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But it’s going to happen, and soon. And because this is a comic book – or maybe just because it’s inherently a magical thing – it will happen at the most impossible time it possibly can. And when it happens, Doctor Strange will have to walk his Path just like every one of his predecessors did.

Or he could fuck up and not.

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Seriously, dude, could you please just get a comic contract and publish? I’d read your comics and don’t want to ruin the surprise by reading your summaries. 0_o

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Sage Freehaven said on April 8th, 2009 at 9:24 am

I would give up a kidney to see you make comics, MGK.

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The sock thing reminds me of his mini-series with Dead Girl, and the Path in Winter reminds me of Carlos Castaneda.

Which reminds me… what do you think of TVtropes.org? Is there anything new under the sun?

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Screaming Yellow Zonker Harris said on April 8th, 2009 at 9:59 am

Okay, you’ve sold me on these last two. Anyone know who we can blackmail at Marvel to let you on the book?

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wyrmsine said on April 8th, 2009 at 10:03 am

I would give up Sage’s kidney to see you make comics, MGK.

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NCallahan said on April 8th, 2009 at 10:06 am

In lieu of available kidneys, I’ll be giving Sage’s pancreas instead. Do you take pancreas or is this a kidney-only business?

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So, the path.

Is it cold? If so, does one need to wear socks when walking it?

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Cookie McCool said on April 8th, 2009 at 11:19 am

Socks is crap. If he’s always wearing socks, how he will know if Dormammu done stole his pinkie toes or something?

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The sock thing reminds me more of the ‘wear sunscreen’ meme that was going around a couple years ago, actually.

But the Path in Winter thing is pretty keen.

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Your version of the Ancient One is a cross between Pat Morita and Professor Farnsworth. I like it.

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the beginning thing about the socks sounds almost Pratchettesque.

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Also you need to do this good sir.

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Yes, the Path of Winter is a cool idea.

But part of me is jabbering in the back of my head “Trudeau. 1984. A walk in the snow”… and Shainblum and Morissette’s “Northern Magus” from Angloman.

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NCallahan said on April 8th, 2009 at 12:44 pm

Oh, wait, is this the old “Descend into the Underworld to Retrieve the Sun” dealie? Is that what you’re doing? And by underworld, you mean the Unconscious but also the Human Concept of Death but also the Real Underworld? The Sun is, like, Hope and The Laws of Physics simultaneously?

Is that what you’re doing? You old rascal, you?

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I would give up a kidney to see you make comics, MGK.

I, too, would give up one of Sage’s kidneys to see you make comics.

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Lister Sage said on April 8th, 2009 at 1:09 pm

(”If you are ever offered the opportunity to switch genders, make sure there is a reversal easily available beforehand. Trust me on this.”)

Do I even what the know the story behind this?

“Maybe it’s a discussion between the Sorcerer Supreme and the universe (which is not conscious per se, but a conversation between a sentient being and the universe has to be defined by the being’s point of view).”

Not really, since Eternity can just pop up in front of you and say “Hi” whenever he God damn feels like it. He usually doesn’t, but that doesn’t mean he can’t. Plus, Eternity owes Strange a solid. Strange sayed his life after all. The Defenders helped, but, ya know, it’s the Defenders, they get no respect. Which is funny given that many of their roster could split the planet in half. Are you going to have the Defenders appear in the book?

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I have a scene in my head where Dr. Strange is killing a beautiful spring afternoon at an open air market in New York when he happens across kieosk selling various kinds of socks. The good Doctor promptly buys 5 pairs of each type for sale and seals them away in a mystical pocket-reality.

When asked his companion that fine day he has two answers. The first is cyptic: He’s following some very good advice from a very smart man. The second is simple. Pulling on a new pair of socks for the first time is one of life’s perfect little pleasures, and one must always be in a position to treat oneself from time to time.

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A good hitchhiker always knows where his towel is.

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I, too, would give up one of Sage’s kidneys to see you make comics.

I guess the question is: which of Sage’s organs do we have to sell to get you your title?

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I would like to strongly disavow any presumed interest in various bodily organs of other people, until such time as I need a transplant.

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ChastMastr said on April 8th, 2009 at 2:31 pm

Actually I’d rather see you just take over Marvel altogether. Muhuhuhuhahahaha.

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Mad Scientist said on April 8th, 2009 at 2:34 pm

In order to do that, though, he’d have to defeat Stan Lee in single combat, Star Trek style….

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RobotKeaton said on April 8th, 2009 at 2:48 pm

I just hope that Joe Quesada doesn’t call the cops on us when we show up at Marvel Studios with a pile of Sage’s organs.

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daemyann said on April 8th, 2009 at 2:56 pm

Strange appears to be marking his magical territory all over the winter path.

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DistantFred said on April 8th, 2009 at 3:19 pm

daemyann: Well he didn’t have breadcrumbs. He needed to leave SOME kind of trail to follow back to the real world.

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MirrorMan said on April 8th, 2009 at 3:28 pm

“Welcome to Sage Freehaven’s Organ Emporium! We have kidneys, we have livers, we go your gall bladders and your testicles! Come on down for this weeks specials! Pituitary glands are half-off! Frontal lobes come with a free lung! And our bloody good deal of the week: A free duodenum with every heart!”

Which makes wonder: what exactly is the exchange rate on internal organs? And are they duty-free?

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FifthSurprise said on April 8th, 2009 at 3:45 pm

Alas, the Ancient One never thought of having Strange construct a tiny sock golem so that he may always be prepared for sock-related emergencies.

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Tom Galloway said on April 8th, 2009 at 4:10 pm

Fess up. The Path in Winter leads to, and is how the Sorcerer Supreme discovers, the ultimate location of where the socks lost in the dryer end up. Which is important to know, since it’s an endless (TM DC) source of socks.

And you most need socks in winter, thus why the path appears then.

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Liquidben said on April 8th, 2009 at 4:10 pm

TWIST: The Path In Winter appears right in the middle of Radical Steve’s winning run at the world skateboard championships. With his Subway subs sponsorship on the line, will Steve follow the path or do an awesome inverted kickflip?

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Sock golems are fueled by energies from the Land of the Darned.

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Abner Cadaver said on April 8th, 2009 at 5:54 pm

Which hemisphere’s winter? If it’s dependent upon which hemisphere the Sorcerer Supreme is in at the time, that could cause (entertaining) complications for them.

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I would give up a kidney to see you make comics, MGK.

Indeed. Let’s tie a note to Sage’s kidney and throw it through Quesada’s window. But what should the note say? I’m thinking “Hire Christopher Bird or there’ll be more where this came from!”

Incidentally, this “Path in Winter” thing sounds like an interesting story springboard for another reason: if walking the path actually takes time in the real world, then you can write comics exploring Strange’s lackeys (or “companions”) who are left behind while he’s not doing this.

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solid snake said on April 8th, 2009 at 7:41 pm

The exchange rate for internal organs is thus: the more important the organ the higher the price. For example, one heart is worth a kidney, spleen, gallbladder, and lung (preferably the left lung). Also internal organs are duty free. External orangs, (skin, hair, nails, and eyes) however are not.

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Christian said on April 8th, 2009 at 7:58 pm

Mage (the old RPG i keep mentioning) had this great mechanic for ‘leveling up’ your magical power. Each Mage had to go on a mini-adventure suited to their character. like my bluesman/vooodoo/Catholic had to walk into the Australian desert and convert a deserted church full of ghosts. that sort of thing

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It’d be more interesting if he didn’t.

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Pedantry time: Doctor Strange has already met Death, and undergone a mystic trial that all Sorcerers Supreme undergo which made him immortal. He can be killed, but he’s never going to die of old age.

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Sofa King said on April 9th, 2009 at 8:55 am

Yeah, and they said Bucky was dead forever.

While you’re on the path, you should see visions of what’s happening back in the real world, just so you can be tormented by if you hadn’t started the Long Walk.

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Mark Temporis said on April 9th, 2009 at 6:34 pm

That Mage mechanic (raising Arete), like a LOT of White Wolf RPG mechanics, becomes a lot less cool when your group gets past, oh, four-five players.

Having four guys sitting around or playing NPCs they could care less about while one guy gets his level-up is suboptimal.

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“Strange appears to be marking his magical territory all over the winter path.”

Hey, sometimes you just have to drain the dragon.

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Bryce (Mouser) said on April 11th, 2009 at 10:32 am

Reason #8 + Reason #7: The Path appears as Dr. Strange confronts Vincent Stephens… and they BOTH follow the path!

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Mark Temporis said on April 20th, 2009 at 5:27 pm

RE: The socks thing. I bet you 616 Strange steals his socks from our dimension. It explains EVERYTHING! DAMN YOU ANCIENT ONE!!!!

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