Luis J. Gomez wants a comic to fight Josie Marcellino
He put the matchmaking in the replies and left the other corner empty.
Luis J. Gomez is casting a fight. He posted asking for a female comic to face @JosieMarcellino at @SkankfestNYC X, and then turned the pick over to his followers.
That is the whole post. One line naming the fighter he already has, one question asking who should stand across from her. No opponent, no card, no further detail.
What he actually said
"Need a female comic to fight @JosieMarcellino at @SkankfestNYC X. Who do think it should be?"
Need a female comic to fight @JosieMarcellino at @SkankfestNYC X.
Typo and all. It reads less like an announcement and more like a man opening the floor, which is a very specific way to book a fight. You do not ask the internet to pick an opponent unless you want the internet arguing about it, and the replies are the point as much as the booking is.
What is not in the post
There is no date attached, no venue named beyond the festival itself, and no confirmation that Marcellino has agreed to anything more than being named in a tweet. Gomez did not say what the rules are, what the fight is, or whether it is happening at all in the form the word fight suggests. Anyone filling in those blanks right now is guessing.
What is confirmed is narrow and worth holding onto. Gomez wants a female comic. He wants her to fight Josie Marcellino. He wants it at Skankfest X. Everything else is still an open reply thread.
The real story
The ask doubles as a callout. Whoever volunteers, or whoever gets volunteered hardest by other people, becomes part of the bit before a single detail is settled, and the nomination itself is the promo. It is a free round of publicity for the festival and for whichever comic decides that being named is better than being ignored.
For now the other corner is empty. Gomez has the fighter, the venue and the question. He is waiting on the answer.