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Dan Watters

Aug 5, 2024 — 1 min read

Hello. Dan Watters here. If you don't know me, I'm a comic book writer, currently writing Nightwing at DC, Doctor Who at Titan, and Destro for Skybound's Energon Universe.

The internet has become a strange sort of wasteland in which to peddle one's wares. Writers and artists wandering from site to site, beating wooden spoons on dented saucepans announcing books and covers, while trying not to be dragged into a dark alley by a rogue algorithm, or crushed as one of these creaking sites is restructured without warning at the whims of a cackling billionaire.

With a lot of noise to try and cut through with a signal, and a lot of new personal projects announced or ready to announce, I thought I'd try something new for myself. Something simple but robust. A website-slash-newsletter, a hub I can update weekly with news, any interviews and AMAs I do, and general musings and bullshittery. I figured a strong way to start might be with the above. A one-page comic created by Jorge Fornes, Dee Cunniffe, Rob Jones and myself in the heart of Covid- one I'm proud of, that I don't believe has ever seen the light of day until now.

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