Jennifer de Guzman is a writer and comics publishing professional living in the San Francisco Bay Area. She writes stories about sad girls, seawater, bottomless wells, airborne plagues, and horses. You can find links to some of them them in the Selected Works section or read them at her Scribd page.
What Are Possible Impossiblities?
“The Poet ought rather to chuse Impossibilities, provided they have Resemblance to the Truth, than the Possible, which are Incredible with all their Possibility.” - Henry Fielding, quoting Aristotle in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
This is a post that I’ve been trying to write for a few days.
Friday was officially my last day at SLG Publishing, the company where I began my career in the comics industry and worked for ten years, most of them as Editor in Chief. My decade at SLG was, I suspect, like no other decade anyone has spent working anywhere. I had great co-workers and got to work with fantastic creators, all of whom I will miss very much. (Though because this is comics and a community like no other, we will always stay in contact.)
There’s too much I want to say, so I just won’t try.
SLG President Dan Vado and me at Comic-Con International 2008
[...] decade SLG was, I suspect, like no other decade anyone has spent working anywhere,” de Guzman wrote on her blog. “I had great co-workers and got to work with fantastic creators, all of whom I will miss [...]
After some thinking, I realized why I didn't finish this book (even as I racked up late fees from the library): I found the subject matter, the history of the region of England called Sunderland, interesting, but there was nothing about the...
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graphicnovels, nonfiction, and started-not-finished
Lovely art by Camilla D'Errico (who should be listed as a co-author) provide mood and texture for this story of a troubled young girl whose fantasy life becomes a bit too real when she visits a website called Make5wishes.com. The authors ar...
That decade at SLG produced a lot of great books, you have a lot to be proud of. Good luck on the next phase of your career!
Good luck in whatever you decide to do! I shall miss seeing your face at the conventions!
[...] decade SLG was, I suspect, like no other decade anyone has spent working anywhere,” de Guzman wrote on her blog. “I had great co-workers and got to work with fantastic creators, all of whom I will miss [...]
I always enjoyed our exchanges about upcoming material and genuinely appreciated your feedback on my reviews. All the best to you for the future.
It was a pleasure working with you at SLG. Thanks for everything!
Good luck with your new position at Image. They are fortunate to have you. Thank you for all the great work at SLG.
Congratulations Jennifer. Good luck at Image.
Thank you, Scott. It was so lovely working with you. I brought your Universal Monsters mug with me to the new office. I hope you rare doing well.
Congrats, Jennifer!