That Jolly Red-Suited Fellow Up On The Rooftop: Spider-Man

December 1, 2022 Daniel Kibblesmith

On Sale Now.

Right in time for gifting season — our five-page ‘Spider-Man goes to the library’ story is now collected in the latest Amazing Spider-Man paperback from ASM writer Zeb Wells and artists including John Romita Jr., Ed McGuinness, and a murderer’s row of other creators of which I am lucky enough to be one.

Via Marvel:

Collects Amazing Spider-Man (2022) #6-8. It's Spider-Man's 60th Anniversary - and Marvel is pulling out all the stops! Someone from Spidey's past has captured the Sinister Six and used them to create the truly terrifying…Sinister Adaptoid! Can the webbed wonder possibly triumph against the might of an android that boasts the powers of all of Spidey's deadliest foes? And who is the face behind the Adaptoid's attack? Brace yourself for one of the biggest adventures in Spider-history - and you won't believe how it ends! Plus: Norman Osborn is back! But what does he have planned for Spider-Man?! One of the biggest status-quo shake-ups in years will shock you as Spidey dons a new costume with accessories that look vaguely…familiar. Is that - a glider?!

Available via Bookshop.org (and basically all online retailers) or for direct order from a local comic shop or bookstore near you.

— but if you’re buying gifts written by me this holiday season why. stop. there?

Quick ‘Written By Daniel Kibblesmith’ Gift Guide (2022).

For the Marvel Cinematic Universe fan: Loki: The God Who Fell To Earth

I did not work on the television program Loki (2021) — HOWEVER. It did pull inspiration from the character’s 60+ years of comic evolution, including our short-lived, but now self-contained paperback. Available from online retailers and local book and comic shops.

‘Tis The Season: Santa’s Husband (2017)

Illustrated by ‏ : ‎ Ashley Quach
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harper Design; Illustrated edition (October 10, 2017)
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 32 pages
All-Ages Picture Book

For Kids & Kids At Heart: Princess Dinosaur (2021)

Illustrated by ‏ : ‎ Ashley Quach
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (January 5, 2021)
Language ‏ : ‎ English / Rhyming!
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 40 pages
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 3 - 6 years (from customers)

Tis The Season (For Nerds): DC Christmas Carols: We Wish You a Harley Christmas

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Chronicle Books (October 27, 2020)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 80 pages
Sing-along-able ‏ : ‎ Fully

For the Belated Gifter Who (Correctly) Prefers Jennifer Wright to Daniel Kibblesmith: Madame Restell: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York’s Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Hachette Books (February 28, 2023)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 352 pages
PRE-ORDER NOW!

Everything written by myself and Jennifer available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and independent sellers online and near you.

Inside Job Part II Streaming on Netflix NOW.

November 17, 2022 Daniel Kibblesmith

Part ii.

Adam Scott joins in Part 2 for a stealth Party Down reunion with star, Lizzy Caplan and I got to write the ultimate proxy fight between Blade (1998) and The Matrix (1999).

Stream it on Netflix here, on every device in your home, on repeat, indefinitely.

INSIDE JOB Part 2 Trailer Drop

November 8, 2022 Daniel Kibblesmith

The thumbnail image also happens to be from one of the episodes I scripted, which — if you know me — may become more obvious after you watch it.

Via Netflix

Rand (Reagan’s father) is back in control of Cognito Inc., totally messing everything up, and Reagan is ready to kick some m*********ing ass. If only this annoying deal with Ron Stadler, the mind-erasing genius for the Illuminati, would stop getting in the way. Higher stakes. New dramas. Same perfect cast of secretive misfits. See you NOV 18. Cast: Lizzy Caplan, Adam Scott, Christian Slater, Clark Duke, John DiMaggio, Bobby Lee, Brett Gelman, Tisha Campbell, and more.
Inside Job - Part 2, premieres November 18. Only on Netflix.

New Episodes of INSIDE JOB Drop on Netflix 11.18.22

October 26, 2022 Daniel Kibblesmith

Via Salon

The adult animated sci-fi workplace comedy series follows Reagan Ridley, a talented yet socially awkward robotics engineer who works at the shadow government organization Cognito Inc., struggling to cope with the aftermath of her father's major betrayal. Season 2 also introduces Adam Scott, voicing a key member of the Illuminati, Cognito's primary rival company.
"Inside Job" also stars the voices of Christian Slater, Clark Duke, Andrew Daly, Bobby Lee, John DiMaggio, Tisha Campbell, Chris Diamantopoulos and Brett Gelman.

Very proud of my work on this block of episodes, especially the finale. Set a notification on Netflix and catch up on Part One now — and tell no one.

NYPL Introduces Spider-Man Library Card!

October 11, 2022 Daniel Kibblesmith

Hi, all.

LIBRARIES!

Now that I have your attention: Spider-Man.

Back in July, for Amazing Spider-Man #900, I scripted a back-up story — with art by David Lopez, color art by Nathan Fairbairn, and lettering by Joe Caramagna — called AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.

Inspired by an idea from editor Nick Lowe (torn from the headlines, SVU-style) the New York Public Library announced this year that late fees would be forgiven — and Peter Parker would have a lot of late fees.

Well, now life is imitating art imitating life with the introduction of the NYPL Spider-Man Library Card — THAT’S RIGHT, LIMITED EDITION SPIDER-MAN VARIANTS ARE NOT JUST FOR COMICS ANYMORE.

Via NYPL

NYPL's Special Edition Spider-Man Library Card Coming October 11
Knowledge is power! Scale new heights with NYPL's special, limited-edition Spider-Man library card, available in branches starting October 11. Tap into the power of reading with book recommendations, including a multitude of Marvel graphic novels, plus free programs, events, and more for all ages at your friendly neighborhood library.

EVERYONE can also now read our Spider-Man library story for free on Marvel Unlimited, RIGHT NOW.

It’s a quick five pages, available on all devices and browsers — and then head to your local public library (or library app) for thousands more free comics where that came from.

Patience (or Fortitude?) enjoys *Amazing Spider-Man #900;* via NYPL

The Devil Wears Star Wars: New McSweeney's + New Podcast Appearances

March 7, 2022 Daniel Kibblesmith

Hi, all.

Please enjoy this new (extremely topical) piece for McSweeney’s Internet Tendency co-written with my wife, best friend, (and mother of my other, smaller best friend) Jennifer Wright.

I, High-Powered Fashion Editor Miranda Priestly, Demand An Assistant Who Is Terrible.

Via McSweeney’s

To Whom It May Concern:
You know who I am. I’m Miranda Priestly, Editor-In-Chief of RUNWAY, the most popular and influential print magazine in the world, in this, the current year of 2006. Or maybe you know me by my other names: “The Devil in Prada,” “Dragon Lady,” “The Cerulean Bitch,” or “Anna Wintour.” That last one, of course, is hilariously untrue, because I frequently mention my dear friend Anna as often as is legally necessary.
But however you may know me, I am preceded by my reputation. I am the God of the fashion world and my opinion is the only one that matters to any designer. I can destroy careers with a purse of my lips. It takes every ounce of my focus and every second of my day to stay at the top, and if I don’t demand the same of those around me, my enemies will strike, and my world will crumble.
This is why, today, I am inexplicably putting out the call for an assistant who is terrible.
The official title is Junior Personal Assistant to the Editor-In-Chief, a job that millions of girls would kill for. These ideal girls would all have devoted their entire lives to fashion—looking it, living it, knowing it inside and out from the origins of whalebone corsetry to the bleeding edge of Harajuku Streetwear. But these girls need not apply. What I am looking for is a recent college graduate with zero experience, ideally who majored in a tangentially related field, say, journalism, who wanders in off the street and immediately craps on everything I stand for. To my face.
This is what I require.

Read the whole piece here.

Meanwhile,

It’s called Star WARS not Star FRIENDS.

— and yet I had a great time talking to my friends, Greg Iwinski (Late Show With Stephen Colbert, Last Week Tonight) and Tim Barnes (The Tonight Show, Nickelodeon’s Warped!) on the Yub Nub Star Wars podcast.

Pictured: Daniel Kibblesmith, Casual Star Wars Fan.

I’m still furious with myself at missing Tim’s perfect Mace Windu joke. You can subscribe to the podcast with whatever you usually use, it’s not rocket science (but according to George Lucas, it might be Magnetic Paint.™).

And speaking of talking on the computer—

I was also invited to be on the YouTube talk show, The What's UPDATE with Xander Kwiecien, to talk about my career and secret origins — and also surprise myself (and the host), by answering a “Who would you have dinner with, living or dead” style question in the most vindictive way possible (around 1:00:34).

“Yes, but all of this is FREE. How do I spend some MONEY on you?”

You can still pre-order the upcoming Archie Meets Riverdale One-Shot from Archie Comics and it will be delivered TO YOUR DOOR — or you can find a comic shop near you at (brace yourself) ComicShopLocator.com and give them a call right now.

Cover A by the *Archie* favorite and my *Valiant High* pal, Derek Charm.

Currently Reading/Watching:

Severance.

Whatever genre this is, it’s my favorite genre. Currently on AppleTV+.

🎥 My Letterboxd is a good indicator of what I’m watching, although at a glance it looks like my film viewing habits are curated by training a laser pointer at the remote control and letting the cat go to town until Moana comes on.

📖 Goodreads is where you can see what eleven unfinished books I’m bouncing between and then creepily finishing all on the same day like when you mix together all the dwindling cereals to make one final omni-bowl.

Old(er) News:

👁‍🗨 Watch Inside Job on Netflix and keep me gainfully employed for a potential second season (the second HALF of the FIRST season should be coming this year.

🦖 Purchase Princess Dinosaur here or from your favorite children’s bookstore near you. Tell them you know me. Ask if they’d like me to do a Zoom event. Treat me like your son (one you’re proud of, not one who disappoints you at every turn).

Okay, I think that’s everything.