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Jennifer M. Smith

@jenmargretsmith.bsky.social

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Freelance comic book editor (MONSTRESS, TWO GRAVES, MOTOR CRUSH). Formerly: Marvel X-Men office, UW-Madison Media and Cultural Studies program. NJ girl in a WI world. She/her.

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Jennifer M. Smith @jenmargretsmith.bsky.social · Nov 12

Hello, new followers! I'm a freelance comic book editor, currently working on MONSTRESS from Image. Previous projects include TWO GRAVES and MOTOR CRUSH, also from Image, and about a decade ago I was an assistant editor on a whole bunch of X-Men books. I'm always on the lookout for new projects!

The cover of MONSTRESS Volume 9: The Possessed, by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda.

The cover of TWO GRAVES #1, by Genevieve Valentine, Ming Doyle, Annie Wu, and Lee Loughridge.

The cover of MOTOR CRUSH Volume 2, by Brenden Fletcher, Babs Tarr, and Cameron Stewart.

The cover of X-TREME X-MEN #9, by Greg Pak, Paco Diaz, Jessica Kholinne, and Chris Sotomayor. (Cover art by Kalman Andrasofszky.)

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Jennifer M. Smith @jenmargretsmith.bsky.social · 9d

(Sorry for deleting and redoing the post -- I hit send before the important Supergirl context.)

Jennifer M. Smith @jenmargretsmith.bsky.social · 9d

I genuinely don't know what to make of the cover of this week's Princeton Alumni Weekly being a Jim Lee drawing of MacKenzie Scott as Supergirl with the S as a dollar sign. (It's for a piece about her philanthropy, but, uh.)

Jennifer M. Smith @jenmargretsmith.bsky.social · 11d

Overlapping paisley is playing with fire.

A red paisley pattern over black. Two paisleys are overlapping in an extremely phallic way.

Jennifer M. Smith @jenmargretsmith.bsky.social · 13d

It's more that people try for something different because they don't believe it could be pronounced that way, but: Metuchen.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 13d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

Jennifer M. Smith @jenmargretsmith.bsky.social · 15d

As a comics fan/editor the discourse around variant covers for music albums feels like exhausting deja vu.

Jennifer M. Smith @jenmargretsmith.bsky.social · 16d

Morning show DJ having an existential crisis about how he can stay jocular after reading out news on ICE raids in Chicago.

Jennifer M. Smith @jenmargretsmith.bsky.social · 21d

Nice of the gym TV to visually represent the opposite world Fox News exists in.

A photo of a TV showing Fox News, but all of the colors are inverted.

Jennifer M. Smith @jenmargretsmith.bsky.social · 24d

This train of thought inspired, oddly, by watching the 70s Salem's Lot miniseries.

Jennifer M. Smith @jenmargretsmith.bsky.social · 24d

I guess you could say the Silver Surfer is Galactus's Renfield.

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Jennifer M. Smith @jenmargretsmith.bsky.social · 26d

I just heard "Da Turdy Point Buck" for the first time, and this must be how my Wisconsin native roommate felt when I tried to explain that "Dominick the Donkey" is a Christmas staple.

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scott⚡️mccloud @scottmccloud.bsky.social · Sep 19

Gentle reminder that in the late '50s, the U.S. government did not censor comics. Comics companies censored themselves.

Not sure why that crossed my mind today but there it is...

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Jennifer M. Smith @jenmargretsmith.bsky.social · Sep 18

Ooh, thanks for the tip! I love the cheese one.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Sep 17

Just so I'm clear:

TV host says we should kill every homeless person? No big deal

TV host says the right must "go to war" with the left? Pfft.

TV host says the government is cracking down on critics? Well, the government cracks down on him for the criticism.

Free speech, everyone.

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K. Thor Jensen @kthorjensen.bsky.social · Sep 17

Everything is Gamergate and no corporation will ever learn any lesson from it

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · Sep 17

*DISNEY'S ABC PULLS KIMMEL SHOW INDEFINITELY, WSJ REPORTER POSTS

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Jennifer M. Smith @jenmargretsmith.bsky.social · Sep 16

70s Robert Redford will always be my mental image of Captain America.

Jennifer M. Smith @jenmargretsmith.bsky.social · Sep 13

Oh gosh! I'm glad those other scary things were avoided, but that's so much!

Jennifer M. Smith @jenmargretsmith.bsky.social · Sep 13

Today I went in a canoe trip down part of the Wisconsin River with my roommate and our friend Dan and his wife. We got out at a sandbar halfway through for snacks and drinks. Then I realized we were literally living the plot of Dan's Song by Frank Turner.

Frank Turner - "Dan's Song"

YouTube video by Epitaph Records

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Jennifer M. Smith @jenmargretsmith.bsky.social · Sep 11

LRT: I remember no consequences when creators told their critics to go drown in hobo piss.

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John Lees @johnlees.bsky.social · Sep 11

Shameful to see a creator fired off a book and the whole series immediately cancelled on the same day because she was glib about the murder of someone who famously said that people like her should be stoned to death.

Popverse @popversesays.bsky.social · Sep 11

Breaking: DC Comics has cancelled the Red Hood comic book series.

www.thepopverse.com/comics-red-h...

DC Comics cancels Red Hood comic book series

The first issue of the 17+-rated Batman spin-off comic book series went on sale September 10, but DC Comics has informed retailers that orders for all future issues have been cancelled.

www.thepopverse.com

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Jennifer M. Smith @jenmargretsmith.bsky.social · Sep 11

I'm currently happy in my day job; otherwise I'd seriously consider this. I hope cool people apply!

Tea’s so happy being Teddy Roosevelt @teaberryblue.net · Sep 11

BOOM! Studios is HIRING!!!

We're looking for a talented, organized, and detail-oriented Assistant Editor with 1-2 years in editorial or a similar field! You will most likely be working directly with me on a variety of comic titles. Please visit the link to apply!

bit.ly/42ooXLq

#comicjobs

Assistant Editor, BOOM! Studios (Open to Remote)

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Jennifer M. Smith @jenmargretsmith.bsky.social · Sep 10

Yes, I did mask at the appointment!

Jennifer M. Smith @jenmargretsmith.bsky.social · Sep 10

Vaxed!!!

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Jennifer M. Smith @jenmargretsmith.bsky.social · Sep 10

I am now sitting in a Wisconsin Walgreens to get my COVID and flu shots. Something went wrong with my insurance at an understaffed CVS yesterday, but at Walgreens it processed properly and I just had to attest to having a high-risk condition.

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Jennifer M. Smith @jenmargretsmith.bsky.social · Sep 9

Nope. My insurance wasn't processing at all and the pharmacist didn't know what to do so I just had to leave.

Jennifer M. Smith @jenmargretsmith.bsky.social · Sep 9

"Stop calling it AI slop" says woman explicitly revealing plans to flood the world with slop.

bnacker @bnacker.bsky.social · Sep 9

Starting to regret inventing the podcast

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