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Caitlin Burns Nov 18, 2024

Last week Jake Paul took his most valuable asset - people wanting to see him get punched in the face, and promoted it to 65 Million viewers live on Netflix. What can we learn from him and pro-wrestlers about telling our own stories. https://caitlinburns.substack.com/p/the-kayfabe-generation?r=1ej8g&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true

The Kayfabe Generation

The always performing generation comes into its own.

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Caitlin Burns Oct 21, 2024

John Bull Nov 3, 2022

One of the things I occasionally get paid to do by companies/execs is to tell them why everything seemed to SUDDENLY go wrong, and subs/readers dropped like a stone.

So, with everything going on at Twitter rn, time for a thread about the Trust Thermocline /1

Caitlin Burns Jul 22, 2024

I'm headed to #SDCC24 this week with our first fan-voted print edition comic! Are you going to be there? Reach out or find me at the DC booth. 🐈‍⬛🦇 https://open.substack.com/pub/caitlinburns/p/context-junkie-22-july-2024?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Context Junkie - 22 July 2024

SDCC 2024 Edition

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Caitlin Burns May 6, 2024

The always fascinating Matt Toner at Alberta’s Scaffold Institute asked me my thoughts on Fallout - read them at https://open.substack.com/pub/caitlinburns/p/context-junkie-542024?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Context Junkie 5.4.2024

"The end of the world is a product."

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Caitlin Burns Apr 23, 2024

A few years back, the ASU Center for Science and the Imagination invited me to write a chapter about about decision making in the Entertainment Industry. It's on sale today from MIT Press - Imagining Transmedia -

https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262547437/imagining-transmedia/

Use code PUBDAY30 for 30% off today, READMIT20 for 20% off afterwards

Imagining Transmedia

How the blurring of media forms—transmedia—became the default for how we experience narratives, and how that cultural transformation has redefined the wo...

MIT Press

Caitlin Burns Mar 25, 2024

I have a newsletter? I have a newsletter. Check out what I’m up to and random shiny things that cross my path here https://caitlinburns.substack.com/p/context-junkie-2024-updates

Context Junkie - Updates!

Updates on The Legacy Cowl, Comics created with fan votes, Harley Quinn, Moon Pioneers and more.

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Caitlin Burns Mar 9, 2024

We're opening up new adventures in Gotham City, featuring a new DC Super-Villain designed with the votes of fans. https://blog.candy.com/the-legacy-cowl-birth-of-gotham-citys-newest-nightmare/

The Legacy Cowl: Gotham City's Newest Nightmare

In the shadows of Gotham City, a dark force gathers strength. An ominous presence threatens to destroy Batman’s legacy. Will it finish what it began? Introducing an original DC Super-Villain designed with the votes of fans. The Legacy Cowls Collection Join us for the drop on March 29, 2024

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Caitlin Burns Mar 9, 2024

Interested in the Batman and Harley Quinn story I’ve been building with fans? It’s created an all new DC Super-Villain! https://medium.com/@DCNFTS/the-legacy-cowls-story-so-far-3f47d05d4928

The Legacy Cowl’s Story So Far… - DC NFT News - Medium

Batman fans got the ultimate opportunity, to vote on the direction of a new DC Comics series, and to play along in Gotham City as it came to life. Starting in 2022, DC Fans became part of a…

Medium

Caitlin Burns Nov 22, 2022

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SHLDluKhuU8

LIVE View Artemis I Orion Flying Over The Moon

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Caitlin Burns Feb 17, 2020

The most fascinating riot you’ve never heard of | The Outline
https://theoutline.com/post/8659/the-astor-place-opera-house-riot-of-1849-was-lit

The most fascinating riot you’ve never heard of

The Astor Place Opera House Riot of 1849 combined two of 19th-century America’s favorite pastimes: going to the theater and rioting.

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