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Hi, writers, panel, listeners.

This is an ad. But it's not really an ad because also I'm going to talk about something that I really want to share with you. I'm going to talk about the relaunch

of DC's Vertigo line. And you've heard me talk about this a little bit already. My new comic Hexwives is coming

out as part of this relaunch, but there's so much more involved in it. And it's all really

cool. So I hope you will indulge me and listen to this for a few minutes before writing me

angry tweets. If you're unfamiliar with Vertigo, Vertigo is one of the biggest names in the history of comics and graphic novels.

In their heyday, Vertigo brought us preacher, Why the Last Man and a bunch of Brian K. Vaughn books, Hellblazer, Swamp Thing, The Invisibles, Fables, which was one of my all-time favorites, as well as Neil Gaiman's

Sandman series.

And when you talk about sort of the history of comic books, Sandman is a watershed book.

It sort of made vertigo what it is, which is comics for adults, you know, not just superheroes.

That at the time, 25 years ago, was not all that common.

And, you know, even to this day when I mention hexwives is coming out and it's part of the

Vertigo line, I get this reaction that is like, oh, that's legit.

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