{"podcast":{"title":"Why Not Say What Happened?","slug":"why-not-say-what-happened-7069512","podcast_index_feed_id":7069512,"rss_url":"https://rss.libsyn.com/shows/549812/destinations/4744167.xml","website_url":"https://sites.libsyn.com/549812","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/d/4/2/8/d428ddfc43504e35e55e3c100dce7605/WhyNotSayWhatHappened-20241001-l4feem7fdt.jpg","author":"Scott Edelman","episode_count":34,"summary":"I've lived my life in science fiction, fantasy, horror, and comic books, attending my first convention in 1970, hired by Marvel Comics in 1974, publishing my first short story in 1981, editing my first magazine in 1983, launching my first podcast in 2016, and more. Along the way, I've been witness to the history of multiple genres, which has caused many of my friends, followers, and fans to suggest I write my autobiography. But since I don't plan to take time away from everything else going on in my life to do so, I've decided to periodically share nostalgic stories from my many creative journeys here. Join me!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-16T08:19:13.852342+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/why-not-say-what-happened-7069512"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 14: Tony Isabella's Essential Edit of My Early Avengers Script Assist","slug":"episode-14-tony-isabella-s-essential-edit-of-my-early-avengers-script-assist","published_at":"2025-01-10T19:38:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/why-not-say-what-happened-7069512/episode-14-tony-isabella-s-essential-edit-of-my-early-avengers-script-assist","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/why-not-say-what-happened-7069512","url":"https://www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/tag/why-not-say-what-happened/","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fd3ff005-24d3-48d3-af35-970c915f8593/Episode_14__Why_Not_Say_What_Happened.mp3?dest-id=4744167","summary":"While destroying hundreds of pages of bad poetry I scribbled as a teenager, I made a few surprising discoveries which cause me to reminisce about my poem \"Ode on Comic Book Company Loyalty,\" written 18 days after I was hired by Marvel Comics, my extremely rough sketch for the second Scarecrow splash page, my team-up with Quicksilver and 7-Eleven to freeze your brain with Slurpees during the summer of 1975, Tony Isabella's heavy edit on my early Avengers script assist (and why we should all be grateful), my forgotten horror pitches bounced by Marvel in 1974, and much more.","meta_description":"While destroying hundreds of pages of bad poetry I scribbled as a teenager, I made a few surprising discoveries which cause me to reminisce about my poem…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2118,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/why-not-say-what-happened-7069512/episodes/episode-14-tony-isabella-s-essential-edit-of-my-early-avengers-script-assist/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/why-not-say-what-happened-7069512/episode-14-tony-isabella-s-essential-edit-of-my-early-avengers-script-assist.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}