Posted by Barry Lyga | Jun 25, 2012 | Geeking Out, Memory Monday
Believe it or not, this panel was enormously controversial when it first hit back in the halcyon days of my youth. Why? Two unmarried super-heroes — ostensibly teenagers — sleeping together. Hoo-boy! The funny thing...
Read MorePosted by Barry Lyga | Jun 23, 2012
Hello, BLog readers and site-visitors! Welcome to the new BarryLyga.com! You know, I thought I was going to have a lot to say in this BLog post, but…I don’t! I think the new site pretty much speaks for itself. I...
Read MorePosted by Barry Lyga | Jun 22, 2012 | The Publishing Biz, This Week in Rejection!
I’ve been shot down by Iconoclast before. Here’s another one: “Good job. A little long. Comes close.” I should have been pretty happy with that. But I bet I wasn’t. 😉...
Read MorePosted by Barry Lyga | Jun 18, 2012 | Geeking Out, Memory Monday
Despite its somewhat unsavory reputation, the comic book industry has actually historically been staffed by fairly liberal and progressive types. Which is why I am not surprised by the sentiment of the following splash panel...
Read MorePosted by Barry Lyga | Jun 15, 2012 | The Publishing Biz, This Week in Rejection!
There’s so much to admire about this rejection letter from Indigenous Fiction, circa 2001. Take a gander: For one thing, the rejection itself (paragraph 1) is polite and doesn’t condescend. Then, in paragraph 2, we...
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