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Ditch Diggers #71: Chuck vs Marvel
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The Ditch Diggers come to you live from Jeff Goldblum’s Honcho Spa with special guest, best-selling author Chuck Wendig!
- Honcho spas and their maximum occupancy are briefly discussed.
- How Chuck recently set Twitter aflame.
- Chuck gives us the background on his involvement with the Star Wars franchise, beginning with his Force Awakens novels and leading to his work on Marvel’s Star Wars comics.
- Chuck recounts his firing from Marvel, the events that preceded it, and what happened after the news broke.
- Chuck’s thoughts on the idea of boycotting Marvel, and supporting the marginalized creators they do employ.
- How the Marvel fallout affects Chuck’s involvement in other Star Wars properties, and how it affects the rest of his career.
- Writing other people’s and corporation’s intellectual properties, and what you need to know going in.
- Chuck clears up his least favorite misconceptions surrounding his release from Marvel’s Darth Vader Annual #2.
- The status of the “mid-list” and how to get work as a media tie-in writer.
- Digital Buttholes are discussed, and DigitalButtholes.com is reserved (no, seriously).
Chuck Wendig’s Terrible Minds
Chuck on Twitter
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