Hey guys,

It is Friday, November 7th, and before we get started, just quick bits of housekeeping. This coming Monday is the very last day to order Absolute Batman #15. It’s our big Joker issue with Alfred going into what the Joker of the Absolute Universe is all about. Really scary stuff, I’m really excited for you guys to see it. Jock just knocked it out of the park, and Frank’s colors are unbelievable. Clayton’s letters are great, so I hope you’ll check it out. We’re really, really excited.

I am so sorry that I’ve been out of touch. The holiday schedule in comics is crazy. What it is is to get everything in for January, the printer closes early before Christmas. And so everything that’s usually due later in the month is due very quickly. And so between family trip to Florida, and then I took a weekend up in Buffalo to visit my sister and her husband to go see a Buffalo Bills game with our two older boys. And a small health scare I had, full disclosure, because everyone should always get checked out for this stuff. I had some chest pains and that triggered going to the hospital and getting a whole barrage of tests over the course of a week and a half. But it turns out it was just muscular. It was just like a pulled muscle in my chest. So all clear, you guys are stuck with me for longer but between all of that I just haven’t had two seconds to do a post or do a class and I’ve really been intending to.

So we’re going to do a class next week on Wednesday. I’m planning on doing it about momentism. Momentism is making sure that your comic has a really big moment in it that people are going to go talk about for the month that they have to wait for the next issue. It’s different than a cliffhanger, and I’ll explain why in class, but there are different kinds of moments also that you can create. Some are character driven and emotional. Some are sensational and shocking. Some are quiet. Some are inversions. So we’ll talk about different techniques you can use. And I’ll remind you as to why I think this is so important as one of the kind of five things to keep in mind when you’re doing comics these days so that you can kind of meet the market where it is. So the five fundamental things to keep in mind when you’re doing monthly comics. But it should be a lot of fun. So we’ll try and do it our normal time. Wednesday night, 9:30pm EST. I’ll see if I can get a special guest. I’m not sure yet. I’ll look at some comics historically and the last couple of weeks that have come out that show great examples, I think, of creating a moment that’s going to send you to go want to talk to your friends all month about this crazy comic you just read.

All right, guys. So Wednesday night. Thank you so much. Really hope you have a great weekend. Hope you had a great Halloween. And thank you. I can’t get over how much support you guys are showing for all the stuff we’re doing. And really, it makes us so grateful. I know I always say it, but it’s the truth. Best fans in the world. So all right. Next week, Monday, order Absolute Batman #14. Wednesday, come to class!

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