Random Comic Stuff

[DBM]

did you take pics?

No. Why would I? It's not like I can't just go down to the club and see her naked anytime I want.

 

[Elijya]

why? BECAUSE YOU CARE ABOUT US, GOD DAMN IT! or maybe you want to brag. Either way, I wanna see some boobies!

 

[iloveclones]

Either way, I wanna see some boobies!

No thanks necessary.

 

[squeekness]

No thanks necessary.

Now that's funny, I don't care who ya are!

 

[Anubis]

Heheh Bob's got b***h ****. I never get tired of that.

FYI, I'm usually drunk when I'm posting. I'm not that social, just a good drinker.

 

[iloveclones]

I haven't seen this thread in a while (I guess Bob's condition killed it), and I didn't know where else to mention this, so:

I was going through my comics, doing a little inventory-ing, etc, and I came across the 1st issue of Sleepwalker. I couldn't help but to look through it, and in the Bulletin, I came across a blurb about, what seemed like, one of their "office-boys"- none other than Dan Slott!!! Way to pay your dues, Dan!

 

[DBM]

I haven't seen this thread in a while (I guess Bob's condition killed it), and I didn't know where else to mention this, so:

I was going through my comics, doing a little inventory-ing, etc, and I came across the 1st issue of Sleepwalker. I couldn't help but to look through it, and in the Bulletin, I came across a blurb about, what seemed like, one of their "office-boys"- none other than Dan Slott!!! Way to pay your dues, Dan!

It's funny how Slott became one of the "overnight" sensations at Marvel considering he's been with them for years. I'll admit though that I didn't really know his name until She-Hulk hit, even though I've got a stack of Ren and Stimpy books that he wrote back in the early 90's.

 

[iloveclones]

What worries me is that there's a short walk from Slott-today, Bendis-tomorrow.

 

[Anubis]

That is so true....



Anyway, anybody else hear about Billionaire Richard Branson starting his own comic company. Virgin Comics they call it. (Kinda funny when you think about it.) Some mumbo jumbo about indian characters or something. Heres a link.

http://www.newsarama.com/virgincomics/virgincomics.htm

I'm open for just about anything as long as it sounds good. But from what I see I aint really impressed.

 

[Elijya]

oh joy, another millionaire wants to start a comics company


back to Slott - He actually conned his way into a job at marvel

 

[Erundur]

please explain

 

[Elijya]

In the early 90s he conned his way into an internship position at Marvel. The internship was non-paying and awarded college credit. The first time he applied he was turned away because he wasn't in school anymore. Than he went back six months later, and had an old college professor vouch that he was still in school as a reference (so he basicly went without pay for a little while) Luckily, after a couple of months, they liked what he was doing and offered him a paying position which he accepted, and he started working under Fabian Nicieza.

He used to run the Marvel Office tour, too


at least, this is how I recall it being told to me. Dan, if you still lurk here, feel free to correct me if I got anything wrong (or ask me to edit or whatever)

 

[Unleashed]

Marvel needs to wisen up and put him on a high-profile book

 

[The Hero]

Death and Superheroes,Part One by Jim Krueger

I find it funny that he admits that 1.He will not mention recent events for fear of pissing off someone important,and 2.He will plug his work as often as possible.Not the best way to get the readers on your side.

 

[deemar325]

In the early 90s he conned his way into an internship position at Marvel. The internship was non-paying and awarded college credit. The first time he applied he was turned away because he wasn't in school anymore. Than he went back six months later, and had an old college professor vouch that he was still in school as a reference (so he basicly went without pay for a little while) Luckily, after a couple of months, they liked what he was doing and offered him a paying position which he accepted, and he started working under Fabian Nicieza.

He used to run the Marvel Office tour, too


at least, this is how I recall it being told to me. Dan, if you still lurk here, feel free to correct me if I got anything wrong (or ask me to edit or whatever)

Wow! cool I didn't know that, he's like the living spirit of Marvel 'FanBoy incarnate'

 

[The Hero]

Old but good article on comics (Superman in particular) by Brian Clevinger,of 8-bit theater fame.

 

[Mazrim Taim]

I'm sure the DC boys will just love that.

 

[The Hero]

Found this over at Wikipedia.com

Twilight of the Superheroes
There is a "lost work" from this period, a miniseries proposal called Twilight of the Superheroes which Moore submitted to DC at some point in 1987. A superheroic pun on Richard Wagner's opera act, the "Twilight of the Gods" (Götterdämmerung), this story was to be set two decades in the future of the DC Universe and would feature an epic final conflict between good and evil, as well as between the older and younger generations of superheroes. Twilight was conceived as a standalone limited series which could optionally also be tied into ongoing titles, much like the then-recent 12-issue limited series Crisis on Infinite Earths. However, it would also undo one element of the prior series by restoring writers' access to the various multiple earths which had been eliminated during Crisis. Cleverly, Moore did this in such a way as to leave the single timeline of the post-Crisis continuity intact.

The story would feature a world ruled over by superheroic houses, in which the two most powerful, the House of Steel (presided over by Superman and Wonder Woman) and the House of Thunder (consisting of the Marvel family) are about to join forces through a political marriage between the children of the two families. Such a marriage would make the combined houses an unstoppable force and a potential danger to freedom, and as such certain characters set about a complex plot to prevent the marriage and free humanity from the power of the superheroes. By the climax of the story, elements from all across the universe and from up and down the timestream would be brought in. Unusually, the series would highlight many obscure and forgotten DC characters by putting them in important roles, and the lead character would be John Constantine, whose interaction with the superheroes of the DC Universe had up until then (and indeed since) been rather minor.

With Moore's departure from DC, the series never got beyond the proposal stage, although copies of Moore's very lengthy notes have appeared on the internet and in print. DC have been quite thorough in tracking down and suppressing these copies as the story, though unpublished, is still considered the property of the company. Elements of Twilight can be seen in the concept of hypertime and particularly in DC's similar-themed series Kingdom Come, leading cynics to remark that the suppression of copies of the Twilight proposal may be an attempt by DC to hide the fact that they are strip-mining unused Moore concepts. Both Mark Waid and Alex Ross, the creators of Kingdom Come, have admitted that they had read the Twilight proposal before starting work on their series, but claim that any similarities are both minor and unintended.

Anyone ever heard of this?

 

[Anubis]

Yeah, I heard about that a few years ago.

 

[DBM]

Found this over at Wikipedia.com

Anyone ever heard of this?

We've talked about it a couple times here. Over in this thread most recently.

You can read the whole proposal at this site. It's truly fantastic, I recommend you read it.

 

[Cap1970]

We've talked about it a couple times here. Over in this thread most recently.

You can read the whole proposal at this site. It's truly fantastic, I recommend you read it.

Wow. That whole proposal was completely worth a few minutes off from work. They should have done that book.

 

[DBM]

Wow. That whole proposal was completely worth a few minutes off from work. They should have done that book.

Totally. DC totally dropped the ball by not doing this. I loved Kingdom come, but Twilight of the Superheros would have blown it away. It's too bad Alan Moore won't ever work for DC again.

 

[The Hero]

Marvel needs to read Moore's thoughts on cross-overs.I would have it tacked to the wall of every office in the building.

Ideally, it might even be
possible, while appealing to the diehard superhero junkie, to produce a
central story idea simple, powerful and resonant enough to bear translation
to other media. I mean, I know that I'm probably still intoxicated by the
Watchmen deal, but it never hurts to allow for these things as a
possibility, does it?

Wow.It's sad to see Moore before the world crushed his spirit.

 

[Loveable Loser]

Sometimes we traded.

I wish I would have stayed in contact with her.

She had an awesome collection.

I know this was already pointed out but those two lines really sum it all up!

By the way Elgin, Il is my stomping grounds too.

 

[The Hero]

Didn't Alex Ross release an Uncle Sam graphic novel very similar to Moore's pitch?