My friend Kiel Phegley was let go by my former employer Wizard yesterday. This stinks, not just because Kiel is a terrific person and a very, very good writer who you’d think they’d bend over backwards to hang onto, but also because it reduces to just David Paggi a cadre of indie-friendly staffers that as recently as last September included Dave, Kiel, myself, Rick Marshall, Brian Warmoth, and Rickey Purdin.
Anyway, Kiel would be a great hire, were I some sort of comics-related entity looking to find one.
If I were crazy and doing a web publication for comics, I’d hire him in a second. Unfortunately, I’m neither rich nor crazy. Well, maybe crazy, but in the wrong way.
Best wishes to Kiel in what is likely a suck time.