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She is saying that writing for an established comic series means working with a long backstory already in place. A writer has to fit new stories into decades of existing character history.
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Originally said in English.
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About G. Willow Wilson
American comics writer, prose author, and essayist
Gwendolyn Willow Wilson is an American comics writer, prose author, and essayist. Her work is most often described as magical realism, and she is best known for writing across comics and prose. Wilson writes in several forms, moving between graphic storytelling, fiction, and essays. Her work is associated with magical realism, a mode that blends everyday life with elements that feel unreal or extraordinary.
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Books by G. Willow Wilson
Alif the unseen
2012
The Butterfly Mosque
2010