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The Jim Shooter Files: The Importance Of Prufe-Reeding

Published Thu, 28 Nov 2019 18:30:27 -0600

Last month's MCM London Comic Con had Jim Shooter as a guest, and at his table were a number of folders, binders, full of memos, sketches, artwork from his long career at DC, Marvel, Valiant and more. He graciously allowed Bleeding Cool to take shots of a few of them, but these are just the tip of the iceberg of the folders he often brings to shows. But for Thanksgiving, Bleeding Cool will be sharing a few of them, and you can check the rest with this handy dandy tag.

In a series of memos we can see some of former Marvel Editor-In-Chief Jim Shooter's approaches to the every day work of publishing comic books. We just looked at his stages of the creation of a comic book. It wouldn't be the only issue Shooter would have with the everyday work at Marvel Comics.

Jim Shooter's ode to correct spelling and grammar, even in English as well as in other languages. This memo doesn't clarify whether he would or would not have had an issue with President George Washington declaring Thursday, November 26th, 1789 as a "Day of Publick Thanksgivin,"

Prufe-reeding

Kant wee due somthing too emprove th goldammed prufe-reeding? Badd misspeelings an misusajes off wurds our everwhere! Sumtimes incompleet sentances!

Pleez lern too spel, oar git sumbuddy hoo kin to rede yur stuf.

Its reely imbarrassing wen eye sea sutch crumy prufe-reading ~~perlifer prolerferat prolifuraiting~~ spreding.

Man, with spelling like that, he could get work at Bleeding Cool.

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