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Matthew Phillion is a writer, actor, and film director based in Salem, Massachusetts and author of the Indestructibles, Echo and the Sea, and Dungeon Crawlers series. An award-winning journalist by trade, he has also appeared in feature films including the sci-fi romance Harvest Moon and the independent horror flick Livestock. His screenwriting and directing debut, the romantic comedy Certainly Never, premiered in 2013 at the Massachusetts Independent Film Festival, where it was nominated for five awards including best screenplay and best New England film.

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Matthew Phillion I've written a few op-eds since the book came out and mentioned a few times how I selfishly hope the trend doesn't go away, but I do worry about overe…moreI've written a few op-eds since the book came out and mentioned a few times how I selfishly hope the trend doesn't go away, but I do worry about overexposure, like any pop culture thing that becomes overused.

I have a couple of thoughts on this, actually. First--absolutely I think superheroes could become overexposed. I think what will save them from completely souring is that they are already eternal. These characters have been around for decades, surviving some terrible storytelling and editorial decisions, horrendous movie adaptations, and worse, so I don't think we'll ever have a world without Superman, to borrow a phrase.

I also don't think we'll see an end to the trend until Hollywood gets over its fear of new properties. I believe it was in New York Magazine where Bryan Singer said if he were a new filmmaker now he wouldn't even bother pitching the Usual Suspects--the studios won't invest in something without an existing audience (like comics, books, and such).

But lastly and most importantly, I think it's great that they have become mainstream because I, like a lot of my peers, felt a lot of shame being a comic book reader as a kid. They brought me a lot of joy growing up and I stopped reading them for a while because I felt like I shouldn't. Any trend that normalizes something harmless that makes people happy is a good thing. Even if we sometimes get horrible film adaptations as a result of it. (less)
Matthew Phillion It can be a little discouraging, but every writer I've ever known has had to learn that there's really no completely original idea--creators come up w…moreIt can be a little discouraging, but every writer I've ever known has had to learn that there's really no completely original idea--creators come up with similar ideas and themes independent of each other all the time. The trick is to just tell the story you want to tell, as best as you can. (less)
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So I tried taking a break after  the Crimson Child  launched - it's been a busy year, with not just Book 5 in the Indestructibles series,  but also a sequel  to  Echo and the Sea  and the first volume of  the Dungeon Crawlers series  all arriving. But sitting still has never really been my thing, so in the downtime, I got the idea of creating a Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition setting for a Read more of this blog post »
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“Money and health; family and jobs. Real world stuff. The real world is cruel and unfair. Give me a fight against a goblin horde and rolling some dice any day instead, Cordelia thought.”
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