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Forest Time

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.
DC and Marvel?? In THIS economy??

1 month 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”).
Vote 4 Chip

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.
A Confusing Pleasure Being Nominated

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??
Butch

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.
Stillwater In Motion

2 months ago | zdarsky.substack.com | Chip Zdarsky

Welcome to a Very Special Monday version of ye olde newsletter! Why is it special? Why is it on Monday? Well, because of this:Yeah, pretty wild. STILLWATER is going to be a show. Berlanti Productions and WB Television have been working on the pitch for a while now and the winning bid for the project was from Amazon, with two pretty amazing writers, Greg Berlanti and Carly Wray, working on it. Greg is responsible for big ol’ successes like YOU, FLASH, SUPERMAN & LOIS, RIVERDALE and so much more.
Go North

2 months ago | zdarsky.substack.com | Chip Zdarsky

Ahhh, Thursday morning. It’s been a crazy work week so I still need to catch up on DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN and its big finale! Better get to it now so I don’t get spoiled! Want to see how my beautiful son Cole North is doing!(one hour later)wtfSPOILERS BELOWcole got blown upA lot of people have been asking me how I feel about the fact that Cole was a bad guy murder man in this season when in the comics we made him a good guy struggling with his feelings about the law.
SPIDEY-SENSE TINGLING POORLY

2 months ago | zdarsky.substack.com | Chip Zdarsky

When you’re a comic book creator you rely on rumors and whispers when it comes to adaptations of your work. Clandestine set photos, PAs who are trying to sleep with you, Kevin Feige after one and a half beers, these are the ways you can find out if your work is going to be on the big/small/tiny screen before the general public (ugh).
I WON'T CHANGE I SWEAR

Mar 28, 2025 | zdarsky.substack.com | Chip Zdarsky

Late newsletter this week because life is relentless!! Renovations in the house, which means my beloved (Canadian) bride and cat (Mr. Sweetpea) are holed up in my one-room studio (no washroom) with our foster cat (Junebug). It’s super fun waking up and stepping one foot over to my desk while two cats shit three feet away from me!Yes that’s a Tim Hortons cup because I’m CANADIAN, okay??
Lovers In A Dangerous Time

Mar 19, 2025 | zdarsky.substack.com | Chip Zdarsky

Look, I swear I didn’t plan it this way, but, yes, my new DSTLRY series takes place in a WILD FUTURE where Canada and America are about to go to war. After having a CAPITOL STORMING in AVENGERS: TWILIGHT (complete with an Elon-style character in the White House) I’m starting to feel like a shitty Comics Nostradamus.