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The Pitt.
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In today's Writers Panel, @owendennis.com returns to talk about AMONG US, conveying tone, discovering theme, deconstructing tropes, dueling arcs, the line from Star Wars that unlocked everything + more.
Listen: benblacker.substack.com/p/owen-denni...
Comics fans. Boys fans. I have listed THE BOYS #1-10 all CGC graded over on electronic-bay: www.ebay.com/itm/32716949...
Own ten pieces of comics history (including one variant cover!).
Sun July 19 is NO NOTES in which great pilots FOR SALE by pro writers are rewritten for the stage, we add some production value + cast brilliant actors you love. Scripts by @kashana.blacksky.app and @edeneats.bsky.social + @daleyhaggar.bsky.social.
Tix: calendar.dynastytypewriter.com/shows/no-not...
And some live shows!
Sun July 12: DEAD PILOTS SOCIETY w scripts by @crapaport.bsky.social + @michaelcolton.bsky.social + @johnaboud.com. Starring @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social @richsommer.bsky.social @alex-moffat.bsky.social @jadomian.bsky.social +more!
Tix: www.elysiantheater.com/shows/deadpi...
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Today is the birthday of the great Len Wein. Here's an excerpt from a tribute to Len I wrote a decade or so back. We miss you, Len.
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Go for it. I don't even care any more.
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*Amazing* time attending…
🕸️SPECTACULAR🕸️
…the @benblacker.bsky.social @bnacker.bsky.social #LizHara series pilot going BTS on the failed Spider-Man musical, reimagined for the stage (perfect) at #DynastyTypewriter!
FOMO? They captured the livestream mojo to see here:
www.dynasty.tv/products/spe...
The Boys #1-10 CGC graded! The Boys #1 - 9.6. The Boys #2 - 9.8. The Boys #3 - 9.8. The Boys #4 - 9.8. The Boys #5 - 9.6.
TWIVEMIND: Looking for examples of a VERY SPECIFIC THING, which is supernatural/genre shows whose pilots DO NOT have anything supernatural happening in the first ten or fifteen minutes. Like, the protag might see something that strikes them as odd but overall the world still seems normal to start.