View Full Version : Kurt Busiek! Appear!
Just wanna see if this works...
Sanagi
10-20-2005, 04:25 AM
And so begins the tragic tale of the boy who cried Busiek.
Hey....you're not Kurt Busiek.
The Mirrorball Man
10-20-2005, 05:06 AM
It doesn't work like that. In fact, you might accidentally summon Kurt Buziek, from Earth-2, the evil creator of "Cosmo City" and "Dartsmith".
Cam63
10-20-2005, 05:32 AM
Hey....you're not Kurt Busiek.
Yeah ! Where's the red " KB " on your blue longjohns !?
Jack Flash
10-20-2005, 06:29 AM
Yo Kurt, give us a preview of what's coming up in Astro City and what else you have in the pipeline besides the City?
twilight
10-20-2005, 07:19 AM
Keisub Truk!!
EdContradictory
10-20-2005, 07:23 AM
You can't just trick a Kurt Busiek into appearing. You have to be more subtle.
Like this:
"Gosh I wonder if Kurt Busiek's use of Qward from COIE in his recent JLA run was part of the planned run up to Infinite Crisis, or if it was just a coincidence?"
matterconsumer
10-20-2005, 07:25 AM
You do realize that Kurt doesn't make free appearances...
Tommy
10-20-2005, 07:33 AM
You do realize that Kurt doesn't make free appearances...
The jerk refused to be the clown at my birthday party. Jerk.
matterconsumer
10-20-2005, 07:40 AM
I buy Conan monthly so I'd expect him to give a good sword swinging demonstration...
Paul Newell
10-20-2005, 07:56 AM
I thought the phrase was "Wonder-Kurt Busiek....Activate!"
LibrarianThorne
10-20-2005, 07:58 AM
"By your comics combined, I am Kurt Busiek"?
Lester C.
10-20-2005, 08:28 AM
"By your comics combined, I am Kurt Busiek"?
Thank you very little for resurrecting horrible childhood memories of Captain Planet. Now I am going to have his TV intro song in my head all damn day.
Jeff Brady
10-20-2005, 10:33 AM
You're supposed to say his name three times, like "Beetlejuice," or "There's no place like home."
Kurt Busiek
Kurt Busiek
Kurt Busiek
Cam63
10-20-2005, 10:40 AM
Kurt Busiek stole my last beer. For that, he must die...
Expletive Deleted
10-20-2005, 11:18 AM
You're supposed to say his name three times, like "Beetlejuice," or "There's no place like home."He's like Bloody Mary, but with comic book trivia instead of eye gouging.
Most of the time, anyway.
LibrarianThorne
10-20-2005, 11:29 AM
Thank you very little for resurrecting horrible childhood memories of Captain Planet. Now I am going to have his TV intro song in my head all damn day.
Very few superheroes could pull off a green mullet.
Captain Planet? He did it with style.
yeoman
10-20-2005, 11:45 AM
Very few superheroes could pull off a green mullet.
Captain Planet? He did it with style.
The style of a bad trip, but still, style.
yeoman
10-20-2005, 11:46 AM
Just wanna see if this works...
I've noticed it seems to work better on the DC board and Rumbles. But not so much recently.
sk716
10-20-2005, 12:49 PM
Your doing it wrong. His name cannot be in the title of the thread and his name must be planted subtly in a random post. Only then will Busiek appear.
Shades0077
10-20-2005, 01:12 PM
Kurt Busiek is not your monkey. He will not put on a little bow tie and bowler hat and dance for you.
Not unless you pay him extra.
Kyuubi
10-20-2005, 03:40 PM
Maybe you have to say something mean about him to get him to come here.
KURT BUSIEK HAS SKINNY CHICKEN LEGS!
No? Damn, works on Mark Waid.
Tommy
10-20-2005, 04:09 PM
Kurt Busiek once came to my house drunk. He then proceeded to tell me a long and boring story before passing out on my couch. Damn you Kurt Busiek!
Phoney Bone
10-20-2005, 04:18 PM
Kurt...
Kurt...
Kurt Busiek, HOOOOOO!!!
TonyJaymz03
10-20-2005, 04:46 PM
Has anyone tried reverse psychology?
Man, it'd be awesome if Kurt Busiek didn't show up and give us free signed copies of that glorious comic known as Conan.
now, we just wait...
Spackling Compound
10-20-2005, 04:52 PM
http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/pcpow/questions/calc/3pumpkin/greatpumpkin.jpg
Keep waiting....he will come or..you know...all you get is rocks.
Tommy
10-20-2005, 05:35 PM
http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/pcpow/questions/calc/3pumpkin/greatpumpkin.jpg
Keep waiting....he will come or..you know...all you get is rocks.
Kurt Busiek does like playing mean jokes on small children. Convincing a child to spend all night in a cold pumpkin patch is his type of thing.
Cam63
10-20-2005, 05:43 PM
Kurt Busiek once came to my house drunk. He then proceeded to tell me a long and boring story before passing out on my couch. Damn you Kurt Busiek!
Yeah, but at least he didn't force you at gunpoint to watch two years of holiday slides ( to this day, I break into a sweat when I see a Hawaiian shirt or a palm tree ) and then leave you bound and gagged after he set up a Britney Speares CD to play continuously on a loop.
Yes, he's an eeeeevil-l-l-l-l man.
Kurt...
Kurt...
Kurt Busiek, HOOOOOO!!!
How dare you call Gail that?! She only did that once! And it was for Brubaker's birthday! (Not really, but Bendis told her it was his birthday...)
Besides, it's really...
*holds up copy of Marvels*
I HAVE THE KURT BUSIEK!
Kyuubi
10-20-2005, 07:50 PM
Wait, I remember. He only appears to talk about boring comic book trivia and history.
Hmmm.. I wonder what comic had the first meeting between Superman and The Question...
I wonder...
Paul Newell
10-20-2005, 07:59 PM
He doesn't deal well with illness. I heard he's rather curt, be you sick or just feeling a little off-colour.
Something to do with Thunderbolts....
Tommy
10-20-2005, 08:07 PM
combining the last two posts...
I do not know if Moonstone and Hawkeye ever met prior to his Thunderbolts apearance.
I wish there was some one who could tell me...
Who are all you people??!!!!
I said Kurt Busiek!
Shoo! All the rest of you just shoo!!
Stop spoiling my thread!! Gaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiillllllll!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kyuubi
10-20-2005, 08:31 PM
Sorry Meow(:D), but I've had this question stuck in my head for a while now: How many Brainiacs have there been and what did they all look like?
I wonder if someone out there knows the answer...
The Mirrorball Man
10-20-2005, 08:50 PM
Sorry Meow(:D), but I've had this question stuck in my head for a while now: How many Brainiacs have there been and what did they all look like?
I wonder if someone out there knows the answer...
Well, you really need a specialist. It would be like asking how many Ultrons there have been and who built them.
Paul Newell
10-20-2005, 09:12 PM
Well, you really need a specialist. It would be like asking how many Ultrons there have been and who built them.
Or is the Falcon a mutant.
Paul Newell
10-20-2005, 09:17 PM
He doesn't deal well with illness. I heard he's rather curt, be you sick or just feeling a little off-colour.
Something to do with Thunderbolts....
Damn! I was hoping, when I said that, something like this would have happened:
http://users.bigpond.com/dashboard_hula/CBR/jthunder.jpg
sk716
10-20-2005, 09:52 PM
Wait, I remember. He only appears to talk about boring comic book trivia and history.
Hmmm.. I wonder what comic had the first meeting between Superman and The Question...
I wonder...
Obscure comics trivia is the call for Mark Waid.
Now how disappointed are you going to be when you get Waid instead of Busiek?
Kyuubi
10-20-2005, 10:10 PM
Obscure comics trivia is the call for Mark Waid.
Now how disappointed are you going to be when you get Waid instead of Busiek?
Not at all, I'll just post this to scare him away.
http://www.monzell.com/images/chiyo.gif
Gail Simone
10-21-2005, 01:52 AM
Wait, who is Kurt Busiek?
Gail
Tommy
10-21-2005, 02:37 AM
Wait, who is Kurt Busiek?
Gail
Kurt Busiek was a Nazi super scientist who got turned into an inteligent colony of bees. Or was that Swarm. I allways get those two confused.
OzBat!
10-21-2005, 06:42 AM
Put Mark Waid in a room full of Marvel Comics, and Kurt Busiek in a room full of DC Comics. Give them 24 hours prep time. Then... The ultimate Battle!! Comics Trivia at 10 paces! WHO? WOULD?? WIN???!
Lester C.
10-21-2005, 06:48 AM
Not at all, I'll just post this to scare him away.
http://www.monzell.com/images/chiyo.gif
Kyuubi as terrifying as a singing, smiling and dancing kid in a penguin suit is I don’t think any of you have to worry about Mark Waid showing up. Mark like the Incredible Hulk in the sense he only materialize when he is good and angry.
TonyJaymz03
10-21-2005, 10:33 AM
And the way to make Mark Waid angry? Say Alex Ross.
Phoney Bone
10-21-2005, 10:41 AM
Mecca-lecca hi, mecca hiney ho!
Noah Johnson
10-21-2005, 01:20 PM
Gone, gone, form of redneck...
Arise the geeklord Busiek!
Kyuubi
10-21-2005, 03:44 PM
Kurt Busiek was a Nazi super scientist who got turned into an inteligent colony of bees. Or was that Swarm. I allways get those two confused.
That was the swarm, Busiek is the group of teenagers that find out their parents are evil and run away.
TonyJaymz03
10-21-2005, 04:19 PM
no no no, thats The Runaways.
Busiek is The Swordsman...I swear to god he is, I read it on th 'net.....
Kyuubi
10-21-2005, 05:20 PM
WAIT!
Busiek is the other Luthor.
Cam63
10-21-2005, 05:50 PM
...Except he's bald in other places.
Lester C.
10-21-2005, 05:52 PM
Not at all, I'll just post this to scare him away.
http://www.monzell.com/images/chiyo.gif
Am I the only the that can’t get enough of Kyuubi having himself a good time? I just can’t stop laughing and being amused.
Cam63
10-21-2005, 05:59 PM
Ky' amuses himself all day long.
His doctor has advised he should give it a rest. :D
Lester C.
10-21-2005, 06:05 PM
Ky' amuses himself all day long.
His doctor has advised he should give it a rest. :D
Listen Cam I wasn’t going to say anything but it’s obvious Ky has put on a bit of weight since his aviator photo was taken. Probably eating his fish fried rather than raw like all of the other athletic trim penguins. I say let him dance and boogie until he reaches his target weight.
Kyuubi
10-21-2005, 06:18 PM
Ky' amuses himself all day long.
His doctor has advised he should give it a rest. :D
I told you to keep that a secret. Now I'm telling everybody one of yours.
HEY EVERYBODY! CAM DRINKS LIGHT BEER!
Cam63
10-21-2005, 06:23 PM
Hmm...Well at least it's not American !
K'Nort
10-21-2005, 06:30 PM
Offer Chinese food.
Joe Zool
10-21-2005, 06:34 PM
You're doing it all wrong!
Keisub! Truk !raeppa
That should do it.
Lester C.
10-21-2005, 07:18 PM
Kurt Busiek stole my last beer. For that, he must die...
Well now we know why Kurt hasn't showed up. He insulted angry at Cam for giving him the watered down garbage.
Cam63
10-21-2005, 07:21 PM
It's OK. Busiek did actually replace my last beer.
Hmm...Tastes funny...
TonyJaymz03
10-21-2005, 07:26 PM
That's not beer....That's a ZEMA!
Selina Quinzel
10-21-2005, 07:30 PM
Good luck! I try this every night in bed, except with "Keanu Reeves!"... though I'm sure we're calling out for our respective people for similar reasons?
Lester C.
10-21-2005, 07:30 PM
It's OK. Busiek did actually replace my last beer.
Hmm...Tastes funny...
Listen do you know how long it takes to fly to Australia from Portland? He probably had a ton of beverages to drink on the way down there and after that last beer well nature called and it’s not like he knew where any restrooms were and the empty can was handy. Anyway after being forced to down the swill that is light beer I think Kurt had a little retribution coming his way.
Cam63
10-21-2005, 07:33 PM
*Spits*
........
Lester C.
10-21-2005, 07:36 PM
Not at all, I'll just post this to scare him away.
http://www.monzell.com/images/chiyo.gif
Aw thank god he's moving again. It a resurction, a miracle, and a blessing all rolled in one. Go Kyuubi dance play and be happy.
Noah Johnson
10-21-2005, 08:27 PM
Good luck! I try this every night in bed, except with "Keanu Reeves!"... though I'm sure we're calling out for our respective people for similar reasons?
If he ever does appear, and you score, let us know if he EVER has a facial expression.
Forsaken_One
10-21-2005, 08:41 PM
Hey now, we know he has a facial expression. He just doesn't have any extra.
Cam63
10-22-2005, 06:11 AM
Hey now, we know he has a facial expression. He just doesn't have any extra.
He does the stunned mullet expression pretty well.
Cam63
10-22-2005, 06:14 AM
It is my mission to make sure this picture is on every page of this thread on the account I just can’t stop laughing at it. I was actually having a pretty bad day with my brother’s computer coming down with a bad case of a Spyware program and was felling crummy until I saw this a little while ago. As an aside to the discussion all people that put out Spyware and viruses need to know that there is a special place in hell for you. We had to buy special software and the damn thing still isn’t fixed. Now I’m getting angry again.
It is indeed a cute animation, but while I know it's a happy little girl in a blue penguin costume, part of me thinks a poor child is being consumed by a giant mutant creature.
Oh, well. Back to the beer !
Lester C.
10-22-2005, 06:25 AM
It is indeed a cute animation, but while I know it's a happy little girl in a blue penguin costume, part of me thinks a poor child is being consumed by a giant mutant creature.
Oh, well. Back to the beer !
You know my initial impression a while back was that Ky was a carnivorous cannibalistic giant penguin that brought the funny. Out of curiosity what make you think that a girl child as opposed to a guy? Anyway with Kurt still unaccounted for you’d better watch that beer unless we want a repeat of yesterday.
Lester C.
10-22-2005, 11:50 AM
Aw damn. Kurt was in the currently active user section around 1240 P.M central time then left. Well he did appear but failed to post. I guess Yogo should have been more careful in his wording of the thread.
Crowley
10-22-2005, 11:59 AM
i think the only way to make him appear is via quiz questions...
stealthwise
10-22-2005, 12:19 PM
He would appear had I not locked him away in my basement, setting him free to do interviews on comic message boards.
Oh wait, you're talking about Kurt Busiek, not Bob Layton.
Busiek can only be trapped by leaving a trail of peanut butter toast crumbs that leads into a cat trap.
Lester C.
10-22-2005, 12:37 PM
We’ve put poor Kurt in quite a bit of a jam. On the one hand if he posts he sets precedence for anyone calling him out to chat. While I know he is a nice guy if the man wanted a forum I’m sure he’d have little trouble getting one. One the other hand if he doesn’t post he looks like a bit of a jerk. This is all Yogo’s fault. First he creates the never ending thread, which if you read it all the way through, is a long, long sentence about his buttocks and now this. Bad Yogo bad.
Paploo the Ewok
10-22-2005, 12:45 PM
Mabye if I type his name 3 times...
KURT BUSIEK
KURT BUSIEK
KURT BUSIEK
Maybe we can trick him into appearing, like in the Jetsons when ASTRO went to the CITY and saw numerous MARVELS before being struck by several THUNDERBOLTS and being mocked by a gang of AVENGERS?
Cam63
10-23-2005, 12:29 AM
You know my initial impression a while back was that Ky was a carnivorous cannibalistic giant penguin that brought the funny. Out of curiosity what make you think that a girl child as opposed to a guy?
'Looks like a little girl in a blue penguin costume to me.
Calamas
10-23-2005, 12:44 AM
. . . This is all Yogo’s fault. First he creates the never ending thread, which if you read it all the way through, is a long, long sentence about his buttocks. . . .
But on the bright side, it never once mentions anything about him getting shot.
Cam63
10-23-2005, 12:48 AM
I'm waiting....
Kyuubi
10-23-2005, 01:49 AM
You know my initial impression a while back was that Ky was a carnivorous cannibalistic giant penguin that brought the funny. Out of curiosity what make you think that a girl child as opposed to a guy? Anyway with Kurt still unaccounted for you’d better watch that beer unless we want a repeat of yesterday.
I've mentioned a few times that it's a girl in a penguin costume. Her name is Chiyo.
and since she hasn't been posted on this page yet...
http://www.monzell.com/images/chiyo.gif
The Mirrorball Man
10-23-2005, 02:10 AM
and since she hasn't been posted on this page yet...
http://www.monzell.com/images/chiyo.gif
Maybe not on your page format buddy, but on mine, I already count FOUR irritating penguin kids. This animation is the visual equivalent of the macarena.
Well obviosuly the reason he's not appearing is because too amny people here don't believe in him. Come on, help me!
Say you believe!
Believe!!
We believe in Kurt Busiek! Say it with me!
Lester C.
10-23-2005, 05:40 AM
Mabye if I type his name 3 times...
KURT BUSIEK
KURT BUSIEK
KURT BUSIEK
He appeared yesterday around 1240 pm central time he um just didn’t post. I fear we may have do to something drastic.
Lester C.
10-23-2005, 05:45 AM
and since she hasn't been posted on this page yet...
http://www.monzell.com/images/chiyo.gif
Kyuubi I understand your enthusiasm to keep dancing but I already said it was my mission to keep you shaking you penguin booty. MINE. I actually sent my post of you dancing only to have it not accepted as they were updating the site and it would take a couple of hours. I came back and the repairs weren’t going as planned and I had to wait. And then I succumbed to the viscous entity known as sleep.
LibrarianThorne
10-23-2005, 08:41 AM
"This looks like a job for Kurt Busiek"?
"I am vengeance, I am the night, I am Kurt Busiek"?
Oh!
I got it!
"KURT BUSIEK ASSEMBLE!"
Lester C.
10-23-2005, 09:23 AM
nevermind damn quote feature won't edit right.
matterconsumer
10-23-2005, 09:24 AM
Who is Kurt Busiek?
Kurt Busiek is the guy who desperately wants to write Aquaman!
Somewhere on a lonely beach, Busiek attempts to resuscitate a fallen Aquaman...
Lester C.
10-23-2005, 09:25 AM
Kurt Busiek is GOD... at least to he denizens of Astro City.
Lester C.
10-23-2005, 09:30 AM
"This looks like a job for Kurt Busiek"?
"I am vengeance, I am the night, I am Kurt Busiek"?
Oh!
I got it!
"KURT BUSIEK ASSEMBLE!"
First Captain Planet and now Dark Wing Duck. What is it with you people and animated TV shows from the nineties. Oh well let’s get dangerous.
Paploo the Ewok
10-23-2005, 10:04 AM
I've mentioned a few times that it's a girl in a penguin costume. Her name is Chiyo.
and since she hasn't been posted on this page yet...
http://www.monzell.com/images/chiyo.gif
More People should be enlightened to the wonder that is AzuManga Daoih!
LibrarianThorne
10-23-2005, 10:07 AM
First Captain Planet and now Dark Wing Duck. What is it with you people and animated TV shows from the nineties. Oh well let’s get dangerous.
Try Batman: The Animated Series promo from Cartoon Network. They ran it damn near continuously before 6AM a few years ago.
TonyJaymz03
10-23-2005, 10:38 AM
Dear Kurt Busiek,
Appear and post a message or.....
http://gronnevik.se/rjukan/uploads/Main/cute_kitten.p.jpg
I shoot the cat! I'll do it! I'm crazy! The cat will die!
It's up to you now...
Lester C.
10-23-2005, 10:52 AM
* Goes to Chiyo's house and breaks down her door. Climbs up stairs and breaks into an exhausted Chiyo's room and drags her kicking and screaming into her penguin suit and screams, “It’s a new page so it’s time for you to ******** dance some more.”
I've mentioned a few times that it's a girl in a penguin costume. Her name is Chiyo.
and since she hasn't been posted on this page yet...
http://www.monzell.com/images/chiyo.gif
Kurt Busiek
10-23-2005, 11:25 AM
I've mentioned a few times that it's a girl in a penguin costume. Her name is Chiyo.
and since she hasn't been posted on this page yet...
http://www.monzell.com/images/chiyo.gif
...and here I thought it was an orca, desperately flailing about, trying to dislodge a screaming child from its gullet before the orca suffocated.
It's considerably more fun when viewed that way.
kdb
Grant
10-23-2005, 12:12 PM
...and here I thought it was an orca, desperately flailing about, trying to dislodge a screaming child from its gullet before the orca suffocated.
It's considerably more fun when viewed that way.
kdb
I almost choked on my sandwich when I read that.
Lester C.
10-23-2005, 12:54 PM
I almost choked on my sandwich when I read that.
You almost choked but I almost had a heart attack. I never actually thought he would appear and post. I’m in a state of being totally star struck right now. Seriously since he posted I’ve been thinking of something clever to say and I got nothing. I don’t care how much I’m ridiculed I just have to shout, “KURT I LOVE YOUR WORK AND ASTRO CITY IS THE GREATEST COMIC EVER.”
Crowley
10-23-2005, 01:30 PM
...and here I thought it was an orca, desperately flailing about, trying to dislodge a screaming child from its gullet before the orca suffocated.
It's considerably more fun when viewed that way.
kdb
Kurt wins!
TonyJaymz03
10-23-2005, 02:43 PM
See, Kurt Busiek loves Kittens
and Orcas.
Corrina
10-23-2005, 02:44 PM
So the now-proven way to attract Kurt Busiek is a cartoon image showing an animal eating a small child?
:makes note:
Lester C.
10-23-2005, 02:52 PM
Am I the only one going ballistic that Kurt actually showed up and posted? Was I the only that fell out of his seat and got really exicited? C’mon people this is Kurt Busiek!
TonyJaymz03
10-23-2005, 03:24 PM
I don't think that's the real Kurt Busiek
That's an effing Cylon!
sk716
10-23-2005, 05:02 PM
Am I the only one going ballistic that Kurt actually showed up and posted? Was I the only that fell out of his seat and got really exicited? C’mon people this is Kurt Busiek!
It's perfectly normal Lester. Kurt wanders in from time to time. We don't even get star-struck when Mark Waid wanders along.
It's perfectly normal Lester. Kurt wanders in from time to time. We don't even get star-struck when Mark Waid wanders along.
I might, I've never seen Mark post. I've seen Kurt, Nicieza, Slott, Vaughan, Gail, Nunzio & Christina and BENDIS! post, but not him.
sk716
10-23-2005, 06:07 PM
I might, I've never seen Mark post. I've seen Kurt, Nicieza, Slott, Vaughan, Gail, Nunzio & Christina and BENDIS! post, but not him.
If you want Waid to appear, you must start an impossible Trivia Challenge. That was the last time I saw him here.
Lester C.
10-23-2005, 06:12 PM
I might, I've never seen Mark post. I've seen Kurt, Nicieza, Slott, Vaughan, Gail, Nunzio & Christina and BENDIS! post, but not him.
When I read that Mark Waid read mostly science oriented nonfiction I figured him to be a very soft spoken buttoned down scholarly type who would never openly have a cross word with anyone and would view vulgarity with great distain. I pictured him looking like a character out of Sherlock Holmes novel and figured he spent his day reading complex science journals and solving complex math problems. I was wrong. Good god almighty I was wrong.
Lester C.
10-23-2005, 06:20 PM
It's perfectly normal Lester. Kurt wanders in from time to time. We don't even get star-struck when Mark Waid wanders along.
You must understand I have everything the man has written so if he shows up it should be expected that I go a little ape. Several years ago I even ordered two novels he took part of just because his name was on it. The first was a Spider-man novel called Goblins Moon (I think) which he co wrote with somebody. I liked it but the parts the other guy wrote were pretty boring. The second novel, which I never got, was a short story he wrote in an anthology of dirty stories. I can’t fathom how you guys can play it cool when he shows up. Kurt’s story is one of the most inspirational out there given his health issues and the way he never complains about what plagues him and just solders on.
LibrarianThorne
10-23-2005, 06:20 PM
...and here I thought it was an orca, desperately flailing about, trying to dislodge a screaming child from its gullet before the orca suffocated.
It's considerably more fun when viewed that way.
kdb
Ah, so it's strangling whales that make Kurt Busiek appear. Have to keep that in mind.
Lester C.
10-23-2005, 06:23 PM
It’s a new page and you know what that means people. Dance Chiyo dance.
I've mentioned a few times that it's a girl in a penguin costume. Her name is Chiyo.
and since she hasn't been posted on this page yet...
http://www.monzell.com/images/chiyo.gif
If you want Waid to appear, you must start an impossible Trivia Challenge. That was the last time I saw him here.
Well, sure, he's posting under his alias of Gail Simone!
You ever seen them together? And notice how the two best DC comics right now are by Waid and Simone? And that she looks oddly like him if he wore make-up, prosthetics, a wig, was prettier and had no Y chromosome? Huh? HUH?
You must understand I have everything the man has written so if he shows up it should be expected that I go a little ape. Several years ago I even ordered two novels he took part of just because his name was on it. The first was a Spider-man novel called Goblins Moon (I think) which he co wrote with somebody. I liked it but the parts the other guy wrote were pretty boring. The second novel, which I never got, was a short story he wrote in an anthology of dirty stories. I can’t fathom how you guys can play it cool when he shows up. Kurt’s story is one of the most inspirational out there given his health issues and the way he never complains about what plagues him and just solders on.
No one says Kurt don't rock out loud, but we're used to his rockitude, so it's less of an EVENT! to us. Plus he spent some time bragging about his massive schlong, which made some guys here jealous. :p
Jeff Brady
10-23-2005, 06:33 PM
I can’t fathom how you guys can play it cool when he shows up. Kurt’s story is one of the most inspirational out there given his health issues and the way he never complains about what plagues him and just solders on.
We play it cool because he's like us: a fan. He's another human being. An immensley talented one, at that. But you don't see us throwing our underwear at him.
Kurt's a fun, silly, humble, witty, gracious, intelligent guy who loves comics just as much as we do. We love it that he finds the time to come here and chat once in a while.
Also, this is the Church of Gail. We worship no other.
Lester C.
10-23-2005, 06:52 PM
We play it cool because he's like us: a fan. He's another human being. An immensley talented one, at that. But you don't see us throwing our underwear at him.
Kurt's a fun, silly, humble, witty, gracious, intelligent guy who loves comics just as much as we do. We love it that he finds the time to come here and chat once in a while.
Also, this is the Church of Gail. We worship no other.
For what it worth no matter how much I geek out I will never fling my underwear at anybody. No one and I mean no one sees my underwear. If you guys think I’m bad with Kurt you should have seen me with Tony Bedard. He was at a comic convention last summer and I could not find the nerve to approach him. My copy of the first Negation trade still remains unsigned.
As for Gail I would have geeked out for her last year, but I feel like I know her now so I’m able to be in a relative state of calm when she posts.
Grant
10-23-2005, 06:59 PM
I might, I've never seen Mark post. I've seen Kurt, Nicieza, Slott, Vaughan, Gail, Nunzio & Christina and BENDIS! post, but not him.
Waid used to post frequently here a few years back.
Tommy
10-23-2005, 07:08 PM
Anyone else catch when Kanye West went on national TV and claimed that Kurt Busiek doesn't care about black people?
Phoney Bone
10-23-2005, 08:06 PM
C’mon people this is Kurt Busiek!
Who? Is he an inker or something?
Lester C.
10-23-2005, 08:09 PM
Who? Is he an inker or something?
.................................................. .................................................. ... :mad:
PatrickG
10-23-2005, 08:19 PM
Who? Is he an inker or something?
No way.
He's the guy who killed off Supergirl and made Hal Jordan go crazy.
:cool:
Lester C.
10-23-2005, 08:20 PM
No way.
He's the guy who killed off Supergirl and made Hal Jordan go crazy.
:cool:
.................................................. .................................................. ... :mad:
Kurt Busiek
10-23-2005, 08:21 PM
Several years ago I even ordered two novels he took part of just because his name was on it. The first was a Spider-man novel called Goblins Moon (I think) which he co wrote with somebody. I liked it but the parts the other guy wrote were pretty boring.
How do you know which parts I wrote and which parts Nathan wrote?
As it happens, I was responsible for the bulk of the plot, Nathan for the bulk of the writing - though both of us had plenty of involvement in the other guy's stuff, too. So there isn't a page in the book you could say was all-Nathan or all-me.
http://www.monzell.com/images/chiyo.gif
The second novel, which I never got, was a short story he wrote in an anthology of dirty stories.
Presumably, HOTTER BLOOD, edited by Jeff Gelb and Michael Garrett. It's an anthology of erotic horror stories. Mine is a vampire story called "Confession," a title I reused a few years later...
http://www.monzell.com/images/chiyo.gif
kdb
Phoney Bone
10-23-2005, 08:28 PM
He's the guy who killed off Supergirl and made Hal Jordan go crazy.
I though that was Klaus Jansen?
Corrina
10-23-2005, 08:50 PM
If you guys think I’m bad with Kurt you should have seen me with Tony Bedard. He was at a comic convention last summer and I could not find the nerve to approach him. My copy of the first Negation trade still remains unsigned.
I met Denny O'Neil a couple of years ago, in the lobby of Radio City Music Hall. A friend of mine knows him and his wife well and they were going to dinner and she introduced us.
I'm sure I blathered like an idiot. Denny's wife is incredibly gracious and lovely but Denny...damn, he looked sharp in overcoat and fedora. Old School. He couldn't have been nicer.
I can't imagine getting any geekier than that. Kurt Busiek..bah!
I see your comic legend geekiness and raise it to Old School Comic fangirl geekiness!
I mean, Denny O'Neil!
Lester C.
10-23-2005, 08:59 PM
First things first I’m a man who keeps his word and that means no rest for poor Chiyo.
I've mentioned a few times that it's a girl in a penguin costume. Her name is Chiyo.
and since she hasn't been posted on this page yet...
http://www.monzell.com/images/chiyo.gif
Lester C.
10-23-2005, 09:03 PM
How do you know which parts I wrote and which parts Nathan wrote?
As it happens, I was responsible for the bulk of the plot, Nathan for the bulk of the writing - though both of us had plenty of involvement in the other guy's stuff, too. So there isn't a page in the book you could say was all-Nathan or all-me.
http://www.monzell.com/images/chiyo.gif
Presumably, HOTTER BLOOD, edited by Jeff Gelb and Michael Garrett. It's an anthology of erotic horror stories. Mine is a vampire story called "Confession," a title I reused a few years later...
http://www.monzell.com/images/chiyo.gif
kdb
Kurt Busiek responded to one of my post. I don’t know whether to jump up and down in celebration or go hide underneath my bed in total terror as he sounded kinda mad.
Tommy
10-23-2005, 09:19 PM
Kurt Busiek responded to one of my post. I don’t know whether to jump up and down in celebration or go hide underneath my bed in total terror as he sounded kinda mad.
It is Kurt's time of the month... just FYI.
Kyuubi
10-23-2005, 09:21 PM
I finally figured it out.
What makes Kurt Busiek appear?
ME!
Lester C.
10-23-2005, 09:22 PM
It is Kurt's time of the month... just FYI.
You are so asking for it today. I should post an angry symbol but I’m too busy laughing right now.
Yesss!!! He appeared! It took all of the spells, catch phrases that we knew and one orca choking on a happy kid, but it worked!!
Yogo wins!
Kyuubi
10-23-2005, 09:32 PM
Yesss!!! He appeared! It took all of the spells, catch phrases that we knew and one orca choking on a happy kid, but it worked!!
Yogo wins!
nuh-uh
KYUUBI WINS!
Lester C.
10-23-2005, 09:34 PM
I finally figured it out.
What makes Kurt Busiek appear?
ME!
No, it was Chiyo’s dancing that did it and who was it that kept that poor kid working well past various child labor law standards? That would be me so there. And you guys are lucky I can't figure out how to bold and increase my text size.
Jeff Brady
10-23-2005, 09:39 PM
I mean, Denny O'Neil!
Right on. I went to his office a few years ago (just before No Man's Land ended) and was just awestruck. Sure, I was a jaded college kid, but DAMN, if Denny ain't the MAN, I don't know who is.
He's in interviews on the second Batman Begins disc. Check it out!
PatrickG
10-23-2005, 09:46 PM
I'm usually not nervous with pros.
Grant Morrison rocks. I always spend a good twenty minutes chatting with Kristen and him when I see them at conventions.
A few exceptions:
1.
I got invited to hang out at a bar with some editors and the editor who invited me apparently had something come up and never showed. So I'm standing there in a noisy, crowded bar, sandwiched between Joe Quesada and Phil Jimenez with nobody to introduce me.
I felt like a freak.
2.
I went to a con wearing a Flash T-shirt. Sat in the third row. It was a BIG panel. Waid, PAD, Byrne... I'm sitting in front of Byrne and he's just staring at me the whole time. I'm sure he didn't mean anything by it but, MAN, did it mess with me. I'm sure it had to do with the shirt and that he was thinking about something but his eyes were just locked on my shirt for forty minutes.
3.
Another time is when I was 18. I was at Dragon*Con and there were rumors of Wildstorm buying out DC. I can't remember what I said. Maybe it was about how I thought AstroCity might end up crossing over with DC?
Anyway, Kurt was standing with Bob Wayne directly behind me and he jumped in. It was then that I realized that anybody and everybody is within earshot at a convention and you should know whereof you speak.
Now, I quietly weep for the people standing in line for Jeph Loeb's autograph who bash Rob Liefeld (Liefeld's a family friend of the Loebs) and it's really fun to watch how many people say things at cons with no clue who's around them.
The internet is actually a lot like that too.
Except the people making the noise generally don't realize who's standing behind them.
That said, Lester, the good experiences outweigh the bad. It's better just to walk up and talk with people when you see them. There's nothing cooler than being invited to walk past security lines at the cons to chat with people you've developed a rapport with. And I've seen days when even the big names like Waid get a crappy little autograph table that nobody notices and they look like they could use a friendly face to talk with.
I mean, y'know, don't cause somebody to miss their flight at the airport but a friendly, "I like your work" is a nice gesture, I think.
Kyuubi
10-23-2005, 09:46 PM
More People should be enlightened to the wonder that is AzuManga Daoih!
Yes, that and Yotsuba&.
Kurt Busiek
10-23-2005, 11:26 PM
Kurt Busiek responded to one of my post. I don’t know whether to jump up and down in celebration or go hide underneath my bed in total terror as he sounded kinda mad.
What sounds mad in there? I was going for informative...
http://www.monzell.com/images/chiyo.gif
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PatrickG
10-23-2005, 11:32 PM
"Help! Help! Can't breath! Kid stuck in throat!"...?
Kyuubi
10-23-2005, 11:35 PM
Chiyo chan has freed herself and now flies away to freedom.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/overt/avatars/chiyo_3.gif
sk716
10-24-2005, 12:24 AM
First it was "Gail Simone shot me."
Now we have this to add to YoGo's gloating...
Thanks alot, Kurt. :mad:
:D
the4thpip
10-24-2005, 12:48 AM
1.
So I'm standing there in a noisy, crowded bar, sandwiched between Joe Quesada and Phil Jimenez with nobody to introduce me.
I felt like a freak.
Yes, but were you aroused?
the4thpip
10-24-2005, 12:49 AM
Chiyo chan has freed herself and now flies away to freedom.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/overt/avatars/chiyo_3.gif
Let me guess: Somebody heimliched the orca, and she popped out?
Kyuubi
10-24-2005, 01:16 AM
Let me guess: Somebody heimliched the orca, and she popped out?
WRONG!
She was fed fish until the orca exploded.
http://filebox.vt.edu/r/rharris1/GIFS/chiyotaiyaki.gif
PatrickG
10-24-2005, 01:30 AM
Yes, but were you aroused?
Uh... No.
http://www.amazingcomics.it/joe_quesada.jpg
Are you?
Kidding. Kidding.
the4thpip
10-24-2005, 01:32 AM
Well, Phil was on the other side, right?
http://www.conceptsff.ca/congraphics/philj4.jpghttp://www.ficomic.com/saloncomic2005/img/autores/phil_jimenez.jpg
Cam63
10-24-2005, 01:39 AM
...and here I thought it was an orca, desperately flailing about, trying to dislodge a screaming child from its gullet before the orca suffocated.
It's considerably more fun when viewed that way.
kdb
'Bout time you appeared, Loosie.
matterconsumer
10-24-2005, 04:32 AM
Chiyo chan has freed herself and now flies away to freedom.
Only Busiek could save Chiyo. Chiyo, little propellor haired girl...but who will feed the orca?
Cam63
10-24-2005, 04:44 AM
Richard Harris did once in a really bad movie.
matterconsumer
10-24-2005, 05:05 AM
No wonder orca seeks other meals...
Tommy
10-24-2005, 07:27 AM
You are so asking for it today. I should post an angry symbol but I’m too busy laughing right now.
Kurt Busiek knows I love him. In a gay way.
PatrickG
10-24-2005, 08:22 AM
Well, Phil was on the other side, right?
http://www.conceptsff.ca/congraphics/philj4.jpghttp://www.ficomic.com/saloncomic2005/img/autores/phil_jimenez.jpg
Seriously, Pip.
Phil is a super-nice guy and he was one of only a couple of people who I felt comfortable with helping me out by helping me look for my contact.
Joe Kelly also gets mad props for being the guy chilling outside the bar who helped me out.
Pretty sure it was all a bad miscommunication but I felt awkward being there and both Jimenez and Kelly helped ease the awkwardness a little.
You gotta see these convention-season bars fill up to really get a feel for the chaos.
It's like all the big power players in the industry stumbling over eachother in a place the size of a kitchen. Further inside, Joe Kelly and his buddies were sitting around a piano, chatting.
Outside, one of the most attractive young women I've ever seen was crying her eyes out. Heartbreaking. I'd almost swear I'd seen her in a TV show or a movie. And behind her, high rollers sat at patio tables, smoking cigars and drinking scotch, telling WILD stories about pros shaking down editors for money and other assorted bits that made the comics industry sound more like the mafia than a bunch of highly creative geeks.
I finally went a few blocks down, passing by Amber Benson (who just seemed to be enjoying a night out with friends) and a LOT of celebrities' limos before passing Jeph Loeb (who I think was catching a Sinatra-style lounge act) in the lobby of the next hotel down to use a pay e-mail terminal.
Have I dropped enough names yet?
If you can't get that greencard, pip, at least make use of a passport and hit one of the big cons.
I can't take two steps without running into Mike McKone, Mark Waid, Mark Hamill or Grant Morrison. (There. THAT should be enough name dropping.)
And Kurt Busiek is ALWAYS two steps behind you so WATCH OUT. ;)
Lester C.
10-24-2005, 08:59 AM
Chiyo chan has freed herself and now flies away to freedom.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/overt/avatars/chiyo_3.gif
So I guess I was foiled in my mission to keep her dancing on each page. Damn.
Lester C.
10-24-2005, 09:06 AM
What sounds mad in there? I was going for informative...
http://www.monzell.com/images/chiyo.gif
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KURT IS THE MAN! Deal with it. :p
the4thpip
10-24-2005, 09:10 AM
Seriously, Pip.
Phil is a super-nice guy and he was one of only a couple of people who I felt comfortable with helping me out by helping me look for my contact.
Joe Kelly also gets mad props for being the guy chilling outside the bar who helped me out.
Pretty sure it was all a bad miscommunication but I felt awkward being there and both Jimenez and Kelly helped ease the awkwardness a little.
You gotta see these convention-season bars fill up to really get a feel for the chaos.
It's like all the big power players in the industry stumbling over eachother in a place the size of a kitchen. Further inside, Joe Kelly and his buddies were sitting around a piano, chatting.
Outside, one of the most attractive young women I've ever seen was crying her eyes out. Heartbreaking. I'd almost swear I'd seen her in a TV show or a movie. And behind her, high rollers sat at patio tables, smoking cigars and drinking scotch, telling WILD stories about pros shaking down editors for money and other assorted bits that made the comics industry sound more like the mafia than a bunch of highly creative geeks.
I finally went a few blocks down, passing by Amber Benson (who just seemed to be enjoying a night out with friends) and a LOT of celebrities' limos before passing Jeph Loeb (who I think was catching a Sinatra-style lounge act) in the lobby of the next hotel down to use a pay e-mail terminal.
Have I dropped enough names yet?
If you can't get that greencard, pip, at least make use of a passport and hit one of the big cons.
I can't take two steps without running into Mike McKone, Mark Waid, Mark Hamill or Grant Morrison. (There. THAT should be enough name dropping.)
And Kurt Busiek is ALWAYS two steps behind you so WATCH OUT. ;)
I'm trying to get my boyfriend to take me to MegaCon for my birthday in February.
LibrarianThorne
10-24-2005, 11:15 AM
What sounds mad in there? I was going for informative...
http://www.monzell.com/images/chiyo.gif
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This sounds like a particulalry cool issue of Astro City. Samaritan saves intelligent whale with cute child stuck in throat.
Oh, and I'm sure you hear this all the time, but Astro City is one of the comics that is just consistently amazing. It's a beautiful piece of work, Kurt.
Lester C.
10-24-2005, 12:32 PM
It looks like after escaping the Orcas Chiyo got herself captured again and it a new page and my promise to you people remains intact despite Chiyo’s momentary bid for freedom. So it is with a heavy heart I must say, “Dance Orcas Dance. Dance until you are fully devoured.”
I've mentioned a few times that it's a girl in a penguin costume. Her name is Chiyo.
and since she hasn't been posted on this page yet...
http://www.monzell.com/images/chiyo.gif
Phoney Bone
10-24-2005, 03:42 PM
Have I dropped enough names yet?
I got one for you. Dragon Con '97. I'm outside smoking a cigarette when Bob Burden comes up and asks for a light. We chit-chat for a while and then Mark Waid passes by and lectures us a bit on smoking (in a nice way :) ).
Then Kurt Busiek gave us all Wet-Willies and took our lunch money.
PatrickG
10-24-2005, 04:08 PM
I got one for you. Dragon Con '97. I'm outside smoking a cigarette when Bob Burden comes up and asks for a light. We chit-chat for a while and then Mark Waid passes by and lectures us a bit on smoking (in a nice way :) ).
Then Kurt Busiek gave us all Wet-Willies and took our lunch money.
Huh. I think I was there that year.
I heard stories on why DC stopped coming to D*C and, if true, it's a damn shame the con organizers were sloppy enough to let some not-so-legal things go on that alienated the comics industry from attending.
Lester C.
10-24-2005, 04:17 PM
I got one for you. Dragon Con '97. I'm outside smoking a cigarette when Bob Burden comes up and asks for a light. We chit-chat for a while and then Mark Waid passes by and lectures us a bit on smoking (in a nice way :) ).
Then Kurt Busiek gave us all Wet-Willies and took our lunch money.
I don’t know what a wet wille is exactly but it doesn’t sound like something the man would do. Out of curiosity did Mark convince you guys to stop smoking? If he did it could be argued that he saved your life.
Phoney Bone
10-24-2005, 04:30 PM
I don’t know what a wet wille is exactly but it doesn’t sound like something the man would do. Out of curiosity did Mark convince you guys to stop smoking? If he did it could be argued that he saved your life.
I don't know about Burden, but I quit a few years later. Waid didn't really preach or anything. However, Waid did help me with another problem. I had met him several months before in a LCS in Tupelo, MS called Gun Dog Comics (I almost shook the poor man's hand off when we were introduced by the owner). When Dragon Con came around, I noticed how he had lost a lot of weight and asked him how he did it. He said, "I just started eating like an adult and laid off of the McDonald's." I followed his lead and lost thirty pounds myself over the next several months. I've gained it back since then due to prednisone steroids, but, it was the most effective diet I've ever been on.
A Wet-Willy is when someone sneaks up behind you, sticks their finger in their mouth, then sticks it your ear.
Even though there may be reports that Mr. Busiek wasn't even AT Dragon Con that year... DON'T YOU BELIEVE IT!
His Marvel Bullpen name is Kurt "Big Bully" Busiek.
;)
Phoney Bone
10-24-2005, 04:40 PM
Huh. I think I was there that year.
I heard stories on why DC stopped coming to D*C and, if true, it's a damn shame the con organizers were sloppy enough to let some not-so-legal things go on that alienated the comics industry from attending.
I got hooked on the works of Evan Dorkin, Sarah Dyer, Jeff Smith, Linda Medley, Mike Alred and Stephanie Gladden because of that Con. I also got to meet many of my comic-creator heroes like Art Adams, Peter David, John Byrne (a lot more friendly than I thought he would be), Steranko and Mike Weiringo. I got to sit and talk with Bill Tucci for about thirty minutes. He was taking a break from signing for some acupuncture therapy on his signing arm. I said that I'd come back later, but, he wouldn't hear of it. We talked about Shi and other comics until he was ready to sign.
That was a really good summer.
Except for that flaming poo bag Busiek left on my front porch July, 4th.
Lester C.
10-24-2005, 05:11 PM
A Wet-Willy is when someone sneaks up behind you, sticks their finger in their mouth, then sticks it your ear.
;)
What kind of horrible disturbed mind would come up with that? And don’t say Kurt Busiek or I might go a little nuts.
Phoney Bone
10-24-2005, 05:29 PM
What kind of horrible disturbed mind would come up with that? And don’t say Kurt Busiek or I might go a little nuts.
No, Busiek invented the wedgie.
the4thpip
10-25-2005, 12:47 AM
No, Busiek invented the wedgie.
My hero. http://www3.sympatico.ca/sylvainm01/Emoticons/wub.gif
Cam63
10-25-2005, 12:55 AM
That explains the walk.
PatrickG
10-25-2005, 02:56 AM
I got hooked on the works of Evan Dorkin, Sarah Dyer, Jeff Smith, Linda Medley, Mike Alred and Stephanie Gladden because of that Con. I also got to meet many of my comic-creator heroes like Art Adams, Peter David, John Byrne (a lot more friendly than I thought he would be), Steranko and Mike Weiringo. I got to sit and talk with Bill Tucci for about thirty minutes. He was taking a break from signing for some acupuncture therapy on his signing arm. I said that I'd come back later, but, he wouldn't hear of it. We talked about Shi and other comics until he was ready to sign.
That was a really good summer.
More proof why Wizard World Atlanta is a good idea if they can actually show some sense and not counter-program against HeroesCon.
My hero. http://www3.sympatico.ca/sylvainm01/Emoticons/wub.gif
Keep that one in the bedroom buddy. :eek:
the4thpip
10-25-2005, 01:35 PM
Keep that one in the bedroom buddy. :eek:
You are such a wedgeophobe!
stealthwise
10-26-2005, 12:27 AM
So... when's Busiek stopping by?
Kyuubi
10-26-2005, 12:46 AM
So... when's Busiek stopping by?
Just a sec.
BUSIEK!
APPEARRRRRRRR!
http://www.monzell.com/images/chiyo.gif
the4thpip
10-26-2005, 01:24 AM
If the choking orca does not work anymore, maybe we need a different pic?
http://mitglied.lycos.de/the4thpip/HASS-D00.jpg
ElvisGuy
10-26-2005, 01:37 AM
If the choking orca does not work anymore, maybe we need a different pic?
http://mitglied.lycos.de/the4thpip/HASS-D00.jpg
I actually rubbed his chest once...thats the last time I get drunk with Jennifer Tilly!
the4thpip
10-26-2005, 02:05 AM
I actually rubbed his chest once...thats the last time I get drunk with Jennifer Tilly!
But it was Kurt who spiked the punch, right?
ElvisGuy
10-26-2005, 02:14 AM
But it was Kurt who spiked the punch, right?
I hope so..Id hate to accept the fact that I rubbed David Hasselhoff's chest on my own free will!
the4thpip
10-26-2005, 02:18 AM
I hope so..Id hate to accept the fact that I rubbed David Hasselhoff's chest on my own free will!
Maybe you have German ancestors! :p
ElvisGuy
10-26-2005, 02:21 AM
Maybe you have German ancestors! :p
Its scary that he sells out stadiums there !!
the4thpip
10-26-2005, 02:22 AM
Its scary that he sells out stadiums there !!
I saw one of his videos on a tv show called "Trash 100" the other day. Too much fun! :D
MacQuarrie
10-26-2005, 02:54 AM
Hey Kurt! I love The Dark Age, but how soon are we going to see some more of present-day Astro City? I am acutely aware of how much time has passed, because my oldest daughter is about the same age as Astra, and she's in college now. (She had an Astra lunchbox for a while, till she lost it.)
How's Brian doing as the Confessor? Did Samararitan and Winged victory ever have a second date?
Enquiring minds want to know!
Lester C.
10-26-2005, 07:42 AM
My heart isn't in it anymore but it's a new page and all of you should know what that means by now. Dance (sigh) Chiyo Dance.
Just a sec.
BUSIEK!
APPEARRRRRRRR!
http://www.monzell.com/images/chiyo.gif
the4thpip
10-26-2005, 07:56 AM
My heart isn't in it anymore but it's a new page and all of you should know what that means by now. Dance (sigh) Chiyo Dance.
But she was already on top of the page!
Lester C.
10-26-2005, 08:02 AM
Kyuubi I understand your enthusiasm to keep dancing but I already said it was my mission to keep you shaking you penguin booty. MINE. I actually sent my post of you dancing only to have it not accepted as they were updating the site and it would take a couple of hours. I came back and the repairs weren’t going as planned and I had to wait. And then I succumbed to the viscous entity known as sleep.
Pretty much the exact same thing happened that took place on page six.
Kurt Busiek
10-26-2005, 10:36 AM
Hey Kurt! I love The Dark Age, but how soon are we going to see some more of present-day Astro City?
Next issue.
How's Brian doing as the Confessor? Did Samararitan and Winged victory ever have a second date?
Only time will tell. Maybe.
kdb
palaeomerus
10-26-2005, 08:47 PM
It is Kurt's time of the month... just FYI.
Oh dear. Is a he a menstrual sympathetic ? That's no fun.
Speaking of physiological irritations I used to get migraines until I learned to give them to other people with powerful spastic hand gestures.
And that's why gail should shoot me in an upcoming Birds of Prey comic.
SUPERECWFAN1
10-28-2005, 10:11 AM
If Kurt Busiek doesn't want to answer I will understand. Now I wasn't online in the late 1990's and never knew about this. But In an old...old..old Wizard from 1998 , John Byrne is giving an interview.
In it he talks about his Spiderman Year 1 revamp ( utter crap is more like it) and his opinions. In one statement they bring up an exchange you 2 had online where he claimed that some of what your " Untold Tales of Spiderman " was gonna be " Man of Steeled " right out of history. As a retcon.
Now no clue whatsoever about this. This was in Wizard 83# and as a non-internet fan then I had no clue this exchange happened. If its to sore a subject then I respect your wishes not to reply to it.
But seeing your name made me remember it. But thanks for reading this and heres hoping ya do some more JLA or Avengers work soon. ( Or Spiderman...you and David would make quite a team on Spidey...)
MacQuarrie
10-28-2005, 10:14 AM
As long as we're asking impertinent questions...
Hey, Kurt! Why did you have a character use the word "craptacular" in a story set in 1973? I found it a really jarring anachronism.
Lester C.
10-28-2005, 10:58 AM
New Page! New Page! New Page! Dance Chiyo Dance. Get Kurt over here so he can answer Mac's question and while you're at it ask him if we will see more Jack In The Box? As a minority member of society it always makes my heart burst with joy when we are portrayed as three dimensional human beings rather than stereotypes.
Just a sec.
BUSIEK!
APPEARRRRRRRR!
http://www.monzell.com/images/chiyo.gif
Kurt Busiek
10-28-2005, 09:24 PM
If Kurt Busiek doesn't want to answer I will understand. Now I wasn't online in the late 1990's and never knew about this. But In an old...old..old Wizard from 1998 , John Byrne is giving an interview. In it he talks about his Spiderman Year 1 revamp ( utter crap is more like it) and his opinions. In one statement they bring up an exchange you 2 had online where he claimed that some of what your " Untold Tales of Spiderman " was gonna be " Man of Steeled " right out of history. As a retcon. Now no clue whatsoever about this. This was in Wizard 83# and as a non-internet fan then I had no clue this exchange happened. If its to sore a subject then I respect your wishes not to reply to it.
You don't actually ask anything about it, so I don't know what you want to know.
The exchange they refer to happened in the old AOL comics folders. As it turns out, I don't think John wound up contradicting anything I put into those stories, and since I've used some of the characters since, they seem to have survived as part of continuity just fine.
kdb
Kurt Busiek
10-28-2005, 09:25 PM
Hey, Kurt! Why did you have a character use the word "craptacular" in a story set in 1973? I found it a really jarring anachronism.
I was in junior high school in 1973. "Craptacular" was something we said back then.
EDIT: Actually, thinking back on it, I think was said "craptastic." Same idea, though.
kdb
Kurt Busiek
10-28-2005, 09:26 PM
while you're at it ask him if we will see more Jack In The Box? As a minority member of society it always makes my heart burst with joy when we are portrayed as three dimensional human beings rather than stereotypes.
Jack was in the most recent ASTRO CITY arc, and we'll likely see him again in the future...
kdb
Karl J. Barnes
10-28-2005, 09:37 PM
Let's forget about ASTRO CITY for a while and ask: when will there be a new Arrowsmith??
Lester C.
10-28-2005, 09:37 PM
Jack was in the most recent ASTRO CITY arc, and we'll likely see him again in the future...
kdb
That sounds awesome. I loved every version of the character and can’t wait to see which one gets some screen time.
Lester C.
10-28-2005, 09:43 PM
Let's forget about ASTRO CITY for a while and ask: when will there be a new Arrowsmith??
How can anyone ever forget about Astro City? This begs a question and that who’s your favorite Astro City character. Off hand I’d say Steeljack is mine. I would have thought Jack in the Box but it’s Stelljack hands down.
Kurt Busiek
10-28-2005, 10:12 PM
Let's forget about ASTRO CITY for a while and ask: when will there be a new Arrowsmith??
When there's time in Carlos's schedule...
kdb
SUPERECWFAN1
10-29-2005, 08:35 AM
You don't actually ask anything about it, so I don't know what you want to know.
The exchange they refer to happened in the old AOL comics folders. As it turns out, I don't think John wound up contradicting anything I put into those stories, and since I've used some of the characters since, they seem to have survived as part of continuity just fine.
kdb
Thats cool. I really wanted to know where it happened and why. But at least he didn't bother the charactors. Thanks for replying back to me. I didn't want to come across as wanting to pick a fight between you 2 or anything. Sorry if it didn't come across as more of a question.
Thanks for replyin back. ;)
Karl J. Barnes
10-29-2005, 08:37 AM
When there's time in Carlos's schedule...
kdb
You mean that you DON'T have him chained down in your basement churning out pages and pages of art work?? He ...actually does other things than work on one of my favorite series....that's amazing....
Now let's get one thing straight everybody. This is MY thread!
I summoned Kurt Busiek and I will get him to do MY bidding, not yours.
So go summon him or whoever else in another thread!
Now Kurt, for the first of my wishes....
Lester C.
10-29-2005, 12:56 PM
Now let's get one thing straight everybody. This is MY thread!
I summoned Kurt Busiek and I will get him to do MY bidding, not yours.
So go summon him or whoever else in another thread!
Now Kurt, for the first of my wishes....
Yogo you have to realize that Kurt is too much of a man for any one person to handle. Cam63 I know what you were thinking as you read the first sentence, and quite frankly I’m disgusted by your dirty Australian mind.
Kyuubi
10-29-2005, 10:06 PM
Now let's get one thing straight everybody. This is MY thread!
I summoned Kurt Busiek and I will get him to do MY bidding, not yours.
So go summon him or whoever else in another thread!
Now Kurt, for the first of my wishes....
Quite Meow!
I am the one that summons the Busiek, and I alone will harness his power.
Lester C.
10-29-2005, 10:20 PM
Quite Meow!
I am the one that summons the Busiek, and I alone will harness his power.
Now that I think about it the first time I ever saw Kurt appear was when Kyuubi shocked the comic book world by saying that Mark Waid threw like a girl.
Cam63
10-29-2005, 11:31 PM
Yogo you have to realize that Kurt is too much of a man for any one person to handle. Cam63 I know what you were thinking as you read the first sentence, and quite frankly I’m disgusted by your dirty Australian mind.
Oy ! You typed it first, mate !
Cam63
10-29-2005, 11:33 PM
...and yes, all Australians have dirty minds.
It's what we're really good at !
Phoney Bone
10-29-2005, 11:47 PM
Hey, everybody! Guess what I just learnt?
I'm Australian!
Or, I have an Australian mind, at least.
Is there a cure?
Cam63
10-29-2005, 11:51 PM
Welcome to the clan, mate.
Now, all you need to do to complete the ceremony is kiss an echidna's arse and watch Mad Max: The Road Warrior 20 times.
Cam63
10-29-2005, 11:52 PM
If you have an Australian mind, why the hell would you want a cure !?
Karl J. Barnes
10-30-2005, 03:27 AM
Welcome to the clan, mate.
Now, all you need to do to complete the ceremony is kiss an echidna's arse and watch Mad Max: The Road Warrior 20 times.
Well, I've got the 20 times part of The Road Warrior, but I won't even kiss my boos' ass, so there is no way I'm kissing an echidna's one!
Lester C.
10-30-2005, 07:13 AM
...and yes, all Australians have dirty minds.
It's what we're really good at !
Hey, everybody! Guess what I just learnt?
I'm Australian!
Or, I have an Australian mind, at least.
Is there a cure?
If you have an Australian mind, why the hell would you want a cure !?
Well, I've got the 20 times part of The Road Warrior, but I won't even kiss my boos' ass, so there is no way I'm kissing an echidna's one!
Australians always thinking with their....little kangaroo. :D All kidding aside I must one day make a pilgrimage to that country and stay there for at least six months. In addition to being one of the world’s most beautiful countries it can also boast to having wildlife not found anywhere is. Where I’m from the only alligators we have are in the sewers.
Tad Sivana
11-05-2005, 04:38 PM
I just realized that this thread should have been named in honor of one of Jack Kirby's greatest lines:
'Yarva Dumbonicus Busiek!'
Night Swordsman
11-05-2005, 08:05 PM
Well obviosuly the reason he's not appearing is because too amny people here don't believe in him. Come on, help me!
Say you believe!
Believe!!
We believe in Kurt Busiek! Say it with me!
(CLAPS MY HANDS) I believe I believe!
Lester C.
11-05-2005, 08:09 PM
Actually this is the preferred method for reaching The Man.
Just a sec.
BUSIEK!
APPEARRRRRRRR!
http://www.monzell.com/images/chiyo.gif
Kyuubi
11-05-2005, 10:00 PM
Actually this is the preferred method for reaching The Man.
As the one that brings forth the Busiek, I know that you can only use that way of bringing him once. I must use a new way now.
BUSIEK!
I SUMMON THEE!!!
http://www.monzell.com/images/chiyo.gifhttp://www.monzell.com/images/chiyo.gif
Cam63
11-06-2005, 05:16 AM
I choose a nonchalant position.
Busiek ? So, what ?
Lester C.
11-06-2005, 06:34 AM
I choose a nonchalant position.
Busiek ? So, what ?
Can one be nonchalant about the rising and the setting of the sun? Can one be nonchalant about the cycles of spring, summer, fall or winter as it relates metaphorically to a human’s life span? Can one be nonchalant about Armageddon or conversely eternal peace for all the people of the world? Whenever he who writes Astro City as well as He who can get me to buy and love certain marvel books I normally wouldn’t touch appears it is not an incident but rather an event of epic proportions. Your lack of faith in The Man is disturbing. Who else can make the martial relationship of B characters like Pepper Pots and Happy Hogan high drama without taking the story away from Tony Stark? The man thats who and don’t you forget it.
Can one be nonchalant about the rising and the setting of the sun? Can one be nonchalant about the cycles of spring, summer, fall or winter as it relates metaphorically to a human’s life span? Can one be nonchalant about Armageddon or conversely eternal peace for all the people of the world? Whenever he who writes Astro City as well as He who can get me to buy and love certain marvel books I normally wouldn’t touch appears it is not an incident but rather an event of epic proportions. Your lack of faith in The Man is disturbing. Who else can make the martial relationship of B characters like Pepper Pots and Happy Hogan high drama without taking the story away from Tony Stark? The man thats who and don’t you forget it.
Sshhhh! It's reverse psychology.
Cam63
11-07-2005, 10:59 PM
Sshhhh! It's reverse psychology.
Damn straight !
...or, I have no idea what you're talking about !
Lester C.
11-08-2005, 09:13 AM
As the one that brings forth the Busiek, I know that you can only use that way of bringing him once. I must use a new way now.
BUSIEK!
I SUMMON THEE!!!
http://www.monzell.com/images/chiyo.gifhttp://www.monzell.com/images/chiyo.gif
I fell asleep at my computer watching this and woke drooling on my keyboard with the stiffest neck you can imagine and a jaw ache you would not wish on your worst enemy. Seriously this is the most memorizing pic ever.
west3man
11-08-2005, 09:19 AM
The definite article cracks me up.
Azrael52
11-08-2005, 12:02 PM
Good luck! I try this every night in bed, except with "Keanu Reeves!"... though I'm sure we're calling out for our respective people for similar reasons?
You just want him to see how far the rabbit hole goes. What? Too much?
Azrael52
11-08-2005, 12:41 PM
Ok, I had been skipping this thread for no real reason and . . . man, I've been missing out.
As many times as we've seen Ky's hungry whale, I'm just thanking God that KB doesn't appear at the sight of Man-Faye dancing!
Lester C.
11-08-2005, 08:33 PM
Ok, I had been skipping this thread for no real reason and . . . man, I've been missing out.
As many times as we've seen Ky's hungry whale, I'm just thanking God that KB doesn't appear at the sight of Man-Faye dancing!
Don't give Kyuubi any ideas. If you will recall the dancing penguin was initally a way to ward off Mark Waid so he just might post a picture of Man Faye dancing to keep away he who hates Mica Wright with a passion.
MacQuarrie
12-01-2005, 07:27 PM
Hey Mr Busiek!
On the Community Forum, somebody (okay, it was me) posted a scan from AC vol 1 # 5 of Crackerjack leaping over the city sporting what seems to be a woody...
Question: was that something you put in the script, or was that something Brent Anderson snuck in?
I think you either need the whale choking on the kid or man faye to summon Kurt.
This is Kurt Busiek dude. He must be plied with offerings to manifest.
Lester C.
12-02-2005, 07:13 AM
So Can I post Manfaye here?
the4thpip
12-02-2005, 07:31 AM
So Can I post Manfaye here?
You have my vote.
Lester C.
12-02-2005, 05:39 PM
You have my vote.
Alas only Kyuubi can give me permission to post Manfaye but hopefully he will take your opinion under advisement.
Kyuubi
12-02-2005, 05:40 PM
What the hell, go for it.
Lester C.
12-02-2005, 05:48 PM
Because Manfaye is not deserving of Kurt’s splendor.
Kyuubi
12-02-2005, 06:05 PM
I'm already regretting this.
Lester C.
12-02-2005, 07:48 PM
The photo of Manfaye has been taken down....for now.
Lester C.
12-02-2005, 08:19 PM
Nothing to see here people move on.
MacQuarrie
12-05-2005, 01:37 PM
I think Man Faye is keeping him away.
matterconsumer
12-05-2005, 01:53 PM
He's just timid and doesn't know what to say. One has to appeal to his answerin' way. So if one's tryin' to get Busiek to stay. Ask him a question without further delay.
And with that thought in mind let's begin.
Hey Busiek, who's your favorite Wonder Twin?
Lester C.
12-05-2005, 01:55 PM
I think Man Faye is keeping him away.
Okay all photos of Manfaye have been taken down but Kyuubi has given me permission to post MF in all his glory and I will soon I get some time to learn photobucket but not here on this thread. I also took down the ten commandments of worshiping Kurt.
Tommy
12-05-2005, 02:21 PM
Kurt Busiek is my baby daddy.
Kurt Busiek
12-05-2005, 05:47 PM
Guys.
Allow me to be serious for a minute here. This thread's been going on for close to two months now, and meaning no offense to anyone, it's getting tiresome.
If you look at other threads, it's pretty easy to tell what sort of thing will make me "appear." I'll post if I have something to say -- it's as simple as that.
But posts that assume I'm a dancing bear -- that the object isn't to get me to post anything that's actually worth saying, but rather just to post anything at all, so the poster can say, "Look, look, I made Kurt type words and hit 'post'" -- aren't something I have any interest in. So those, I'm not gonna respond to.
This includes repeated postings of some animated GIF, whatever it is, or questions that it's obvious that the guy asking doesn't care what the answer is, or saying my name three times. It's like you're trying to figure out how to make a dog bark on command.
The thing is, I'm not a dancing bear, and I'm not a cocker spaniel, either. I have no interest at all in posting just to make empty noise.
Saying my name -- even once -- will get my attention, sure, but unless theres some sort of interesting subject attached, something beyond, "Speak, Busiek, speak! Good dog!" then I've got nothing to respond to.
I'm a comics fan. I come here in my spare time and respond to stuff I'm interested in responding to because I like to talk about comics. I'll talk about stuff from obscure Seventies comics to Kurt Schaffenberger's favorite assignment to whether female creators should be assigned to female characters, and plenty more. But those are subjects you can have a conversation about, not just noise with nothing behind it.
If you have a question -- one that you're actually interested in the answer to -- or an observation, review, comment, whatever, just make it. If I have something to say in response, I'll say it.
But make it in some other thread, okay? Let this one die off.
kdb
Screwtape
12-05-2005, 06:33 PM
Sorry, Kurt, I'm sure no offense was intended by anyone who posted on this (certainly including myself). It started as a curiosity and then turned into a running gag, but no one intended any disrespect - just friendly ribbing. You're very highly regarded around here, as I'm sure you know. Please continue in your semi-oracular capacity and take no notice of our general oddness. And feel free to wax eloquent on The Eternals, if you have a mind to, because I know next to nothing about them and am interested.
Kurt Busiek
12-05-2005, 06:35 PM
Sorry, Kurt, I'm sure no offense was intended by anyone who posted on this (certainly including myself).
I didn't figure anybody intended anything but fun; I just figure it's time to go on to something else.
And I hear there's going to be one of those oversized Marvel hardcovers with the entire run of ETERNALS in it next year, and all I can say is, "Don't Miss It!"
kdb
matterconsumer
12-05-2005, 06:47 PM
Returning to the Superfriends, the Wonder Twins tend to take a critical hit.
But then I think of Marv and his Scoobie-like pooch who proceeded them. I liked them even less...
I think that if the Wonder Twins had tamed their monkey companion a bit it wouldn't have been as annoying.
But laughing seemed to have been important. I have nothing against laughing but Gleek's laugh seems to have precursored the sound of an eraser on a dry board.
Purple people party everywhere but I could never understand the Hispanic "ice" appeal. Perhaps they should have had fire powers instead...
I feel shame for starting this thread now.
I should be shot even.
Kurt Busiek
12-05-2005, 07:05 PM
I feel shame for starting this thread now.
I should be shot even.
That'd be so cool!
You could post an MPEG!
kdb
matterconsumer
12-05-2005, 07:06 PM
I feel bad too...
That'd be so cool!
You could post an MPEG!
kdb
Ah I see the bloodlust runs in you too as it does in The Simone.
As The Simone has so named it in Villains United, you are "in season".
Kurt Busiek
12-05-2005, 07:11 PM
I feel bad too...
After they shoot Yogo, you can be next.
kdb
matterconsumer
12-05-2005, 07:16 PM
Ah I see the bloodlust runs in you too as it does in The Simone.
It's all that Conan...I fear for us all.
Omigod! It's "Comic Writers Gone Wild: The Fan Hunting Season Vol.1" all over again!
I see the cover to BOP #85 flashing before my eyes along with splashes of chilli crab.
matterconsumer
12-05-2005, 07:22 PM
I should have known that there would be nothing but pain and shame when I brought up the Wonder Twins...
MacQuarrie
12-05-2005, 07:31 PM
Kurt's dodging my question, even though I moved it to another thread...
*whine*
matterconsumer
12-05-2005, 07:39 PM
Watch your back Mac, evidently Busiek's not takin' prisoners :)
Noah Johnson
12-05-2005, 08:07 PM
Omigod! It's "Comic Writers Gone Wild: The Fan Hunting Season Vol.1" all over again!
I, for one, wouldn't blame them. Christ, fanboys are annoying. And I am one.
Kurt Busiek
12-05-2005, 08:09 PM
Kurt's dodging my question, even though I moved it to another thread...
What thread?
kdb
El Santo
12-05-2005, 10:14 PM
What thread?
kdb
What's up with Superman beating Thor in JLA/Avengers? Dude, Thor would totally kick Superman's ass any day of the week. :rolleyes:
matterconsumer
12-05-2005, 10:33 PM
Seems as though Busiek has more of an immediate future with Superman than with Thor...
What thread?
kdb
Mac started a thread with an Astro City question for you.
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