RiYL podcast 033: comic book writer and editor Marie Javins

Brian Heater 12:03 pm Tue Dec 24, 2013

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Marie Javins is known for hating houseguests. She's also known for writing, editing, and coloring comic books. She started as a (paid!) intern at Marvel comics in the late 1980s and has gone on to color over 2,000 pages. In this interview, she discusses living in Australia, Barcelona, Uganda, Namibia, New Jersey, Kuwait, and Cairo, and how the comics business has changed over the years.

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