Episode I – A Thursday Without Golf
Edwin struggles with the lunacy of Brainitar, Amazing Man and the indignities of wrongful arrest.
How to Succeed in Evil is not a self-help page for the maladjusted. It it is the story of Edwin Windsor, Evil Efficiency Consultant. He's like Arthur Andersen for Supervillains.
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Edwin struggles with the lunacy of Brainitar, Amazing Man and the indignities of wrongful arrest.
Evil Masterminds – don’t fool yourselves, they’re not that smart. Edwin finally gets to play golf.
Not even a beloved sport can offer Edwin a respite from his clients. Topper lives up to his reputation.
Edwin revenges himself upon the Cromoglodon. (And revenge is a dish best served profitable.)
Complicity is the best defense. Edwin co-ops Agent Tupwaddle with the force of truth.
Talk about your dead-end jobs. You think Henchmen get full dental. You think they get any dental? Let’s see what happens when Edwin runs the show.
Topper wants to know why they don’t get to have bitches and bling. He doesn’t use those words to ask Edwin – but that’s what he’s wondering.
Edwin offers a brilliant evil scheme, but his client is wooed by a guy with a magic rattle.
“Let me see if I understand this. Your company is overrun by Zombies of your own making?”
I’ve been having trouble writing stories for How to Succeed in Evil because Edwin is too perfect and too laconic. In fact, the way he is in the podcast, he’s kind of unsuitable for a main character. So I’ve done some thinking and some writing and here’s what I’ve come up with. Read the rest of this entry
After much soul searching, I found I was changing my character for external reasons, rather than for the demands of the story. And I also discovered that, in doing so, I run the risk of destroying what made the the character and the story work in the first place — Edwin’s unique Edwin-ness. Read the rest of this entry
This is qualifies as prequel territory. As the characters have been evolving (and as I’ve been developing ‘Evil for television) I have discovered that the sweet spot of the story is Edwin as a consultant. There’s just no end of fun to be had pitting him against inane villian after inane villian.
So with that, enjoy the first part of Edwin’s involvement with El Justiador! Read the rest of this entry
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