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Saga’s return uncovers a vast catalog of successful freelance writers creating characters and worlds that many are unaware of.
Did you know Saga returns in January?! Saga is a comic book series by Brian K. Vaughn and Fiona Staples on hiatus since July 2018. While we could explore the importance of taking a break and letting your writing grow over time, that’s not today’s focus. Instead, I want to talk about Previews. Confused? Let’s rewind.
Since Saga returns in January, I recently visited my local comic book store to set up a subscription. The store, which moved during the Saga hiatus, requires three books to secure a subscription. Having zero ideas about what to add to Saga, the store clerk gave me a copy of Previews to choose titles from.
Previews is the size of a small phonebook and contains every comic book title scheduled for release three months from the issue date. My copy of Previews has everything coming out in January alongside Saga. It’s a lot. There are thousands of titles and, here’s the kicker: Previews doesn’t include anything published by Marvel of DC Comics.
As I flipped through the Previews catalog, I couldn’t help but think of the hundreds of different writers represented in the pages of coming issues…
