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Hey, we've got a bunch of live nerdist writers panels coming up, and I hope you'll come out and support me and the writers and

826 LA. The first one for which tickets are already available is August 23rd at Meltdown with Mark Guggenheim co-creator of Arrow. He's writing a bunch of comics right now, but he's a great dude.

Corinne Marshall, who created Casey undercover. She's also worked on a bunch of comics right now, but he's a great dude. Corinne Marshall, who created Casey undercover.

She's also worked on a bunch of sitcoms.

Laura Del Valdivia, who is hilarious, worked on Ben and Kate, worked on weird loners.

And our old pal, Evan Blyweiss, who is on Matador, Vampire Diaries, started out on The Shield.

He's got great stories to tell.

So go to the NerdMelt calendar and get your tickets for that.

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