Not answering my phone today. Doing my best to avoid people in town for the con.
Did YOUR bed have Agents of Atlas/X-Men First Class/Exiles writer Jeff Parker in it last night?
Didn’t think so. Nothing tawdry happened, he stayed at my place and I bunked at my girlfriends’. He thought he was gonna be staying at Fred Van Lente’s pad, then he thought he was staying with Mark Paniccia, so once again, even though I don’t work on the books anymore, I had to make the biggest sacrifice in order for Parker to have a place to write Atlas, Van Lente to not be distracted so he can write Hercules, and Panic to focus on not receiving script on-time for Hulk.
Best moment of the night: Checking email, saw that Parker responded to Roger Cruz’s inks on X-Men First Class Finals 3, so I wrote him, “Don’t wet my bed,” then he wrote, “When does your roommate sleep? The TV is blaring.” Running a hotel for comic writers would be much more fun than having to work on comics.
Got up this morning, somebody sends me a link to the review for Agents of Atlas #1 on Comic Book Resources. The reviewer said the recap I wrote is the greatest recap since recaps were created. But the reviewer said Jeff Parker wrote it. All this, PLUS Parker spilt beer ALL OVER ME at the bar last night, and his only offer to make up for it was to offer the "spare pants" he had in his travel bag.
I’ve got half a mind to not let him stay at my place tonight.
Moving on...
Jim Nausedas, Marvel's Sales Manager, usually wears short-sleeve, button-up collared shirts. This makes him look like Sipowicz from NYPD Blue. But a few weeks ago, he wore a hoody for the first time, and got a few compliments. Now he's wearing hoodies every three days. The latest one looks like he sewed it together from his mom's drapes.
Also...
Been working on Pride & Prejudice covers, and we’re going for a magazine kinda feel, with little blurbs on the sides (THE LATEST VICTORIAN FASHIONS! HOW TO LOOK YOUR BEST WHEN THE REGIMENT ROLLS IN! WHAT IS UP WITH DARCY? Etc). So I’ve been looking at a bunch of fashion magazines, and I’m just noticing…why’s everyone holding their waists? It’s on EVERY cover. From what I can figure, you’ve got:
-The weird-looking blonde from Gossip Girl on Vogue
-Kate Winslet on InStyle
-What’s-her-name from Varsity Blues on Cosmo
-The weird-looking brunette from Gossip Girl on Seventeen
-Jenniffer Connolly on Glamour
-Scarlet Johansen on Bazaar
…and that’s not all of them. They’ve all just got their bodies, I know, there’s only so many poses y’can do. But can’t the magazine people get some insider info on the other books coming out that month and tell the editor, “Y’know what? What if we have someone with their arm DOWN this issue? That'd be different!” He’d be laughed out of the room.
Got Jeff Suter to take a few shots of people doing the magazine pose in the office…see below...
That’s about it. We did a JORDAN EXPLAINS for Jordan’s blog. Hopefully he'll have time to do the second part of it for my blog today, assuming he's not busy with moustache-grooming.
About this blog: By day, he’s a mild-mannered comic book editor! By night, he’s an obsessive sports fan!
By early morning, he drinks coffee and then runs! He’s Nathan Cosby, and he has thoughts about things.
This is them.
About the author: When Associate Editor Nathan Cosby is not thinking about football, he edits Marvel’s All-Ages books, including the Marvel Adventures line (Spidey, FF, Avengers, Super Heroes), X-Men and Wolverine First Class, Franklin Richards, Mini Marvels, and Power Pack, works on the Marvel Illustrated and Stephen King books, does the Custom Comics, and runs Super Hero Squad. There’s like 20 other things he does, but he’s bored with typing this.
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