#rachel ayers you are now my enemy.

[wizardysseus]

reactor mag dot com heroically doing its duty to remind us that beauty and the beast is a "weird" and "messed up" story, if you think about it (don't you know that fathers willingly trading their daughters to beasts is, like... bad parenting?? and i mean helloooo ever heard of stockholm syndrome??) even though no one asked.

2011 ass article

[greenmachinecomix]

Where do I even begin? I’m three things right now. I’m happy, thankful, and humbled. Happy because of the two pieces of large hard work is compacted into my hand on glossy paper. My Plot Twist editing team raised the bar without my consent and worked towards a vision of improving our production value from last year. While my heart and true baby of Plot Twist Publishing is Impressions, I handed over the reigns of leadership to two new Editor in Chiefs, Greg Boucher and Coy Munson. Two colleagues that are content focused because they are writers. So many comics are beautifully drawn but lack depth. So we let writers take the lead, which sometimes can drive cartoonists batty. But miraculously, the artists evolved and were challenged. Each kicking ass in the book with unique and fun styles. Next, I am thankful to the following people:

My staff is versatile and took roles they normally don’t, so we could give others in the community a feeling of having an accomplished piece of published work.

Walid Atshe, Cillian Cubstead, Mark Otto, and James Stone have dedicated late nights and hungry Monday board meetings to bring this baby to the finish line. I love you all very much.

To the community, local and global that contributed to the making of this book with your ideas and your designs:

Sonny Chargualaf from Guam David Parker Gabbie Hirsch Pierce Elliott Jeremiah Andrade Kiki'ssh Vincent Pizarro Han Stover Paul Pearson Scotty DeGraff Gary O'Donnell Melina Chavarria Rachel D'Onofrio Shane Walley Donovan Petersen Patrick Halm Gina Parham Alex Schwafel Josh Cutler Jon Cutler Justin Ayers Regan Carmona Sam Urbano

Shelby Schroeder

You are all better than you know. I hope this helps you all leap into furthering your crafts beyond Plot Twist.

And lastly, I am humbled. It’s no mystery how high energy I can be. That’s me fighting for something good in a cruel world where people like to close doors. The reality is, even I close doors. But I have vowed on never making it a secret how to to open one. I know what rejection feels like when you want to be part of a large scale collaborative project but have self doubt and insecurities. To all those that didn’t make it, I say fight another day and keep improving. One day you too can open doors for others. This is the cycle of kicking ass. It doesn’t stop and you only get stronger in the process. I know there’s always going to be better talent out there. Why make them enemies? Competitors? Make them your allies and do great things. I did it and am amazed at the results of people finally taking a chance on themselves.

Thanks from the bottom of publishing heart.