Nothing changes, apparently. Ed Brubaker won Best Writer of 2020 by writing two issues of Friday, his college girl noir detective series, and writing two graphic novels. This year he also wrote two issues of Friday and two graphic novels. Maybe the one reason he's the best comic book writer working today is simply because he doesn't fuck around with the mainstream superhero books anymore and he doesn't stretch himself too thin by writing too much. In Friday we got the death of the main character's partner and the fallout from that. Friday isn't bonkers, but it's in a weird plane of existence where fantasy and reality merge. Brubaker's two graphic novels this year both featured his Ethan Reckless character, a sort of gun-for-hire/detective dude back in the 70's and 80's L.A. scene. Everything Brubaker writes is not only interesting and creative, it's super readable. You really can't put down his stuff or wait for the next issue/installment. Dude's a legend.
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