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I was wrapping up my stint on 'Daredevil' co-writing with Andy Diggle during the Shadowland story, when Marvel asked if I was interested in doing something else with DD but a bit different. When they explained the purpose of the 'Season One' books, I was intrigued - I'm a big advocate of books for people new to the medium - and said yes.

~Antony Johnston

Topics: Advocate Andy Asked Big Bit Books Daredevil Different Doing Else Explained Interested Intrigued Marvel Medium New People Purpose Said Season Something Something Else Story Up Wrapping Yes

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When someone says 'comic book movies', what they inevitably mean is a summer superhero blockbuster, with heavily-muscled and tightly-gluted men (plus the occasional token woman) in tight-fitting costumes punching the living daylights out of one another for two hours.

~Antony Johnston

Topics: Another Blockbuster Book Comic Comic Book Costumes Hours Inevitably Living Mean Men Movies Occasional Out Plus Punching Says Someone Summer Superhero Token Two Woman

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The general public has been conditioned to think 'comics = superheroes' for as long as caped crusaders have been around - by critics, mass media, and Marvel and DC themselves, who have what you might call a vested interest.

~Antony Johnston

Topics: Around Been Call Comics Conditioned Critics General General Public Interest Long Marvel Mass Mass Media Media Might Public Superheroes Themselves Think Vested Vested Interest Who You Dc

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If you do approach a comics publisher, make sure it's one that publishes the kind of book you want to make. Don't take your literary fiction to Marvel or DC; don't pitch your Spider-Man epic to Image.

~Antony Johnston

Topics: Approach Book Comics Epic Fiction Image Kind Literary Literary Fiction Make Marvel Pitch Publisher Spider-Man Sure Take Want You Your Dc

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Imagine a music business where all the music press talked about, all day long, was cover bands of old rock and pop groups. Beatles cover bands, Rolling Stones cover bands, The Who cover bands, Led Zeppelin cover bands. Cover bands, cover bands, everywhere you go.

~Antony Johnston

Topics: About All Day Bands Beatles Business Cover Day Everywhere Go Groups Imagine Led Led Zeppelin Long Music Music Business Old Pop Press Rock Rolling Rolling Stones Stones Talked The Who Where Who You Zeppelin

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Journalists constantly ask Metallica if the success of their new album means they've had 'the call' to record a Zeppelin cover album yet.

~Antony Johnston

Topics: Album Ask Call Constantly Cover Had Journalists Means Metallica New Record Success Zeppelin

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Every Shania Twain interview ends with someone asking, 'Which Beatles album have you always wanted to cover, given the chance?'

~Antony Johnston

Topics: Album Always Asking Beatles Chance Cover Ends Every Given Interview Someone Twain Wanted Which You

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I love Scrivener. I've been using it since early 2007, and now I can't imagine working in anything else.

~Antony Johnston

Topics: Anything Anything Else Been Early Else Imagine Love Now Since Using Working I Love

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I enthuse about Scrivener to all of my friends. Some of them even listen to me and download it. This is often swiftly followed by an email complaining that it's all very confusing, and they'll stick to Microsoft Word, thanks.

~Antony Johnston

Topics: About Complaining Confusing Download Email Even Followed Friends Listen Me Microsoft Often Some Stick Swiftly Thanks Them Very Word

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Writers are a superstitious cowardly lot, and we loathe learning new computer applications to do something that, let's be honest, we could accomplish equally well with pen and paper - especially when that application is as unconventional as Scrivener.

~Antony Johnston

Topics: Accomplish Application Applications Computer Could Cowardly Equally Honest Learning Loathe Lot New Paper Pen Something Superstitious Unconventional Well Writers

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Writer

Born: August 25th, 1972

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