J-Bolt News

[Sabrinaset]

Can I get J-Bolt to autograph my boobs?

[sk716]

Can I get J-Bolt to autograph my boobs?

Only if you let him cop a feel first.

[Sabrinaset]

Only if you let him cop a feel first.

That explains my chest right now...

http://s50.photobucket.com/albums/f336/sabrinaset/th_cleavagesk.jpg

[howyadoin]

That explains my chest right now...

http://s50.photobucket.com/albums/f336/sabrinaset/th_cleavagesk.jpgSo many questions come to mind...

[MacQuarrie]

Just so y'all know, I'm not being sarcastic or playing with Fisher on the IMDB. I realized that I miss the guy, and since I promised not to go after him or harass him anymore, I can be nice to him. So I'm going to be friendly and helpful. Sincerely. No kidding.

I won't be parroting his hype like his defender here, but I will make every effort to halp him in any way that I can. I like turning enemies into friends. I've done it before. I think Jim just needs a friend.

*sings "Just One Person" from "Snoopy!"*

[Red Jack]

That explains my chest right now...

http://s50.photobucket.com/albums/f336/sabrinaset/th_cleavagesk.jpg


Uhhhh. What?

[Magneto_X]

Jim wants fame and adulation without effort or talent.

That, or he's two beers short of a six pack.

I know the perfect job for him: studio exec.

[Magneto_X]

Disregard post.

[Magneto_X]

That explains my chest right now...

http://s50.photobucket.com/albums/f336/sabrinaset/th_cleavagesk.jpg

:eek:

I'll be in my bunk........*wanders off*

[sk716]

Question!

Cams question was "How do you really make a living?"

I would have agreed with you if not for the fact that this individual has been a sworn basher, who did not put it as a valid question: rather as a snip just to get under my skin. If it were a valid, polite question, posted in the appropriate string, I would've answered it again, for the last time. Then again, since I have answered this question many times before, the basher record shows that he/they would just spew some more crud at my answer, calling it a lie... YET AGAIN! So, why even bother? What would be the sense in wasting my time on that again? What would be the logic in that, for me?

When has he ever answered this? No, really, we've got volumes of J-Bolt posts and I've read them all and I don't recall anything about how J-Bolt makes money. He's got to have a day job.

[Sabrinaset]

He's got to have a day job.

He manufactures these.

http://www.cornerhardware.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=6744_6908

[Cam63]

That explains my chest right now...

http://s50.photobucket.com/albums/f336/sabrinaset/th_cleavagesk.jpg

I appreciate good calligraphy as much as the breast, I mean next person.

[howyadoin]

I appreciate good calligraphy as much as the breast, I mean next person.I didn't really like that lowercase k much.

[Cam63]

It shows Skid' has flair.

[Sabrinaset]

I've gotten a few more signatures since sk...

http://s50.photobucket.com/albums/f336/sabrinaset/th_cleavagesk-1.jpg

[Red Jack]

^
Huh.

Apparently girls really do just want to have fun.

[Paul McEnery]

I've drawn more lesbians on YABS in one month than J-Bolt has in five years. Can I be considered more of a creator than J-Bolt as well, Ms. S?
And to YABS, too.

Whereas J-Bolt's only drawn crazy people to YABS.

So you definitely win.

More lesbian boobies please! :D

[howyadoin]

I've gotten a few more signatures since sk...

http://s50.photobucket.com/albums/f336/sabrinaset/th_cleavagesk-1.jpgThat's some impressive camera work. How'd you manage to keep the pose and the lighting exactly* the same?


*Yes, I compared them in Photoshop.

[howyadoin]

Should I have said "Busted!" there?

[OzBat!]

J-Bolt: I saw you browsing the forum a moment ago... when you get to this post, follow this link (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=137014) to a proposal for published YABS members and others to put together a sampler with some of their published material, for promotion at one of the big conventions with a group table, the better to defray the costs. We're serious in saying we'd love to include you.

[MacQuarrie]

J-Bolt wants to chat!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0093335/board/thread/50002969
I'd like to see if everybody can schedule one, tremendous group chat on either Yahoo Instant Messenger or AOL Instant Messenger with everybody who has ever bashed me, everybody who supports me (including Omar), and anyone else who wants the truths behind everything that has been said by me and any incongruities which have resulted. Of course there will be questions that I cannot answer, but I'll say why on each of those questions, if any come up.
So, once everybody gets such a chat scheduled, with EVERYONE included, you let me know on this string of posts, with who all will be there, and I'll be there, as well.
Waiting to hear back,
J-Bolt
President/CEO
Lightning Bolt Entertainment family of companies

I prefer AIM, but I can install Yahoo Messenger if that's what everybody else uses.

[J-Bolt]

I went through and wrote a nice, long reply to this along with going further into my invitation offer for a group chat, but I guess it took too long for me to get done as this board logged me out when I hit for it to post, and I didn't copy what I wrote so that I could just paste it in.
It's late and I'm tired, so I'll re-write all that again tomorrow sometime.
J-Bolt
:o

J-Bolt: I saw you browsing the forum a moment ago... when you get to this post, follow this link (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=137014) to a proposal for published YABS members and others to put together a sampler with some of their published material, for promotion at one of the big conventions with a group table, the better to defray the costs. We're serious in saying we'd love to include you.

[PatrickG]

J-Bolt...

Just wanted to say that in spite of any frustration I've had in following this extended saga, I like your art and I wish you the best.

I believe in Jim's offer of friendship. There's no "Kick Me" sign waiting to be taped to your back ala JBolted. This is real, just as I believe Gail's offer to donate a script years ago was real. There was/is some skepticism regarding whether or not you would take an offer of friendship, I think.

I know that after years of negativity on both sides it may be hard but OzBat! has the right spirit.

Let's all come together and do something great. No hype. No pretense. Just people who love comics DOING comics.

I know how hard it can be producing a comic. I sweated bullets last year just to put out an ashcan roughly the length of the LBC ashcan. It can be backbreaking, soul crushing and financially draining.

But I also have slowly come to realize that if it is that hard, something's going wrong. There are better ways to do things than you or I have tried. The proof of that is in the work of guys like Robert Kirkman and Brian Bendis, comic pros who worked their way up.

This YABS ashcan is a good thing and I think it would be a good thing to just call a ceasefire and COMBINE our abillities, all of them, to build something.

In my heart, my desire to go pro was not fulfilled by a simple ashcan and I don't think yours was either. I think the idea to push a comic idea into development as a movie was an attempt to get around the limitations that this industry can impose and I applaud that kind of spirit if nothing else.

I just want one real shot. One real story. I think if I can get that, I can find people to work with and find my footing in this industry.

Consider joining me on that.

[EdContradictory]

Could an admin check "J-Bolt's" IP? You know, since it's probably just OMAR.

[PatrickG]

Well, I've often pointed out that if William Shakespeare was a pseudonym (possibly shared by a collective of writers) then he would be no less real than if he were a single man. And, as a byproduct, it would mean that he never died and that new Shakespeare work could be produced under the name by contemporary writers.

Likewise, whether or not this J-Bolt is Jim Fisher doesn't matter to me. If he wants to produce stories, I'm all for it as long as this J-Bolt wears the mask.

The LAW may not see it as such and Jim Fisher can sue if he wants...

But WHOEVER this J-Bolt is, all I care is that he strives for the "ominous beauty" that the J-Bolt name stands for, along with faster rate of production and an ever-increasing rate of quality.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

I went through and wrote a nice, long reply to this along with going further into my invitation offer for a group chat, but I guess it took too long for me to get done as this board logged me out when I hit for it to post, and I didn't copy what I wrote so that I could just paste it in.
It's late and I'm tired, so I'll re-write all that again tomorrow sometime.
J-Bolt
:o


If it is you , I am happy you came back to CBR. I have nothing against you at all since this whole saga started years before me even coming on CBR. As a comic book fan I'll wait on your work at my LCS. Good luck and hopefully things will be ok for you again at CBR.

[MacQuarrie]

Could an admin check "J-Bolt's" IP? You know, since it's probably just OMAR.
I'm certain that OMAR is not J-Bolt.

We all know that Bolt's in Nevada. He has always said that, and his phone number and address are in Nevada.

The money order that OMAR sent me was purchased and mailed from upstate New York.

Plus OMAR has a totally different writing style. I've tried to imitate J-Bolt's style, and it is in fact inimitable. They can't be the same guy.

[J-Bolt]

Patrick...
Thank you for your compliment on my art. I actually started the WLS Ashcan MANY years ago, while my drawing style was still somewhat green, not know quite what I wanted to do with it, and having more intentions on just doing it for personal amusement for myself. That's why most of the first part doesn't match the last parts, in detailed style. It took me a number of years to get it together (once I decided what I wanted to do with it), and you can actually use it to see how my drawing style evolved over all that time. As artists, we're always growing in our styles and each year end up changing even a little something more of what we did the year before, etc. My coloring style I created and the only difference, in the WLS Ashcan, is that I chose to mix 2 styles of my more gradient/realistic style and did other pages in that solid coloring style that I never really liked, since real life colors aren't solid. For all this, and seeing the earlier artwork pages, I don't really fault those who didn't like the art, as I'm sure they didn't care to see the last pages when my style changed to be far more detailed. I just wanted to explain that along with saying that I, myself, don't have bad feelings for those who threw pitchforks at what they first saw.
I believe in MacQuarrie's offer also, as well as OzBat first saying it to me. That's why I went through all of the long post last night, but screwed up at it without saving what I wrote, not remembering that this board gives only a certain amount of time to post a message. I've ALWAYS wanted friendship with everybody here, as quite a few people here will certainly remember, is that I offered a friendship truce quite a few times over and only to get it thrown in my face, or was used as that "kick me" sign against me. I'll keep going for the friendship, this time, until I see more "kick me" signs thrown onto me again. Now, if nobody wants this to happen, let's keep those signs away... huh? I love the analogy of the "kick me" sign you created, so I hope you don't mind me using it. I honestly want to be a friend with my peers and visa-versa. We all have quite a bit to offer each other after all, ya' know.
OzBat! most certainly started this off with the right spirit. I'll certainly give no arguement there.
I agree that those of us who love comics should do this book together and I have a couple of ideas to throw in, if nobody minds: 1) why not do it as one, big, continual story involving one of each of our characters (or 1 hero/1 villain from each of us)? The reason for this is because publishers look for artists who can put their own swing to other creators' work all the time, as they want to know that you're not limited to putting your best only into your own work. We would each give a character stats sheet to whoever is writing (I nominate Simone, of course), she writes the story, based on all the characters commonality (sp?), as is done with most crossovers, and we each get our alotment of pages to work on. If we each do the proposed 4 pages each, I suggest that we ink only 1 of our own pages as publishers also want to see how we ink other artists' pencils. As each penciled page is completed, we scan/e-mail it to whoever is selected as our editor (there's too many to choose from, for me to nominate, so I leave that up to you guys to put to a vote), and if it'll be in color, I suggest we each throw in our individual coloring style, as I do mine a certain way, as jpg's (like I said... it's my style, not the industry standard, but it works for me and I'm not at all comfortable doing it any other way, truth to tell), then, we can find a good inexpensive printer who has great prices. The printer I have does 25,000 copies at 25.5 cents each full color with 100lb glossy cover stock cover, but somebody here might get an even better price, having their own local connections. 2) My other suggestion would be that, since everybody has ideas of which convention to show it and scheduling problems, I'll throw in mine. Comicon just announced that since this year's convention was much bigger than they anticipated, with the spill-over being so much larger than they could comfortably house, why not use what they said that they are going to do next Summer the earliest, but the following Summer as the latest, being that they're going to put a large part of the convention in Las Vegas. That would be absolutely ideal for us to do this, since the infancy of it will make what we pay even cheaper and we can be really socializing at the party place of the World, in between our shifts at the booth. I'll pay my portion of the overhead for this, plus use my own little hype skills to get even more people to come see us. After all, I'm told that I'm a bit overzealous with the hype LOL (even though it does apparently work in some capacity or another) and it'll greatly help us, I believe. So these are my idea/suggestions, with my 2 cents added in. Whatever you guys end up with, in the end result, lemme' know the details and I'll schedule it in, as well as everybody being able to give the heads up to their employers, babysitters, etc. so that they can do it. I really do think the Vegas one would be the best for all involved, with the reasons I mentioned and far more.
"It can be backbreaking, soul crushing and financially draining." I didn't suffer most of those items except for the "backbreaking" aspect as I worked tirelessly on finishing the Ashcan, once I figured out what I wanted to do with it, on the market. But, instead of us all doing a variety-show Ashcan, I think it would be best for us all to do just a whole comic book in the spirit of all the great multi-artist single stories.
Believe me... I have worked long and hard on my craft for MANY years and I do believe I found something that works well, as long as I can schedule all the things I'm doing at once, more relaxed. I've been stretched to the limits with all the things I'm working on at the same time now, and have been working to improve my scheduling so that more material evidence is immediately seen from my work, including scheduling time in on getting the comics done (as I am indeed doing). Speaking of which, another thing that gets artists solidly known amongst comic book fans and, at the same time, get paid well for doing so, is to sell custom commissioned art on eBay. I know artists who do it there, one under a pen name, and they make an average extra $1,500 a month doing so, while getting their style known. Either way, you guys might want to look into that, as it'll bring a pretty penny into your pocket while getting your rep out there amongst people who will pay through the nose to get their work done. Then, when you have hit big, the owners of those originals will take extra pride in possessing it.
No, the Ashcan wasn't what helped me, but it certainly didn't hurt. It was just a rung on the ladder. I know most of you won't believe it, but the hype helped me more than anything, mostly after the first LBC site hit the information super highway.
Of course I'll join everybody on this and I'll be more than happy to advise anyone of submission info they don't know as my knowledge helped quite a few artists who took my college classes. I'd even be more than happy to start a string on here, using all the stuff that I taught in the classes for free, if anybody is open to the idea, in order to see that I do know what I'm talking about and that it does indeed help. You lemme' know. At the very least it'll be fun, I'd think.
In short, I'll be happy to join in and offer anything that you might feel as being valuable from me, to add to your own knowledge/skill.
J-Bolt:cool:

J-Bolt...

Just wanted to say that in spite of any frustration I've had in following this extended saga, I like your art and I wish you the best.

I believe in Jim's offer of friendship. There's no "Kick Me" sign waiting to be taped to your back ala JBolted. This is real, just as I believe Gail's offer to donate a script years ago was real. There was/is some skepticism regarding whether or not you would take an offer of friendship, I think.

I know that after years of negativity on both sides it may be hard but OzBat! has the right spirit.

Let's all come together and do something great. No hype. No pretense. Just people who love comics DOING comics.

I know how hard it can be producing a comic. I sweated bullets last year just to put out an ashcan roughly the length of the LBC ashcan. It can be backbreaking, soul crushing and financially draining.

But I also have slowly come to realize that if it is that hard, something's going wrong. There are better ways to do things than you or I have tried. The proof of that is in the work of guys like Robert Kirkman and Brian Bendis, comic pros who worked their way up.

This YABS ashcan is a good thing and I think it would be a good thing to just call a ceasefire and COMBINE our abillities, all of them, to build something.

In my heart, my desire to go pro was not fulfilled by a simple ashcan and I don't think yours was either. I think the idea to push a comic idea into development as a movie was an attempt to get around the limitations that this industry can impose and I applaud that kind of spirit if nothing else.

I just want one real shot. One real story. I think if I can get that, I can find people to work with and find my footing in this industry.

Consider joining me on that.

[Crowley]

when's the movie coming out?

[Gail Simone]

I'm sure everyone knows this already, but I'm going to ask everyone to stay polite, please, and consider a bit of a fresh start. If J-Bolt has things to say, he's more than welcome, and as four hundred billion posts attest, the old issues have already been thoroughly discussed.

So please, let's avoid a confrontational stance. Thanks.

Gail

[SUPERECWFAN1]

Ya know J-Bolt I've said this before but the Draco could be an intriquing concept. I've said this before on here...it really could work if done right.

My thinking and you can have these ideas for free and let someone like Gail or Ozbat write them.


1. Dump Fat Elvis: That look has to go. Why not keep him in human form and have his eyes turn red and that if he looks in a mirror he sees his demon form ?

2. Play up the shared Soul: The human in the Draco now has a Demon inside him. How about playing that aspect up. How does a man go from hearing his own voice now to being drawn into a battle he's not ready for and sharing his soul with a demon ?

3. It makes no sense: Why would Draco feel anger over being placed on Earth since he feels towards them ? I think changing that Draco really could care less for humanity and is sentenced to walk among them til he can get home works best. Plus we could say he tried to take Hell from his father.


By changing the origin of Draco you create conflicts. Draco doesn't wanna share his soul with a human. The human doesn't want to share his soul with a demon and wants to be rid of him and the whole thing is these 2 existing long enough as one to figure this all out.


Hopefully ya see that I'm not blasting you in this. I just see something that could be a lot better .

[J-Bolt]

There is only one Jim J-Bolt Fisher and it is me.
J-

Well, I've often pointed out that if William Shakespeare was a pseudonym (possibly shared by a collective of writers) then he would be no less real than if he were a single man. And, as a byproduct, it would mean that he never died and that new Shakespeare work could be produced under the name by contemporary writers.

Likewise, whether or not this J-Bolt is Jim Fisher doesn't matter to me. If he wants to produce stories, I'm all for it as long as this J-Bolt wears the mask.

The LAW may not see it as such and Jim Fisher can sue if he wants...

But WHOEVER this J-Bolt is, all I care is that he strives for the "ominous beauty" that the J-Bolt name stands for, along with faster rate of production and an ever-increasing rate of quality.

[J-Bolt]

Everybody...
Please save your questions for the big chat, so that EVERYBODY will have access to the answers at the same time, including those who don't partake in this forum.
And I've already answered the question about the movie release date: there is none yet, as it will soon be scheduled.
J-Bolt:cool:

[MacQuarrie]

J-Bolt,

I'm sincere here. Let me explain myself a bit. I like to help people. It's kind of a hobby of mine. You can ask Scott Shaw! or Louis Bright-Raven or any number of other people here, I enjoy helping other people. With that in mind, understand that it drives me stark staring nuts to see somebody with potential completely blow it for foolish reasons. That's the case with you, in my honest opinion. You have artistic talent and a measure of creativity, but your need to promote yourself at the expense of your project is painful to watch.

There are a bunch or "rules for life" that I keep telling my kids. There's the Rule of Holes: "You can't dig your way out of a hole; as soon as you discover that you are in one, stop digging." There's the Rule of Knowledge: "You can't learn anything you think you already know." and a whole bunch more that the kids are sick of hearing. I think you should seriously contemplate these two rules in particular. There is much truth in them.

Now, as I said before, OMAR has eliminated the source of my last conflict with you, so that's bygones as far as I'm concerned. Let's turn our attention forward and put the past behind us.

First, let's define a term. Friends. Friends are people who have your back, who have your best interests at heart, and who can count on you to do the same. Agreed? Okay, part of that is that friends tell each other the truth, and call each other on the bullshit. Now, that doesn't mean friends get permission to attack each other. If your friends let you get away with BS that will come back to bite you when strangers catch on, they aren't your friends. Again, it's like I tell my kids, "would you rather have me tell you what you're doing wrong, knowing that I care about you, or would you rather find out you're wrong when some stranger punches you in the mouth for it?"

The point of that is, if you want to be friends, you have to accept criticism and disagreement as honest observation, not as "bashing." If you want to surround yourself with people who tell you that you shit soft-serve vanilla ice cream, you can do that, but those people aren't your friends. They are people trying to take advantage of you or set you up for failure.

If you can accept the fact that occasionally your friends are going to challenge you to back up your claims, or argue with you about things sometimes, and recognize that it's not an attack, we'll get along just fine.

Frankly, I think that Bombshell has some potential, but it needs to be done the right way, and that includes not hyping anything until it's actually ready for hyping, and then hyping it the right way. For example, if Busty McBlonde has signed a contract, have the hype about it come from her, not you. Meanwhile, you keep working on the important part, which is the actual art and writing of the thing.

[MacQuarrie]

J-Bolt: Check it out...

http://www.monkeyspit.net/rantman/jbolt.php

Okay?

[J-Bolt]

Mac...
Friends is what I've aspired for, with all of you, since all the melee (sp?) started. With that being the case, my friends just call me J-.
Now, I can't agree with you more, that friends give each other constructive criticism, but the criticism I've gotten used to, from you guys, is that which contains words like "idiot" and the like. This is what has always kept me on the defensive.
One of the things I always did, when I taught classes, was that when a student brought in their assignment piece that really, badly, needed work, I'd first tell them what I liked about it. Then afterwards, I'd 'suggest' to them that they may want to change such and such about it. This made it where they had positive reinforcing of their work and they were more than happy to change what I found to be wrong. That's the whole difference, Man: if all somebody hears is negative remarks, their brain just turns off to anything else, and strikes out with teeth bared. BUT, if they hear what is felt as being good about their work first, and the negatives given secondary, they can't do enough to improve those weaknesses because they know they did something right and strive to make everything else right.
So, what I'm asking is whenever you find something wrong, why not say "hey, J-, I like where your story is going, but you might want to think about expanding on this character's speech more, or the vocabulary, etc., but keep doing that story lead-up." Then, just as it always worked for every, single student I taught, no matter what their age or skill was, it would be taken as constructive criticism.
I always taught my kids valuable lessons, as well, as I see that you care about your kids enough to do the same. With that, I've always raised my kids with the same methods that I taught my classes: positive influence, then positively phrased criticism, finished with one more positive push. And it always worked perfectly. This is all I ask. Don't tell me that I sound like an idiot amateur, if you find something you don't like.
As for promotion, lemme' give a few examples of why it works, as well as when it doesn't: every cast/crew member attached to the film is asked, as soon as they've signed their name, that I publicize their name as being attached to it, whereas they always agree. They, themselves NEVER publicize their involvement with a film project (except for a cast member I just put on the project, which is the big National news that everybody will be apprised of when it's aired, of course, which he is going to go crazy on publicizing it along with me) until we're about to go into filming.
An example of that is when Warner Bros. said, for YEARS that they're going to have Christian Bale play Batman, when they were to do the World's Finest movie (I'm still floored that they also wanted either Jude Law or Josh Hartnet to play Superman), but Christian always said that no such thing existed. Finally, they scrapped the WF movie, but started the Batman Begins project, which Christian Bale didn't confirm his role as Batman until they went into filming, while Warner was saying it for a long time before they started filming, and Christian still declined his involvement again, until they went into filming.
Now, for the bad side of that coin: too many mistakes were made by both Marvel and DC. Examples: After the craze that ocurred with the first Michael Keaton Batman movie, Warner continually said that Robin Williams WILL play the Riddler in an upcoming sequal (even Frank Gorshin went on interviews saying it). When it finally came down to Riddler being in a movie, they FINALLY went to Robin who said Hell no! You people never asked me first, but said that I will, so there's no way I'll take the role! Then, Warner put their tails between their legs and cast Jim Carrey, saying that's who they wanted in the first place... so, NYAH! Marvel had a similar experience by saying that John Malcovich was going to play Green Goblin... and we all know how that turned out.
As Producers, we start hype as early as possible so that the project will be on everybody's lips endlessly and when the film actually comes out, people will be all that much more excited to see it. Without that hype, nobody knows what a film is, and the ticket sales suffer for it because people weren't MADE to be excited about it, as they don't know what the Hell this project ever was.
I just get bits and pieces of hype out, here and there. When we go into filming, there will be a media blitz, so that people get extremely excited about it and line up at the box office. That's how you build an audience, with word of mouth, for a property that isn't known. Then, it gets known through curiosity-seekers and everybody tells everybody else.
If you guys had never gotten the first press releases and e-mails about me, 6+ years ago, you never would even have come close to talking about me, even for a passing conversational mention. Right? What turned it really bad with us is that I started getting defensive right away, as you guys did too (please don't argue that, as you can logically come to that conclusion as well, when my hurt words struck back at you). I do have fans all over the World, scattered as they might be, and some have even grown older, finding something else to put their fan sites into, such as the Japanese LBC fan site that was started by a 12 year old girl but, by the time she turned 16, her interests went elsewhere and her site has disappeared since then, as well as her (and her fan members') fan mail to me. It happens, that way with everyone. To this "fan site," I was a bit of a passing fad. Maybe, when the BombShell movie comes out over there, she'll renew the site, but maybe not. It doesn't matter as I was absolutely amazed and heavily complimented that there was a site there, to begin with. That's why I talked about it so much... I was completely dumb-founded about it, couldn't believe it myself, at the time, and wanted to share it with everybody else.
How did Omar take care of the other situation (I'm assuming you're talking about the posters)? You know what, I don't really know if you received the posters or not, but I'm perfectly willing to send posters to you again, just to show that I never ripped you off. I don't use tubes for mailing them, but if you'll accept having them mailed folded once, in a yellow envelope, I'll send them to you again.
Lemme' know if there's something I haven't covered here.
J-:cool:

J-Bolt,

I'm sincere here. Let me explain myself a bit. I like to help people. It's kind of a hobby of mine. You can ask Scott Shaw! or Louis Bright-Raven or any number of other people here, I enjoy helping other people. With that in mind, understand that it drives me stark staring nuts to see somebody with potential completely blow it for foolish reasons. That's the case with you, in my honest opinion. You have artistic talent and a measure of creativity, but your need to promote yourself at the expense of your project is painful to watch.

There are a bunch or "rules for life" that I keep telling my kids. There's the Rule of Holes: "You can't dig your way out of a hole; as soon as you discover that you are in one, stop digging." There's the Rule of Knowledge: "You can't learn anything you think you already know." and a whole bunch more that the kids are sick of hearing. I think you should seriously contemplate these two rules in particular. There is much truth in them.

Now, as I said before, OMAR has eliminated the source of my last conflict with you, so that's bygones as far as I'm concerned. Let's turn our attention forward and put the past behind us.

First, let's define a term. Friends. Friends are people who have your back, who have your best interests at heart, and who can count on you to do the same. Agreed? Okay, part of that is that friends tell each other the truth, and call each other on the bullshit. Now, that doesn't mean friends get permission to attack each other. If your friends let you get away with BS that will come back to bite you when strangers catch on, they aren't your friends. Again, it's like I tell my kids, "would you rather have me tell you what you're doing wrong, knowing that I care about you, or would you rather find out you're wrong when some stranger punches you in the mouth for it?"

The point of that is, if you want to be friends, you have to accept criticism and disagreement as honest observation, not as "bashing." If you want to surround yourself with people who tell you that you shit soft-serve vanilla ice cream, you can do that, but those people aren't your friends. They are people trying to take advantage of you or set you up for failure.

If you can accept the fact that occasionally your friends are going to challenge you to back up your claims, or argue with you about things sometimes, and recognize that it's not an attack, we'll get along just fine.

Frankly, I think that Bombshell has some potential, but it needs to be done the right way, and that includes not hyping anything until it's actually ready for hyping, and then hyping it the right way. For example, if Busty McBlonde has signed a contract, have the hype about it come from her, not you. Meanwhile, you keep working on the important part, which is the actual art and writing of the thing.

[kingdom2000]

Sigh, why does this thread keep coming back like the living dead? Wether the guy post as j-bolt is the real one or not, considering how much all of you dislike him, I really don't understand this effort that you make to feed him.

[J-Bolt]

Yes, Mac...
I do appreciate that, more than words can even say.
I'm just as into being honest-to-goodness friends as you are, Chum (I like that word).
Thanks forever,
J-:cool:

J-Bolt: Check it out...

http://www.monkeyspit.net/rantman/jbolt.php

Okay?

[J-Bolt]

Maybe because nobody wants to dislike anyone anymore? After all this length of time, isn't it better for a cease-fire? Or are you more into the war? Nobody is feeding anybody anything... we're just trying to get the truths, share what we all have, and move on from there.
Who knows... this could turn into something great.
J-Bolt

Sigh, why does this thread keep coming back like the living dead? Wether the guy post as j-bolt is the real one or not, considering how much all of you dislike him, I really don't understand this effort that you make to feed him.

[J-Bolt]

Everybody here always says they want to see more art from me, and such, so I figured this would be a good ice-breaker to start another conversation.
I get asked often that if I were to do a comic for somebody else, like DC, what comic would I like to do. My answer is always the same. Batman is my favorite DC character and I love parodies, which is what makes Bat-Mite great. If I were to have a chance at doing so, I'd love to do a Mad magazine parody style of a Bat-Mite series.
I tried to attach a Mites pic I did, but I must've done something wrong because I couldn't get it to go through. Please lemme' know how to do it, somebody. Meanwhile, I just put it as a link, below. Lemme' know what you guys think.

http://www.lightningboltentertainment.com/BatMites.jpg

Also, I haven't gotten any formal pics taken with the new J-Bolt sunglasses, but I do have a candid one that was taken last year, so that you guys can see them. Here ya' go:

http://www.lightningboltentertainment.com/JBolt5605.jpg

J-

[Crowley]

...

is this real?

[SUPERECWFAN1]

So, what I'm asking is whenever you find something wrong, why not say "hey, J-, I like where your story is going, but you might want to think about expanding on this character's speech more, or the vocabulary, etc., but keep doing that story lead-up." Then, just as it always worked for every, single student I taught, no matter what their age or skill was, it would be taken as constructive criticism.

Which is what I said about the Draco. You have an interesting premise. Its just I don't dig what the character looked like from what I remember.

I'm not being mean at all. As someone offering constructive criticism I think you have something there with that character. It just needs fine tuned more.

As for promotion, lemme' give a few examples of why it works, as well as when it doesn't: every cast/crew member attached to the film is asked, as soon as they've signed their name, that I publicize their name as being attached to it, whereas they always agree. They, themselves NEVER publicize their involvement with a film project (except for a cast member I just put on the project, which is the big National news that everybody will be apprised of when it's aired, of course, which he is going to go crazy on publicizing it along with me) until we're about to go into filming.

Which is something I really don't understand eithor. Why not work on your material and leave the promotion of the movie to yourself and not promote it til its ready to happen ? This way til everything is solid and you & the stars can annouce your film project and we'll all be happy.

An example of that is when Warner Bros. said, for YEARS that they're going to have Christian Bale play Batman, when they were to do the World's Finest movie (I'm still floored that they also wanted either Jude Law or Josh Hartnet to play Superman), but Christian always said that no such thing existed.

Actually J-Bolt the idea to do Worlds Finest was to give a creative jolt to both the Superman and Batman franchises. Now with Batman Begins they really wanted to start over and relaunch the franchise from what Batman & Robin was. They wanted to do a Batman solo film 1st.

WF was a Wolfgang Peterson project and he wanted Superman & Batman in it. That idea was scrapped in 2003/2004 when Warners got McG to do a Superman flick. He walked and in 2004/2005 they came to Bryan Singer who did his film. Now WF seems back on and theres rumors Nolen and Singer could direct this big movie.

Finally, they scrapped the WF movie, but started the Batman Begins project, which Christian Bale didn't confirm his role as Batman until they went into filming, while Warner was saying it for a long time before they started filming, and Christian still declined his involvement again, until they went into filming.

Actually it was pretty clear that Bale was gonna be Batman. Nolen wanted him on the project and made a huge effort to get him. He came in ( and its on the DVD of Batman Begins) and was underwieght. Nolen said he had to bulk up ASAP. Bale started gorging himself and gained over 100+ pounds and was too big lol. People joked that the bat suit wouldn't fit on him.

He underwent a personal trainer and regime to get himself cut back down. But yeah....once he came in and was fit they all said he was gonna be Batman.

Now, for the bad side of that coin: too many mistakes were made by both Marvel and DC. Examples: After the craze that ocurred with the first Michael Keaton Batman movie, Warner continually said that Robin Williams WILL play the Riddler in an upcoming sequal (even Frank Gorshin went on interviews saying it). When it finally came down to Riddler being in a movie, they FINALLY went to Robin who said Hell no! You people never asked me first, but said that I will, so there's no way I'll take the role! Then, Warner put their tails between their legs and cast Jim Carrey, saying that's who they wanted in the first place... so, NYAH! Marvel had a similar experience by saying that John Malcovich was going to play Green Goblin... and we all know how that turned out.

And from that I saw Robin Williams on a special awhile back and he said that he did plan to play the Riddler in the Batman movie. But backed out to do something else and he recommended Jim Carrey for the role. Warners took his advice and the rest is history. I really don't know about John Malcovich as the Green Goblin though.


As Producers, we start hype as early as possible so that the project will be on everybody's lips endlessly and when the film actually comes out, people will be all that much more excited to see it. Without that hype, nobody knows what a film is, and the ticket sales suffer for it because people weren't MADE to be excited about it, as they don't know what the Hell this project ever was.

But many producers don't really let themselves hype the movie. Sometimes they'll sit back and let other internet sites like ACIN and all do the hyping of the film for them.

If you look at V for Vendetta , the film had every reason to be a failure. It was dealing with a rough subject and they pushed it back from its planned November 2005 release date. The signs were pointed to failure. But the trailers and all paid off. The film did very well.

Then theres too much hype. Like the situation in 2000 with Godzilla. The movie from what many said was the most hyped film of that year and it crashed & burned fast. Fans said it best " it didn't live up to the hype " in a way. You really don't have to be in HYPE mode 24/7 for your film to make it.


I just get bits and pieces of hype out, here and there. When we go into filming, there will be a media blitz, so that people get extremely excited about it and line up at the box office. That's how you build an audience, with word of mouth, for a property that isn't known. Then, it gets known through curiosity-seekers and everybody tells everybody else.

If the film is good thats awesome. Because people will watch an unknown property. My only questions to you is the fact that your property isn't as well known as a Superman , Spiderman or even Punisher. Those films had a lead in with people who knew the property and would follow it to the big screen.

Look at Spawn in 1997. It had alead in with McFarlane's comics and TV show on HBO. Thats what helped him attract a fanbase to theators. Comic book films are a rougher sell now at times as people are getting very fickle about what thier watching.


My only questions to you is how you can translate a character like Bombshell to the big screen with a cast of well...B-Actors ( I'm sorry...Adam West is as far from A-List to me as possible) and expect it to click in this era of 2007 ?

This isn't being mean J-Bolt. I just had these questions as I did last year.

[OzBat!]

Sigh, why does this thread keep coming back like the living dead? Wether the guy post as j-bolt is the real one or not, considering how much all of you dislike him, I really don't understand this effort that you make to feed him.Try some reading comprehension... it's come back to life because we're trying to build some bridges, here. You can't do that effectively, by ignoring what came before. You need to resolve what you can, and then move forward. This is the process currently in motion. I could ask you instead, why do YOU feel the need to slam the participants in this thread?

[MacQuarrie]

Sigh, why does this thread keep coming back like the living dead? Wether the guy post as j-bolt is the real one or not, considering how much all of you dislike him, I really don't understand this effort that you make to feed him.
Let's get that straight right now... I never disliked J-Bolt. I was frustrated and aggravated and disappointed by him on various occasions, I felt ripped off by him on one occasion, and I really hated his approach to publicity, but I talked to the guy on the phone for over two hours once. I don't waste that kind of time on people I dislike.

If you can scare up an archived copy of the page that I jus took down, you will note that at no time do I criticize his artwork. The whole page revolved around his hype, his business practices and his writing. (The great thing about writing is it can be fixed by a decent editor. Brian Bendis can't spell to save his life, and his grammar is awful, but he can cook up a good story and interesting dialogue, and that's what matters.)

I hope this new improved J-Bolt sticks around.

And he is definitely the real J-Bolt. Nobody else writes a post the way he does.

[MacQuarrie]

Everybody here always says they want to see more art from me, and such, so I figured this would be a good ice-breaker to start another conversation.
I get asked often that if I were to do a comic for somebody else, like DC, what comic would I like to do. My answer is always the same. Batman is my favorite DC character and I love parodies, which is what makes Bat-Mite great. If I were to have a chance at doing so, I'd love to do a Mad magazine parody style of a Bat-Mite series.
I tried to attach a Mites pic I did, but I must've done something wrong because I couldn't get it to go through. Please lemme' know how to do it, somebody. Meanwhile, I just put it as a link, below. Lemme' know what you guys think.

I love it. Seriously, this is some of the best art I've ever seen out of you. Do more humor, it suits you.

[MacQuarrie]

Mac...
Friends is what I've aspired for, with all of you, since all the melee (sp?) started. With that being the case, my friends just call me J-.
Now, I can't agree with you more, that friends give each other constructive criticism, but the criticism I've gotten used to, from you guys, is that which contains words like "idiot" and the like. This is what has always kept me on the defensive.
Understood. According to what I've heard, you took a lot more heat from the Warren Ellis forums than you did here. But I'm sure it all bleeds together.

The contructive criticism technique you describe is what some people call the "oreo technique": give 'em a cookie, then give 'em the important part, then given 'em another cookie. I use it when coaching archery.

As for promotion, lemme' give a few examples of why it works, as well as when it doesn't: every cast/crew member attached to the film is asked, as soon as they've signed their name, that I publicize their name as being attached to it, whereas they always agree.
<oreo_technique="on">
Your explanation makes a lot of sense, and I understand what you're saying. One little detail: "whereas" means "because." It doesn't really make sense in this sentence. But I understand what you're saying, and it is a legitimate approach to publicity. I don't completely agree with it, and there is a tremendous risk of failure involved, but sometimes it works.
<oreo_technique="off">
How did Omar take care of the other situation (I'm assuming you're talking about the posters)? You know what, I don't really know if you received the posters or not, but I'm perfectly willing to send posters to you again, just to show that I never ripped you off. I don't use tubes for mailing them, but if you'll accept having them mailed folded once, in a yellow envelope, I'll send them to you again.
He got sick of hearing me talk about it, so he sent me a money order on condition that I shut up about them. I think he's nuts for doing that, but oh well.

[OzBat!]

I just want to say, and I'm not being facetious in any way, that I miss the old squarer J-Bolt "mask" eyewear. Like any costume change, I'll get used to the new look, and I think it'll open you up to less ridicule in the long run. But!! the old mask was all kinds of goofy fun, and I'll miss it.

[J-Bolt]

Which is what I said about the Draco. You have an interesting premise. Its just I don't dig what the character looked like from what I remember. I'm not being mean at all. As someone offering constructive criticism I think you have something there with that character. It just needs fine tuned more.

I understand, but most of the aspects you've described are in the Draco story. You just haven't gotten to see enough of it to know where the story is going. Be patient and wait for it. Then you'll see what happens with it from there.

Which is something I really don't understand eithor. Why not work on your material and leave the promotion of the movie to yourself and not promote it til its ready to happen ? This way til everything is solid and you & the stars can annouce your film project and we'll all be happy.

Because the movie is happening now, ergo it's being promoted. If I were to wait until we go into filming, we'll be over-shadowed by the other more known character films.

Actually J-Bolt the idea to do Worlds Finest was to give a creative jolt to both the Superman and Batman franchises. Now with Batman Begins they really wanted to start over and relaunch the franchise from what Batman & Robin was. They wanted to do a Batman solo film 1st. WF was a Wolfgang Peterson project and he wanted Superman & Batman in it. That idea was scrapped in 2003/2004 when Warners got McG to do a Superman flick. He walked and in 2004/2005 they came to Bryan Singer who did his film. Now WF seems back on and theres rumors Nolen and Singer could direct this big movie. Actually it was pretty clear that Bale was gonna be Batman. Nolen wanted him on the project and made a huge effort to get him. He came in ( and its on the DVD of Batman Begins) and was underwieght. Nolen said he had to bulk up ASAP. Bale started gorging himself and gained over 100+ pounds and was too big lol. People joked that the bat suit wouldn't fit on him. He underwent a personal trainer and regime to get himself cut back down. But yeah....once he came in and was fit they all said he was gonna be Batman. And from that I saw Robin Williams on a special awhile back and he said that he did plan to play the Riddler in the Batman movie. But backed out to do something else and he recommended Jim Carrey for the role. Warners took his advice and the rest is history. I really don't know about John Malcovich as the Green Goblin though.

Right, but the point was, though, that I never say anyone involved with the BombShell film is such unless I have something in writing from them, stating it to be a fact. But other producers have done it without some type of confirmation, while actors/actresses that did have it in writing also said they weren't connected until they were to go into filming. The production company always starts promoting as soon as they have something in writing, as I have. This caused the word-of-mouth, right from the beginning, amongst those who want to see the film and industry professionals.

But many producers don't really let themselves hype the movie. Sometimes they'll sit back and let other internet sites like ACIN and all do the hyping of the film for them. If you look at V for Vendetta , the film had every reason to be a failure. It was dealing with a rough subject and they pushed it back from its planned November 2005 release date. The signs were pointed to failure. But the trailers and all paid off. The film did very well.

Right, but they can afford to let others promote the films for them, since they already have a built-in audience. I had to start it myself, with the help of other publicists, on occassion.

Then theres too much hype. Like the situation in 2000 with Godzilla. The movie from what many said was the most hyped film of that year and it crashed & burned fast. Fans said it best " it didn't live up to the hype " in a way. You really don't have to be in HYPE mode 24/7 for your film to make it.

Precisely. My goal is to just keep BombShell on everybody's lips and, when the project goes into filming is when the real hype will come out.

If the film is good thats awesome. Because people will watch an unknown property. My only questions to you is the fact that your property isn't as well known as a Superman , Spiderman or even Punisher. Those films had a lead in with people who knew the property and would follow it to the big screen.

That's why the hype is important: to make people remember it, even if it's just a brief thought, while waiting for the film to come out. Then, they can judge the film as it stands and make a decision from there.

Look at Spawn in 1997. It had alead in with McFarlane's comics and TV show on HBO. Thats what helped him attract a fanbase to theators. Comic book films are a rougher sell now at times as people are getting very fickle about what thier watching.

Actually, they've become even easier, because the leyman has now been exposed to the comic films and found that they like them. They just want more variety of characters that aren't wearing leather and/or rubber.
By the way, McFarlane caused damage when he didn't put out the sequal as promised in this 9 years since that film came out. Now, he's saying that he's going to make another one, producing it himself, for no more than $10 million. Again, he has a built-in audience, even with the fans that felt let down by the sequal not coming out. Now everybody says "oh, he's saying he's making one now? I'll believe it when I see it." What's the difference between the situation of him taking so long to do a film as opposed to me? He has the money and other resources easily at his disposal, while I've had to work for all mine from scratch and it's only taken me 6 years to get further on this first time film than it's taken him 9 years to not even have a new script.


My only questions to you is how you can translate a character like Bombshell to the big screen with a cast of well...B-Actors ( I'm sorry...Adam West is as far from A-List to me as possible) and expect it to click in this era of 2007 ?

Alan Alda was considered a "B-Actor" until he was put onto the big screen. So was Pat Morita and many others. I cast the actors that I've chosen as a matter of whether or not I feel they fit the role they're playing. Adam was cast based on his reputation as a womanizer and the character he's playing is a womanizing sexist. Adam likes the idea of the role so much because he has to really convince the audience to hate him through this role, maybe finally getting rid of the bat-signal over his head, if he can pull it off, like I believe he will.

This isn't being mean J-Bolt. I just had these questions as I did last year.

I know it's not being mean. They're viable questions that don't have any vicious undertones about them. We're wiping the slate clean... remember? So, I'm not being overly-defensive about what is said to me. I appreciate you doing the same for me.

Thanks,
J-:)

[J-Bolt]

Thanks. I guess you guys really haven't seen enough work from me because this is just a fun cartoony thing I was playing with. I've really got to change that and get more work done, so you can see that this barking dog also bites more. Thanks for the wake up call, there.
J-:o

I love it. Seriously, this is some of the best art I've ever seen out of you. Do more humor, it suits you.

[J-Bolt]

I haven't seen the Ellis forum in a LONG time, but I do remember that they were the ones to start it all off. If they kept it going, I don't even want to know, as that'll just keep some hard feelings rather refreshed.
I'll never enjoy an oreo cookie the same way agin. LOL
It sounds to me like I just need to send you and Omar some posters, so that niether of you feel cheated, whether or not you received the ones I originally sent out. Get me you guys addresses, eh?
Please don't hold it against Omar for supporting me, as he obviously has been just as much an advocate of me as those who were against me. Nobody can fault him for that anymore than anyone else would want blame for being against me. Right?
Thanks, Omar.
J-:cool:

Understood. According to what I've heard, you took a lot more heat from the Warren Ellis forums than you did here. But I'm sure it all bleeds together.

The contructive criticism technique you describe is what some people call the "oreo technique": give 'em a cookie, then give 'em the important part, then given 'em another cookie. I use it when coaching archery.


<oreo_technique="on">
Your explanation makes a lot of sense, and I understand what you're saying. One little detail: "whereas" means "because." It doesn't really make sense in this sentence. But I understand what you're saying, and it is a legitimate approach to publicity. I don't completely agree with it, and there is a tremendous risk of failure involved, but sometimes it works.
<oreo_technique="off">

He got sick of hearing me talk about it, so he sent me a money order on condition that I shut up about them. I think he's nuts for doing that, but oh well.

[Sabrinaset]

Try some reading comprehension... it's come back to life because we're trying to build some bridges, here. You can't do that effectively, by ignoring what came before. You need to resolve what you can, and then move forward. This is the process currently in motion. I could ask you instead, why do YOU feel the need to slam the participants in this thread?

Well, I was gunna post some more pictures of my boobs, but since you guys have buried the hatchet, I guess I'll hold off! :D

[Cam63]

No. Boob pictures are more than welcome !

[SUPERECWFAN1]

Well, I was gunna post some more pictures of my boobs, but since you guys have buried the hatchet, I guess I'll hold off! :D


Mmmm now I know why I as an ECW freak worship you. ;)

[PatrickG]

This thread just has me grinning from ear to ear.

I like your idea, J-Bolt and my one proviso is that not EVERYONE may want to do super-heroes. There are some people here who love comics and not so much super-heroes.

At the same time, I also dig the idea of everyone doing a pet project that is close to their heart.

I really dig the Bat-Mites.

And given Mac's background (and connections) I kinda expect that at least one piece may have a "funny animal" bent.

The cool thing I'm envisioning is that our sampler may well have cartoon animals, 20 something slackers, relationship drama, pulp sci-fi action and, yes, super-heroes.

If we can do all that in one story, all the better.

My spider-sense is tingling with an idea similar to Morrison's Seven Soldiers project in some odd way. I'll post more when it's more concrete but I have this idea forming for an "event" or a "theme" that could tie together talking rabbits, old married couples, kids in the far future and super-heroes without necessarily foisting them into a rigid "shared universe" that Mac so dislikes.

[OzBat!]

And given Mac's background (and connections) I kinda expect that at least one piece may have a "funny animal" bent.Funnily enough, about a week ago before we started throwing this idea around, I struck inspiration for the first time in years and started scribbling down notes for an aussie cartoonish pastiche titled "Bush League".

And yes, it DOES have a drop bear!

[Cam63]

Koala or Bundaberg polar bear ?

[OzBat!]

Killer Commando Koala. I'm going native species only, here...

Maybe I can work Bundy into a cameo. Don't want to infringe any copyrights!

[SUPERECWFAN1]

I understand, but most of the aspects you've described are in the Draco story. You just haven't gotten to see enough of it to know where the story is going. Be patient and wait for it. Then you'll see what happens with it from there.

Again I'm willing to give you the benefit of the doubt there. I'm just going from what I remember I saw then. The aspects I'm bringing up ( Draco looking like Fat Elvis , the origin sample , and conflict) are in that. Maybe if this comic thing happens , you can revamp the character and bring him into today.

Because the movie is happening now, ergo it's being promoted. If I were to wait until we go into filming, we'll be over-shadowed by the other more known character films.

Your film , and I mean this as a good guy , try as I might will always suffer that J-Bolt. Your characters aren't as known. More or less big films like Ghost Rider and others will over shadow it.

Right, but the point was, though, that I never say anyone involved with the BombShell film is such unless I have something in writing from them, stating it to be a fact. But other producers have done it without some type of confirmation, while actors/actresses that did have it in writing also said they weren't connected until they were to go into filming. The production company always starts promoting as soon as they have something in writing, as I have. This caused the word-of-mouth, right from the beginning, amongst those who want to see the film and industry professionals.

Which is Hollywood and I can understand since I have no idea how the machine works. Its really hurt you though image wise , J-Bolt.


Alan Alda was considered a "B-Actor" until he was put onto the big screen.

Well to be truthful his star rose the moment he got M.A.S.H. He's always had a movie presence after that though and remains selective as a star. He made enough on M.A.S.H to pick and choose his roles. ( he made upwards of $ 250,000 grand a episode by the end its said)

So was Pat Morita and many others. I cast the actors that I've chosen as a matter of whether or not I feel they fit the role they're playing.

In terms of Hollywood career though Alda has sadly been more of a presence in recent years than Morita.

Adam was cast based on his reputation as a womanizer and the character he's playing is a womanizing sexist. Adam likes the idea of the role so much because he has to really convince the audience to hate him through this role, maybe finally getting rid of the bat-signal over his head, if he can pull it off, like I believe he will.

I have nothing against Adam West but you do realize...he's near 80 now don't you ? I really can't see West playing a near 80 yearold sexist even though he may excel at it.

There are other less known stars who are younger J-Bolt and could possibly appeal to what you need in this film. I'd say you should possibly look at them for it.

[EdContradictory]

I understand, but most of the aspects you've described are in the Draco story. You just haven't gotten to see enough of it to know where the story is going. Be patient and wait for it.
What year shall we plan to wait until?:rolleyes:

[EdContradictory]

I'm certain that OMAR is not J-Bolt.

No, not the Jim Fisher J-Bolt, I meant the guy pretending to be J-Bolt posting in this forum (you know, the one that doesn't sound anything like any of J-Bolt's confirmed previous postings).

[Gail Simone]

No, not the Jim Fisher J-Bolt, I meant the guy pretending to be J-Bolt posting in this forum (you know, the one that doesn't sound anything like any of J-Bolt's confirmed previous postings).

Something's fishy. But I haven't had time to read through everything.

Anyway, it's all in good fun.

Gail

[MacQuarrie]

Please don't hold it against Omar for supporting me, as he obviously has been just as much an advocate of me as those who were against me. Nobody can fault him for that anymore than anyone else would want blame for being against me. Right?
Thanks, Omar.
J-:cool:
I'm not blaming him for defending you. I disagree with his interpretations of events, but as General Patton said, "if everybody's thinking the same thing, nobody's thinking."

[MacQuarrie]

And given Mac's background (and connections) I kinda expect that at least one piece may have a "funny animal" bent.
How well you know me.

Yes, I'll be doing something with funny animals. Funny dead animals. In space. With anime girls and ninjas and a giant robot dinosaur piloted by a chimp. And a cowboy.

[MacQuarrie]

No, not the Jim Fisher J-Bolt, I meant the guy pretending to be J-Bolt posting in this forum (you know, the one that doesn't sound anything like any of J-Bolt's confirmed previous postings).
I think he's taking extra care with his posts, knowing that there are grammar nazis around these parts. But there are certain telltale signs that indicate clearly to me that this is the same guy.

[Crowley]

yeah...

my BS detector is going off...

[Gail Simone]

As I say, it's all in good fun, take everything on both sides with a grain of salt.

Gail

[howyadoin]

I think he's taking extra care with his posts, knowing that there are grammar nazis around these parts."Grammar Nazis" = "people who speak English"?

[SUPERECWFAN1]

He seems like the real J-Bolt to me as well. The whole movie hype thing since we debated that a long while back.

[J-Bolt]

Again I'm willing to give you the benefit of the doubt there. I'm just going from what I remember I saw then. The aspects I'm bringing up ( Draco looking like Fat Elvis , the origin sample , and conflict) are in that. Maybe if this comic thing happens , you can revamp the character and bring him into today.

In Hades, Draco has a kinda' ponytail, huge-spitcurl look, but he's not fat. Manes is the the only same-height fat guy in it. I wanted Draco to have the demonic heavy metal look, when he is merged with the mortal, Eric Faux. That heavy metal look never really goes out of style. By the way, I do have the Draco character evolving, and even mention that as part of his storyline with the Draco t-shirt in the LBC Members Store. The evolution will span over time, depending on where I decide the character should go and where the readers (such as yourself) would like to see him go. I take notes of everything in that regard.

Your film , and I mean this as a good guy , try as I might will always suffer that J-Bolt. Your characters aren't as known. More or less big films like Ghost Rider and others will over shadow it.

That's precisely why I need for BombShell to stay on everybody's lips for as long as possible before the media blitz starts: so that the moment the blitz begins, everybody will be saying "Oh, yeah! I've been hearing about that movie for a long time, now, so I can't wait to finally be able to see it."

Which is Hollywood and I can understand since I have no idea how the machine works. Its really hurt you though image wise , J-Bolt.

I'm not being argumentative or such, but I disagree. It has helped me a great deal in getting everything done that I've needed, so far. If it had done the opposite, I couldn't have even come close to geting a fraction of the things I've gotten for the film already. For example, my use of promoting got me 40 - 45 minutes of music scoring for the film by the London Symphony Orchestra for only $250,000, and that includes the composer fee. This was just because the European composer, Aleksander Dimitrijevic, knew of the project and came to me, giving his composing submission in response to some Internet press that made it to Europe. I could use other examples also, but I think that one is pretty strong to make my point.

Well to be truthful his star rose the moment he got M.A.S.H. He's always had a movie presence after that though and remains selective as a star. He made enough on M.A.S.H to pick and choose his roles. ( he made upwards of $ 250,000 grand a episode by the end its said) In terms of Hollywood career though Alda has sadly been more of a presence in recent years than Morita.

In more recent years, they're actually about the same because Alan hadn't been on the big screen for a long time, until the last 10 years or so, while Pat was on it endlessly right after TV, even being up for an Oscar for Karate Kid, not to mention that when you work for Disney, like Pat did in the later years of his life, that takes very strong star power, which Alan hasn't yet tapped into.

I have nothing against Adam West but you do realize...he's near 80 now don't you ? I really can't see West playing a near 80 yearold sexist even though he may excel at it.

But, that's the thing because that's the way I wrote the role. You see, I had Adam in mind when I wrote that character, just like I had Pat in mind for his role. The only difference is that Pat and I were friends and I had only met with Adam a few times, which we never became friends. I mean, who better to play an older sexist pig than an older guy who used to grab Batgirl's boobs on a regular basis and claim it to be an accident... every... single... time?

There are other less known stars who are younger J-Bolt and could possibly appeal to what you need in this film. I'd say you should possibly look at them for it.

I'm not looking for lesser known actors/actresses. I look for ones that I think will play the role well. On top of that, I look for these talented thespians in an effort that they can look like the character, as well. I didn't originally cast Rena Mero for the BombShell role because she has blond hair and big boobs. What got my attention on her was the fact that she looked like the character, but more importantly, as soon as I saw her lawsuit against the Wrestling Federation, I seriously felt that she showed the perfect amount of conviction that it would take to make the BombShell role a 3D character... not a T&A film. I knew the same kind of talent and meaning would go behind the role for Sam to do it, as well.
I don't worry about what an actor/actress costs to be in the film, as whenever somebody reads the script, they want what amount I'm offering, knowing what this role can do for them, since comic book films do a great deal in showing how far an actor can stretch, besides the fact that I didn't write this as a comic book film: I just wrote it as a good movie that I'd want to see with different aspects from all genres of films. I made sure that there's something for everybody in the film and everybody who is attached to it likes what the end result is.

Don't take my answers as being defensive or anything. I'm just giving the answers based on the fact that I'm not just some fanboy who decided one day that he wanted to make a movie and started putting everybody he could think of into it and seeing what happens. All my life, I've been a fan of film-making and studied it profusely. I've long recognized what's right and wrong with comic book films, and I strategize every single detail that I put into it, as a result. I detail everything from when it should be released, to making sure the story has something in it that doesn't extremely limit me to when it should be released, to getting the right people for each job who will make sure my vision stands so that I will either succeed in it or take the fall, but that I won't take blame for somebody else screwing it up and me taking the blame as Writer/Producer. There's a solid reaon for each and every detail I'm putting into this project and anytime I find that something doesn't work, I analyze as to why, then I create the solution to make it work. The most important thing is that I listen to what other people want in a good comic book movie, with my own experiences adding to that so that I come up with an equal comparison. Sometimes I get a little ahead of myself, which I catch myself and make up for the inadequacy by re-evaluating what I did, then doing it the right way immediately after I learn my lesson. Sometimes, it even takes me more times to learn that lesson, but like you do on a hard question in a school test, I skip it and move on, then come back to it later when I've had a chance to clear my head.
Anyway, I hope this clarifies why I make some of the decisions that I do.
J-

[J-Bolt]

I tell you what, Ed...
You ask me anything that only I (Jim J-Bolt Fisher) would know and I'll answer it as only I can.
I'm sure the only reason Ed is doubting me is because I've finally gotten the common-ground friendship possibility that I've tried to get all these years with everybody here and I'm not on an absolutely defensive ranting against anyone here, so I probably don't sound (or rather read) like I did the last time I was posting here.
If that doesn't convice you, Gail, Mac, why don't you PM me and ask me things that only we have discussed and nobody else would know (such as phone calls with Mac or private chats with Gail). How about Papergirl doing that little go-out-on-a-date rouse, on the old LBC site forum one time? Throw something difficult and you'll have your proof. This is, of course, other than the newer pic of me that I attached that literally has not been given out ever, ergo, the real J-Bolt <I'm standing up for the sake of that old game show> would have to post on here.
Lemme' know what it would take to convince you and why you're having your doubts. I'm sure it's because I'm not writing like a raving lunatic, but there may be another reason. Just lemme' know.
J-

No, not the Jim Fisher J-Bolt, I meant the guy pretending to be J-Bolt posting in this forum (you know, the one that doesn't sound anything like any of J-Bolt's confirmed previous postings).

[J-Bolt]

...confirm me to be the real J-Bolt because if Simone even doubts it, there's a freakin' problem. The only difference between me writing now and back then is that I'm calmer now. After all, I wasn't known for coming onto forums under different user handles... right?
As soon as we can get this out of the way, then maybe we can ALL get to having normal conversations.
This is getting frustrating, Man... really.
J-:mad:

[J-Bolt]

I know how to cure this doubt of who I am once and for all...
Mac... Do you still have the same phone number as you did when you called me in Pahrump last year? If so, lemme' know as well as what time (Pacific Standard Time for me, please) of when to call you and you'll be able to confirm 100% to everybody that I am the real deal.
That should do it for EVERYBODY. Right?
Thanks,
J-

[howyadoin]

I know how to cure this doubt of who I am once and for all...
Mac... Do you still have the same phone number as you did when you called me in Pahrump last year? If so, lemme' know as well as what time (Pacific Standard Time for me, please) of when to call you and you'll be able to confirm 100% to everybody that I am the real deal.
That should do it for EVERYBODY. Right?Mac's a man of honour. I'd trust his word.

[Gail Simone]

To be honest, J-bolt, what threw me was the open acknowledgement of being Jim Fisher after years of denying it. I'm not being sarcastic or mean here, perhaps I misunderstood. But did you not say just a bit earlier in this thread that you were Jim J-Bolt Fisher, something you've hotly denied for years?

Gail

[Gail Simone]

This is the quote that baffled me. "There is only one Jim J-Bolt Fisher and it is me."

Again, not trying to accuse you of anything, just trying to understand the sudden about-face.

Gail

[MacQuarrie]

I know how to cure this doubt of who I am once and for all...
Mac... Do you still have the same phone number as you did when you called me in Pahrump last year? If so, lemme' know as well as what time (Pacific Standard Time for me, please) of when to call you and you'll be able to confirm 100% to everybody that I am the real deal.
That should do it for EVERYBODY. Right?
Thanks,
J-
My cell phone number is in the 626 area code, 497-2O38. I have it with me all the time. Call any time before 10:00 PM. PDT (it's Daylight Savings Time now, Standard Time doesn't kick in for a couple of months yet).

But as I said before, I believe you. Like Gail, I was a little surprised by your sudden admission of your real name, given how zealously you denied it previously, even to the extent of statign it to my attorney friend in your voice-mail to him. But, y'know what? It's your name, and you can call yourself whatever you want.

But while we're on the subject, where does this leave J.B. Fisher? I've checked the Index of Periodicals at the library and searched the archives of a couple of the larger Nevada newspapers, and I can't find any mention of him; no by-lines, no articles, as far as I can tell, your interview is the only thing he's ever written. Are you sticking to your claim that you aren't J.B. Fisher interviewing yourself? It's really not that big a deal either way. I'm not trying to restart an argument here, it just always seemed to me that this was a major reason why you said you weren't Jim Fisher.

Regardless, if you want to call, I'll be happy to verify that you are who you say you are.

[Gail Simone]

If Mac says it's J-bolt, that's enough for me. Just surprised by the Jim Fisher thing, that's all.

Best,

Gail

[sk716]

I'm a little stunned and having been sick for the last two days isn't helping, heat exhaustion is a bitch.

If were all gonna bury hatchets and shake hands then it's probably best if J-Bolt is aware that I'm the one that did J-Bolted and I don't apologize for it.

I'm more than willing to let things be and not intentionally antagonize him anymore.

[Gail Simone]

I'm a little stunned and having been sick for the last two days isn't helping, heat exhaustion is a bitch.

If were all gonna bury hatchets and shake hands then it's probably best if J-Bolt is aware that I'm the one that did J-Bolted and I don't apologize for it.

I'm more than willing to let things be and not intentionally antagonize him anymore.


You can do a "Gailiens" website to make up for it. ;)

Gail

[EdContradictory]

If were all gonna bury hatchets and shake hands
We are?

Man, I remember when you all were hardcore.

This is turning into an afterschool special. :confused:

[sk716]

You can do a "Gailiens" website to make up for it. ;)

Gail

Don't tempt me!

[Gail Simone]

How do I know you're the REAL Ed?

Gail

[sk716]

We are?

Man, I remember when you all were hardcore.

This is turning into an afterschool special. :confused:

I'm still hardcore but at the moment I'm also lightheaded and a little sick to my stomach. Also, my face feels like it's on fire... I'm not at all myself right now. Maybe tomorrow I'll start "The Bodies in Your Moms Basement"

[J-Bolt]

Gail...
You're the one one who dug up the physical proof, when you found my copyright registration containing my real name. You finally was able to get the only proof of physical evidence of my real name, that existed in the ENTIRE World, which there would be no way on Heaven or Earth that I could hide it, nor make an excuse for it,... and yet you still expected me to argue it? I mean, this is probably the only situation that if you caught Clark Kent with this kinda' evidence, he'd say "aw, screw it... here's my freakin' cape," and you still thought I'd argue it?
When I told you my real name in our chat, a long time ago, and you exposed it in posts, against my wishes, I at least had a great excuse to say it wasn't true by claiming that you could've added it into the transcript or such... but, there's no way to weasle out of a legal Government copyright registration.
I've always said that when I'm wrong. In this case though, I'm not wrong by trying to protect my name (especially with the reasons involved which I felt really violated that you knew, yet you still did it), but when you actually got the proof, I had to think about it and came up with the fact that Jim Fisher is such a common name, that it doesn't really matter that it is exposed. There's several Jim Fishers in the entertainment industry alone. What's cool is that there are even a lot of Jim Fishers who are tall, slender, and with long hair. So, I re-evaluated my perspective and decided that you got me on this one, like how Austin Powers was caught, in the first movie, with his 'pump.' No matter how much I'd try to squirm outta' this one, there's no way in Hades I could... so I just dealt with it and took advantage of the commonality of the Jim Fisher name.
Gail, when we had that chat, so long ago, and you said you wanted to be friends, then stabbed me in the back by publishing things that I said were "off the record" such as my name and such, that's truly when I lost faith in trying to make friends with you. The one thing I was thankful for is that you didn't give the info I said about my son. The only reason I'm confirming my child to be a son NOW is that he's now a grown teenager, almost an adult, and told me that I don't have to hide him in protection anymore: that he's certainly big enough to protect himself. Ya' wanna' know something else there, everybody? His name is Jim Fisher too, though there are legal differences in our names that I did on purpose.
I'm suprised that none of you tried to verify my identity by asking my birthday (which was Tuesday, 8/1). And that's commonly known since Heather and my web designers always used to announce it on the LBC/LBE website, giving me public well wishes. Or by asking my age, which I turned 38 (but still am thrilled because I continue to get carded when I buy my cigarettes, though they say it's because of the long hair... NO FOOLIN').
Ya' know... all I ever wanted was friendship with you guys. A few times, I thought I had it, for a few, fleeting moments, because of the little things: like when we were all posting about the first X-Men movie and you guys were talking about Halle Berry's Storm, which my response was that she kinda' hit the accent than ran... and you guys said that remark was almost funny. But, I've had the rug swept out from under me so many times, I seriously lost faith in the concept. This time, I genuinely feel that the friendship possibility is REALLY there, especially with Mac's actions of removing his J-Bolt story on his Rantman page. THAT floored me and really showed me that he, the guy who showed he hated me the most (no matter how much he said/says to the contrary), really is sincere about this. I just ask that if he, and everybody else who has done so, takes down their offensive-in-appearance posts on IMDb, I'll do the same about the ones directed at them. Then, when all those are gone, I'll remove any general "Basher" posts, in all. Then, we can all pretend that this crap never happened to begin with.
I even figured that you guys doubted me because I'm being a bit more candid with my language on here. Here's why I'm doing so: I've always been used to talking/writing formally, as J-Bolt, which I won't use anything that I don't think is appropriate for kids to read... even on here. But, it took all these years to finally figure out that, even as J-Bolt, on THIS forum, I need to be myself and have normal conversation. Mac has heard me somewhat go off with the language when he called me in Pahrump, last year. When I get pissed off, and feel threatened (which I felt he was stalking me by calling me without invitation, and my office calls were forwarded to my home phone) I end up starting to sound like a New York Mafia dude or something and talk like Robert DeNiro or something like that, as Mac got to hear then. And how can you talk like the great DeNiro without cussing... right? Anyway, I decided to be more of myself and stop acting like I've got a spotlight on me, when I'm talking with only you guys. In real life, I swear quite a bit... Hell, I even have a tendancy to create my own cuss words. But, as J-Bolt, I keep the cussing quelled.
If our public chat ends up having people involved that I don't know who they are, I'll probably keep my language at a minimum so that I sound like the 'on-stage' J-Bolt, who tells the truth, but does so in the more 'wholesome' type of way.
So, yeah, you know J-Bolt and Jim Fisher are one and the same, as you've let the rest of the World know it... so how can I refute the evidence of it from the Library Of Congress? I'm surprised that you guys didn't keep up on the LBE site enough to know that the moment I saw you, Gail, got the evidence, I quickly had it put into the LBE News page, so that it looked like I wanted to expose it before you... so that you couldn't call me a liar again. The truth is that I didn't want to lie about it, and did my best not to by dancing around the truth. But, when I was backed into a corner, I felt I had to lie to protect that privacy that I'd created so long ago. So, now the proof is out there. If I dispute it, I'd be making enemies out of the LoC, who likes me a lot... and I WON'T do that. Besides that, you would have succeeded in showing me to be a liar if I'd refuted that undeniable proof.
In short, I made the best out of a possible bad situation.
If this will prove to you that I am indeed the one, true J-Bolt, then can we get on with normalcy. If not, I'm looking to see if I still have Mac's phone number handy and waiting for him to let me know when to call so that he can verify it, since he's the only one who has heard my voice in conversation. Everybody here has heard my voice in the recording from my site, but Mac has heard me talk in normal conversation. Ergo, that exposure to me talking, plus you guys knowing that if he tells you I'm the real deal, you can trust him 100%, it's the one, sure way to prove me to be the only Jim "J-Bolt" Fisher.
You guys lemme' know where to go from here. Meanwhile, let's PLEASE get on with normal conversation... eh?
Thanks,
J-:p

By the way, I'm a little surprised that Omar isn't posting much, lately. Is it because we all are making frineds, and he doesn't feel as though he has to defend me? Or has he become so busy that he hasn't been able to log on. There's also another possibility, though: he may not want to be involved with the chat, so he might have stopped posting. Whichever the case, Omar, please get back to it, Bub! This just all means that we can be friends, hopefully.
I will say one thing for sure... Omar DEFINITELY was able to surmise the truths out of most of the inconsistancies whenever he refuted something on here. He ended up getting the same responces as I did, for being so accurate in the true facts.
But, the argument is all behind us now, hopefully, so he won't have to defend me, nor himself, anymore. Let's just talk, now.
Thanks for reading my long rant, yet again.
J-

To be honest, J-bolt, what threw me was the open acknowledgement of being Jim Fisher after years of denying it. I'm not being sarcastic or mean here, perhaps I misunderstood. But did you not say just a bit earlier in this thread that you were Jim J-Bolt Fisher, something you've hotly denied for years?

Gail

[EdContradictory]

How do I know you're the REAL Ed?

Gail
:eek:

How do I even know I'm the real Ed?

*Breaks out Intro to Philosophy book.*

*Doesn't read fast enough.*

*Disappears.*

[J-Bolt]

I just got off the phone with Mac... and he'll confirm everything, including that I'm NOT J.B. Fisher.
He and I talked for about 20 minutes and, he's at work right now, so he's going to put his words in at his first available opprtunity.
I explained to him why I'm freely admitting to being Jim Fisher, just as I did in my previous post.
Now, as soon as you all hear/read it from him, can you stop referring to me as whatever expletive that comes to mind, so that I can stop referring to you as bashers... and we can all get back to normalcy?
Lemme' know,
J-:D

My cell phone number is in the 626 area code, 497-2O38. I have it with me all the time. Call any time before 10:00 PM. PDT (it's Daylight Savings Time now, Standard Time doesn't kick in for a couple of months yet).

But as I said before, I believe you. Like Gail, I was a little surprised by your sudden admission of your real name, given how zealously you denied it previously, even to the extent of statign it to my attorney friend in your voice-mail to him. But, y'know what? It's your name, and you can call yourself whatever you want.

But while we're on the subject, where does this leave J.B. Fisher? I've checked the Index of Periodicals at the library and searched the archives of a couple of the larger Nevada newspapers, and I can't find any mention of him; no by-lines, no articles, as far as I can tell, your interview is the only thing he's ever written. Are you sticking to your claim that you aren't J.B. Fisher interviewing yourself? It's really not that big a deal either way. I'm not trying to restart an argument here, it just always seemed to me that this was a major reason why you said you weren't Jim Fisher.

Regardless, if you want to call, I'll be happy to verify that you are who you say you are.

[sk716]

I just got off the phone with Mac... and he'll confirm everything, including that I'm NOT J.B. Fisher.
He and I talked for about 20 minutes and, he's at work right now, so he's going to put his words in at his first available opprtunity.
I explained to him why I'm freely admitting to being Jim Fisher, just as I did in my previous post.
Now, as soon as you all hear/read it from him, can you stop referring to me as whatever expletive that comes to mind, so that I can stop referring to you as bashers... and we can all get back to normalcy?
Lemme' know,
J-:D

Not to nitpick, but you calling us bashers is normal.

[J-Bolt]

...if we're burying hatchets, why not remove it, as I'll remove anything I've published about the bashers?
BTW... I knew it was you right from the beginning of my becoming suspicious, and I did the whois on it and getting the Wal-Mart address near you, in Arizona.
J-;)

I'm a little stunned and having been sick for the last two days isn't helping, heat exhaustion is a bitch.

If were all gonna bury hatchets and shake hands then it's probably best if J-Bolt is aware that I'm the one that did J-Bolted and I don't apologize for it.

I'm more than willing to let things be and not intentionally antagonize him anymore.

[OMAR]

Hi, J-Bolt. I'm very glad to see you here, and glad that everybody has decided to have a fresh start. It happened at just the right time for me; I was burned out and discouraged at the way things were going. I'm sorry to say that my own contributions to this thread have been more heated than they might have been on several occasions and I've been feeling kind of bad about that.

While I think I could look at any one of my posts here and defend it in context, overall I've only alienated folks more than I intended to. From what I can see of MacQuarrie and Gail both - in every context except when arguing with me - they seem like genuinely good people. But I really seem to bring out the worst in them and I'd be delusional if I didn't take some of the blame for that. I give Gail credit, as always - I said once a long time ago in this thread that if she ever asked me to leave her forum and not return, I would, no need for her to officially ban me or anything - and I meant it. She never made that call.

Thank you for acknowledging my efforts, in terms of advocating for you based on the information I had available to me at the time. Unfortunately my own tendency to twist the knife ended up compromising my effectiveness so you turned up at just the right time.

I had actually called not only my lawyer but also the public help line for the Los Angeles county small claims court, the other day. When I found myself doing that, I knew that things had gone too far. I've always prided myself on not making it personal, not making any off-board contact, even in email or PM form, but I got so worked up one day a few weeks ago that I spent $15 to express mail a stranger a money order for $28, in the process exposing critical personal information about myself that could now come back to haunt me at any time - and, more importantly, making it "personal" in a way it never had been before. That's my fault, and I apologize to the board for letting it go that far.

One thing's for sure - J-Bolt has captured and held the attention of one hell of a lot of people for quite a few years now. Look back at the first post in this thread - it's a declaration that it was over, that J-Bolt had dropped off the scene. That was more than two years ago. Let's give him credit for sticking with it.

Love the new art J-Bolt. I've been saying for some time that you need to get more - well, anything, pin-up, sequential pages, anything out there to show you're still drawing and creating and in the game. Collaborating on the anthology would certainly represent a great turning point in your public relations and is a great idea.

The big IM conversation you envision sounds like it would be pretty hectic and unorganized; I'd rather see a long-form interview with someone you feel comfortable with and with answers you've had time to consider carefully.

Again, I'm glad to see this thread take a more friendly, conversational tone and I regret my part in letting it become so confrontational and heated.

[sk716]

...if we're burying hatchets, why not remove it, as I'll remove anything I've published about the bashers?
BTW... I knew it was you right from the beginning of my becoming suspicious, and I did the whois on it and getting the Wal-Mart address near you, in Arizona.
J-;)

You'd better get to deleting then.

[MacQuarrie]

Yup, i chatted with J-Bolt this afternoon. It's definitely him. I've talked to him before, and I actually have a tape recording of his voice from a message he left on my attorney friend's machine. I can guarantee you that the guy posting here is definitely Jim "J-Bolt" Fisher.

He explained some of the off-web personal reasons behind his using the J-Bolt handle and denying he was Jim Fisher, and they are legitimate concerns that are none of our business, but they are no longer the concern that they were five years ago, so the need to stay behind a pseudonym is not what it once was.

He is maintaining the claim that he isn't also J.B. Fisher and did not interview himself. At this point it's not worth my time to search any further into that, since it's a trivial point anyway. J freely admits that the point of the interview, which was to prove that everything was on the up-and-up with LBC was something of a miscalculation, since bringing up the subject called attention to the question, which nobody had asked at that point.

Anyway, J, there's your confirmation.

A little more of my trademark free advice, which is worth exactly what you pay for it... if you keep the hype to a minimum and keep posting work like the BatMite piece, your reputation here will be entirely different in a very short time.

[Gail Simone]

I didn't dig up any of that information, J-bolt, but I get your point. I'm at twin deadlines so I apologize for my responses being so brief.

Gail

[Gail Simone]

That was my only reservation, and it has been asked and answered, so I'm completely satisfied that it's J-Bolt.

Welcome, J-bolt. For myself, I'm anxious to hear what you have to say without people attacking it. As weird as it all sounds, ALL of us have wanted the film and comics to succeed, no matter what personal enmity might have passed amongst us.

Back to work for me!

Gail

[J-Bolt]

Omar...
Please, join us in the chat, as we're going to create a way that we can do it without it being a messy thing. We'll organize it.
The way I suggest is that we organize an order of each person to take a turn with a question and it won't turn into a question-feeding frenzy.
We REALLY want you there, Omar. And nobody will attack you, anymore than they'll attack me.
Again, please be there. I see that you're online at the same time as me and I'm hoping you'll read this and respond back that you'll join us.
Everybody, please also ask him (NICELY) to be there also, assuring him that it won't be a disaster... PLEASE?
I need to go and get to another birthday party, for me, from my family that wasn't able to get together on Tuesday. I hope that when I get back, I'll see that you'll agree to joining us in this, and that everybody can come to an agreement of the whens, what IM, etc.
Thanks,
J-:D

Hi, J-Bolt. I'm very glad to see you here, and glad that everybody has decided to have a fresh start. It happened at just the right time for me; I was burned out and discouraged at the way things were going. I'm sorry to say that my own contributions to this thread have been more heated than they might have been on several occasions and I've been feeling kind of bad about that.

While I think I could look at any one of my posts here and defend it in context, overall I've only alienated folks more than I intended to. From what I can see of MacQuarrie and Gail both - in every context except when arguing with me - they seem like genuinely good people. But I really seem to bring out the worst in them and I'd be delusional if I didn't take some of the blame for that. I give Gail credit, as always - I said once a long time ago in this thread that if she ever asked me to leave her forum and not return, I would, no need for her to officially ban me or anything - and I meant it. She never made that call.

Thank you for acknowledging my efforts, in terms of advocating for you based on the information I had available to me at the time. Unfortunately my own tendency to twist the knife ended up compromising my effectiveness so you turned up at just the right time.

I had actually called not only my lawyer but also the public help line for the Los Angeles county small claims court, the other day. When I found myself doing that, I knew that things had gone too far. I've always prided myself on not making it personal, not making any off-board contact, even in email or PM form, but I got so worked up one day a few weeks ago that I spent $15 to express mail a stranger a money order for $28, in the process exposing critical personal information about myself that could now come back to haunt me at any time - and, more importantly, making it "personal" in a way it never had been before. That's my fault, and I apologize to the board for letting it go that far.

One thing's for sure - J-Bolt has captured and held the attention of one hell of a lot of people for quite a few years now. Look back at the first post in this thread - it's a declaration that it was over, that J-Bolt had dropped off the scene. That was more than two years ago. Let's give him credit for sticking with it.

Love the new art J-Bolt. I've been saying for some time that you need to get more - well, anything, pin-up, sequential pages, anything out there to show you're still drawing and creating and in the game. Collaborating on the anthology would certainly represent a great turning point in your public relations and is a great idea.

The big IM conversation you envision sounds like it would be pretty hectic and unorganized; I'd rather see a long-form interview with someone you feel comfortable with and with answers you've had time to consider carefully.

Again, I'm glad to see this thread take a more friendly, conversational tone and I regret my part in letting it become so confrontational and heated.

[sk716]

Tell you what J-Bolt.

As a show of good faith, I'll remodel your website, no charge. It will be professional and secure.

PM me if you're interested in my offer. Several people here can attest to my capabitilty as a web designer.

[MacQuarrie]

Tell you what J-Bolt.

As a show of good faith, I'll remodel your website, no charge. It will be professional and secure.

PM me if you're interested in my offer. Several people here can attest to my capabitilty as a web designer.
Several of the sample sites I sent you were done by SK. She's good.

[MacQuarrie]

But whatever you do with the site, please for the love of god lose the blink tag. Blinking text is an affront to all that is aesthetic and pleasing. It violates the Geneva Convention. If you never ever listen to a single word of advice I give you, please listen to this one. Blinking text = bad. It does more harm to your company, career and professional reputation than all the bashers who ever lived.

JUST SAY NO TO BLINKING TEXT!

[Gail Simone]

"When I told you my real name in our chat, a long time ago, and you exposed it in posts, against my wishes, I at least had a great excuse to say it wasn't true by claiming that you could've added it into the transcript or such... but, there's no way to weasle out of a legal Government copyright registration.
I've always said that when I'm wrong. In this case though, I'm not wrong by trying to protect my name (especially with the reasons involved which I felt really violated that you knew, yet you still did it), "

None of this is true, J-Bolt. I'm sorry, but someone else revealed your true name to me before you did (someone who knew you from Vegas), and someone else used it in public before I did.

Like the thing about the copyright laws (which I had nothing to do with), I'm afraid you're aiming at the wrong target.

Not a big deal, but I don't want to start with any misunderstandings.

Gail

[J-Bolt]

It's not even important. I just needed for us to establish that I'm the real deal, while waiting to hear it back from Mac.
Anyway, we've got that outta' the way now.
J-;)

"When I told you my real name in our chat, a long time ago, and you exposed it in posts, against my wishes, I at least had a great excuse to say it wasn't true by claiming that you could've added it into the transcript or such... but, there's no way to weasle out of a legal Government copyright registration.
I've always said that when I'm wrong. In this case though, I'm not wrong by trying to protect my name (especially with the reasons involved which I felt really violated that you knew, yet you still did it), "

None of this is true, J-Bolt. I'm sorry, but someone else revealed your true name to me before you did (someone who knew you from Vegas), and someone else used it in public before I did.

Like the thing about the copyright laws (which I had nothing to do with), I'm afraid you're aiming at the wrong target.

Not a big deal, but I don't want to start with any misunderstandings.

Gail

[Matt Linton]

I've just spent the better part of 3 days reading through this entire thread (190 pages). It's like a novel. A strange and wonderful novel. I haven't checked out J-Bolt's stuff yet, but the drawing he posted a few pages back was quite good. Kind of cool that so far there's a happy ending.

[Cam63]

I'm a little stunned and having been sick for the last two days isn't helping, heat exhaustion is a bitch.

If were all gonna bury hatchets and shake hands then it's probably best if J-Bolt is aware that I'm the one that did J-Bolted and I don't apologize for it.

I'm more than willing to let things be and not intentionally antagonize him anymore.

Wow, you must be crook then !

Get well soon, SK. :)

[Cam63]

How do I know you're the REAL Ed?

Gail

If you try to pat him, your hand comes back with teeth marks and your shirt sleeve is torn.

[Sabrinaset]

Since we're all admitting our sins here ... I was gunna derail this thread too. I'm not sure where it was gunna end, but I will say that springing out of a cake wearing a Black Canary costume was gunna be a part of it.

[Cam63]

I'm still hardcore but at the moment I'm also lightheaded and a little sick to my stomach. Also, my face feels like it's on fire... I'm not at all myself right now. Maybe tomorrow I'll start "The Bodies in Your Moms Basement"

That sounds like heat exhaustion.

[Night Swordsman]

Since we're all admitting our sins here ... I was gunna derail this thread too. I'm not sure where it was gunna end, but I will say that springing out of a cake wearing a Black Canary costume was gunna be a part of it.


Please? PRETTY PLEASE? DERAIL DERAIL DERAIL! :)

[Cam63]

Since we're all admitting our sins here ... I was gunna derail this thread too. I'm not sure where it was gunna end, but I will say that springing out of a cake wearing a Black Canary costume was gunna be a part of it.

You do the world's best thread derailments. :)

[Cam63]

Tell you what J-Bolt.

As a show of good faith, I'll remodel your website, no charge. It will be professional and secure.

PM me if you're interested in my offer. Several people here can attest to my capabitilty as a web designer.

I thought you scared small children for a hobby.

[Sabrinaset]

Please? PRETTY PLEASE? DERAIL DERAIL DERAIL! :)

The plans have changed. Gilda is gunna be Lady Shiva, and sk716 is Huntress. WhiteRose is Lady Blackhawk, and I'm Black Canary.

Gail is there too. She's Oracle. She's already practicing acting kinda like Professor X though.

GAIL: "To me, my Birds of Prey!"

GILDA: "Yes, Professor Simone!"

WHITEROSE: What's our mission this week?

GAIL: Supercuts has been robbed! Apprehend the Evildoers!

SK716: These criminials will fear my Ferrets of Doom!

BREE: Darnit! I gotta run in my fishnets!

[J-Bolt]

:( >sniffle!< ok... no... >snort!< no... uh... B-L-I-N-K-I-E-E-E-E-E-E-S!!!!:eek:
BWAAAAAAAAAAAA...

>sniffle!<

Tito... get me a tissue... >sob<

This is J- signing out and getting a Xanax to get over the trauma >sigh<:(

But whatever you do with the site, please for the love of