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As some of you might recall, Atomic Robo‘s editor/sounding board/Fifth Beatle Lee Black and I wrote some comic books for Marvel what was called The Avengers and the Infinity Gauntlet.

My thinking at the time was thus.

1. It was very unlikely we would ever work for Marvel Comics in the first place.
2. It was much more unlikely we would get to work for Marvel Comics again.
3. Therefore, we may as well write something to justify that.

So, The Avengers and the Infinity Gauntlet.

My strategy was nothing short of brute forcing as much weird stuff as we could through the script. Y’know, just shotgunning so many lines and visuals that ought to get toned down or removed that the only way for the editor to deal with them in light of his ten thousand other responsibilities would be to give the vast majority of them a free pass.

We didn’t do this purely for subversion. Though I’d be lying if I said that wasn’t a part of it. But principally Lee and I are strong believers in the idea that All Ages Comics are not For Big Dumb Babies Comics. And this was our chance to, well, paraphrasing Barney from The Simpsons, “take All Ages Comics to strange new places.”

Of course, it helped that our editor was something of a loose cannon. I suspect Nate noticed everything we tried to slip under the radar. Probably saw it from a mile out. But it tweaked his own subversive tendencies and he let us get away with it under a thin cover of plausible deniability.

Or he was trying to get himself fired.

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Have you ever experienced something that triggered a forgotten memory? One that was so fundamental to who you are as a person that it was mind boggling that you’d forgotten it in the first place?

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I am losing my cookies because it’s been what I like to think of as a Life Week. Meaning a whole bunch of stupid life stuff comes up all at once and destroys my productivity. Individually, each of these events would have a negligible impact on my work. Some visits with friends, some bike rides, a doctors appointment, some family activities.

I wasn’t paying attention really. Just trucking along, having a good time. And then I realized that an entire week had passed and I’d gotten less than half a week’s worth of work done! Gah!

We’ve got (more) out of town friends visiting in a few days and a “date night” with yet more friends coming up. I’m excited for both, but now I’m also starting to panic a little. I’m really enjoying the massive lead on Robo work that I’ve got right now. I don’t want to lose it.

But I will. I always do.

It’s too bad I’m so rushed right now. I’d love to tell you guys all about the book release party for Astronaut Academy, the Shadowy Cabal for World Domination meeting, about how awesome the Stein of Science is and how I need to figure out a way to justify buying one, and how much I like my new art group.

But I’m just too busy. ;P