Writer-About-Comics David Brothers Joins Image Comics

I'm a little late coming to this one, although I'd noticed that this story's subject had been tweeting cryptically in recent days about a major life change. Apparently the writer-about-comics David Brothers has accepted a yet-to-be-wholly-defined editorial/production position at Image Comics. Brothers is best known for his articles at on-line venues such as ComicsAlliance and the partly-his-own (by which I mean it's a group blog) 4thletter!; he's also been interviewed here twice and contributed a recent guest article on learning the value of being paid for and owning one's written work.

I asked Brothers about jumping into comics with both feet when he had written not that long ago about backing away from comics a bit. "I cut back, you're right, but it was something I did to find a balance in my life, as opposed to looking to bailing out of them entirely," he told CR. "... I tried to get off as many press lists as I could -- comps make me feel guilty and I only ask for them when I'm planning on writing about them -- and cutting way back so I could sort of rebuild my connection my own way.

"Image came to me at a point where I was burnt out and extremely unhappy with the way my prior gig (I spent ten years in games, eight of them with one company) was going, and what they wanted out of me made sense and seemed like the shot in the arm I needed. I expect my relationship with comics will evolve even more as I settle in here, but it's evolving into something new and I think that's really attractive. I'm also pretty good at keeping church and state separate. I worked in games forever, but I still played and enjoyed games at home without it feeling like homework. Sometimes more than I would if I wasn't in games, honestly. I expect comics will end up being pretty similar."

Brothers also answered my inquiries about the nature of his job, even as roughly defined, involving an editorial array of skills I'm not certain he had displayed in his previous professional background. "Not directly, but my last job was diverse enough that I'm comfortable. I did consulting, technical writing, strategy guides, video editing, text editing, copywriting, image processing, and half a dozen other things that were needed to keep the machine running. So this is new ground, but it's new ground like 'the next neighborhood over,' not 'is this a whole new continent?' As to whether learning on the job was part of the appeal, Brothers said, "I'm really looking forward to learning on the job. I don't think the learning curve will be that steep at all. I know a little bit about a little bit, but it'll be nice to apply the skills I've acquired through blogging and working in new contexts."

I wish Brothers luck, and hope this doesn't mean we'll never again hear from him here or in similar venues.
 
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