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1	In some more informal media works ''[[[SelfDemonstratingArticle Name them - Ed.]]]'', the Editor may make humorous in-article comments, usually noting that the author is completely crazy in his or her views, pointing out where the article referred is located in the many back issues, or stating that the writer will soon be looking for another job if they don't watch out.
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3	Of course, their interference is only sometimes welcome. ''[You're fired - Ed.]''
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5	See also ClueFromEd, the comic book counterpart, FootnoteFever, which covers similarly joking "annotations" in footnote form, and AltText, which uses mouseover text for a similar purpose.
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8	!!Examples:
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12	* Used frequently in ''ComicBook/TheBeano'', ''ComicBook/TheDandy'', and other similar BritishComics, with the Ed often making comments on how bad a pun is.
13	* ''ComicBook/TwoThousandAD'': The comic has them referring to previous progs, referring to them as Tharg Notes.
14	* ''ComicBook/DCMeetsLooneyTunes'': Spoofed every which way in the ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroesBugsBunnySpecial'' {{Crossover}}. One page has a Note from Ed that has [[FootnoteFever four separate sub-footnotes]], the last of which has him begging "send help". When a Note pops up on the next page, [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere "Ed" decides he's had enough and leaves]]. Later in the story, the narration tries to invoke a Note, only for "Ed" to refuse and ultimately quit (apparently by punching out the narrator, as evidenced by the Note simply reading "POW!" followed by one reading "SLAM!").
15	* ''ComicBook/ElfQuest'': In one of the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' style parodies published under the ''New Blood'' line, one of the characters remarks that "Something funny is going on". Note from the editor added to the panel "Terry and Bill - ''something funny'' better start real soon! - Richard"
16	* ''Creator/MarvelComics'': Various comics like doing these as [[FootnoteFever footnotes]] (since inserting them into the text in a comic is difficult), and often use notes from the editor to let the reader know when TranslationConvention is in effect, or explain cryptic references to previous storylines with an issue reference.
17	** For a while, there was an editorial decision to get rid of these, as they were considered a distraction for readers. This was somewhat quickly overturned when the crossovers got more and more complex around ''ComicBook/{{Secret Invasion\|2008}}''.
18	* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'':
19	** ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'': Became a semi-regular feature when the series [[CerebusSyndrome became more serialized and continuity-heavy]]. Later issues liked to [[PaintingTheMedium toy around with the idea]], such as having "Ed" be confused and disoriented by trying to cite [[CanonDiscontinuity a non-canon issue]], or having him loudly complain about needing to pop up repeatedly during a ContinuityPorn sequence.
20	** ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic'' The comic has notes from host character Megadroid - the ''Decap Attack'' strips in particular feature a RunningGag that Megadroid keeps using them to comment on the fact that he doesn't find the strip funny, but is forced to print them because the readers do.
21	*** The second ''Decap Attack'' storyline, "Who Killed Chuck?" opens with Megadroid directly appearing on panel to complain that he can't be held responsible for it returning.
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25	* This is something of a RunningGag in the ''Fanfic/TwiceUponAnAge'' series of ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' stories. The basic conceit is that Varric, who in the ''Franchise/DragonAge'' games is a popular author, is serving as the editor for the fanfic author. The stories are thus peppered with notes from the editor at the beginning and/or end of chapters, and anywhere in between, where he explains things to the reader, offers his opinions, and occasionally quarrels with the author's choice of words. The author's own notes sometimes give the impression that she's a BeleagueredAssistant, making it clear that TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou (or at least, it won't protect ''her'').
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29	* In ''Literature/AmericaTheBook'', in one of Samantha Bee's "Pardon me, would you mind if I told you how we do it in Canada?" segments, when trying to describe Canadian parliamentary procedures it's cut off mid-paragraph with "This paragraph cut due to extreme boringness. - Ed"
30	** The "Teacher's Edition" is full of critical red notes in the margins.
31	* ''Literature/ThePrincessBride'' is full of notes from Creator/WilliamGoldman about all the stuff he cut out from S. Morgenstern's original book, which he's abridging. Sometimes it takes almost as long to explain what he was cutting and why as it would have been to leave the cut stuff alone.
32	** The film changes this to a story being told by a boy's grandfather, so he sometimes glosses over things he thinks will bore the kid.
33	* John Mortimer, in his ''Series/RumpoleOfTheBailey'' short stories and novels, was very enthusiastic about footnoting allusions within a story to other other stories in the Rumpole Canon, to the point of providing exact citations to stories being alluded to. [Possibly a "TakeThat" to Literature/SherlockHolmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (internal evidence suggests that the Rumpole stories are, in part, an {{Homage}} to the Holmes stories), whose attitude towards consistency between stories was extremely casual, at best.]
34	* ''Literature/HouseOfLeaves'', where Johnny Truant or the unnamed later editor feel the need to comment on something Zampano has written (or in the former's case just descend into an insane rant). On occasion, the unnamed editor will also make notes on Johnny's notes, and once even corrects Johnny's correction to one of Zampano's own translations.
35	* ''Literature/IAmAmericaAndSoCanYou'' has a few examples, such as: "NOTE FROM EDITOR: DO NOT SLEEP WITH A [[PillowPistol 9MM UNDER YOUR PILLOW]] AND FIRE AT SHADOWS UPON WAKING".
36	** [[FootnoteFever DO IT!]]
37	* ''Literature/TheMysteriousIsland'' indulges in some memorable CanonWelding with two other Creator/JulesVerne books, but the welding creates a messy chronological tangle that can't be resolved unless the reader indulges in massive amounts of [[RetCon retconning]]. Verne's creative solution was to [[LampshadeHanging call attention to this tangle]] in a couple of footnotes supposedly added by the publisher, [[FootnoteFever each of which simply refers the reader to the other footnote!]]
38	* The ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' spin-offs ''Nanny Ogg's Cookbook'' and ''The Discworld Almanack'' both include lengthy notes from Mr Goatberger the publisher questioning elements of the work.
39	* In ''Literature/TheMoonPool'' there are notes indicating that protagonist Dr. Goodwin's detailed and concise explanations about how the advanced technology in the novel works, have been edited out so as to not give the scientists of the Central European Powers any ideas. This also saves the author the trouble of having to come up with some reasonable sounding technobabble.
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43	* ''Magazine/WhiteDwarf''
44	** One of the editors, [[ButtMonkey Guy Haley]], in one of his first issues, actually consoled himself on a run of bad luck with editor's notes, leading to the main text concluding: "Great. Now I'm going insane."
45	* ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine''
46	* ''Magazine/PrivateEye''
47	** What that?
48	** Who he?
49	** That's enough <examples>.
50	** Especially in the spoof columns, where it's been known for, say, Glenda Slagg to be fired, re-hired and [[GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity fired again]] over the course of a single column.
51	** In 2020 a non-spoof article alleged various awful behaviour by the BadBoss of a PR firm, including some quite disgusting details of sexually explicit messages he sent to staff, which prompted the following note mid-article:
52	--->(Urgh. Do we have to have all this detail? - Ed. Yes, to demonstrate it is not one-off banter which could be misconstrued, but a consistent pattern - [[OurLawyersAdvisedThisTrope Legal Dept.]])
53	* In an issue of ''ComicBook/{{Squee}}'' where he's being chased by his grandpa who wants to eat him, the grandpa shouts "The next time I see you you're going to be a lot smaller and coming out the other end!" and a note from Jhonen Vasquez says "OK, even I admit how disgusting this is."
54	** These pop up all over the place in Vasquez's comics, to the point where they're almost a running gag, though the notes aren't from an editor but explicitly from Jhonen himself.
55	* American humor columnist Creator/DaveBarry would occasionally include comments from his editor in his column, usually self-deprecating or a funny comment on the issue.
56	** Inverted in the 2000 election column, where he left notes ''to'' the editor. The joke was supposed to be that he wrote his "election result analysis" article the night before without actually knowing the results due to watching Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer instead of the news, and so left blanks and asked his editor to fill in the results later, although it [[HilariousInHindsight became very ironic]] since the election took months to resolve and ''nobody'' knew the results on election night.
57	* When ''PC Gamer'' magazine changed to using (psg), they received a raftload of letters demanding to know what had become of Ed.
58	* Official Nintendo Magazine used this like normal, but also [[PlayedForLaughs played it for laughs]] in [[https://randomhoohaas.flyingomelette.com/blog/?p=594 a two-page feature]] on ''VideoGame/TonicTrouble'' from the December 1997 issue. The player character and protagonist of that game is named Ed, resulting in [[NamedLikeMyName the magazine's Ed]] appearing when the feature was referring to the game's character.
59	-->There's no question, however, that ''Tonic Trouble''[='s=] name is a bit odd. It's explained at least partly, however, by the revelation that Ed (''Yes?'' - Ed), the character you play, is responsible for creating an environmental catastrophe by dropping a canister of toxic chemicals from Earth Orbit. The canister has fallen into the hands of Grogh the Hellish, who is using its contents to genetically alter Earth's inhabitants. Ed (''Hello?'' - Ed) has resolved to make amends by rescuing the can[...]
60	* ''[=NGamer=]'' once got a letter complaining about how Ed is never featured in the team page.
61	** In fact, this seems to be a particular trope of magazines published by Future.
62	* ''Series/HarryHillsTVBurp'' Book is full of these, often whole conversations between Hill and his publisher.
63	* It was an event when a review in ''Magazine/AmigaPower'' ''didn't'' have one.
64	* The wacky computer games magazine ''Zero'' used these even more than ''Amiga Power''.
65	* ''Magazine/YourSinclair'' went nuts with this, particular during T'Zer's spell. Also went recursive, with Ed's contributions occasionally being heckled by Ed's Ed.
66	** After one confused reader wrote in [[http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/articles/letters5.htm asking who "Ed" was]], the editors responded that it is indeed tough to have a [[Series/MisterEd talking horse]] for an editor.
67	* ''(Ultra) Game Players'' did this, typically when another editor (typically Frank, Chris, or Roger) made a joke at managing editor Bill's expense. Given the DeathWorld environment of the office itself, it was usually assured someone was in really deep shit.
68	* In ''Sinclair User'', the review of the game ''Mugsy'' began in a FunetikAksent version of how Chicago gangsters were supposed to speak, until it was brought to a halt by a note: ''[Dat's enough, goil. All dis Mugsyspeak is getting on ma noives. Da Ed.]''
69	* [[Franchise/StarWars Anthony Daniels]] did this in the columns he wrote for ''Star Wars Insider'' magazine in the mid-90s.
70	* ''[[Magazine/TopSecretMagazine Top Secret]]'' did this occasionally. The most major example comes from issue 28, where the editor-in-chief interrupts a review halfway through, supposedly to remove the reviewer's unrelated ramblings, and instead writes the second half by himself.
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74	* ''Webcomic/DebuggingDestiny'' uses one, after the artist finally ran out of narratively appropriate ways to avoid boring scenes of characters walking from one spot to another. Appears in [[https://debuggingdestiny.com/49 49-15]].
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78	* ''WebVideo/TheWhiskeyVault'': Fancy Dan, the show's editor, occasionally inserts snarky comments that pop up on screen, usually to poke fun at Rex or lampshade something silly that's happening in the video.
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82	* Often humorously inserted into Chet's ''Website/OldManMurray'' articles by Erik, and more rarely, vice-versa.
83	* There was a running joke about John Cheese, editor of ''Juvenile Comedy'', doing this in Shamus Young's articles, usually to humorous effect.
84	* ''Website/TheAgonyBooth'''s editor, Albert, occasionally adds research notes to the site's [[strike:reviews]] recaps.
85	* ''Website/{{Cracked}}''
86	** Articles sometimes include editor's notes for further jokes. [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-lovable-animals-you-didnt-know-are-secretly-terrifying/ For example]]: "If there’s two things Cracked is all about, it’s fucked up animals and dongs. And since they won’t let me write 'The 7 Most Fucked Up Animal Dongs,' '''(Editor's Note: Only because it's been written already)''' I had to settle for focusing on just the animal stuff."
87	A recurring joke is the Photoshop Department commenting on the article's photos. For example, below a picture of dogs leaping from a bridge to their deaths was a caption that said: ''"'Please don't make me do something like this again.' -Photoshop Department."'' Other times, the note says that it was awesome making the photo.
88	* These pop up on Comics Alliance from time to time, mostly Laura Hudson defending herself against Chris Sims' more bizarre accusations.
89	* WebSite/TelevisionWithoutPity occasionally has Notes from Ed in the recaps, although they are signed with the editor's handle, not "Ed."
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