August 2002 - 88 Pages

Ever wonder what it takes to be a comics writer? After all, an artist can show an editor his work and the editor can evaluate it virtually on the spot. But what qualities are necessary to sell writing? What are editors looking for? What skills are needed, and what other media can these skills be used in?

TwoMorrows Publishing (publisher of the highly-acclaimed DRAW! magazine) is proud to present Write Now!, a new magazine edited by veteran Marvel Comics editor and writer DANNY FINGEROTH! It takes you behind the scenes, into both the creative and business processes that go into writing narrative fiction. Hear from pros ON BOTH SIDES OF THE DESK what it takes to write the stories that readers and editors want to read!

In this premiere issue, top professional writers discuss the practical aspects of their craft. You'll get tips and insights from interviews with:

• BRAIN MICHAEL BENDIS, the writer of Ultimate Spider-Man, Alias, Powers
  and so many more.
• JOE QUESADA, editor in chief of Marvel Comics, and co-writer of Ash and
  writer of Iron Man. He's the guy setting the writing standards at the House of Ideas today.
• J.M. DeMATTEIS writer of Spider-Man, the Spectre, Man-Thing and Moonshadow.
• MARK BAGLEY, penciler of Ultimate Spider-Man, New Warriors and Amazing Spider-Man. Find out what one of the field's top artists likes and doesn't like in scripts he draws from.
• And an interview like you've never read before with STAN (THE MAN) LEE! ('Nuff said.)

Cover penciled and inked by MARK BAGLEY, featuring those two zany comics creators WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE and LEONARDO DaVINCI (or Bill and Lenny as they're known to their fans) as they collaborate on the first issue of MONA, WARRIOR PRINCESS!

Write Now! You've never read anything like it before. (And it's chock full o' purty pictures, too.)