A story to amaze and piss you off. (actually about comics too)

[Justin Davis]

I told this story to Spike and Brian last night so I thought I'd tell everyone. Besides, all I have to do is copy and paste it. I'm efficient, not lazy.

The guy at my comic book store was selling some Mitch Byrd original art from the Guy Gardner comic on eBay when he had an interesting person respond.

Beau Smith, the writer of that same comic.

Beau said it was the one page of Byrd's he wanted that got away because Byrd gave it to a friend of his. That's when my friend at the comic book store said he was that friend, and he wouldn't feel right selling it to him. He gave the art to Beau free of charge.

Beau used to work at Eclipse.

Eclipse published Miracle Man.

Beau sent my friend at the comic book store multiple copies of every issue of Miracle Man ever printed by Eclipse. Many of them with headshots drawn on the issues by the artists who worked on them. Supposedly, they might have been part of some never acted on special promotion.

I told him I'd take some of those extra copies off his hands, but no go.
He said he sold one of those issues with the headshot sketches and signatures on eBay for about $700.

Meanwhile, I can't find the second book of Miracleman, Red King Syndrome, for less than $100. Although, I do thank Spike for sending me Miracleman: The Golden Age a few weeks ago.

[bert]

whoo. . .

I was worried you were gonna post about Chuck G or Slayyven getting banned

[bert]

I told this story to Spike and Brian last night so I thought I'd tell everyone. Besides, all I have to do is copy and paste it. I'm efficient, not lazy.

The guy at my comic book store was selling some Mitch Byrd original art from the Guy Gardner comic on eBay when he had an interesting person respond.

Beau Smith, the writer of that same comic.

Beau said it was the one page of Byrd's he wanted that got away because Byrd gave it to a friend of his. That's when my friend at the comic book store said he was that friend, and he wouldn't feel right selling it to him. He gave the art to Beau free of charge.

Beau used to work at Eclipse.

Eclipse published Miracle Man.

Beau sent my friend at the comic book store multiple copies of every issue of Miracle Man ever printed by Eclipse. Many of them with headshots drawn on the issues by the artists who worked on them. Supposedly, they might have been part of some never acted on special promotion.

I told him I'd take some of those extra copies off his hands, but no go.
He said he sold one of those issues with the headshot sketches and signatures on eBay for about $700.

Meanwhile, I can't find the second book of Miracleman, Red King Syndrome, for less than $100. Although, I do thank Spike for sending me Miracleman: The Golden Age a few weeks ago.


That's cool.

It doesn't piss me off, but it does make me a bit jealous.

Neat story.

[Justin Davis]

It doesn't piss me off, but it does make me a bit jealous.

That's the piss you off part. I guess I'm much too jealous of the books and money. I want and need both badly.

[StoneGold]

So, you're angry and jealous that your friend was well compensated for his act of generosity, and he didn't cut you in on the action?

[Justin Davis]

So, you're angry and jealous that your friend was well compensated for his act of generosity, and he didn't cut you in on the action?

Exactly!

Nah, I guess I'm just jealous. No one ever said jealous was rational.

[thik_3rd]

i'm happy for him. and i laugh at your pettyness. this story made my day.

[Justin Davis]

Can I not have moments of jealousy or pettyness? Am I not human?! I am not perfect!

*runs away crying*

[Archyduke]

Am I not human?!

Let's not get ahead of ourselves. Suppose you're walking down the highway on a hot summer day and see a tortoise on its back...

[Mike Smith]

These kind of stories actually make me feel warm and give glimmer of hope for humanity, good stuff. Too much of this kind of stuff does give birth to Green-Eyed monsters though.

[Michael P]

Let's not get ahead of ourselves. Suppose you're walking down the highway on a hot summer day and see a tortoise on its back...
There's good eating on one of those.

[Justin Davis]

Let's not get ahead of ourselves. Suppose you're walking down the highway on a hot summer day and see a tortoise on its back...

Yum!

Ok, that's mean. I've stopped my car to help a turtle cross the road before. Then, I got pissed it didn't thank me. Damn, ungrateful turtle.

[Spike-X]

Why was the turtle crossing the road?

No, seriously...don't look at me like that...










What?!?!

[Paradox]

Justin Davis gets me getting literal:

Exactly!

Nah, I guess I'm just jealous. No one ever said jealous was rational.

Now, don't be so hard on yourself, li'l camper!

Are you jealous ("I should have that instead of him!") or envious ("Man, I wish that was me!")? First one's kinda bad, but the other? Not so much...

[Justin Davis]

Now, don't be so hard on yourself, li'l camper!

Are you jealous ("I should have that instead of him!") or envious ("Man, I wish that was me!")? First one's kinda bad, but the other? Not so much...

Ok, Mr. Dox, I'm envious. Thanks for clearing that up, Mister!

[Archyduke]

I read a play about this once. What you have to do is get him to think that his run of Miracle Man is sleeping with Michael Cassio, and then everything else should fall into place.

[Justin Davis]

I read a play about this once. What you have to do is get him to think that his run of Miracle Man is sleeping with Michael Cassio, and then everything else should fall into place.

No, because then he'll destroy the copies of Miracleman and then kill himself after realising that Cassio was only friends with the books. There's no winning outcome for me there.

[Archyduke]

You get a sassy bird named after you in a cartoon four hundred years from now.

[Paradox]

Justin Davis thinks it's half the battle:

Ok, Mr. Dox, I'm envious. Thanks for clearing that up, Mister!

And now you know. :D

And don't forget the anger. You still have the anger to fall back on! :p

[Messchird]

Cool, not bad!

I hope he don't get too carried away with the birds.
:D