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Oct 3, 2022Liked by Brian K. Vaughan

Which character death that you've written was the hardest for you to write?

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Oct 3, 2022Liked by Brian K. Vaughan

Hamburger has the right idea. I need a nap, got stranded in San Francisco when the Tampa airport shutdown last week keeping me from getting back home so I rented a car and drove to SoCal to see friends.

They convinced me to join them on a camping trip to Utah for the weekend which was an exhaustingly good time.

Now headed back to SoCal through Vegas, fun times.

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Oct 3, 2022Liked by Brian K. Vaughan

Out of everything you've written, what is one "cut scene" that you'd give anything to go back and write in?

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Oct 3, 2022Liked by Brian K. Vaughan

What’s your favorite thing you’ve “hidden” in a book that you think most people won’t get/recognize? Like an obscure reference or a detail in the background that could be easily overlooked.

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Oct 3, 2022·edited Oct 3, 2022Liked by Brian K. Vaughan

I guess I just ask they question on everyone's mind. Would you rather fight 100 duck sized giraffe or 1 giraffe sized duck?

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Oct 3, 2022Liked by Brian K. Vaughan

Wondering if you will ever return to the world of ‘United We Stand’, either as a continuation, or an in-depth prequel about the events leading up to it, perhaps? (Can you tell I’m Canadian? 😁👍🏻)

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Oct 3, 2022Liked by Brian K. Vaughan

Is there a project that you wish you could tweak or re-do in some way—George Lucas style, maybe—since coming into your own as a writer?

(Don't say the Stanhattan-era stuff or your earliest DC work. I mean in the last 20 years.)

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Oct 3, 2022Liked by Brian K. Vaughan

What book that you’ve finished (world or characters) would you most like to return to? Ex Machina, Y the last man, Paper girls etc?

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Which character have you written that most closely resembles yourself, mentally and emotionally speaking? And did you realize it at the time, or only in retrospect?

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Oct 3, 2022Liked by Brian K. Vaughan

I have always wondered what things are like behind the scenes at Panel Syndicate. Do you invite the other creators in, or do they reach out to you guys to ask if their comic can be featured there? Do you argue with the other creators over deadlines and such sometimes? Does „pay what you want“ still work out, now that you have been doing this for a long time? Is there anyone you would love to have at Panel Syndicate but would never ask directly (who knows, maybe Alan Moore is secretly right here, you never know ...)

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Oct 3, 2022Liked by Brian K. Vaughan

+SPOILER+

Does Hamburger know you killed a dog in Saga and can you now tell that he secretly distrusts you for it?

I'll take my answer off the air.

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Oct 3, 2022Liked by Brian K. Vaughan

Hi Brian, first and foremost thank you for all the hard work, it has both inspired and entertained in all the best ways. The book that hits me hardest and that I regularly revisit is Ex Machina, if you visited my CAF you would see a plethora of commissions by some very exciting artists and other original pages by Tony and Chris.

If you don't mind I would love to take a second to ask the questions that linger still in my brain about a comic I consider a masterpiece. Pardon me while I take a moment to ask the questions that stick in my mind like a piece of inter-dimensional shrapnel. (That doesn't let me speak with machines)

What would Ex Machina be like if it were published today in a post Trump presidency? Could it even be published today?

At his most idealistic Mitchell was bipartisan, where would he still be in our hyper partisan world, would he have succumbed to the political fever or would he have further embraced his “political realist.”

Since you indicated that a sequel follow up is very u likely, What do you think happens to him after he served in the McCain Administration?

Last but not least do you know if the current adaptation, The Great Machine, with Oscar Isaac might still happen?

Thank you , Tony, Tom, Jim, John Paul, Chris, and JD for letting me nerd out with this message.

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Oct 3, 2022Liked by Brian K. Vaughan

Unrelated to the post but should Founders have all received an email last week? I’m just asking because I didn’t get one and wanted to make sure I didn’t miss it.

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Oct 3, 2022Liked by Brian K. Vaughan

What process do you have to find Hazel’s voice? As a middle-aged man, you’re obviously very different from her. I get that writing involves writing the voices of a lot of characters who are different from the author, but her voice feels so authentic and raw to me that it makes me what you do to find her voice specifically. Thanks!

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Do you think you'll be upset with your future self for not coming up with an idea sooner (or before someone else does)? I don't know if what I said makes sense but it sounded right in my head as I was writing it 🥴

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Oct 3, 2022Liked by Brian K. Vaughan

A few questions really, both surrounding endings. Something I’m massively interested in as it’s strangely a rarity in comics due to their ongoing nature of the big 2.

1.) Out of all your projects you’ve done, which ending are you most proud of - or think you hit the right beats on?

2.) Once getting to that ending - is there ever a part of you that wishes you could carry on?

3.) Getting to endings are hard, and I assume you know where you’re going from the beginning. Do you ever try to avert the inevitable end after getting to know the characters more?

4.) What are some of your favourite endings in all of comics not written by yourself?

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