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I Didn't Deserve To Be Editor-in-Chief Twelve Lessons to Earn Trust. One tThe unease po Break It

I didn't deserve to be Marvel's Editor-in-Chief.
Plus: Part 13 of The Invisible Language of Visual Storytelling.
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The Greatest Marvel Story Never Told What Shifted?

What’s the greatest Marvel story never told?
 
Plus, The Invisible Art of Visual Storytelling Part 12.
 
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The Cruelest Thing I Ever Did To A Marvel Character Why the Reveal Matters More Than the Moment

The big reveal you’ve been waiting for.

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Shhhhh The Moment Speaks For Itself

Shhhhh...

Let the moment speak for itself

New Newsletter just dropped.

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Hope to see you at Megacon!

Size Matters A Hard Lesson I Learned After Three Decades in the Comic Book Industry

A Hard Lesson I Learned After Three Decades in the Comic Book Industry.

New newsletter just dropped.
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I'm A Control Freak And that's a problem.

In this week's Substack newsletter, I discuss one of the biggest misconceptions about comics.

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#ComicStorytelling #VisualStorytelling #ComicsCraft #ComicCreation #StorytellingTips

How To Own Any Room If you control the space, you control the scene.

Staging isn’t decoration.

It’s argument.
It’s hierarchy.
It’s power.

If you control the space, you control the scene.

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You’re Losing Your Reader (And You Don’t Even Know It) Have You Crossed The Line?

You’re losing your reader.

And you probably don’t know it.

Have you crossed the line?

New lesson in The Invisible Language of Visual Storytelling is up.
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#Storytelling #Comics #Filmmaking #NarrativeDesign #CreativeProcess

Your Reader Is Lazy (And That’s the Best News You’ll Hear All Week) Plus: The Most Brutally Honest Editor You’ll Ever Have

Your reader’s brain is designed to conserve energy.

If your panel guides the eye, they glide.
If it doesn’t, it feels like work.

Part Four of The Invisible Language of Visual Storytelling is live.

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I Just Found Someone Living in My Garage Stick With Me. This Turns Into a Story About Control.

I just found someone living in my garage.

It turned into a story about control, perception, and how the eye is guided before the brain ever catches up.

Part Three of The Invisible Language of Visual Storytelling is live.

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I failed two comic storytelling classes in college.

Years later, I finally understood why that mattered.

Part Two of The Invisible Language of Visual Storytelling is live.

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Super Secret Tricks of the Trade Shhh… Let’s Keep This Between Ourselves

Twitter

You can break any rule you want.
You just have to earn it.

Chapter One of The Invisible Language of Visual Storytelling is live

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Great Art Is Killing Storytelling When Fireworks Replaced Campfire Stories

Fireworks are loud.
Campfire stories linger.

I wrote about the difference and why it still matters for comics, film, and visual storytelling.

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Yes, Brianna, There Is a Santa Claus How a 13-Year-Old Girl Changed Marvel Publishing

On Christmas Day, I’m sharing the true story of how one book refused to die, and what it taught me about fandom, publishing, and belief.

New newsletter is live.

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🚨 New newsletter’s live! 🚨

Behind-the-scenes secrets from The World To Come #2. Easter Eggs, first appearances, and a cat who gives zero f@#ks.

Plus: Kicking off a wicked pissa weekend in Bahston.

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I'm Writing This Newsletter High As F@#k! Plus: And I'm selling. Who Wants Some?

I’m writing this newsletter high as f@#k and you’re gonna want a hit of it too.

Behind-the-scenes secrets. Taylor Swift shade. Exclusive covers with hidden first appearances.

And yeah — I’m selling. Who wants some?

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Birth Of An Unseen World — Part 2 Plus: Secrets of The World To Come Issue #1

Part 2 of Birth of an Unseen World is up and live.

In this chapter, I share the moment I scrapped everything to build something bigger.

Plus Secrets from The World To Come #1

Hit the link, it’s FREE to subscribe. You don’t want to miss this one.

Birth Of An Unseen World — Part 1 Plus: The Quickest Way To Reach Nirvana

In today’s newsletter.

Part one of how a conversation in Idaho rewired everything I thought I was building.

And yeah… I found Nirvana.

I’ll be there on June 7.

All in my new Substack newsletter. It's FREE!

The World To Come. This Ain't No Eulogy! It's About What Comes Next, Not What Came Before

I never planned to return to Marvel Knights…

This ain’t a sequel, tribute, or greatest hits tour.

The World To Come is about legacy, life, and what’s waiting on the other side.

Issue #1? Final order cut-off is TODAY.

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Whatever Happened To The Crimson Justice

Cover by me and Richard Isanove.

Written by the cuddly Frank Tieri
Drawn by Inaki Miranda
Colored by Eve De La Cruz
Lettered by Dave Sharp.

In stores May 21st.

Warning: May trigger Frankaholism.

Joe Quesada and Christopher Priest Introduce the Future King of Wakanda in 'Marvel Knights: The World to Come' #2 Check out the cover for the second issue of 'Marvel Knights: The World to Come,' the new series from visionary creators Joe Quesada and Christopher Priest launching this June.

The cover for Marvel Knights: The World To Come issue 2 just dropped.

I guess you can say I've been a bit busy.

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Marvel Legend Joe Quesada Launches New Shakespeare Imprint With Hamlet Prequel DISCIPLE (Exclusive) Nothing rotten here

O brave new world that has such people in’t!”

OH YEAH, this is happening!!!

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Marvel vs. Amazing Comics: The Battle Of The Century! It's Goin' Down At Planet Comicon!

It started with a text from C.B. Cebulski; it got heated really quickly.

It's goin' down at Planet Comiccon!

Read about the fireworks and how it all got started in today’s newsletter. It’s FREE!⬇️

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The World To Come I'm Back In The Saddle, And If You're In The Mood To Take A Wild Trip, I'm Taking You With Me!

🚨 I’M BAAAACK! 🚨

MARVEL KNIGHTS: THE WORLD TO COME—my first full series since Daredevil: Father—drops June 2025.

Superheroes, globe-spanning action… and a screaming meerkat?! 👀

All of this and more are on my latest Substack. It's FREE to subscribe.

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Random Acts of Kindness Make Me Hulk Out! Plus: Those BBQ Ribs Better Be As Good As Ben Defeo Claims they Are

🚨 STOLEN ART RECOVERED! 🚨
In 2017, I had hundreds of pieces of art stolen. I thought I'd never see one piece in particular again… until a random act of kindness brought it home.

A story of heartbreak, a detective-turned-chief, & a hero named Dan.👇
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It's Sunday, and somehow, I'm still standing. Last dance, last chance, Orlando!

It's the busiest day of the show today.

LET’S GO!

Yesterday’s signing ran an hour and a half over, but it was a blast. Today’s schedule is much tighter, so I suggest getting on line early. Also, make sure to hit my panel at 2:30. I’ll be showing off some behind-the-scenes Disciple art, and the Q&A is always lively.