Chip Zdarsky

1 week ago | zdarsky.substack.com | Chip Zdarsky

Once again, I have retreated to the woods for the summer. Naked frolicking among the deer and ticks, thinking about Captain America and how much he would hate me and my lifestyle choices. Speaking of CAPTAIN AMERICA, my man on the inside at Marvel sent me a pic of the proofs for issue one and holy shit it’s actually real!!!Out in two weeks! I hope people like it, but if they don’t then they’re stupid and I hate them.

4 weeks ago | zdarsky.substack.com | Chip Zdarsky

Okay, apparently there’s this above image going around that would indicate that I have something to do with the upcoming Marvel/DC crossover. Now, obviously I can neither confirm nor deny, but … maybe I just accidentally leave this here… Stay tuned!!!I truly love clickbait headlines. Somehow the funniest part of this is that I didn’t even bother to make the joke about me WINNING an Emmy (for my portrayal of the sensitive yet devious and disheveled Canadian comic book writer Zack “Darsky”).

1 month ago | zdarsky.substack.com | Chip Zdarsky

Okay, right off the top:That is, only if you’re a comics creator, publisher, comics retailer, librarian, or educator. The rest of you just have to pray for me. More CAPTAIN AMERICA bits are coming out! Look at this beautiful page from Valerio and Frank!I gave an interview over at NEWSARAMA about the series. Mild spoilers, I guess? I also did a cover for issue TWO! Happy to say that I’m doing variants all through issue five!I gotta say, this has been a really fun and intense gig.

1 month ago | zdarsky.substack.com | Chip Zdarsky

Well that’s a fun bit of news that I was not expecting: ZDARSKY COMIC NEWS has been nominated for an Eisner Award in the category Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism (ha ha “journalism”)! I did not submit it for judging so someone at the Eisners had to go “this needs to be in here” and managed to shoehorn it into the category, which is wild to me. My fellow comic industry professionals can vote for me (or against me) here. Overriding my confusion is a feeling of … happiness??

1 month ago | zdarsky.substack.com | Chip Zdarsky

Jackson “Butch” Guice has passed away. Like everyone, I was a huge fan of his work. His relaunch of THE FLASH back in ‘87 is seared into my brain, filled with the kind of energy and power you can only find in comics while still feeling so incredibly real.