Please Introduce Yourself!

[Andrew]

Hello to Gail and everyone else. Being bored at work, I was surfing around on the Internet and stumbled across a link that mentioned Gail Simone and these forums. Since Gail is the one that saved BoP from the ignoble distinction of no longer being on my pull list at the local comic shop, I figured I’d take a look at the forum. Then I saw a thread that instructed me to introduce myself and, being married, I’ve learned to always do as I’m told.

My name is Andrew and I live in Denver, Colorado with my beautiful wife and two wonderful children. And the dog, and the cats, and fish, and horses, and a rabbit. Too many darn animals. Now, I’ve suddenly veered off topic.

Back to the subject at hand, I work in the telecommunications field, but I am secretly an aspiring writer.

My list of comics is little on the lengthy side, typically coming up to about $150 per month, but my favorite books right now are Astonishing X-Men, Birds of Prey, The Witching, Daredevil, Madrox, Uncanny X-Men, Marvel Knights Spider-Man, Mystique, Teen Titans, and Fables.

Unfortunately, I speak only a smattering of other languages so I’m really not very worldly.

Nice to meet you. :)

[EmmaFrostSlavingFanBoy]

Hi Gail,

Love your work on BoP. The Harvest Story is pretty good. I'd love for you to get a chance at writing a Supergirl story or book in the future.

I collect comics of course. It would be cool if you came up to the Minnesota Conventions.

Favorite books now are X-Men, Ultimate X-Men, Ucanny X-Men all FF books, the batman family of books, Hawkman, BoP, Superman/Batman and Dead @ 17.

[Cooper]

Hi,

I thought I already registered, but I can't find my info, so I re-registered. Some of you may recognize from JoeQuesada.com, in the general area, the political area, and Gail's area.

I live in San Francisco, I like fishnets (among other things), and I don't like John Byrne (among other things).

[the4thpip]

Coop, would your head explode if you ever saw Byrnesy in fishnets? :confused:

[Lurch]

My name's Wayne and I live in Texas, I work as a district manager selling electrical and mechanical industrial control systems and parts for them.

I'm forty years old, and I've been reading comics since about 1968, starting with Spider-man, the Archie stuff, Superman, and JLA.

I read mostly Marvel until the mid-eighties B&W explosion when I learned about great talents like Peter Bagge, The Hernandez Bros, Matt Howarth, R. Crumb, Pekar, Lelong, Mobius,..etc. Then I began to research people like Kurtzman and Eisner, and I have read virtually every published book about the comics industry. I now just read what I like and can afford, and I no longer worry about being a completist or bagging and boxing every comic I buy. They mostly go into a big pile in my office.

I'm a frustrated screenwriter, a film buff to the point of really annoying my wife, and I've always thought that under the right circumstances, I could have been a real Hollywood animal.

My wife and I have three children, one of which is my niece that we adopted out of a bad situation back in 2002. My mother lives with us since last fall, when her fixed income and lack of a nest-egg gave her nowhere else to go. We're glad to have her, and we're living proof that families come in all shapes and sizes.

I found CBR about four months ago, and having endured SHH and the flaming and intolerance that goes on there, I'm extremely happy to have found it.

That's me in a nutshell. (emphasis on "nut")

[Kris Gen]

Hi! My name is Kris Quan. I'm female and majoring in Radio, Television, and Film at the University of North Texas. I live in Rockwall, TX, when I'm not at school.

Comic books I read include: Birds of Prey, Nightwing, Strangers In Paradise, Daredevil, Plastic Man, Outsiders, some X-books, the occasional Bat-book, and virtually anything written by Gail Simone or Grant Morrison.

Also, I'm a huge fan of the TV shows Alias and Lost.

[GoGo Yubari]

I'm Mat and I'm a denizen of Seattle, Washington. I'm seventeen and I've been reading comics off-and-on for years. My current infatuation with comics has lasted for about eight months now, unless you count reading the Ultimate line only, in which case it's been two years and seven months.

My current favorite comic books are Astonishing X-Men, Plastic Man, Birds of Prey, Teen Titans, and Cable/Deadpool. Favorite bands are The Beatles, The Pillows, Beastie Boys, and Gorillaz. My favorite movies of all time are Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Spirited Away, Pulp Fiction, and the Royal Tenenbaums. And finally, my favorite TV shows are Buffy and Angel.

[stealthwise]

I'm Mat and I'm a denizen of Seattle, Washington. I'm seventeen and I've been reading comics off-and-on for years. My current infatuation with comics has lasted for about eight months now, unless you count reading the Ultimate line only, in which case it's been two years and seven months.

My current favorite comic books are Astonishing X-Men, Plastic Man, Birds of Prey, Teen Titans, and Cable/Deadpool. Favorite bands are The Beatles, The Pillows, Beastie Boys, and Gorillaz. My favorite movies of all time are Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Spirited Away, Pulp Fiction, and the Royal Tenenbaums. And finally, my favorite TV shows are Buffy and Angel.

HEY! I'M Vivi-sector's number one fan!

Just kidding, nice taste in movies and the like, welcome aboard. ;)

[Nega Knight]

Hello. My name is Eddy, and I'm a 19 year old male sophomore in college. Majoring in English right now, but that may change...

Anyway, some stuff about me.

Comics I read pretty faithfully: Teen Titans, JLA, Superman/Batman, Birds of Prey, Ultimate Spiderman. And when I have the extra cash I'll pick up oher Bat-books, too. Not much, but I'm a poor college student. Who also likes to blow money on music. Oh yeah, Geoff Johns is my favoritest writer ever. You're only number 3, Gail (right behind Jeph Loeb), sorry.

Bands I like: This could get looong. I'll cut it down to bands I really really like. Malice Mizer, Weezer, Lucifer Luscious Violenoue, hide, Moi dix Mois, Eve of Destiny, X-Japan, Rancid, The Pixies, Balzac, Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her (greatest band name ever), Inugami Circus-dan (Second greatest. Circus Troupe of the Dog God), Onmyouza, Lunkhead, Guniw Tools, Nookicky, Bump of Chicken.

I'm also in a band type thing right now. Our working name is Stranger in the Backseat. I play bass. I'm actually much better at guitar, but they already had two guitarists.

I speak a little Spanish. Not enough to count though.

So, uh, that's me.

Pleased to meet you all.

[Matthew Good]

My name is David, from Raleigh, NC. I'm 20, am a student at UNC Wilmington majoring in History, and I work for CVS/pharmacy as a Shift Supervisor. I've been reading comics since before I could actually read (I liked the pretty pictures, go figure). My favorite series (that are still being released) are: Authority, Birds of Prey, Supreme Power, Cable/Deadpool, Superman, Teen Titans, and Ultimate X-Men. If we delve into series that no longer exist, add Deadpool, Stormwatch, Captain Marvel (mostly vol. 3), and Agent X. I'm also an avid gamer, and own a PS2, Xbox, and a brand-spankin' new PC. I just sold my soul to City of Heroes, so if you'll excuse me, I have bad guys to smack around.

[abbas.khan]

Hi I'm Abbas and I'm a recovering Jerichoholic.

It's been sometime now since I've seen Chris Jericho. Ever since I received therapy for it, I havent gone up to any random old lady or crossing card and done a Y2k on it. I'd like to than you for writing such wonderful comics, for giving me something to read while I went into withdrawal and resisted the urge to smack people upside.

Thank you Gail.

Thank you.

[Securitron5k]

My name's Jesse, i'm from California, and i've been reading comics for about six months now. I read a bunch of my friend's Deadpool back issues, which led to me tracking down Agent X, which eventually lead me here after I googled your name. My favorite currently running serieses are Cable/Deadpool, Batgirl, Ultimates, and New Avengers, and I intend to get into Birds of Prey whenever its between arcs. My favorite old series', off the top of my head, are Deadpool, Agent X, Transmetropolitan, Preacher, and Sandman.

[Jagatai_Khan]

We lost a huge thread on this, so please, new and old posters alike, please tell me about yourself, cause I SUCK at names!

Name, gender, occupation, and what comics you like, and...

just for my reference, any languages you speak fluently aside from English.

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

Gail

Name: Jagatai Khan
Occupation: Tech Support. Primarch of the White Scars.
Age: 25
Location: Texas
Comics I like: I haven't really been reading any comics of lately with any kind of consistency. I used to collect Thor and Fantastic Four and Iron Man, but I stopped.

Languages: English, Spanish, French.

[AlanScott606]

Name: Lee

Sex: Male

Age: 30

Location: USA

Married

Children: 1, a 4 yo son, who is a HUGE Teen Titans fan

Interests: My Family, Wrestling, Baseball, Comics, Video Games

Comic's I read: Spiderman, Birds of Prey, JSA, Flash, Gotham Central, Emma Frost, She-Hulk, Plastic Man, Fables and any Marvel Essential. More are being added each week.

I have been reading comics since the age of 6 when my Grandfather bought me my first few issue's of the Amazing Spiderman. I have been a Spidey fan ever since, except during the awful Clone Saga.

I have been addicted to Pro Wrestling for about as long as I have comic's with my all time favorite wrestler's being Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Bret Hart, Owen Hart, Magnum T.A., The Rock and Roll Express, Chris Jericho, Chris Benoit and Kurt Angle

I have followed baseball since the mid 80's and seen a lot of heartache being a Boston Redsox fan until last year.

[Pete]

Name: Pete

Gender: Male

Location:Southern California

Favorite Comics - The Walking Dead, Powers, The Ultimates 2.

Hey Gail! I just wanted to say hey and re-introduce myself to this board. I had a different screen name but I wanted to use my real name this time around.

[Gaz]

Hey, I'm Garry, 18 and I'm a law student. I'm a gamer and movie buff on top of being a comic geek. My favorite movies include American Beauty, Ghost World, Usual Suspects and anything by Pixar. Comic-wise, I like Exiles, SiP, Fables, Powers, most of the Ultimate line, She-Hulk, Runaways, New Avengers, Nightwing, Batgirl, Catwoman and I'm just trying to catch up with BoP.

[Jared_Humpherys]

Dunno how I missed this thread for so long :p

Name: Jared
Age: 21
Sex: Male
Location: Olathe, KS
Occupation: Security Guard
Marital Status: Engaged

History: Been on the board for a while, though I posted far more before the crash. Used to post in this forum a lot back in Gail's Agent X days. I'm an Eagle Scout who happens to also greatly dislike scouting and the outdoors in general(sorry Mattbib. Lotsa bad experiences with the organization). I used to be a stand-up comic and a writer, but I quit the former after I ended up wheelchair-bound for awhile, and haven't really spent much effort going back to it. I also write and read alot, as well as play video games and D&D with friends.

[mattbib]

I'm an Eagle Scout who happens to also greatly dislike scouting and the outdoors in general(sorry Mattbib. Lotsa bad experiences with the organization).Then why the hell did you stay in it long enough to earn Eagle? Let me guess...parents? :) And don't say because you wanted it on your resume or college apps, because if you do I'll start calling you names.

[Chris Lang]

I'm Chris Lang, and I'm lousy at writing bios for myself. But I'll try anyway.

I recently quit my last dead-end job after conditions became intolerable.

I started reading comics as a kid a few years before Crisis on Infinite Earths. I still miss those 'good old days', but there have been a number of comics since then that I've enjoyed greatly (more on that below).

Here are lists of likes and dislikes that I'll probably go into more detail in other threads.

Likes (general): Fantasy, science fiction, 'demented' music such as Weird Al Yankovic, text adventures such as the classic Infocom games

Dislikes (general): Patronizing and/or intelligence-insulting TV shows (and commercials and promos), stupid gender stereotypes (it's got to the point where I can't even stand them as jokes), 'artificial' pop bands that are products of market research and record companies, wars, bigotry, partisan politics, politically-biased TV news that pretends it's not politically-biased, lowbrow comedies (such as most of the Farrely Brothers movies)

Likes (comics): Chris Claremont's classic run on X-Men with John Byrne, Dave Cockrum, Paul Smith, and John Romita Jr., the Paul Levitz era Legion of Super-Heroes, Ambush Bug, Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns, Grant Morrison's Animal Man (particularly the whole concluding story arc), Mark Waid and Alex Ross' Kingdom Come, Mark Waid's run on the Flash, Chuck Dixon's Birds of Prey, Spider-Girl, Mark Waid and Mike Weiringo's Fantastic Four, Joss Whedon and John Cassady's Astonishing X-Men, Gail Simone's Birds of Prey

Dislikes (comics): Comics that are 'grim and gritty' for the sake of being 'grim and gritty', violation of characters to serve story, killing off longtime supporting characters for shock value and cheap angst (Katma Tui and Sue Dibny are my favorite examples of this), over-exposure of Wolverine at Marvel, Chuck Austen's run on Uncanny X-Men and adjectiveless X-Men, 'sensationalistic' subject matter stories such as DC's Identity Crisis and Marvel's 'Sins Past' story in Spider-Man, badly-done 'shakeup' events such as Onslaught/Heroes Reborn, Avengers Disassembled, and DC's Identity Crisis.

There are plenty of other things I could add to these lists, but these are the ones I wanted to list now.

Chris Lang

[Monkey Boy]

I' Eric, 22, sk716's roommate. I finally got the URL's from Shel so here I am. Yes, I work in retail for now but hope to start an online comic store with one of my friends. I read Deadpool comics(until Gail stopped writing), Green Lantern, The Flash, Batman, Action Comics, BoP, Batgirl, G.I. Joe, Transformers, Spawn, Teen Titans, Daredevil, Soulfire, Robin, Nightwing and pretty much any Bat book or anything Gail writes. I really like video games. Between video games, DnD, and comics, my time is pretty much filled up.



And don't worry Gail, there won't be any marriage proposals for now but give it time. :D

[jjkarma]

Hiya Gail,
Real names Jay, I'm 34, married with one adorable 5 year old boy. I've got an english major I squander by working on and off in retail. I did co own a comic shop back in the Image, Valiant heyday but found it rather boring after about 6 months and let myself get bought out. I am currently cheifly concerned with making sure my wife makes it to work in the morning and has dinner on the table when she gets home(pays not great but the fringe benifits are). I'm currently a reformed comics junkie who finally managed to get rid of a sizable collection only keeping my beloved Spirit sections. I do currently read...Y: the Last Man, Gotham Central, Birds of Prey, JSA, Fables, Human Target, and pretty much anything Grant Morrison writes. I don't speak any other languages but my wife does tell me I sound more ethnic than her(I'm white, she is black) ;)

[CaptMagellan]

Name: John

Sex: Male

Age: 36

Location: SF Bay Area

Married

Children: 16 year old stepson and 12 year old stepdaughter

Interests: My Family, storytelling, anthropology (comparative magico-religious practices), Comics

I'm a researcher and writer. Mostly non-fiction as I am a student of Indo-European (specifically Germanic) mythology and culture and have written numerous papers. Although I'm hoping my fiction efforts will pay off soon... there's nothing quite so glorious as collecting those rejection slips.

Comic's I read: JLA, JSA, Hawkman, anything by Grant Morrison, the Ultimates (only because Ultimate Thor is the Man), Wonder Woman, 100 Bullets, Adam Strange, New Avengers, Ultimate FF, Conan, Trigger, and various independents. Oh, and as of today, Birds of Prey.

[Jared_Humpherys]

Then why the hell did you stay in it long enough to earn Eagle? Let me guess...parents? :)

Got it in one. And they forced me to stay in even after the following:

1) a bite from a rapid raccoon and 8 months or painful rabies shots
2) being abandoned for over 12 hours without food or water
3) being hit in the head with a rock, getting a concussion and going into shock from blood loss
and finally...
4)breaking my ankle and having to drive home with said broken ankle for 3 + hours without pain medication.

Let's just say I've had some bad experiences with the organization.

[blast_front]

OK, I'll dive in since everything I've seen here shatters my preconceptions...

Name: Andrew

Sex: Male

Age: Just shy of 33

Home base: Eastern Mass.

Married, with 9 rabbits, two dogs, two chinchillas, 3 turtles and 2 koi

I dabbled in the dramatic arts (writer/actor/director) before developing an incurable allergy to theatre people, then got work helping the clueless and lazy solve basic human/computer interaction problems. *sigh* And I collect vintage videogame consoles and various retro junk.

My current pull list is in flux at the moment, but can/does include: Adam Strange, BoP, Blade of the Immortal, Supreme Power, JSA, Teen Titans, Outsiders, Planetary, and (now) Seven Soldiers. I also spent a lot of time sifting through and rereading my sort-of large back issue collection.

One last thing, I can seem like a real jerk occasionally. Trust me, it's not personal...it's a Boston thing.

[napoleandog]

Hi there! Napoleandog checking in.

I'm here because my best bud, Kipster directed me this way, but I also recognize a few names. (Been a while, Pip! How ya doing?)

I'm 31 years old and a high school English teacher...teaching American Literature and Ethnic Literature as well as Public Speaking. I just started working on my master's degree in American Literature...thinking of focusing on African-American writers...or Southern writers...haven't quite decided.

I live in South Carolina, formally of the low-country, but now in the foothills.

I'm VERY, VERY selective about what I read. I'm not one of those guys that feels like I need to read EVERYTHING in oreder to keep up with the goings-on of the DCU. I read only DC and I am currently reading Teen Titans, Outsiders (thinking of dropping this pretty soon), Wonder Woman, Aquaman, and JSA (also thinking of dropping). I used to read Birds of Prey but left it when things got a little slow. Kip's been telling me how great it is, so I might pick it up again. Especially if I drop one of the others that I'm not crazy about right now.

I'm more of a lurker than a poster, but I'll try to join in here and there.

Nap

[Ecoman]

Gail, info the following are I:

Name:Yendor Senesretep Phantasmagoria Juxtapopulami III.

Gender: Male.

Occupation: Book shelver.

Comics I like: Ultimate Universe books, Simpsons/Futurama books, Superman/Batman, J.L.A., Tellos, Avengers, Wolverine, Too Much Coffee Man.
The Phantom, Garfield, Calvin and Hobbes, Adam Strange, Runaways, Sin City, Batman, Spiderman, Secret War & Daredevil.
I'm Slowly getting into Manga.....

Languages: I speak fluent Australian Slang which is basically a foreign language. If you've ever been in an Aussie bar talkin' to some drunk guy who you really couldn't understand then it was probably me.

Peace.

-Ecoman :D

[Screwtape]

Nice to have you aboard, Peter! :D

[MicBK]

Just noticed this was here...

Name: Mike

gender: male

occupation: um, liger hunter...duh

what comics you like: i'm just getting back into comics...but right now i really love Promethea and Planetary...used to love Deadpool, Steampunk, Preist's Black Panther, The Maxx...etc.

[Mach5RR]

Hi everyone, I'm an on-again/off-again lurker who has decided to join the fray.

My name is Scott Edwards, and I'm 36 years old.

I'm a guy, single, and with no kids.

My occupations is an Electronics Repair Petty Officer for the US Navy, which currently has me stationed in San Diego, CA.

I read ... fairly much anything. Usually anything with a wicked sense of humor and a good shot of action, but I'm still a sucker for most anything. Currenty I'm an avid Manga Junkie, but I also pick up Captain America, Birds of Prey, Y: The Last Man, Gold Digger, Planetary (actually, almost anything Ellis is currently putting his name on), and severaly other titles that I -should- remember off the top of my head, but I don't.

As far as languages go, I lived in Japan for three years, and all I really picked up was how to say "I don't speak Japanese".

Scott

[thik_3rd]

my name's rob, i'm all man (in case you've heard otherwise), 23 and am about to graduate from college in 2 months and have no idea what the hell i'm gonna do with myself after that.

as to what comics i like? well, supreme power, captain america, marvel team-up, ultimate x-men, rex mundi, street fighter and so many more.

[Scubbily]

I'm Ben, graduating from high school in a year. LOVE the Simpsons. Own all the seasons that are out. Know pretty much all of them by heart.

[WhiteRose]

Hey, I'm Manda. I accidently stumbled across this place while Googling for BoP back issues in Australia :rolleyes: I just started a bachelor degree in Fine Arts and Secondary Education, and I'm currently playing up the 'broke uni student' cliche' seeing as I just blew my last $70 on the Batman: Hush series and BoP: Old Friends, New Enemies. Woo!

[Tobias March]

I'm Emmet, Irish and in desperate need of a name change :rolleyes: It's one of the tragedies in this life that you think up a name, post it and then decide, just off the top of your head, to google it.

Whereupon I discover Tobias is the name of some bloody romance novel character. Sigh.

So anyone know how to change your username. I've settle on 'Ronnie Jackson', because Bob Hope characters are surely as inoffensive as possible :D

[steeler80]

My name is Crisman Strunk. I'm 33 years old, happily married, no kids yet, but have 2 dogs and my wife's 3 cats.

Hobbies include playing the guitar, basketball, reading (mainly literary type fare), working on my 78 Trans Am, and writing. I've gotten a couple of short stories published and have a novel finished that I'm currently revising. I'm also working on developing some comic ideas and the scripts for them.

I read Batman, Detective, BOP, JSA, Manhunter, Fallen Angel (hope it winds up somewhere), and Hawkman. I really like DC, as you can tell, but my friend's a big Marvelite so we just swap stuff.

[RandallFlagg19]

My name is Jed. I'm 24 years old, single, and live in southeastern Kentucky. I substitute teach during the week and work at the local library on weekends. I'm currently working on my master's in history and applied to law school for the fall.

Hobbies include reading, running, watching movies, and occasionally writing. I just started writing an entertainment column for my local newspaper.

I read Ultimate Spider-Man, The Ultimates, Daredevil, Ex Machina, Teen Titans, BOP, Superman/Batman, Nightwing, and Astonishing X-Men.

[silverageguy]

Does anyone even read these posts?I sort of wonder that also but here goes . . .

Name: Bob S. (Last name the same as someone very important on this forum but we're not related and don't even know each other!)

Gender: Male

Age: 55

Location: Philly (but have lived in Massachusetts, Salt Lake City, Chicago and Denver)

Family: Married (very happily, for 28 years) 2 sons, one in college, one a Soph in High School

Interests: Movies, Collect Statues and Busts, Filling in the gaps in my Silver Age comic collection.

[David Price]

David Price
Male
Computer tech (hardware and software) and developer/deployer of applications at Westchester Community College in Valhalla, NY.

Comics:

Current Pull List:
100 Bullets, 4, Astonishing X-Men, Captain America, Captain America & The Falcon, Fantastic Four, Green Arrow, JLA, JLA Classified, Outsiders, Planetary, Secret War, Smallville, Spider-Man (Marvel Knights), Supreme Power, Teen Titans, The Losers, The Outsiders, The Punisher, The Ultimates, Ultimate Fantastic Four, Uncanny X-Men, Wolverine.

Also:
Grendel (as they appear), Catwoman: When In Rome, Green Lantern: Rebirth.

Now that I'm done with school (yay Bachelor's of IT), I can pick up where I left off months ago and maybe pare this list down a bit or pick up a few new things.

English is my weapon of choice.

Soon to be married to Renee Jones.

Father to Nanuuq (Miniature American Eskimo) and Nikki (Toy Poodle), as well as Tiger (tabby), Silver (tabby), and Mush (stumpy-tailed Manx).

[Breadfan]

:rolleyes: My name is Breadfan and I've been reading comics for about 16 years now. I can't believe how time flies huh. I love reading mostly Marvel Comics and I read some DC now and then. Also I would love to give writing a shot because I would be a great writer. I have alot of plots and scripts in my head, only if I know how to get them down. LOL Anyways it's nice to meet everyone and i'll see you in the forums.

p.s. I love Metallica, hence the name

BF

[stealthwise]

Also I would love to give writing a shot because I would be a great writer. I have alot of plots and scripts in my head, only if I know how to get them down.

Hehe, welcome to the club. :)

"Hotel rooms and motorways, life out here is raw
But we'll never stop, we'll never quit, 'cause we're Metallica!"

[Aiguille]

I'm Alanna, a 22 year-old student coming to grips with the realization that DC has owned my soul since I was a tiny tot. I read comic books from the library (including reprints of golden-age origin stories) and Mad Magazine as a kid, and got into a brief-but-intense collecting phase from eleven to twelve, and then happily slacked off when I got cable and became infatuated with Batman: The Animated Series. Who needed comics when you had cartoons to fill you in on all the important stuff? This strategy of cartoon dependency worked just fine until my sister introduced me to Sandman. Wanting to avoid launching myself into the dizzying sea of continuity that is the DC universe, I promised myself I'd stick to Sandman and the occasional foray into TBPs of comics turned into summer movies. (I tried Hellboy and bought the two League of Extraordinary Gentlemen TPBs) Then Justice League Unlimited came on and ruined everything. The straw that broke the camel's back was the episode featuring Supergirl, Green Arrow, the Question and a facsimile of Power Girl. I needed to know who these people were. Within weeks of the episode airing I was sampling everything from Action Comics to Wonder Woman and bidding farewell to my cash. Right now my absolute must-reads are: Birds of Prey, Adventures of Superman, Batgirl, Green Arrow, JSA, Robin, Wonder Woman, and that pretty-yet-muddled Question mini, but I've been testing out lots of titles. Goodbye money, I shall miss you.

[-=MARZ=-]

Hi my name's Marlon (But people call me marz). I'm 13 and I like doing stuff. I dont really know much about marvel DC and basically anything about the history of the comics... But what I do know is that I like most comics.. Spiderman mainly. Also a BIG BIG fan of the simpsons and futurama!

[marvelboy]

Sorry I didn't introduce myself earlier,just didn't bother.

My name is Alexander Ramos,most definitely male. I am 25 years old from Yonkers,NY.I am college student majoring in Social Work but going into the field of Ultrasound. What can i say? I decided to become a capitalist.

My Interests or Hobbies: Martial Arts is my lifehood...have studied mostly japanese Karate and the Samurai warring arts in very old striking and grappling schools,currently training in Chinese internal arts. I also read about the occult and Magick,just not as serious about it like a Morrison type. Im big time into weapons and weightlifting.Also rare guardian breed dogs from other countries is a hobby of mine.

My Comics: I have to be honest I grew up on Marvel. DC never interested me in the slightest. I tried to get into DC comics so as not to appear close minded. The storytelling is good but to be quite honest the DC universe just does not appeal to me so Im right now reading New Avengers,Astonishing X-men,Uncanny X-men,Stormbreaker,Young Avengers,Supreme Power,New Thunderbolts

As for language I speak and write Spanish but English is what I use 60% of the time

[Wolfie]

I think I forgot to introduce myself...

Some of you may already know me from other MBs, where I've been known as a staunch supporter of one particular overwhelmingly talented artist (see what I mean? Hey, I never said I was objective!). I usually avoid public MBs like the plague, but I hear Gail's nice an' all... ;)

So Gail, you want to know...

Name: Wolfie, AKA Wolfgangsta
Gender: Female
Occupation: Writer, translator, editor! Some would also say art manager...
What comics you like: Comics? Whaddayamean?
Languages you speak fluently aside from English: My mother tongue is French and I also speak acceptable Spanish.

Ta-ta,

Wolfie

[stealthwise]

Welcome again to all!

[Rexamus Grumbo]

Name: Dillon

Gender: Male

Occuption: Store Worker

Comics: Basically whatever; generally the dark stuff but I've bought a decent amount of Avengers etc....

[barbiehead]

Name: Joanne
Gender: Girl
Occupation: Editor/Ghostwriter
Comics: Basically I like DC stuff. I dig both superheroes and Vertigo type stuff. I love Keith Giffen and Grant Morrison and Alan Moore and I hated Identity Crisis with a passion.

[RedKingRising]

:rolleyes: Hmmm, the intricasies of such a question could take a lifetime to answer.

In a nutshell 30y.o. Male from Nottingham, England. UK. I enjoy movies, video games, a good book and used to be into comics big time but have kinda lost my way with them.

Ta daa :)

[Lunar Daydreamer]

Brendan (Red King Rising) is one of my best friends in the whole wide world ... take care of him please! :)

[RedKingRising]

Brendan (Red King Rising) is one of my best friends in the whole wide world ... take care of him please! :)

Yaay for friendship...Blue blazes! I sound like a bad episode of the Get Along Gang. :o

[Lunar Daydreamer]

What are you on aboot (Degrassi Jnr High?! Red Hand Gang?!). Hee hee :)

[Gaz]

Brendan (Red King Rising) is one of my best friends in the whole wide world ... take care of him please! :)
AWWWWWW! So cute when you're being protective.... :p

[RedKingRising]

How can you not know who the Get Along Gang are!!! Old 80's toon and comic (marvel?) in the same stable as My Little Pony and Strawberry Shortcake.


Do you not remember the sweater wearing moose and his club house friends?

http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/sunyday76/GetAlongGang/gagshowgraphic.jpg

Sweet Christmas you'll be telling me you don't remember The Wuzzles next! :eek:

[Lunar Daydreamer]

AWWWWWW! So cute when you're being protective.... :p

*Giggle*....there's room for one more in this hug...c'mere you! :p

[Alena King]

Name : Well, sort of a given.
Gender : Sort of a given as well
Occupation : I own The Emerald Towers for the last 3/4 of a year
Comics I read : BoP, Manhunter, Amazing Fantasy, Legion of Superheroes, Batgirl,Cable/Deadpool, New Thinderbolts, Any Fill in Stories on Green Arrow, Anything by Geoff Johns, Willingham, Dixon, Gail. Everything I get in stock but those are really the highlight comics.
Favorite Character : Black Canary, Connor Hawke.

[Skeeter Green]

Jordan McLeod, male, 21.

I'm a gas station monkey/attendant, but I aspire to be a professional photographer.

I tend to like more lighthearted comics. Superhero action/comedy type stuff. I'm currently reading New Avengers and Cable/Deadpool, but I've just recently gotten into comics and after reading Gail's run on Deadpool and Agent X I'm definitely going to check out Birds of Prey. She-Hulk, GLA Misassembled, and Formerly Known as the Justice League are some other comics I'll be looking into once I get paid.

My favourite characters are Spider-Man, Silver Sable, Deadpool, Taskmaster, and the Blue Beetle.

[Hixy]

Paul from Australia. Married with two kids (SLEEP YOU CURSED URCHINS, SLEEP!!!). Long time DC reader with occassional visits to Marvel. I've always followed writers rather than artists. Always keen to check out what Morrison, Millar, Moore, Ellis, Geoff Johns, Garth Ennis, John Ostrander, BMB, Gail, Chuck Dixon and other reliables are writing. I'm in the Aussie government health sector.

I like my comics with spines, literal and figurative.

I like sleep and food.

[Shadow Crawler]

Yar.

My name is Bryan. And am totally awesome. I am also a male that is 18 years old.

Occupation? Psh, none currently. Unfortunately.

I read uhh mostly Marvel, but quite a bit of DC also. Some that I am especially excited to read each month are Teen Titans, Birds of Prey (just recently), Superman/Batman, The Authority, Y: The Last Man, Cable/Deadpool, X-Men, New X-Men, Supreme Power, and anything Fantastic Four.

EDIT: Not new to the boards, but I'm new to this forum. =P

[Evadne]

Hi, I'm Evadne. You can call me Eva for short, or my real name, Ang, but Eva's probably easier to remember. Female, as one might assume. I'm pushing 22, which is one of those ages where you start making the "Oh jeez, I'm actually in my twenties" face, I'm beginning to realize.

I'm currently in the process of getting my bachelor's in English, and am employed as an undergraduate teaching assistant and a tutor at the writing center.

I read a number of comics, although that list has grown shorter thanks to a recent decrease in funds. Currently released comics I read are Birds of Prey, JLA: Classified, Legion of Super-Heroes, The Outsiders, New X-Men: Academy X, Runaways, Teen Titans, and Young Avengers. My favorite writers (aside from Gail who is a given, considering I'm posting here) are Mark Waid, Keith Giffen & JM deMatteis, Devin Grayson, Grant Morrison, and Andersen Gabrych.

My favorite characters are Saturn Girl, Cosmic Boy, Ultra Boy, Wildcat, Fire & Ice, Hawk and Dove (in any form, although I confess to a particular fondness for the Hank and Don Hall era), Lilith Clay, and Blue Beetle (both Ted and Silver Age Dan Garrett).

And while I have no particularly useful knowledge of various languages, I'm relatively well-versed in the plays of Euripides and Aristophanes, as well as Victorian literature. (Not particularly helpful, I know.)

[Gaz]

Hello, and welcome to all newbies!:)
Don't be scared, so long as you bow and worship regularly, Gail is a kind and fair goddess... I mean, moddess (Freudian, wouldn't you say?;))

[Zerg Janitor]

Salutations.


I am a figment of my own imagination.

[Sokkratez]

Hi everybody. Some on CoH may know me as Ginji Amano or Phayzez. I visit the GJ boards also. Finally found this place :)

Some about me:

Name: Kyle
Gender: I'm a dude, dude.
Location: La Mirada, CA (LA county)
Occupation: Unemployed gamer / college student. Shooting for an English degree.
Comics: DC DC DC DC. I love Batman (all titles!), BoP, Flash to name a few. Some Marvel (Runaways, Ultimate titles), some indi comics :)
Languages: English, gibberish, jibberjabber.

[wayfarer]

So the basics are this...
Name:Richard.
I am an actor that lives out in Los Angeles. 38.

My biggest hobby aside from reading comics is to cook and bake. Taught myself to cook anything that looked or sounded good so it runs the gamut from Boston Cream Pie to Pasta Sauce to stuffing chicken to flavoring vodka.

I've been reading Birds of Prey since the start in Showcase comics waaaay back when, and I think now is the best it's been. As comics go, I buy about 25 a month and almost all are DC with the notable exceptions of Astonishing X-Men and Queen and Country and the occasional indie comic. I should be reading Walking Dead, but I'm not. Not yet. Favorite books include Y: The Last Man, Astro City, JSA, Titans, Manhunter, Adam Strange. I greatly miss Abadazad. I also miss Fallen Angel. (Fables, legends, myth and pulp fiction are my favorites). Also pick up Detective, Doom Patrol, the Superman books, JLA, Legion (since Waid - due to Empire), OMAC, VU, Klarion, Zatanna, Shining Knight, Gotham Central, Green Lantern. Can't wait for more Top Ten. I'm sure there's more to list, but that's all for now.

I also play City of Heroes. Had it for 6 months and barely touched it and now I've been playing the heck out if it since February. I am mostly on Protector, as I've got a bunch of friends there, but seeing the thread here I've popped a couple characters on Virtue as well to see how different it all is. Ironically though, I've got to say that despite being an actor, the whole role play emphasis is a bit intimidating. Shouldn't be. But is. Printed out a dummies guide to RP off of the CoH site. Very detailed and giving me ideas already ranging from the dramatic to the flat-out fun. We will see.

Joined up cause from what I've read there are alot of interesting topics and alot of interesting folk round here and I wanted to throw my voice into the ring.

See you round.

[Dark Galaxy]

Hello all. Here's a little about me.

Name: Lindi

Gender: Girly

Age: Will be leaving my 20's within the week

College Degree: Yes

Used College Degree: No

Occupation: Married to Cream Filled Taco/ Baby wrangler

Offspring: 9,4,and 2 (and managing to stay sane most of the time)

Location Location Location: Ory-gun

Political leanings: Left of most

Current Unhealty Addictions: City of Heroes

CoH Characters: On Virtue..Dark Galaxy, Creamy Nougat, (and when I'm feeling Jaunty) Cap'n FancyPants

Interesting Factiod: Went to my first Grateful Dead concert when I was two

Why join CBR?: 5 years of lurking is long enough, it is time to come out of the closet.

Comic Related Interests: I have become a comic fan by-proxy, marrying into the family so to speak. I have a remedial knowledge of the industry, some current and old titles. I have been to the Portland Con a buncha times. One time there was this one writer there named "Gayull", who I hear "writes purdy gud fer a gurl."

*Rumors about CBR members: Lauren Dougherty thinks wearing Lederhosen makes her look sexy, TCJohnson keeps all sorts of things in his pants, Jennifer de Vries is NOT mean (as some certain writers proclaim), PaladinZero likes long walks on the beach, rock climbing, and a good sense of humor, and Gail Simone...her rumor is just too too awful to tell.....for now.











*these are just rumors and have no basis in fact whatsoever. (Except for Gail's)

[TCJohnson]

It's like their's a party in my pants and I'm invited!!!!

[Richard Guion]

Name: Richard
Gender: Male (almost)
Occupation: software engineer
Favorite Comics: Grant Morrison's Doom Patrol, Animal Man, JLA, Lee\Kirby Fantastic Four, Stan Lee\Ditko\Romita Spider-Man, Neal Adams "Deadman, GL\GA Batman" the list goes on and on.

Current comics: I like Ultimates, Birds of Prey, Flash, JSA, Teen Titans, Green Lantern, Superman\Batman, etc.

I'm also into movies, dvds, fiction, video games, and even--so embarrassed to say--Star Wars. See my website for further evidence of mental corruption.

[strafenkinder]

Hello! I'm a movie critic in a business magazine, a professional editorial illustrator and an aspiring vegetarian chef here in Manila. My family travels a lot around the world when I was a kid and I always had comic books to keep me company (first comics was the Avengers). I enjoy fantasy, super hero and some noir books. I adore Grant Morrison, Geoff Johns, Gail Simone and a host of other people who's talent and dedication I admire. Oh, and I'm a guy! I hate smoking and love boiling Dr. Pepper for mornign tea. A real "perk me upper".

[the4thpip]

Another Xombi fan is always welcome.

[The_Spectacular_Spider-Man]

Name: Jason
Gender: Male
Occupation: IT Support Technician

My favorite comics are anything Spider-Man. Besides him my favorites are:

Wonder Woman
Moon Knight
Birds of Prey
Witchblade

[Brack360]

Hello, Gail and company! I am a male college student majoring in biology. Besides Birds of Prey, other comics I am reading include Batman, Detective Comics, Gotham Central, Catwoman, Batgirl, The OMAC Project, Y: The Last Man, Ex Machina, Sleeper, 100 Bullets, and Queen & Country.

Keep up the great work on Birds of Prey!

[slively]

Hi Gail! I am a 43 year old female, ex-library director, and I currently have an online comics and collectibles shop. Since I sell comics, I get the chance to read all kinds of titles, which is wonderful. Current Favorites include Astonishing X-Men, Runaways, Rising Stars: Voices of the Dead, Twilight Experiment, Spellbinders, Ex Machina, Birds of Prey, Y The Last Man, Otherworld, X-23, Young Avengers.

[Erik Burnham]

I'm -- well, my user name is it. (;

Call me E.

I alternate between cool, interesting jobs and retail. Right now, I'm doing both -- not gonna elaborate right now!

Gail's been dropping by the message board I usually hang at (Dixonverse) and dropped invitations to the posters there enough that I finally decided to drop by.

I read... what I can get ahold of. Comics are scarce 'round these parts, and I'm weird -- I like to flip through 'em before I buy. (Not to be confused with 'Byrne-stealing.')

-E
www.shootingstarcomics.com
www.burnhamania.com

[Mister Jack]

Hey Gail...followed you over from the dc BOP forum - so cool of you to be 'one of the gang'--

My name's Jon, but my friends and co-workers call me Jack (cause coincidentally enough my fav cartoon is Samurai Jack, my fav guitarist is Jack White, fav actor Jack Nicholson, and there're more 'Jacks' but I'll spare everyone). I've been a comic fan since I was a wee boy...grew up in a small town, but was able to buy Amazing Spidey issues back in the Larsen days.
I'm now living in Colorado Springs, CO as a Book Development Asst. for Cook Communications (a publishing company) where I proofread manuscripts, edit content, etc.

I loved Deadpool when you were on it...then I followed you over to Agent X and BOP and haven't regretted a step. I currently follow most of the 'Ultimate' titles of Marvel, BOP of course, Batgirl (very underrated), Amazing Spidey, Batman, X-23, Punisher, New Avengers, Runaways, Action Comics--now...heh, Astonishing X, Trigun manga, anything by Mike Turner--Fathom, Soulfire.

Ciao, Gail - best of luck

PS: "Hey" to everyone here also.

[Eumastas]

name: steve
location: jim thorpe, pa ............not from here i used to live in scranton, pa. I hate jim thorpe very very much. All of my friends are orignally not from jim thorpe. Their is nothing to do here so we sit around thinking of ways to put down this town.
age:16
job: paintball judge at Skirmish
lovelife: i'm having girl trouble, she seemed to be my friend all year long but now that its summer she seems to be ignoring me. :( i need a pat on the back or a hug or something
benchpress: 185lbs not very impressive
inclined leg press: 550lbs best in the school
last friday was my last day of school: i got pissed off because i didn't have a ride home after finals so i started hitting the shelf in my locker and i finally ripped it out.
father: hate him more then this town. He is an alcholic and verbally abuses my mom all the time.


i am taking german III next year.

[Daniel from Chile]

Hey everyone, and hey to you Gail, my name is Daniel and i am from Chile. I sell comic books and other stuff, my store is a llittle one but i have put all my life and my love in it, and i don't regret one thing that ever happened to me cause of owning it. I speak spanish and sometimes english ,unfortunaly my english is not good looking :( ,but good enough to post here ( i hope) :D . i am a comic book fan since i was 13 , and i gotta tell you that i love your work, and i love that you are so connected to people who buy your comic books; that is absolutily awesome :cool: . My favorite movoes are "the Sting", "the Godfather", and of course i have an special love for star wars. I also have some guilty pleasures like "smokey and the bandit" and "cannonball run" I and II :p . what else can i tell ? let me see, my girlfriend dumped me about six months ago, we were together for 4 years and now i am hanging out with friends and try to have a good time ( itsnot easy when you were with te same person for so long).i am 1,78 mts and 75 kilos and i guess that's it. if anyone interested in comic books in spanish want to have someone, send me an email and i'll send a copy of JLA, SUperman or batman in spanish. or if you wanna talk about about comics, books, sports,movies, women or whatver just write. thanks a lot

by the way i'm 24

[Kahnno6]

Hi, I'm Jared and I'm male. I post over on the DCMB under the same screen name. I'm from the big city of Thomasville, NC hehehe. I'm a Mortgage Loan Officer for GE Home Finance, and yes, I'm working on Memorial day! Ugh! Anyway, what else was it you wanted to know?

Comics I'm liking right now? Well I just picked up the last 2 issues of BOP after reading so many positive things about you, Gail and I must say I really loved it! It's definitely being added to my pull list. I also like Green Lantern. Glad to see the new monthly. And my fav Marvel book right now is Runaways. I can't get enough of these kids! Fun read! Now as for what else I"m reading? Batgirl, Teen Titans, Outsiders, All the big minis DC is doing, Action Comics (good work on that too, Gail), X-23, and Amazing Fantasy.

I don't speak any languages other than English, but my wife speaks fluent Russian. She's tried to teach me, but it's way too hard for my linquistic aptitude!

[Andrew345]

Name: Andrew
Gender: Male
Age: 31
City: Long Beach
Occupation: Information Technology
Comics I like: Manhunter, Gotham Central, Birds of Prey, Green Lantern, Batman, JLA, JSA, Teen Titans, Infinite Crisis minis, All Star Batman and Robin
Languages: Only english

I just started reading comics again after a long hiatus so im trying to get up to speed with whats going on. Maybe its just me but the quality of the writing has become alot better in comic books from about 10 years ago. There are so many good comic books out there that it is hard to buy all of them without draining my poor wallet.

Anyways, keep up the good work, Gail, and I have enjoyed the stuff you have written so far. :)

[Dr. Killbydeath]

Name: Dan
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Occupation: Student (heh)
Comics: see list in sig
Languages: English, Hebrew (extremely out of practice), bad French, Gibberish.
Hobbies: Comics (duh), arguing about religion and politics..

[Fabian]

Name: Fabian

Age: 20 (21 in August, get the shots ready)

Occupation: Student by day, waiter by night

Comics: Lucifer, Y: the Last Man, Fables, Daredevil, Human Target, Transmetropolitan, Cable/Deadpool

Languages: Spanish and some French

Hobbies: Traveling whenever possible.

[werped]

Name: Jeremy

I be 23

Student at West Texas A&M

Just got my 100 issue of Nightwing

Last Job: Working events at the United Sprit Arena, at Texas Tech, 10-12 hour days for the events.

[bodie_3_7_ci5]

Name: Shane
Age: 30
Occupation: Economist
Location: I'm in Brisbane, Australia
Comics: See my signature.
Languages: I speak a little Italian.

I just got back into comics about a 18 months ago after re-discovering my childhood. As a kid I only read Daredevil, Green Arrow and Batman. Once I started reading those comics I found alot more that I really love (as you can see from the list in my signature). I got into BOP after hearing so many great reports about it. Gail, I love it and I particularly love Huntress.

[EDmanwalking]

Name: Ed
Age: 17
Occupation: ...Student. No wait, I wash dishes in my spare time :D It's good pay!
Location: Cumbria, UK
Languages: Well, I learnt a lot of German last year as a course, but now I've plain gone and forgotten it all...
Comics: The pull list is all in the signature

And on an extra note, I LOVE Action Comics at the moment, Gail. The Superman books are in very capable hands and I'm enjoying all three. Thank you!

[Tink!]

Hi,

Name's Eran and I'm from Israel.
I self-publish local comics along with my talented partner (I write and ink) and teach illustration to kids at community centers.
Comics: Uhm... a lot! Mostly from Marvel and DC although I have my eye on Image, Dark Horse, Oni and others as well.
Naturally, I speak Hebrew fluently.


Oh, and I'm mostly a lurker. Sorry.

[Lonewalker]

Hey, Gail! Firstly, not going to be a fatty fanboy, but just wanted to congratulate you for your work and say that I loved your DP run.

That aside, on to me stats:

Name: Ezekiel (PsychoZeke)
Gender: Male
Occupation: Radio and an amateur writer (loves fan-fiction)...
Fave Comics: Anything DC as long as it doesn't have Chuck Austen on it... :P Marvel, well, only Cable & Deadpool and Spidey and some side dishes depending if their not too "overhyped" by their own writers.
Fluent with: Spanish

I love forums and to manage my own.

[Just_A_Rat]

About Me:

Name: Alex Truman
Gender: Male
Occupation: Application Support Analyst... which is IT.
Fave Comics: I've been a fan of the JSA since I found an old comic in my Grandfather's house at the age of 5. Nightwing is a great book too, and I read mostly Ultimate stuff from Marvel these days - and it seems less and less of that.
Fluent with: French

A little trivia - I learned to read from a Spider-Man comic while my family was in Mexico in 1975. I've never looked back.

[Nick Kal]

Name: Nick
Gender:Male
Occupation: Student/ Actor
Favorite Comics: Teen Titans, Green Lantern, Captain America, Sin City
Languages: Greek and French
Currently: Really enjoying Villains United and will be checking out more of your work come One Year Later.

[Flight]

Hello!
I'm Flight, I'm not new but I'm on a tour of the forums and You'll All Be Sorry is my next stop so I'm here for the next week!
Yay!

[kid cthulhu]

Name: Jeremiah Hammer
Gender: Male
Age: 31
Location: Seattle, Washington
Occupation: Student (was a machinist for 5 years)
Fave Comics: Hellboy & The Goon. Not too big on tights anymore, but that could always change.
Fluent with: Ebonics

I eat worms!

[ocelotrevs]

:p My name is my little secret
Age is 17
At the moment in college, might do an engineering course next year, just did my A/S levels (had to do a retcon)
My musical taste is mainly focused on rock
I wanna learn a next language (dunno which one)
At the moment I'm reading-

Young Avengers
Villains United
Rann/ Thanagar
New Avengers
Cable and Deadpool
House of M
-Spider-Man
OMAC project

My favourites, are
Doctor Strange
Cable
Colossus
Nightcrawler
Patriot

[Gilda Dent]

Name: Gilda
Gender: Female
Age: 28
Occupation: Teacher
Comics: Oh, way too many to list. Pretty much all of the core DC and Marvel books. My current favorites are Supreme Power, Fables, Y: The Last Man, Walking Dead, Astonishing X-Men, Daredevil, Small Gods, Trigger, Fantastic Four, Invincible, Birds of Prey, Legion of Superheroes, and Strangers in Paradise, though not neccesarily in that order. Also trade reprints of Modesty Blaise and Krazy Kat.

Favorite Writers: Brian K. Vaughn, Mark Waid, Kurt Busiek, Bendis, Peter David, Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Garth Ennis, Robert Kirkman, Grant Morrison, Jeph Loeb, Geoph Johns, Terry Moore, and the esteemed moderator of this forum.

Languages: I uh, had one year of French in junior high school 15 years ago. I think I remember the numbers, letter names, and maybe three or four phrases.

Bio: I've been reading comic books for most of the last 20 years, starting with big boxes of discards my mom would buy me at garage sales, mostly Harvey stuff at first, but a little later on a bunch of those little DC digests and the Marvel reprints of the early Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, and Hulk books. Those, and the Adventure digests reprinting the early LOSH are what hooked me.

Technically still single (because of a certain law with a positively Orwellian name), but definitely firmly and permanently connected to a woman who simply does not understand why any grown person would willingly spend this much time, money, and energy on comic books, but who nonetheless indulges me. Oh, she'll read A History of Violence or Road to Perdition or Maus, but those aren't really comic books, those are graphic novels, so they don't count.

No kids yet, but planning on it within the next couple of years.

I found this board while doing google search for when Peter and Mary Jane were married, which popped up a thread here involving Kurt Busiek debating the effects of Peter's marriage on the character, which was polite, well-reasoned, and strongly defended on both sides, and which was a blast to read. I spent most of yesterday reading here and decided this would be a good place to hang out.

[smilemadeofsun]

I am brand new here, this is my first post actually :)

Well, here goes.
Name:Robert Ryan
Gender: Male
Age: 19
Occupation: Student
Comics: I am a huge X-Men nut, so almost anything involving them that does not have Igor Kordey involved, Birds of Prey, that is probably my favorite series right now. I loved Gen 13 before Adam Warren got his hands on it (sorry to all Adam Warren fans), I really enjoyed Batman: Hush, The Killing Joke, and The Long Halloween

Favorite Writers: I don't want to sound like a drooling fanboy, but you definately, Jeph Loeb, Chris Claremont, Grant Morrison, Scott Lobdell, and too many others to name here

Languages: None very fluently, I had Spanish in High School, but I couldn't tell you much other than saying really basic stuff like where is the bathroom, what I like and don't like, and how to say the guarentee is good for two years (from working at Best Buy lol)

Bio: I have been drawing almost every day since I was about three, it's just always been my biggest passion in life, even when I was a wee little thing. I wanted to be a Disney animator at first, but around nine I fell in love with comics and haven't looked back since. I have been drawing and practicing in the comic book style since then, and am very very serious about pursuing a career in comic book art. I am going to a community college right now to get some general education classes out of the way, before I transfer to a university to study art, and improve my own, before I start sending my portfolio places and hoping for the best. Right now all I have in terms of a portfolio, are some of my more recent artworks on my deviantart profile. I am still working on a nice, professional looking and diverse portfolio before I send it anywhere.

I have a superhero team that I created in Jr. High and have been working with and updating ever since, and that team and their universe is a big passion of mine. Some day, if God be willing, and I become an established comic book artist, I would love to see that team hit the racks of a comic book store and do well, that would pretty much be the ultimate accomplishment I could think of in terms of a career...

I found this board while doing google search, and am ecstatic to have found it, and even more so at the possibility of communicating with someone whose I admire and respect as much as I do yours...jeez, I sound like such a fanboy, shutting up now...

Anything else you'd like to know or have I pretty much covered all angles?

[bradp521]

Name: Brad
Gender: Male
Occupation:Serials cataloger in an academic library, so I don't get to catalog anything fun
What comics you like:Young Justice (late, lamented, and still often re-read), Birds Of Prey, Batman - Gotham Knights
Languages:Enough German that I could find the American Consulate if you dropped me in the middle of Munich, but that might be about as much as I remember, lol

I just found this forum, and I'm looking forward to exploring!

[thetube]

Name: Daniel
Location: Ames Iowa, USA
Occupation: Student, writer
Current Reads: JSA, JLA, Bat-titles, the Pre-Crisis stuff, The Pulse, New Avengers, Ultimate Spider-Man. Basically, you name it, I've tried it!

Fav Artists of All Time: Gil Kane, Carmine Infantino, John Romita Sr. and Steve Ditko and George Perez.

Fav Writers: Marv Wolfman, Steve Englehart, Roy Thomas, Len Wein, Chris Claremont (up through about Uncanny X-Men #150) Stan Lee (pre-Striperella: What the HELL was he thinking?) and currently big fan of Phil Hester who is a pretty good artist too.

[Casali]

Jon

29 year old male

Soon to be law student

I'm a DC fan at heart, though I enjoy the assorted Marvel, Image, Oni, and Indy books.

My favorite books of all time: Giffen/DeMatteis Justice League and Ostrander's Suicide Squad

Current faves: Birds of Prey, Flash, JSA, Ex Machina, Gotham Central

Favorite comic characters: Wally West, Dick Grayson, Guy Gardner, Barbara Gordon, Dinah Lance

[Comixjunky]

Hi I am Kris Carter, 29 years old, married for 12 years, one child, 3 years old. I am an aspriing penciler by night, and a not so mild mannered retail store manager by day. I love all comics.

[Selina Quinzel]

Geez, I can't believe it took me so long to figure out one of my favorite comic book writers had a forum! How very cool =D

Name: Stephanie
Gender: Female
Age: 21
Occupation: Film librarian/researcher; student
Fave Comics: (included current & defunct) Catwoman, Batgirl, Birds of Prey, Goon, Blue Monday, Gotham Central, Leave it to Chance, The Simpsons & B.P.R.D. TPB's I love are Hush, Terror and The Long Halloween. I've just recently gotten back into comics (and before I didn't really read any DC or Marvel) so I'm still looking for stuff to latch onto.
I'm sad enough to buy almost any story featuring Catwoman, Harley Quinn Cassandra Batgirl, and to a lesser extent Poison Ivy- they're my fave characters.
Writer-wise, there's Ed Brubaker, Greg Rucka, Gail Simone (ya think?) Jeph Loeb, Paul Dini, Darwyn Cooke, Chynna Clugston-Major, Mike Mignola and Doug Moench.
Fluent with: sadly nothing but english (and even that's debatable), but I'm halting in French. I'm working on it though!

[kkraven]

I'm Dave I live in LA, my current pull list includes, Supreme Power, Powers, Aquaman, Manhunter, Astonishing X-men, Green Lantern etc.

[ultramandingo]

hey... thats what i was going to say!

[Modern_Myths]

Hi, Gail, et al!

My name is Jim Crocker, and I'm the owner of a relatively new (Opened Sept 2002) comic book store in Northampton, MA, called Modern Myths (www.modern-myths.com). The store is a full-time, full-line shop, and we're happy to report that we're doing very well, showing steady growth and bringing in new customers all the time, and your work has certainly been some part of that success.

I am looking forward to contributing to the discussion as time allows during our busy days at the store.

Thanks for taking the time to play host, Gail! Will you be at the Boston Wizard World, by any chance?

EDIT: I almost forgot the 'Vitals':

I'm Male, 36, Married. I don't speak anything other than English, but my comic-book loving, 'BoP' fan-fic writing wife is fluent in about 5 languages, among them Russian and Czech (Russian Lit PhD candidate).

As you might imagine, I read a lot more comics than just the ones I'd regularly spend my own money on, but a few that I find myself consistently recommend ing these days include BoP (of course!), Walking Dead, Y the Last Man, Runaways, Daredevil, Morrison's Seven Soldiers books, Ex Machina, Planetes, Battle Royale, Berserk, Astro City, Finder, Distant Soil (when it comes out!), Desolation Jones, etc. It's a pretty big list, and seems to be getting bigger lately, a good sign! I'm happy to answer questions from the 'berhind the counter' prspective, and pretty free with general info about what it's like to be a retailers and what's involved.

If anyone is really curious about everything involved in setting up a comic book store, go check out our LiveJournal (http://www.livejournal.com/users/modernmyths) . Go ALL the way back to the earliest posts (http://www.livejournal.com/users/modernmyths/2002/07/12/) and you'll get a blow-by-blow and pics of our setting up. Stop by and say hello if you're ever in New England!

[wormwood]

a big hello to Gail from your fans up here in toronto Canada :)

Keep showing the comic industry that women can kick butt in the comic industry that has been male dominated for far too long.

look forward to your comics very month, keep up the excellent work.

wormwood

[jwmojo]

Hello, all. I just recently found these boards, and have really grown to enjoy reading the various threads and (occasionally) throwing in my 2 cents.

Before I get on to my introduction, I really want to say that I love the idea of this particular board. I have to admit that I haven't read any of Gail's work, although I had been looking for a good "jumping in" point in Birds of Prey since I first saw the title and remembered the shortlived television show of the same name. But, even with no direct experience with her work, I still love the idea of writers having such a direct line to their fans. Of course, if the writer turns out to be a pompous ass, then the good idea doesn't work as well, but in the short time I've been lurking here, it has already become evident that Gail is not at all like that.

Anyway, here's my info:
Name: James
Occupation: Software Developer
Comics: Superman/Batman, Supergirl (I'm a Loeb fan), Green Lantern, Wolverine, Supreme Power, Pulse, Angel, Serenity, Ultimates, Ultimate FF, Runaways, and just about anything the guy at my comic shop says, "Hey, you should check this out!" about.

I also collect Ultimate Spidey, Ultimate X-men, Astonishing X-men, Daredevil, Fables, Y: The Last Man, and some discontinued titles in TPBs and HCs

Languages: Unfortunately, I have a short attention span and a lot of interests, so I can butcher Japanese and Spanish, but have not really had the stick-to-it-iveness to really become fluent in anything.

I guess that's about it. Hope I didn't get too long winded.

Oh yeah, not that I think it's a requirement for the board or anything, but I wanted to add that I'm going to be picking up BoP: Of Like Minds. I'm a big fan of using TPBs to introduce myself to a new title (or writer, as the case may be).

[Pookienick]

Okay, been looking at the forums for some time and finally have time to post something (i.e. bored at work and badly need to stop myself falling asleep at work).

Name: Nick
Gender: Male
Age: 27
Occupation: Accountant
Fave Comics: Anything published in the last 50 or 60 years - I have the ability to read any comic - no matter how bad. I have an entire run of Guardians of the Galaxy (plus spin offs) not too mention many 80's marvel mini series that should never have seen the light of day (Wolfpac?!?). Of the comics being published today I Adventures of Superman, Action Comics, Young Avengers, Runaways, Flash, JSA, JSA Classified, Breach, Doom Patrol, Fables, New Thunderbolts, anything related to Infinite Crisis (I'm the person who loves multi part universe spanning crossovers) and many more. Will buy anything drawn by John Byrne or written by Peter David.
Languages: Just English - although fluent in 'Geek' and 'Nerd' to a high level.
Other Interesing Things: I live in Brighton, UK with my boyfriend of 4 years (today - yay for us) Marc. Also enjoy computer games (on any format), books (mostly Science Fiction and Fantasy) and films & tv shows (again geared towards the fantasy theme).

[Superrossman]

Sam
Receiving clerk
Y: the last man, Fables, All Superman, JLA, Gotham Central, Losers etc, etc etc
Pig Latin and Baby talk. Still wurking awn my Inglish

[Daniel Hopkins]

Hi I'll explain myself in a nutshell

Im 17, nickname is Danhop, Live In Australia, Into DC & Darkhorse, still at school, work in Data entry and thats all i can think of because im tired

zzzZZZZZzzzzzzZZZZZ!

[Patience]

Hmm... I just read the entire thread. There are a lot more women here than I remember. A lot more people from the Keystone State too!

Name: Lisa
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Occupation: Military job. I used to work Air Traffic Control, but I was truly truly awful at it. The Texas skies are a much safer place now that I use a wrench and a hammer in Oklahoma.
Base of Operations (Former): Scranton, PA; San Antonio, TX
Base of Operations (Current): Oklahoma City, Ok
Currently Reading: Infinite Crisis Lead-ins, Green Lantern, Birds of Prey, Gotham Central, The Flash, JLA (During Johns' arc), Seven Soldiers, JSA, Marvel's Ultimate stuff (Though I'm dropping this book by book, it seems), Action Comics (Since Sacrifice), Wonder Woman, Planetary, and whatever else catches my interest in the store
Interests: Obscure Females in Folktales/Myths, Discworld novels, Pre-Thomas Malory Arthurian Fiction (See here (http://ragnell.blogspot.com/2005/09/character-parallel-game-night-of.html) for a comparison to Green Lantern characters), Canonical Sherlock Holmes, Astrology, Metaphysics, Ghost-hunting (Completely serious here, I have a friend who takes us to haunted places in the hopes of catching one on camera like his cousin did), Jungian Archetypes, Tarot Reading, Spiritual Dream Interpretation, and generally anything that helps me keep a busy mind.
Origin: Another young girl brought into the seedy comic world by her wicked older sister. I used to post here in the late 90s. I specifically started about a month before JLA #16 came out, lured here by the opportunity to share my wild ideas with other people before the new mystery roster was released. Even today, I enjoy waiting and speculating about the story more than the actual story about 75% of the time!
- - - The most interesting thing about me (and I only feel comfortable posting this because of the Anton LaVey jokes earlier) is actually why I haven't posted here in about 6 years. I was busy experiencing a religious realignment. This means I discovered that Religion is basically a suit of clothes that you wear over your Spirituality, and mine (Bleak Goth Agnostic) didn't fit at all. So I went on a whirlwind shopping trip, where I tried on all sorts of different styles -- Buddhist, Methodist, Catholic, Mormon, Unitarian -- I even fitted for Jehovah's Witnesses when they came to the door!
I ended up with some green and brown New Age clothes that I would have laughed at in High School, an athame and a hyperactive black cat. I'm expecting a Jupiter Return in late October, but my impending promotion implies professional growth instead of something more spiritual.
- - - If I learned anything from this (aside from enough knowledge of each major religion to carry on a conversation with a theologist and not sound like an idiot!), it's that if you present your wierdness on the first impression, no bothers you for anything you do afterwards.
- - - I came back to the online community on the DCMB actually, due to Crisis on Infinite Wallets, looking for rumors to feed my ravenous imagination. I don't have the willpower to lurk, but I kept my posting habit down until I was voluntold for the Night Shift. Hard to keep any semblance of a social life when the only people awake are across the world.
- - - Anyway, I go by Ragnell (Sir Gawain's wife in what is IMHO the best Arthurian story ever written -- at least until I finally find a copy of Les Merveilles de Rigomer) in my blog (http://ragnell.blogspot.com) and on the DCMB and ComicBloc Forums, but I chose the more traditional Patience here, on the off chance soemone remembered me, and because this place apparently had a crash or something that meant I didn't have to try and remember my old password. :)
Languages: I speak fluent New-Agese, which is composed of pseudo-scientific sounding terms and often-mispronounced words lifted from ancient languages. I also speak Astrologer, if anyone gets confused by that sort of thing.

[Gaz]

How comes all the womenfolk 'rond these here parts is smart 'n all?:p
Welcome back!:) (I'm technically MUCH newer than you, but you was here first, darn it!)

[Messchird]

Hello, Gaile and the CBC crowd!

Name: I prefer to keep it private, just call me Messchird
Gender: Male
Age:16
Country I live in: New Zealand.
Occupation: Just a High school student though I am a amateur cartoonist who started in 1993 with help of Mum. I started to draw my own cartoons in 1995 and created my longest ever cartoon, Messchird in 1999, which is still going strong.
Comics I like: Punch, MAD, Simpsons, Futurama and insane DC covers.
Any languages I speak fluently aside from English: NZSL ( NZ sign Language) Also, some American sign. Yeppers, I'm deaf.
Interests: Satire, chocolate, comics, art and reading.
Religion: Atheism

[3Horn]

Name: 3Horn AKA Reverend 3Horn, AKA Jammer, AKA Wombat, AKA Marq

Gender: Male

Age:33

Country I live in: USA: (although it was tempting to simply put "Texas").

Occupation: Professional Geek, former lifeguard, US Navy Aircrewman

Comics I like: Hrmm...I've gotten away from commercial comics to a large degree, primarily due to cost and availability. Having to hunt down a comic shop and plunk down a sizable bit of cash seemed to be a bit much considering how brief it seems the books themselves have become. Granted, the artwork and stories themselves are of much greater quality than the old newsprint ones I bought for a quarter at 7-Eleven twenty-five years ago, but damn, $2.50 adds up quick when you're buying a dozen or so at a time.

Luckily, I have the patience to wait for TPBs when they're available, and I can usually sate my appetite through webcomics (though I've gotten woefully behind on them as well).

I've really enjoyed what DD has done with their GI Joe series, call it a bit of my childhood catching up with me.

Any languages I speak fluently aside from English: Drunkenese, I learned it while in the Navy.

Interests: Writing, although I haven't done anything worthwhile in years.

I'm also an amateur actor (primarily improv work that doesn't involve porn-though I'm not against that).

I'm big into politics, and other topics that are best not discussed in the midsts of impressionable youth.

I was once a writer for a failed comic. Well, failed in the sense of we made a bad decision to attempt to debut it at WorldCon in 97, not realizing that WC tends to frown on anything that actually has images and does not consist solely of text.

Religion: The closest I've found to my personal beliefs is Unitarian-Universalism.
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[JerrBear81]

Name, Jerry

gender, Male

occupation, Slacker

and what comics you like, The Warlord!!

[Lex]

I don't think I've done this yet. So, here goes.

Name: Lex
Real Name: Les
Gender: Male
Occupation: menial labor
Location: South Dakota
Age: 25
Month of Birth: April
Politics: Registered Independant but usually lean to the left
Marital Status: Married
Wife's Name: Alice
Wife's Status: Cutie
Favorite Color: Sky Blue, but I'm partial to orange
Favorite Food: Corn Casserole
Hobbies other than comics: Writing, reading and cooking
Height: 5'8
Shoe Size: 10 1/2

Whoops... got carried away there.

Comics I enjoy: Seven Soldiers (and pretty much anything Grant Morrison writes), Action Comics, Birds of Prey, Plastic Man, Gotham Central, Runaways, Young Avengers, Marvel Team-Up, Astro City, Justice, Adam Strange mini (I know it ended a few months ago, but it was so awesome)

Comics I'm looking forward to: All-Star Superman, Jonah Hex, She-Hulk v2 and The Thing (Dan Slott rocks!), Warlord, The Brave and the Bold and I'll probably pick up many many DC books when we get to One Year Later because each book should be telling their own, unique story again... plus I bet there will be a lot of good stuff after OYL.

Languages: I'm trying to become multi-lingual. Right now I'm studying Norwegian, Spanish and American Sign Language. While I'm not 100% there, I'm closest to being fluent in ASL.

[Kaye]

Hey Gail and others on the board

After a month or so of lurking, now enters delurk mode :D

Name: Grace
Gender: Female
Occupation: Somewhat fulltime slacker post-graduate M-student
Comics: Birds of Prey a must, especially since you started writing it, Gail. The Authority featuring Corporal Kev Hawkins is pretty good too... not that many favourites, really... oh yeah, collecting some of the Aspen titles because Baywatch was never this aesthetically pleasing for the female following :p

For Gail's reference:
Languages I can speak fluently aside from English: None whatsoever...I sorta know some Cantonese...at least enough to know what was going on in the arc featuring Chesire :D. Plus...my Afrikaans teachers in high school would weep...but I do a wonderful butcher rendition of Afrikaans too!

[Azrael52]

Name: Raymond Masters,
Age: 25
Gender: Male,
Occupation: Medical Equipment Rental and Supply
What comics you like: Here is my pull list through October.

• Action Comics,
• Adventures of Superman,
• All Star Batman and Robin
• Batman,
• Batgirl,
• Batman: Journey Into Knight
• Birds of Prey,
• Batman Gotham Knights,
• Batman: Jekyll and Hyde
• Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight
• Catwoman
• Detective Comics,
• Day of Vengence,
• DC Special: Return of Donna Troy
• Green Lantern,
• Green Lantern Corps: Recharge
• Infinite Crisis
• JLA,
• JSA Classified,
• Justice,
• JLA: Classified
• Lex Luthor: Man of Steel
• Nightwing
• Neverwhere
• Outsiders,
• Omac Project
• Punisher/Daredevil
• Rann/Thanagar War,
• Robin
• Red Sonja
• Superman,
• Supergirl,
• Superman/Batman
• Teen Titans,
• Teen Titans/Outsiders Secret Files 2005
• Villains United
• Wonder Woman

Any languages I speak fluently aside from English? Man, I'm just getting this one down! ;)

And THANK YOU SO MUCH, too, Gail!

[sloane]

Well I've known of Gail and her work for a while now and so after lurking and enjoying the vibe around here I finally decided to register.

Name: Sloane

Gender: Female

Occupation: As of this moment I'm an English conversation teacher in Japan however in 3 more days I'll be on my way back to Australia and unemployed. Yay!

Comics I'm Reading: Actually I'm not reading any. I am, however, ordering lots and currently have about 3 years worth sitting at my olds place waiting for me to read. It was easier to ship them once rather than twice. Therefore I don't plan on working again until next year or I've caught up on them all, whichever comes first.

Languages: You'd think after almost 7 years here I'd be fluent in Japanese...but nope. I do know the words for pervert though which come in handy if you travel during peak hour on the Tokyo subways.

[Gail Simone]

Well I've known of Gail and her work for a while now and so after lurking and enjoying the vibe around here I finally decided to register.

Name: Sloane

Gender: Female

Occupation: As of this moment I'm an English conversation teacher in Japan however in 3 more days I'll be on my way back to Australia and unemployed. Yay!

Comics I'm Reading: Actually I'm not reading any. I am, however, ordering lots and currently have about 3 years worth sitting at my olds place waiting for me to read. It was easier to ship them once rather than twice. Therefore I don't plan on working again until next year or I've caught up on them all, whichever comes first.

Languages: You'd think after almost 7 years here I'd be fluent in Japanese...but nope. I do know the words for pervert though which come in handy if you travel during peak hour on the Tokyo subways.

Welcome, Sloan!

Welcome to EVERYONE who has posted here...I hope you stick around!

Gail

[Gavin Higginbotham, BotF]

Name: Gavin Higginbotham
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Nationality: English
Occupation: Customer services supervisor at a crappy Homebase DIY store

Comics I buy: Uh... a lot.

I collect most every mainstream DCU title, any Wildstorm Universe title, ALL Marvel titles (either monthly, trade or digest), GI JOE, Invincible, Walking Dead, Noble Causes, ShadowHawk, Blacklight, Hunter-Killer, anything Youngblood-related (on the odd year something is released), the Grimjack and Jon Sable trades, anything Transformers-related and SAVAGE DRAGON!

[tangentman]

Hi Gail and CBR folks! I'm Drew, male, working as a substance abuse counselor-in-training, living not far from Savannah in Georgia.

My comics list includes Birds of Prey, JSA, Manhunter, Wonder Woman, New Avengers, Astonishing X-Men, Uncanny X-Men, Runaways, Supreme Power, She-Hulk, The Walking Dead.

[Arrjay]

Hey Gail and all other Yabs folk.

My name is Arrjay as you have probably already deduced. That's not my real name but I'm not really gonna post my real name to anyone I don't really know that well. I suffer from intense paranoia.

I've only recently started to post in Yabs so I figured I'd best introduce myself as this thread suggests in it's famous and well-distinguished title.

Anyway, I'm a guy and I love the Marvel Ultimate comics. Most people hate them on the Marvel board though. I also read some of the regular Marvel titles as well; Amazing Spider-Man, Avengers/New Avengers. As far as D.C titles are concerned I read some Batman titles and I read the first 22 issues of Superman/Batman but then I dropped it. I also love the Hellboy books and outside of that I read Shannon Wheeler's angst-ridden Too Much Coffee Man and I also like a little Megaman: NT Warrior once in a while.

I work in a library shelving and finding books for people and I really like it. I'm thinking of pursuing library science at some time in the future and I truly look forward to it. It's not happening any time soon though. Too many other financial obligations that my wife and I have to attend to. I also write and draw my own little science-fiction comedy comic that I seriously need to do more work on. I've been inadvertently neglecting it lately. Naughty me.

I don't really speak any languages fluently but I know a little Spanish as I have spent some time in Latin America in the past and my wife grew up there so she speaks it very well. I'm sure that she actually thinks in Spanish and then translates her thoughts to English when they become spoken word.
Anyway, I'll learn more and more Spanish as time goes on I guess.

Well, that's pretty much all that I have to say about anything right now and I feel I've rambled on quite sufficiently. Consider yourselves introduced.

Thanks.

Ciao.

[Special K]

We lost a huge thread on this, so please, new and old posters alike, please tell me about yourself, cause I SUCK at names!

Name, gender, occupation, and what comics you like, and...

just for my reference, any languages you speak fluently aside from English.

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

Gail

Hello, new poster here.

Special K, female, editor/videographer, I dabble (I liked a mini series called "Extinction Event" but I was disappointed with how it ended... I'm reading some Superman/Batman now; I like Marvel Ultimate stuff, but haven't gotten really far into it; and I like Daredevil. Oh, and my husband's comic, very cool stuff!!), I'm bilingual Spanish/English and speak a little French. Not too much though, not fluent by any means, but I like to practice!
Any particular reason?

[Psychotrain]

Hello Gail and everyone,

I'm an IT administrator working for a Pharmacy Benefits manager, prior to that I worked for a computer manufacturer and a television listings company.

About 6 years ago I was diagnosed with testicular cancer but caught it in time. Luckily for me it's very treatable with a high recovery rate. Guys, make sure you check things out from time to time. If you feel like you've been racked for a day or two go to the doctor!

I speak a smattering of French and German. (sad, since I'm half-French and I lived in Germany for 6 years)

I'm a long-time comic book reader, Spider-man is my favorite character of all time though my favorite series is Neil Gaiman's Sandman.

I was mainly a Marvel reader growing up though I read the Legion of Super Heroes and World's Finest when I could get my hands on them. Being an Army brat meant it was hard to keep up with books sometimes not too mention affording them all. Most of my collection from those days came from garage sales and flea markets.

Right now I'm buying all the Seven Soldiers issue (great stuff) and the Infinite Crisis books, Amazing Spider-Man, Ult. Spidey, most of JMS' stuff, Rex Mundi, Y the Last Man, Ex Machina, Fables and Legion. I give some credit to Gail for getting back into comics after the crap that went on during the 90's. Her run on Deadpool was great and reminded me of how fun comics could be. All the Spider clone crap and the gimmick covers and variants put off the super hero books for a long time, so, thanks Gail!

[Bloopinator]

Hi peoples I actually had no idea who this Gail person was until I looked at these boards


Name: Uh....I forgot


Age: 13

Occupation: School

Comics I read: Nightwing, Ultimate Spiderman, Ultimate X-Men, Teen Titans, Uh.....I don't tink I read any others.

Languages: English, If I learn any more I'll tell you guys.

[Gamma Charge]

We lost a huge thread on this, so please, new and old posters alike, please tell me about yourself, cause I SUCK at names!

Name, gender, occupation, and what comics you like, and...

just for my reference, any languages you speak fluently aside from English.

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

Gail

Hello. I've been a lurker for a long time on CBR though I rarely have time to post. I've heard so much good stuff about Gail's work for a while since I got back into comics a couple of years ago. I never read anything of hers until I started reading BoP earlier this year. Now I'm definitely a fan. :D

Name: Suresh
Gender: M
Occupation: Phone Slave(Cust Svcs Rep)
Comics: Current Monthly Faves are LSH, Young Avengers, New Thunderbolts, BoP and Captain America. Favorites minis from recent months: Seven Soldiers(all of it, but especially Zatanna), Villains United, Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Stormbreaker
Other languages spoken: Spanish

[Young Avenger]

Name: David

Gender: Male

Occupation: Student

Comics I'm Reading: Amazing Fantasy, Green Lantern, Supergirl, JSA: Classfied, Runaways, Friendly Neighorhood Spider-Man, The Ultimates, All-Star Batman & Robin, Street Fighter, Ghost Rider, Justice, Daredevil vs Punisher, Infinte Crisis, Young Avengers (That's where I got my name)

Languages: I'm Dominican so I speak Spanish. My spanish isn't very good but I know enough to get by.

[cpindawg]

Hi, I'm Chris and I am 26 and in the Army. I live near Barstow California ( which is in the middle of nowhere) My comics: Green Arrow, JSA, Green Lantern, and a whole other bunch of DC stuff. My hobbies: obviously comics, and being with my kids every other weekend. I have 4; 2 boys, 2 girls. Please don't say that I have been busy; as a matter of fact, I had some time to kill then and voila!

[Altered Ego]

Bo Robertson
36
Lexington Ky
Published comic artist way back in 1996 for small company called Hall of Heroes.
3 issues of "Bog, Swamp Demon". (I didn't write it. I just did the pencils.)
Finance manager for banking corporation now. (keeps food on the table)
Reading way too many comics to list here.

Hi Gail! You rock!

[khuxford]

Kevin Huxford
30 year old muslim
Occupation: Backoffice IT Support
A comic book fan since about 1980, off and on
Had a short comic book story I wrote (drawn by John Torrisi) published in NO JUSTICE NO PIECE II by HEAD PRESS back in...I wanna say 1997. High point of my creative life was having Tony Isabella review the book on TONY'S ONLINE TIPS after I got to meet him and give him a copy at WIZARD WORLD CHICAGO that year (it may have been the first year it was officially called a Wizard World). He referred to my short as one of the gems in the book. I think I lived off that as my only sustenance for about 2-3 weeks.

I frequent Newsarama much more often than I frequent CBR, but its going to get more balanced out now that I've found this lil gem of a forum. I'm a fan of Gail's work...started with BoP and eventually decided she was a "brand" I could trust. :D

Reading?

JLA, JLA Classified, JSA, JSA Classified, Superman/Batman, Batman, Action Comics, Adventures of Superman, Superman, New Avengers, Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, Infinite Crisis and lead-up mini-series (especially Villains United), She-Hulk 2, Supreme Power, Supergirl, Birds of Prey, Invincible, Green Lantern, Firestorm, Flash, House of M, Amazing Spider-Man, MK Spider-Man, Justice, Marvel Team-Up, Outsiders, Sentry, Superman/Captain Marvel (mini), Teen Titans, Astonishing X-Men, Ultimate X-Men/Spider-Man/Fantastic Four/Secret, Young Avengers, Defenders (mini)

Need to get back to indies...I miss SoP, Minimum Wage (mostly because it isn't published anymore :( ), and others.

[Night Swordsman]

Mostly i lurk. That is all that needs to be said.

[rismo63]

Hello All,

Here's my info:

Name: Jesús. (Anyone who saw the previous Curb Your Enthusiasm knows how it's pronounced.)

Gender: Male

Age: Even on the Internet, a man's entitled to a little dignity, so I respectfully decline to answer.

Occupation: College History Prof

Comics I read (in order of how obsessively I bug my local Comic Store Person by asking her, "Is the lastest ... out yet?"): Birds of Prey; Catwoman; Sea of Red; Polly and the Pirates; She-Hulk; New Avengers; Ultimate X-Men; Spider-Girl; Wonder Woman; Age of Bronze; Schizo

I really enjoyed some of what Grant Morrison did with X-Men 114-154;
As a boy I collected Spider Woman, and am happy she's at the center of the Marvel Universe;
I grew up with Spider-Man but I'm sad to say I think the whole franchise is being driven off a cliff;
I like Joe Matt's Peepshow, but it seriously looks like the guy will never produce another issue;
I found Villains United to be brilliant; the best of the Infinite Crisis lead-ins

I speak Spanish fluently

[Super Sonic]

'Sup peepsocks!

My name is Sean ( how uncommon)

I'm 15, livin' in Ireland, Dublin to be exact, well as exact as I will be. <.< >.>

I'm a dude (I can say dude coz I'm young xP)

I'm a student, in Transition year, in a private school, all boys though. D=

I like smileys. xD

Hmmm what do I read?
(Not including mini/maxi series)
Marvel:
The New Avengers
Cable/Deadpool
Captain America
Ultimate Spiderman
Ultimate X-men


DC:
All Star Batman & Robin
Green Arrow
JLA
Nightwing
Supergirl
Superman/Batman
Teen Titans


None of your work Gail, sorry although I did love Villains United and your arc on Teen Titans (well the first issue anyway) ^^

Oh yeah, I've only been reading comics for about 3 months.

[Wrigley]

[COLOR=DarkSlateBlue][SIZE=3][FONT=Franklin Gothic Medium] :D

I am an old man with a wonderful wife of 20 years and four great kids. I grew up on comics, and drifted away in college. I began buying comics for my older children when they got into school, and it was BOP that brought me back into the fold.

Was in technology for most of my life, and one of my children died. We needed to do something different, and we ended becoming missionaries in Kenya. We feed ten thousand children lunch a day, and are building solar computer centers at every school we provide food for. We work among the poorest of the poor.

Hungry kids get me so sad; comic books have become a good place for me to hide and recharge.

[Trey Krimsin]

You can call me Trey. It's not my real name, but it's a name, so I roll with it. I've been reading comics since I was two or three, and have been a fan off and on ever since. I'm not too much for words, so I'll end it here.

[LibrarianThorne]

I've posted a bit around here, so I figure I might as well introduce myself.

The name comes from my first character I made in a game called Warhammer 40,000. I use it on various other message boards around the internet (Penny Arcade and Gaia Online, mostly).

I'm a younger guy, sophomore in college. I started reading comics in the early '90s, and follwed them up to the Spider-Man clone saga, which combined with the lack of anything cool on DCs side, drove me away from comics. I've recently gotten back into it, thanks to a friend who loaned me his collection of Transmetropolitan and the Sandman. Kingdom Come and The Dark Knight Returns also fueled my reinterest in the genre.

Besides comics (which I love), I'm sort of an omni-dork. I play tons of pen and paper RPGs (Dungeons and Dragons, Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, Shadowrun, Marvel Universe RPG, and some homebrew stuff), and I've been playing video games since 1988-ish. I've owned every version of the Gameboy, the Sega Genesis, 32X, and Dreamcast, the NES and SNES, Sony's PSX/1 and PS2, and the Xbox. I've been playing computer games since 1997 or so. My favorite computer game is a tie between three frontrunners: Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War, and Sid Meier's Civilization II. Favorite console games run the gamut from Gunstar Heroes and Sonic the Hedgehog 2 to Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Half-Life 2, Halo 2 and a dozen others.

Besides all of that, I'm a member of my university's anime club. I really like Naruto, Trigun, Hajime no Ippo, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Princess Mononoke, and Akira. I also have a subscription to America's monthly Shonen Jump. I've been an anime fan ever since the early '90s, waking up at 6AM to watch Sailor Moon and DragonBall Z.

My current pull list:
Action Comics
Green Lantern
Green Lantern: Recharge
Infinite Crisis (the Perez covers)
Street Fighter II
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
The Ultimates

[xandertheill]

Name: Alex

Earth zone: Tucson, Az

Hair: Black

Eyes: brown

Gender: MALE

Age: 24

Work: Data Tech Support verizon wireless(Call Center)

Hobbies: Writing, Reading, Watching movies. fiction in general really Drawing, R/c Car Racing (Just finished my graphic novel Cross Investigations just waiting on the art now. @ 7 issues it will be awhile)

Studies: Currently studying graphic design so i don't have to pay someone to color my work. finding an artist was hard enough.

Lenguajes: English some french

Status: single

Comics: BOP, Astonishing x-men, Outsiders, Uncanny X-men, X-men (jeez), Teen Titans, Witchblade, New Avengers, Young Avengers, Superman Batman, Supergirl, JSA: Classified, Ultimates, Ultimate x-men, Ultimate Spiderman, House of M till it ends anyway, & infinite Crisis till it ends. *phoenix: endsong was dope*

[Damon]

Damon, 32 years old. Live in New Jersey, play a lot of basketball and do fair amount of mountain bike riding. I also read a lot of fantasy books and run a book review website which you can see in my sig. I have 2 dogs (Australian Shepherds) play a lot of video games and have this love for Marvel Superheroes :)

[CURSD BLADE]

We lost a huge thread on this, so please, new and old posters alike, please tell me about yourself, cause I SUCK at names!

Name, gender, occupation, and what comics you like, and...

just for my reference, any languages you speak fluently aside from English.

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

Gail

Hello Gail and co.

Name: Todd Kearns (aka Cursd Blade)

Gender: Male

Age: 18

Occupation: College Student at Central Michigan University

Marital Status: Engaged (getting married next month, age means nothing)

Comics I follow
Adventures of Superman
All Star Batman & Robin, the Boy Wonder
All Star Superman
Batgirl
Batman
Batman: Gotham Knights
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight
Batman & the Monster Men
Captain Atom: Armageddon
Catwoman
The Flash
Green Lantern
Hawkman
Infinite Crisis
JLA
JSA
Justice
Loveless
Nightwing
Supergirl
Superman
Superman/Batman
Superman/Shazam
Teen Titans
Villains United
Y: The Last Man
Amazing Spider-Man
Astonishing X-Men
Captain America
Daredevil
Daredevil: Father
Decimation: House of M - The Day After
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
House of M
Marvel Knights Spider-Man
New Avengers
Spider-Man/Black Cat: The Evil that Men Do
Ultimate Fantastic Four
Ultimate Secret
Ultimate Spider-Man
Ultimate X-Men
Ultimates V.2
X-Factor
X-Men: Deadly Genesis
Young Avengers
Army of Darkness vs. Re-Animator
Fathom (fiance's)
Fathom: Cannon Hawke (fiance's)
Hunter-Killer
Necromancer (fiance's)
Soulfire (fiance's)
Soulfire: Dying of the Light (fiance's)
Wildsiderz (fiance's)
Witchblade
Wraitborn (fiance's)

Yeah, I read A L O T!!!!!

Hobbies: I am an avid comic reader (obviously). I am also an aspiring writer and have been writing poetry and comic ideas for a few years now as well as reviews for Silverbulletcomicbooks.com. I spent most my time working and attending classes now so I don't have much spare time for any other hobbies, though I always make time to go to the movies.

[doomch]

My name is Domingos, I work the night shift in a call center near Paris. I'm 36. I've been reading comics since I learned how to read. I've on and off american comics since I was 8 and started reading them in english 9 years ago. I read lots of DC and follow writers like Moore, Ellis, Morisson, Waid, Gail and many more.

Been lurking here for some years now...

[Leanne Hannah]

Name's Leanne. I've lurked around here for a long while now, but only today took the time to register.

I've been collecting and reading comics for about 15 years now. I'm a DC gal at heart, but I also enjoy a lot of independent titles.

I have worked in the comic book industry as an illustrator and editor, and still do freelance illustration work (mostly for the toy company Hasbro these days). But my heart will always belong to comics.

That about sums me up!

--Leanne

[Reilly_Tyne]

Name: Jay, Either I'm a boy, or that's one hell of a wort. I make indie short films when I'm not cooking for money. I only speak english and pig latin.

Books I dig most: Spider-Man
Deadpool
Transmetropolitan
Lone Wolf and Cub
Lupin the Third
Ultimate anything
Excel Saga

There's more, but geez I think I've said enough.

[Allegorical Femme]

Hi there!

I'm Rebecca, I'm 30 and this is my second post at this board. I'm a mother, illustrator, doll artist, etc. Have one daughter and one son on the way. My husband and I are both in comics, though he far more than I.

I've loved comics since I was little, starting with Betty and Veronica (I had crushes on both of them). After that it was years of the old Mad Digests, followed years later by Ghost, Dream Corridor, Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children, Sandman, and anything of Vertigo in the early 90's. My favorite book then was Kill Your Boyfriend. I also liked most everything by Grant Morrison, Jon Muth, J.M. DeMatteis (sp?) and weird stuff like Rogan Gosh.

These days I read Strangehaven, Runaways, still reading Strangers in Paradise, and a few others. :)

p.s. Hi Gail! *waves*
~R

[melike]

Heh, kinda like Rebecca above, I'm also 30, an illustrator a father - no doll art for me though. Following the opposite pattern i have a son with a possible daughter on the way :)

Ive only read Gails Birds of Prey a little before but im getting back into comics now and that title is certainly on my list.
Ive found myself impressed with the ..image.. gail has on the net so Ive wandered over to the forum to check things out.

Bit abuot me - im a stay at home Dad and i work on a daily marvel comic strip which ive been putting up withuot missing a beat for the last 6 months plus working on my own stuff soon to be published(hopefully).

Good to be on board.

[Earthling]

I'm Stephen H. Segal -- the "H." being there to hopefully help me not get confused with either Steven Seagal or Steven T. Seagle.

Formerly a newspaper/magazine editor in Pittsburgh, where I covered comics and science fiction-related topics at every possible opportunity. Recently moved to Washington D.C. when my fiancee's employer sent her to work here. Currently planning the startup of a new national geek magazine!

Love the works of Laurie Anderson, Frank Herbert, Garry Trudeau, Madeleine L'Engle, Douglas Hofstadter, Neil Gaiman, Warren Zevon, Dan Bern, among others. Grew up on the (southern) New Jersey shore. The new Doctor Who series makes me very, very happy.

Gail Simone, you're super cool.

[Lester C.]

I’ve been putting this off but I think now is the time to introduce myself.


Name: Lester J. Carthan. The J is on the birth certificate but doesn’t stand for anything. I hate my first name so I just might start calling myself Jack.
Gender: Male
Occupation: College student looking to actually use his education.
Comics: Too many to list. A much shorter one would be what don’t I read.
Nationality: My dad is an African American Male from the South that has a little bit of Irish in his blood. My mom is an Assyrian from Iraq so I’m multiracial.
Age: 27
Hair: Originally brown that started turning jet black when I was a toddler.
Eye color: Brown
Hobbies: Comics, Japanese movies, martial arts and animation, books, heavy metal music, books of all types and self help tapes.
Short term mission list: Find a school that teaches Kendo and live there, develop a lean compact martial artist physique, get my bachelors degree in business management, use my associates degree in paralegal studies, learn to become a master communicator, get an apartment in the city of Chicago, stop passing MacQuarrie and Corrina quotes as my own, finish my first hard boiled detective novel with hopes of selling the damn thing, getting over my crisis of faith that took root when Sam Loeb died, and finally printing this list as I’ve discover I have things I must to do that I wasn’t aware of on a conscious level.
5 year Long Term projection list: Competing professional in martial art tournaments for my age group, Living as a lawyer in California, Married with a family, Writing best selling hardboiled detective novels, finically independent, writing comics after I become a writer and generally positively impacting myself, my family and the community I live in.

[Trusty Mutsi]

I'm Trusty Mutsi, and I am having a comics resurgence (Did