The dirty secret of some fiction is that it’s less, well, fictional than we imagine. Behind every soaring flight of fancy, you’ll find grueling research, direct experience, and, sometimes, real human beings who inspired our favorite characters. While discovering that your favorite author isn’t above nicking from real life might be deflating, the tradeoff is realizing some of the most […]
It’s one thing to get book recommendations from your friends. Getting them from people who actually make stories for a living is something else entirely. At this year’s New York Comic-Con, comics creators Kieron Gillen (The Wicked + The Divine), Elsa Charretier (Unstoppable Wasp), and Jeremy Whitley (Princeless) convened the “Get Started Reading Comics” panel […]