{"id":1533,"date":"2007-07-16T20:10:00","date_gmt":"2007-07-17T00:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=1533"},"modified":"2021-03-11T16:34:25","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T20:34:25","slug":"matt-wagners-z","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=1533","title":{"rendered":"Matt Wagner&#8217;s &quot;Z&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bp3.blogger.com\/_aatuWUTj6ic\/RpwJE7AGkdI\/AAAAAAAAAlA\/EypoulatY-g\/s1600-h\/z071607wagner_zorro.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087951659184067026\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp3.blogger.com\/_aatuWUTj6ic\/RpwJE7AGkdI\/AAAAAAAAAlA\/EypoulatY-g\/s400\/z071607wagner_zorro.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">What do you do?&#8230;<\/span> when one of your <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">favorite comic book creators<\/span> [<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Matt Wagner<\/span>] <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">loves a character<\/span> [<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Zorro<\/span>] so much that he contacts the company that has just gotten the rights to said character [<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;\">Dynamite<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"> &#8211; <\/span><a style=\"color: #cc0000; font-family: arial;\" href=\"http:\/\/zablozone.blogspot.com\/2007\/07\/return-of-man-with-no-name.html#links\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">the same company bringing us Clint Eastwood&#8217;s The Man with No Name<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">] and offers them his services as cover artist for the series?<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">What do you do?&#8230;<\/span> when the company [<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Dynamite<\/span>] counters with <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">an offer<\/span> for the creator [<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Matt Wagner<\/span>] to not only <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">provide the covers<\/span>, but to come on board as the <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">art director for the series<\/span> and to <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">write the first storyline<\/span>?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;\">Give up?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Here&#8217;s what you do<\/span>: <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">1] <\/span> You post the info on your blog. <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">2]<\/span> You post a link to <a style=\"color: #cc0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mattwagnercomics.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Matt Wagner&#8217;s website<\/span><\/a> where they can see the full <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Zorro<\/span> drawing that he did long before learning about the new gig. <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">3] <\/span> You tell your <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">local comic shop owner<\/span> to keep his eye out for the <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">new Zorro series<\/span> coming from <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Dynamite<\/span> and <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Matt Wagner<\/span> and <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">4]<\/span> You promise to <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">quit asking so many questions<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What do you do?&#8230; 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