Matt Fraction's Blog, page 112

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"You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with..."

“You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch.”

- Edgar D. Mitchell, Apollo 14 astronaut. (via wilwheaton)

I have 14 hours to come up with an idea for a 15 minute radio play for my scriptwriting class and I haven't thought of something yet. what should I do? Why am I terrible and forget to do things?

quit dicking around on tumblr! go write!

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let’s see how long Kit can stand being in the office as I take the earbuds out for the second side...

let’s see how long Kit can stand being in the office as I take the earbuds out for the second side of BERLIN

He’s cute. He’s tall. He’s got gorgeous eyes. And a stunning smile. I didn’t say a name, but he popped into your head, didn’t he?

progsuggestion:

Matt, I'm trying to write back in my computer a 50page story I have on a notebook. What should I listen to in order to forget that my eyes are slowly bleeding?

All i’ve been listening to since Christmas is Lou Reed’s BERLIN and MAGIC AND LOSS so i’m probably not the guy to ask.

As an aspiring comic artist, how do I know when I'm good enough to try and break into the industry?

how do you know when it’s time to eat?

Hey Matt, I feel like I'm in A Beautiful Mind. How much organization is too much and how do you convince yourself to just leave it alone and WRITE? I know I'll love it more in the end if I "get it just right", but I'm afraid the pursuit of perfection is sl

And dali said, ‘have no fear of perfection; you will never achieve it.”

In my experience, a delayed game, delayed long enough, and for enough reasons, is indistinguishable to a bunch of people waiting around in a field and sometimes, just sometimes, a rushed game sounds like LEAVE HOME.

What I learned was, the steps are easy: just go. start. stick to it. finish it. and then do better next time. that’s it, that’s all. See, because I also learned that the actual DOING IT is the hard part. Ideas,...

sunsetgun:Out today! The first of my monthly essays for Ed...

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Out today! The first of my monthly essays for Ed Brubaker’s acclaimed “Kill or Be Killed” with artwork by the great Sean Phillips. Read my take on Alan Arkin’s adaptation of Jules Feiffer’s darkly comic “Little Murders” starring Elliott Gould (with a brilliant scene by Donald Sutherland, as well standouts by Vincent Gardenia, Marcia Rodd and a hilariously strange Jon Korkes). Pick it up or order here:https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/kill-or-be-killed-5