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Lauren Hitzhusen 🌻

@hitzhusenlauren.bsky.social

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Height+Susan. Senior editor for YA OGNs at Maverick via Mad Cave Studios. Lover of cats, coffee, comics, & Latin. Collector of hairbows, dolls, & Silver Age comics. Rushmore Academy alum. Opinions my own. she/her/hers.

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 1d

If you’re in a creative field and you don’t lift up the work of your peers, you can’t expect people to care about your stuff

Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 4d

Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?

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Lauren Hitzhusen 🌻 @hitzhusenlauren.bsky.social · 3d

It very well may have been! I talk about it a lot. It’s really fun and scary and engaging. The characters have such depth.

Lauren Hitzhusen 🌻 @hitzhusenlauren.bsky.social · 3d

Have you read the book? It’s one of my favorite books I read this year.

Lauren Hitzhusen 🌻 @hitzhusenlauren.bsky.social · 4d

He can find nooks and crannies in blankets and just nestle himself in there and it’s always SO ADORABLE. 😭

Lauren Hitzhusen 🌻 @hitzhusenlauren.bsky.social · 4d

I’m never going to know coziness like Créme Fraîche is able to find.

Creme Fraiche, a blonde orange cat, sits nestled in a pile of blankets and pillows on a bed. There is a pink/white checked blanket on the left, grey/white chevron pillows and grey/white floral pillows behind him, and teal/white chevron blankets to his right. There are crumpled gray blankets in front of him.

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arpad okay @arpadokay.bsky.social · 5d

there's this review on letterboxd i saw years and years ago, where someone likes the movie HOUSE mostly but is disappointed that a movie named HORSE doesn't have any scenes with horses in them. almost all of the replies are people who are furious about the fact that there is actually a scene with someone on a horse in HOUSE. so i made this

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Lauren Hitzhusen 🌻 @hitzhusenlauren.bsky.social · 6d

It was a really nice conversation. Judgement-free with lots of recommendations. 🥹

We also got to recommend the Modiphius Star Trek games to someone else in line and I thought of you!

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Lauren Hitzhusen 🌻 @hitzhusenlauren.bsky.social · 6d

My husband and I had only really just started (and are, quite frankly, going about it in the most chaotic way possible). It was also that person’s first NYCC *ever* and he asked us for guidance on how to get everything done in one day (it was all he had).

Just a really nice moment. 🥹

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Lauren Hitzhusen 🌻 @hitzhusenlauren.bsky.social · 6d

And the guy we were talking to was SO excited to hear that we had only just started watching. He was curious where we’d started, how we’d picked that, what we were enjoying. It was just a really pure & wholesome moment of fandom since it seemed clear to me he had been watching it for YEARS while

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Lauren Hitzhusen 🌻 @hitzhusenlauren.bsky.social · 6d

I had a lot of really fabulous conversations at NYCC, but one of my favorites was while my husband & I were in line for the Starfleet Academy booth on Thursday. The person behind us asked if we watched Star Trek and I explained that we had only been watching for about a year (heavily rounding up) —

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Kendra, scary version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 7d

You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't

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Lauren Hitzhusen 🌻 @hitzhusenlauren.bsky.social · 8d

Heading home from a very fun NYCC. But after 2 weeks on the road, I am very excited to see my cats later today. 💖

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Lauren Hitzhusen 🌻 @hitzhusenlauren.bsky.social · 8d

Omg thank you! I loved hearing about “convention costumes” from you. It’s such a great idea!

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Jeremy Whitley @jeremywhitley.bsky.social · 10d

Mad Cave fam out at the Harveys! Let's go Navigating with You.

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Lauren Hitzhusen 🌻 @hitzhusenlauren.bsky.social · 11d

Break a leg! That’s an excellent cardigan!

Lauren Hitzhusen 🌻 @hitzhusenlauren.bsky.social · 11d

I have NO cute photos of me in this outfit. We may have to do an emergency photo session before I get to the con lol. 🫣

Lauren Hitzhusen 🌻 @hitzhusenlauren.bsky.social · 11d

Happy Thursday of NYCC! Wearing a lot of pink today! If you see me, say hi! 💖

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Matthew Dow Smith @matthewdowsmith.bsky.social · 12d

Another really lovely review of THE OCTOBER GIRL Book One (on shelves October 21st!!!), this time from Forces of Geek --

forcesofgeek.com/the-october-...

'The October Girl: Book One' GN (review) - Forces of Geek

Matthew Dow Smith has worked on many comics that I have enjoyed over the years.

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Lauren Hitzhusen 🌻 @hitzhusenlauren.bsky.social · 12d

Incredibly kind waitress: this poor woman is having a bad time
Me, giggling: do you think there are 500 seasons of Grey’s Anatomy by the time Star Trek exists

Lauren Hitzhusen 🌻 @hitzhusenlauren.bsky.social · 12d

“Oh, I’m fine. I’m laughing. We were debating how long Grey’s Anatomy would last into the future given unlimited budgets and its relevance in the TV landscape.”

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Lauren Hitzhusen 🌻 @hitzhusenlauren.bsky.social · 12d

My husband and I were having a very intense (but humorous) conversation this morning, which led to me cry-laughing at 5:30 At an airport restaurant. The very sweet waitress asked me if I was okay and, with tears in my eyes, I had to reply,

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Zoe TunnHELL @zoewithasword.bsky.social · 13d

We CANNOT lose Dolly Parton this year I don't care what dark pacts need to be done get to work, team

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 13d

Dolly Parton's sister is asking fans to "pray with me" amid the country music icon's health issues

Dolly Parton’s Sister Says ‘I Was Up All Night Praying’ Amid Country Icon’s Health Issues and Asks Fans to ‘Pray With Me’

Dolly Parton's sister Frieda is asking fans of the Queen of Country to "pray with me" amid Dolly's continued health struggles.

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Lauren Hitzhusen 🌻 @hitzhusenlauren.bsky.social · 14d

Meeee

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Lauren Hitzhusen 🌻 @hitzhusenlauren.bsky.social · 15d

I tried to explain basically the entire comics economy to her. It was a very unexpected question!

Lauren Hitzhusen 🌻 @hitzhusenlauren.bsky.social · 15d

I am prepared to answer SO MANY QUESTIONS about how my job works but I wasn’t prepared to answer “yeah, they…definitely still make comics and people buy them.”