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Winter 2009 - 80 pages

WRITE NOW #20 focuses on THE SPIRIT movie, with a behind-the-scenes look how FRANK MILLER translated and transformed WILL EISNER’s SPIRIT comics into the smash-hit film! There’s feature interviews with key players behind the making of the movie, a look at what made Eisner’s THE SPIRIT comics so special, how they evolved over the years of the strip’s existence, and how they led to Eisner’s later work such as A CONTRACT WITH GOD. Plus: An exclusive interview with writer-artist COLLEEN DORAN, creator of A DISTANT SOIL and a zillion other comics! Writer ALEX GRECIAN tells you how his pitch for his and RILEY ROSSMO’s Image Comics series, PROOF, got the green light. Plus: Nuts and Bolts script and pencil art from some of the hottest comics and creators around! Edited by Danny Fingeroth.

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Summer 2008 - 80 pages

WRITE NOW #19 is a SPECIAL BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT ISSUE featuring: a great photo cover of Christian Bale as The Dark Knight! It features Dark Knight and Spirit executive producer Michael Uslan on the writing process for films, Dennis O’Neil on adapting The Dark Knight movie to novel form, Brian Bendis script and Leinil Yu pencils from Marvel’s Secret Invasion #1, mystery and comics writer Max Alan Collins discusses his career and upcoming projects, Mark Millar script and Bryan Hitch pencils from their upcoming run on FF, DAN SLOTT script and STEVE McNIVEN pencils from Spider-Man’s BRAND NEW DAY, inside info on DC’s online Zuda Comics imprint from Ron Perazza, and more! Edited by Danny Fingeroth.

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Spring 2008 - 80 pages

WRITE NOW 18 continues TwoMorrows’ celebration of STAN LEE’s 85th birthday by exploring his career and the influence of his work, from the 1930s through the ‘60s, and up to today! See amazing materials from the official Stan Lee Archives at the University of Wyoming, including rare examples of Stan’s comics, TV, and movie scripts. Also, Stan’s influence is assessed by colleagues, historians, academics, celebrities, and some of today’s hottest writers, including John Romita, Sr., Joe Quesada, Roy Thomas, Dennis O’Neil, Tom DeFalco, Jimmy Palmiotti, Jim Salicrup, Louise Simonson, J.M. DeMatteis, Mark Evanier, others! Plus: lots of gorgeous artwork by Stan’s illustrious collaborators including JACK KIRBY, STEVE DITKO, JOHN ROMITA, and many more! Edited by Danny Fingeroth.

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Fall 2007 - 80 pages

Just in time for the new Fall TV season, WRITE NOW 17 is a special HEROES ISSUE featuring secrets behind the hit series, the comics, and the website, from series creator/writer TIM KRING, writer JEPH LOEB, and many more of the creative minds behind the franchise that’s taken superhero fans - and everybody else - for the thrill ride of the decade! Plus: Find out about the HEROES: ORIGINS spin-off series! Also: Interviews with DC Comics’ head editorial honcho DAN DiDIO and with Marvel Publisher DAN BUCKLEY! PETER DAVID talks about writing STEPHEN KING’S DARK TOWER COMIC! MICHAEL TEITELBAUM tells us about writing superhero kids novels! Writer and editor C.B. Cebulski talks about - well, writing and editing, from manga to Marvel! Plus lots of great script and art nuts and bolts with rare, unlinked pencil art by some of today’s top pencilers! Includes a FREE Preview of BACK ISSUE 25, also shipping this month!

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July 2007 - 80 pages

WRITE NOW 16 is a special STAR-SPANNING ISSUE features an awesome SILVER SURFER cover painting by MIKE ZECK and PHIL ZIMELMAN! In this season of FANTASTIC FOUR 2: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER, we proudly present reflections on writing the Surfer by the character's greatest scripters of all time, including STAN LEE, STEVE ENGLEHART, JIM STARLIN, RON MARZ, and J.M. DeMATTEIS! Plus, there's an in-depth interview with TODD McFARLANE, giving his unique point of view on topics ranging from SPAWN, the status of Image Comics in 2007, what makes great comics writing, and more! Also: Incredible Nuts and Bolts script and pencil art previews of BRIAN BENDIS and FRANK CHO's MIGHTY AVENGERS! Awesome Nuts and Bolts script and pencil art previews of DAN SLOTT's new Marvel project! An interview with cyber-guru and TESTAMENT writer-creator DOUGLAS RUSHKOFF, with script and art from the acclaimed graphic novel! Plus: The next three parts of STEVEN GRANT's eye-opening "Creating Comics Step by Step" series! And the conclusion to the amazing STAR TREK comics writers' roundtable (begun in BACK ISSUE 23, also on sale this month), featuring stellar insights from PETER DAVID, MIKE W. BARR, MICHAEL JAN FRIEDMAN, and more! Edited by Danny Fingeroth. Includes a FREE Preview of Draw! #14, also shipping this month!

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March 2007 - 80 pages

WRITE NOW! #15 features an in-depth interview with the amazingly versatile J. M. DeMATTEIS, as he discusses his work on Disney's Abadazad, and an interview with Abadazad artist MIKE PLOOG (who provides this issue's all-new cover)! There's DeMatteis script and Ploog pencils in an Abadazad Nuts & Bolts section, too! There's also J. M. STRACZYNSKI script and RON GARNEY pencils from Amazing Spider-Man #539, the "Back in Black" issue -- just in time for the black costume's film debut in Spider-Man 3! We also have an amazing Nuts & Bolts section on DC's red-hot 52 series, featuring script by the MARK WAID/GREG RUCKA/GEOFF JOHNS/GRANT MORRISON team, breakdowns by KEITH GIFFEN, and pencil art by JOE BENNETT and PHIL JIMENEZ! Plus, interviews about 52 with DAN DiDIO and MICHAEL SIGLAIN! Then: GRIMJACK's JOHN OSTRANDER discusses the difference between writing a character you own and a "franchise" property--everything from Star Wars to Batman! There's also the first of three articles by STEVEN GRANT on Creating Comics Step-by-Step, ERIC FEIN's article on writing for the growing educational graphic novels market, StarLight Runner's JEFF GOMEZ tells you how to create cross-media properties! Plus more amazing Nuts & Bolts samples of comics scripts and art, and more! Edited by Danny Fingeroth.

October 2006 - 80 pages

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WRITE NOW! #14 once again shows why it’s THE magazine for anybody interested in comics writing! Behind an all-new cover by Alex MALEEV, we start with an in-depth interview with Brian Michael BENDIS, writer of Ultimate Spider-Man, Powers, New Avengers and much more. Then, we have an amazing round table discussion on writing Spider-Man, past and present, with Stan LEE, Todd McFARLANE, J.M. DeMATTEIS, Tom DeFALCO, Peter DAVID, Marv WOLFMAN, Gerry CONWAY, Roy THOMAS, Roger STERN, Len WEIN, Denny O’NEIL, and Howard MACKIE!. Also: An incredible Nuts & Bolts “how-to section” featuring pencil art and script from the hottest comic of the year—MARVEL CIVIL WAR #1—by Mark MILLAR and Steve McNIVEN! Jim STARLIN on the creation of his new Captain Comet and The Weird features for Mystery in Space—including Nuts and Bolts of Starlin’s script and art! Plus: Lee NORDLING on Adapting your Comic for Hollywood! Fred VAN LENTE on how movies are made from comics! And much, much more! Edited by Danny FINGEROTH.

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July 2006 - 80 pages

WRITE NOW! #13, the magazine about comics and animation writing, brings you a special issue focusing on adaptations: what happens when comics go to film, or film to prose, or Japanese manga to English translation! Behind an ALL-NEW Ron Lim/Al Milgrom cover, Simon Kinberg (movie screenwriter of X-Men 3: The Last Stand and Fantastic Four, as well as Mr. And Mrs. Smith and XXX: State of the Union) is interviewed, telling how he puts pop-culture icons like Marvel’s mutants on the silver screen! Dennis O’Neil tells how he took the screenplay from the blockbuster Batman Begins movie and translated it into his top-selling prose novel! Central Park Media’s Stephen Pakula discusses how manga are adapted from Japanese into English. Platinum Studios’ Lee Nordling outlines adapting comics into film. Plus: Kurt Busiek on breaking into comics as a writer. The legendary Mike Friedrich talks about the role (or lack thereof) of writers’ agents in the comics business. Novelist Bill McCay reveals how to do research so your story has the ring of truth! Comedian/comics writer/novelist Marc Bilgrey on how And Don’t Forget to Rescue the Princess—his new comedy-fantasy novel—came to be. And, of course, there’ll be lots of nifty Nuts and Bolts script samples to help you make your writing the best it can be!

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April 2006 - 80 pages

WRITE NOW! #12, the magazine about comics and animation writing, brings you an interview with DC Comics President and Publisher PAUL LEVITZ about the art, craft and business of comics writing! An in-depth interview with STEVE ENGLEHART about his amazing career and thoughts on writing for today’s market! A SURVEY of TOP COMICS EDITORS from Marvel, DC, Dark Horse and other companies; find out the best way to submit your work to them! Marvel Editor ANDY SCHMIDT tells you how to break in—and, just as important—how to stay in the comics writing game! Movie and comics writer ROBERT TINNELL talks about how comics and movies are the same—and how they’re different! Plus: Eye-opening Nuts and Bolts examples of script and art from top comics creators, and a stunning Justice Society cover by GEORGE PÉREZ!

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December 2005 - 80 pages

WRITE NOW! #11 is our SPECIAL “PROFESSIONAL SECRETS” ISSUE, as 25 TOP COMICS WRITERS AND EDITORS tell you the MOST IMPORTANT THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW to write comics, from the craft and business points of view! You’ll hear from: Brian Michael Bendis, Mark Waid, Peter David, J.M. DeMatteis, Tom DeFalco, Dennis O’Neil, Chuck Dixon, Dan Jurgens, Jimmy Palmiotti, Steven Grant, Bruce Jones, Erik Larsen, Kurt Busiek, Fabian Nicieza, Axel Alonso, Ron Marz, Mike Marts, and MANY MORE! PLUS: An in-depth interview with TOM DeFALCO and RON FRENZ about their longtime collaboration on projects such as SPIDER-MAN, THOR, THUNDERSTRIKE, and SPIDER-GIRL! The team supreme talks about what it’s like to work closely with a creative partner! You’ll laugh—you’ll cry—and most, importantly, you’ll learn TONS of important information about making comic books. PLUS: Filmmaker Robert Tinnell—co-writer of the acclaimed graphic novel The Black Forest and the upcoming The Wicked West— tells you how he moves back and forth from movies to comics. GrimJack’s John Ostrander tells you how to create great characters! Web guru T. Campbell gives you the lowdown on publishing comics on the Internet! More NUTS & BOLTS writing examples from top comics pros! And much, much more, featuring an all-new SPIDER-GIRL cover by RON FRENZ and SAL BUSCEMA!

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May 2005 - 80 pages

In WRITE NOW! #10, we once again bring you behind-the-scenes “how-to” information on writing for comics, animation, and sci-fi! For fans of the red-hot Justice League Unlimited animated series, we’ve got a knock-your-socks-off JLU cover, spotlighting our in-depth interview with DWAYNE McDUFFIE, producer and story editor on the show, co-creator of the Milestone Comics Universe (including Static Shock), and prolific comics writer for Marvel and DC! Then, we’ve got the long-awaited interview with PETER BAGGE, iconoclastic writer/artist of Hate, conducted by DC editor supreme JOEY CAVALIERI! There’s also an interview with the legendary GERRY CONWAY - writer of Spider-Man and a zillion other comics - about comics writing and about his current career in TV, writing and producing shows such as Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys! Plus, there’s an interview with writer/editor PAUL BENJAMIN, who’s done extensive development and editing work for companies like Platinum Studios (where he helped develop Jeremiah) and Humanoids Publishing (editor of Metal Hurlant) and who has his own exciting writing career, as well! Of course, there’ll be more exciting Nuts & Bolts tips on writing from top comics pros, and much, much more!

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November 2004 - 80 pages

You know him as one of the most important comics artists of all time, but NEAL ADAMS also plots and scripts with the best of them! In an exclusive interview in WRITE NOW! #9, Neal talks about all facets of comics writing, and gives us a look at how he does it! (This issue is filled with lots of Nuts & Bolts examples of Neal’s writing and art!) Plus: An interview with the red-hot GEOFF JOHNS (Flash, JSA, Teen Titans)! An interview with Hate’s PETER BAGGE! An interview with Wolff & Byrd’s BATTON LASH! More writing lessons from DENNIS O’NEIL! More Nuts & Bolts tips on writing from top comics pros! And much, much more, including an all-new cover by NEAL ADAMS!

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August 2004 - 80 Pages

WRITE NOW! #8 combines forces with DRAW! #9 in a how-to the like of which has never been attempted before! In this crossover, comics industry pros Danny Fingeroth and Mike Manley (their Darkhawk series is still a fan fave) document the steps they take to create an all-new character! You’ll see the process they go through as ideas are proposed, tried out, and modified, until a character’s look and origins are arrived at, storylines are ironed out, and Mike and Danny produce a story starring their new top-secret creation! The results of their labors will be a pullout, full-color printed comic in DRAW! #9, the second part of this groundbreaking crossover! WRITE NOW! #8 features a photo cover of this all-new character being created, and also includes the long-awaited interview with Black Panther and The Spider’s Don McGregor! An interview with Stuart Moore, Marvel Knights senior editor and red-hot writer of Lone! An insider’s look at how to get your independent comic published, by Abel’s acclaimed creator William Harms! More great Nuts & Bolts how-to features, and a surprise or ten! If you have any interest in how comics are created—then you cannot miss these two landmark magazines!

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May 2004 - 80 Pages

WRITE NOW! #7, Danny Fingeroth’s magazine for comics, animation and science fiction writers does it again with even more incredible information from people who know how it’s done—and do it! With an ALL-NEW CATWOMAN COVER by TIM SALE, it features interviews with: JEPH LOEB, writer of Batman: Hush, the upcoming Catwoman: When In Rome (with Tim Sale), and of the smash-hit Smallville TV series! JOHN JACKSON MILLER, writer of Crimson Dynamo and Iron Man! CHUCK DIXON, writer of Pirates of Cazador, Batman, and Nightwing! YVETTE KAPLAN, animation writer and director, whose credits include Ice Age! Articles by: MARK WHEATLY, writer of Hammer of the Gods, who will tell you how he created and sold his Frankenstein Mobster series, which he both writes and draws! LEE NORDLING, executive editor of Platinum Comics, who will reveal why Hollywood really wants your comics ideas! Plus: More of Dennis O’Neil’s comics writing lessons! More amazing Nuts & Bolts how-to’s! And even more!

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October 2003 - 80 Pages

WRITE NOW! #6 the magazine that gives you writing tips and tricks from today's top comics, animation, and science-fiction writers and editors, knocks it outta the park as editor DANNY FINGEROTH kicks things off with an all-new POWERS cover by Michael Avon Oeming! Inside: it's "Write Now In-Depth," a detailed study of what goes into making a comic, with articles, interviews and essays by and about an entire issue of a comic! For our premier of this exciting feature, we'll be dissecting an issue of POWERS by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming, with ample participation from Bendis and Oeming themselves. (Nothing like this has ever been done before!) We get into the creators' minds and see just how the issue came to be. Plus: an exciting interview with Mark Waid, conducted by Jimmy Palmiotti. Jim Salicrup interviews Don McGregor. Conclusions to the interviews with Bob Schreck, Diana Schutz, and Scott Mitchell Rosenberg. BONUS: More Dennis O'Neil writing lessons, great Nuts & Bolts how-to features from top creators, and, of course, much more!

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July 2003 - 80 Pages

WRITE NOW! #5, the magazine that gives you writing tips and tricks from today’s top comics, animation, and science-fiction writers and editors, is back as editor DANNY FINGEROTH kicks things off with a Batman cover by red-hot Detective Comics penciler TOMMY CASTILLO, inked by the amazing RODNEY RAMOS! Then, inside we have an in-depth discussion with comics legend WILL EISNER and one with Babylon 5 and Spider-Man’s J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI! Plus, we have an interview with Batman Group Editor and Oni Press co-founder BOB SCHRECK, who’s worked for publishers large, small and in-between! Also, there’s the conclusions to interviews with FABIAN NICIEZA and PAUL DINI, plus words of wisdom from Platinum Studios’ SCOTT MITCHELL ROSENBERG and Dark Horse’s DIANA SCHUTZ! And, of course, there are crucial Nuts & Bolts how-to lessons from DENNIS O’NEIL, JOEY CAVALIERI and other top comics writers and editors. Miss this issue at your own peril!

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June 2003 - 80 Pages

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WRITE NOW! #4 the magazine that puts you into the minds of today’s top comics, animation, and science-fiction writers and editors, is back for its fantastic fourth issue! This time around, editor DANNY FINGEROTH brings you interviews with and lessons from: WARREN ELLIS, writer of Transmetropolitan and The Authority! HOWARD CHAYKIN, creator of American Flagg (who graces this issue’s new cover art by Howard), the upcoming Mighty Love, and writer of TV’s The Flash and Mutant X! PAUL DINI, the man behind Warner Bros.’ Batman and Batman Beyond! BOB SCHRECK, a founder of Oni Press and group editor of the Batman line! DIANA SCHUTZ, Editor in Chief of Dark Horse Comics, and others! PLUS: More writing lessons from DENNIS O’NEIL, nuts and bolts of writing comics stories, tips on craft from DC editor JOEY CAVALIERI, freelancer strategies from STEVEN GRANT, reviews of books on writing, and more!

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April 2003 - 84 Pages

WRITE NOW! #3, the magazine about writing for Comics, Animation, and Science-Fiction, is back with all-new Incredible Hulk cover art by MIKE DEODATO, JR., new regular Hulk artist! This time around, editor DANNY FINGEROTH brings you all-new interviews with and articles by: BRUCE JONES (writer on the red-hot Incredible Hulk and of many published novels and produced TV scripts), AXEL ALONSO (considered by many to be the best editor in comics today), JIMMY PALMIOTTI (writer on Beautiful Killer and Gatecrasher, co-founder of Event Comics and Marvel Knights), KURT BUSIEK (writer of Kurt Busiek’s Astro City, the Avengers, Thunderbolts, and Untold Tales of Spider-Man), FABIAN NICIEZA (writer of Thunderbolts, New Warriors, X-Men, and publisher of Acclaim Comics), and STEVEN GRANT (writer of The Punisher, Whisper, X-Man, and CBR’s Permanent Damage column)! Plus: More of DENNY O’NEIL’S Insider Tips on comics writing! More reviews of books on writing! The secret connection between comics and rock ’n ’roll! And plenty of unseen art! Don’t miss it!

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November 2002 - 100 Pages

WRITE NOW! is back for its big second issue! Behind an all-new cover by Erik Larsen, editor Danny Fingeroth presents more inside tips on writing from top professionals, including: DENNIS O'NEIL (Legendary writer and editor of BATMAN, GREEN LANTERN, and AZRAEL), ERIK LARSEN (Creator, writer and artist of Image's SAVAGE DRAGON), STAN BERKOWITZ (Writer and story editor of Cartoon Network's JUSTICE LEAGUE ADVENTURES), TODD ALCOTT (Screenwriter of ANTZ), ANNE D. BERNSTEIN (Writer of MTV's DARIA), LEE NORDLING (One of the world's foremost authorities on syndicated comic strips, and the editor of PLATINUM STUDIOS' comics line)! Plus: An overview of BOOKS ON WRITING (What's worth the dough, what's not), and more surprises!

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August 2002 - 88 Pages

The publisher of DRAW! magazine brings you WRITE NOW!, the professional magazine for writers of comics, animation, and science-fiction! Ever wondered what it takes to be a comics writer? What qualities are necessary to sell writing, and what editors are looking for? Let veteran Marvel Comics editor and writer DANNY FINGEROTH take you behind the scenes, into both the creative and business side of writing narrative fiction, and hear from pros ON BOTH SIDES OF THE DESK what it takes to write the stories that readers—and editors—want! In our premiere issue, you’ll get tips and insights from interviews with top professional writers discussing the practical aspects of their craft: BRAIN MICHAEL BENDIS (writer of Ultimate Spider-Man, Alias, and Powers), JOE QUESADA (editor in chief of Marvel Comics and writer of Iron Man), JOSS WHEDON (creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer), and J.M. DeMATTEIS (writer of Spider-Man, the Spectre, Man-Thing, and Moonshadow)! Plus: MARK BAGLEY (penciler of Ultimate Spider-Man, New Warriors and Amazing Spider-Man) provides our cover (featuring those two zany comics creators WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE and LEONARDO DaVINCI) and explains what he likes—and doesn’t like—in scripts he draws from. And if that’s not enough, how about an interview like you’ve never read before with STAN (THE MAN) LEE, plus lots of purty pictures. ‘Nuff said!