Jason Aaron's new weekly column on CBR, launched 9/8/10, asks the question "Where the hell am I and how did I get here?" Aaron regales his readers with tales of breaking in to comics, what mistakes not to make, plus much more in the WHERE THE HELL AM I!
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Jason dives into the mailbag this week to answer a question regarding storytelling decisions and how a writer can best craft a tale to the strengths of the artist or artists thay're working with on the project.
This week, Jason puts into words the difficulties that can pop up and derail a day's worth of writing, from distractions that knock you off course to not saving the perfect idea you have right before bed and more.
Jason Aaron shares a few words on the importance of location, location, location, explaining how becoming a part of your local comic book community can help aspiring and professional creators in their careers.
This week, Jason looks at his comic book collection, decides that this is the best era for quality comics in the history of the medium, offers his favorite series being published today and asks for your picks.
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