COMICS FANS, you've been pronouncing creators' names wrong for far too long. I can't take it anymore. Here's a thread to put you right. I will retweet this thread any time I hear another podcaster/youtuber say one wrong:
David Mazzuchelli
GOOD: Mat-Soo-Kell-ee
BAD: Mat-soo-chell-ee, Maz-oo-kell-ee, mazz-oo-chell-ee
It's just Italian, not rocket science.
Mike Mignola
GOOD: Min-Yo-Luh
BAD: Mig-No-Luh
Also Italian. Again, it's much simpler than everybody's making it.
@artofmmignola
Frank Quitely
GOOD: Quite-Lee
BAD: Quiet-Lee.
This one is a pseudonym that's a damn simple play on words and none of you ever get it.
Mark Millar
GOOD: Mill-err
BAD: Mill-arr.
It's just a different way to spell Miller. Calm down.
@mrmarkmillar
James Tynion
GOOD: Tie-ninn
BAD: Tin-ee-in, tie-nee-in
I'll be honest, I didn't know how to say it til i heard it.
@JamesTheFourth
Andrew Maclean
GOOD: Mac-lane
BAD: Mac-leen
Kagan McLeod
GOOD: Mac-loud
BAD: Mac-lee-odd
Think Star Fox.
@KaganMcLeod
Chip Zdarsky
GOOD:
BAD:
Doesn't matter how you say it, anything goes.
@zdarsky
Elsa Charretier
GOOD: Shar-ret-tee-ay
BAD: Chair-ah-tear
It's French. Again, not rocket science.
@e_charretier
Mitch Gerads
GOOD: Ger-adz
BAD: Jer-adz, jer-ardz
Just... Stop inserting an extra 'R'
@MitchGerads
Mikel Janín
GOOD: Mick-ell Hah-neen
BAD: My-coal Jann-in
Very basic language principles.
@mikeljanin
Gerry Duggan
GOOD: Jer-ree dugg-inn
BAD: Ger-ree doog-inn
Like Seinfeld, and not like Dum Dum.
@GerryDuggan
Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
GOOD: Hass-Ann Aughts-man Ell-how
BAD: Too many to list.
I didn't know how to say his full name til he told me.
@HassanOE
Cliff Chiang
GOOD: Ch-ay-ng
BAD: Chee-ay-ng
Don't get all tripped up on that 'I'
@cliffchiang
Chris Sebela
GOOD: Suh-bell-uh
BAD: seh-buh-luh, seh-blah
@xtop
Ales Kot
GOOD: Al-ish Kott
BAD: Al-iss Koht
@ales_kot
Khary Randolph
GOOD: Carr-ee
BAD: all the other ways.
No excuses here, he's had it on his twitter forever.
@kharyrandolph
Kaare Andrews
See above.
Declan Shalvey
GOOD: Deck-lann
BAD: Duh-clonn
I didn't believe this name could be butchered this bad until I heard it.
@declanshalvey
I'm sure more will hit me, but that's enough for you all to chew on.
Adrian Tomine
GOOD: Toe-mee-nuh
BAD: Toe-mine, toe-mih-nay, toe-mee-nay, and all others.
Mayday Trippe
GOOD: Tr-ipp
BADD: Trip-ee
Simple enough, right?
@maydaytrippe
Gleb Melnikov
GOOD: Mell-nick-awv
BAD: Jaw-nn burr-nn
Can't believe people get this wrong so often.
@GlebMelnikov8
Jeff Lemire
GOOD: Luh-meer
BAD: Luh-meyer
@JeffLemire
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