Rolled my eyes at a guy in Portland who swore by reading Silver Age comics for writing advice

After 6 months of struggling with my dialogue, I picked up a copy of Stan Lee's old Amazing Spider-Man run and suddenly understood pacing in a way no modern tutorial ever explained, so has anyone else found surprising lessons in older comics that you didn't expect?

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amybarnes23d ago

Craig.tessa basically called me out and honestly? Fair. I spent months reading craft books and then Peter Parker's awkward "I guess I should say something" dialogue fixed my entire brain in one weekend. My characters stopped sounding like robots and started sounding like people who also trip over their own words.

craig.tessa23d ago

6 months of struggling and Stan Lee fixed it in like 20 pages, go figure.