makes sense. It’s a shame that he can’t join DD’s Fist during this story, for obvious reasons. Marco might actually draw him more often than Matt or Elektra.

By the by, tell Marco for me his Hand Punisher is INCREDIBLE! Was the dragon urs or his idea?

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