Alisa Kwitney עליסה קוויטני
@alisakwitney.bsky.social
Author of HOWL (Mrs. Maisel meets Invasion of the Bodysnatchers), GILT (The Golden Girls by way of The Twilight Zone) and other oddities.
What he said! We’re bringing pulpy back.
J.M. DeMatteis@jmdematteis.bsky.social · 4mo agoIf you missed the Kickstarter for the THRILLING ADVENTURE YARN anthology, you can preorder the book at Amazon now. Stories by me, @yesthatstevengrant.bsky.social, @kradec.bsky.social, @alisakwitney.bsky.social and many more. Edited by @bobgreenberger.bsky.social. www.amazon.com/dp/B0GWS2XZ2...
Power Dynamics in Romance Fiction: Romance novelist and comic book writer @alisakwitney.bsky.social explains! #RomanceReads #romancewriter #writingcomics youtube.com/shorts/LzcjP... #comicbookschool @mikefasolo.bsky.social @deannadestito.bsky.social
Power Dynamics in Fiction: Alisa Kwitney explains!
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Loved talking about why Spike & Buffy is the better ship and the soap opera trap that ruins many a superhero romance
Buddy Scalera@buddyscalera.bsky.social · 6mo agoHow to Write Romance Comics with Novelist, @ahoycomicmags.bsky.social Writer, & #VertigoComics Editor @alisakwitney.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/y-YqhzI... #romancebooks #romancewriter #RomanceReads @mikefasolo.bsky.social @deannadestito.bsky.social
Tomorrow 2/17 - 8 PM EST "How to Write Romance Comics" with @alisakwitney.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/y-YqhzI... #horrormance #Romance #romancereads #comicbookschool @mikefasolo.bsky.social @deannadestito.bsky.social
Oh my gosh. Someone thinks Mystik U ought to be a movie?!? movieweb.com/dcu-james-gu...
One Comic Could Be the DCU's Secret Weapon Against Marvel and Win Over Harry Potter Fans
It would be perfect.
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You are 15 and reading a book that will shape your view of good and evil. Is it Dune or LOTR?
You’re on a first date, and you spot a red flag title on their bookshelf. What is it?
The super special shroomtastic variant cover is also by @mauricet34.bsky.social …inspired by Peter Max (sex scene also inspired by Alan Moore’s transcendent Swamp Thing sex scene)
AHOY Comics@ahoycomicmags.bsky.social · last yr.HOWL #4, the latest issue of the witty bohemian sci-fi by @alisakwitney.bsky.social and @mauricet34.bsky.social, lands in stores next week — but you can read the first 5 pages today over at @geekvibesnation.com. (And dig Mauricet's psychedelic variant cover!) geekvibesnation.com/gvn-talking-...
images.app.goo.gl/YX77TfuT9ix5... Talking with Sean O’Connor of MACABREDAILY.COM@bgpcpodcast and @claymcleod.bsky.social about made for TV horror but we ran out of time and I never got to talk about the most bonkers moment of Gargoyles…
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Is it a problem that Mrs Muir has a sexy ghost of a sea captain forced proximity romance when her own husband is also presumably a ghost?
“Edith Head gives good wardrobe.” Sam Staggs, reporting on old Hollywood graffiti celebrating the legendary costume designer
I am battling my weather related fears that I will wind up in a cave with McCoy and Neanderspock and taking the train into NYC!
AHOY Comics@ahoycomicmags.bsky.social · last yr.Who's heading to #CosmicCon tomorrow to see @stuartmoore.bsky.social and @alisakwitney.bsky.social in action? cosmiccubed.com
I was busily giving myself a pedi while watching a celebrity hairstylist inflict jagged mullets on women of all ages when I realized I had given my right big toe a jagged mullet.
“Throw up into your typewriter every morning. Clean up every noon.” Raymond Chandler. Clearly, the reason I don’t write enough is because I need an actual typewriter.
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix is reminding me of how much I yearned to be a witch in 1974
From the archives: remember when the Chupacabra was a fun, scaly, alien-looking beast? Why is it a mangy dog now?! @skepticalinquirer.bsky.social's Ben Radford takes a look, through the lens of @ahoycomicmags.bsky.social's "Project: Cryptid." @alisakwitney.bsky.social @stephenhupp.bsky.social
What the hell happened to the chupacabra?
The chupacabra is a shapeshifter, changing its appearance according to the time and place it’s seen, and according to the beliefs of those who see it.
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Heidelberg Holiday is peak Christmas Rom Com. Not only is there no sex, but also no conflict aside from parcel delivery issues.
Hot Frosty hot take: Is it okay for a widow to initiate a relationship with a supernatural being that is essentially a newborn?
Our long national nightmare is…aaaaaggggh! Donald Trump is the Freddy Krueger of politics, to use a cultural reference he can remember.
So much fun to talk time travel, Manhattan and the brief epoch of Love drugstores, which were everywhere and then gone like the Auroch.
Lone Cub Productions@lonecub.bsky.social · 2y ago@alisakwitney.bsky.social graces @comicbookyeti.bsky.social with the wisdom that went into #GILT, a madcap Manhattan time traveling adventure from @ahoycomicmags.bsky.social. Check it out now for some delightful insight into the creative process! www.comicbookyeti.com/post/alisa-k...
Welp, started to watch Netflix’s Woman of the Hour about The Dating Game and a serial killer. Burst into tears and now onto Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein.
If Jill Biden were a little more Melania Trump about her husband’s political fate, I would be more optimistic about November.
@comicbookyeti.bsky.social is a happy home for conversations on #ProjectCryptid from @ahoycomicmags.bsky.social! Join @alisakwitney.bsky.social, @paulconstant.com, @henrybarajas.bsky.social & @baheds.bsky.social in a roundtable chat on their featured creatures! www.comicbookyeti.com/post/the-pro...
The PROJECT: CRYPTID team steps into the Yeti Cave
Andrew Irvin, Interviews Editor, welcomes some of the Project: Cryptid team to discuss the collected anthology and their roles in bringing it to the world. Check out Ahoy Comics for more!COMIC BOOK YE...
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For fans of @ahoycomicmags.bsky.social's G.I.L.T., @alisakwitney.bsky.social and Mauricet have a new story in this week's issue of CREEPSHOW from Skybound and I got to ask them some questions for Comicon: comicon.com/2023/12/18/t...
Sunday! Hope to see some of you #comics fans at JewCE in Manhattan — come celebrate Jewish comic books & Jews in comics, whether or not you're part of the Tribe. I'm on a panel at 4pm, and selling / promoting my work all day.
For the record, I’ve been a left-leaning Zionist who believes in a two-state solution since 1980. Have family in Israel, lived in Israel and and am still in shock over the attacks…but still worry for the innocents in Gaza.
