Rick Olney--Fibber or Mega-Giganta-Fibber?

**OzBat!** · 12-16-2006, 03:46 PM

Originally Posted by EdContradictory

Gail Simone is un-patriotic because she doesn't like Rick Olney! She also apparently supports illegal immigration for the same reason!

I think somebody has been indulging in the eggnog a little early... that has to be the most unfocussed rant I've read in a lonnnnnnnng time!

**PatrickG** · 12-16-2006, 03:59 PM

So "Gail Simone" is a pen name?

I DON'T see how that's any indictment against Gail's character as it IS a common enough device.

Hm. I know several comics types who use abbreviations of their name or pen names and, honestly, I've thought for awhile that several pros ARE using pen names.

Like Mark Waid. Not to sound conspiratorial but I don't know of any Waids in Alabama and most of the names around these parts tend to be fairly common. I've often thought, upon seeing the name, that it's evocative of "Mark Twain" (also a famous pseudonym).

But in the end, it doesn't matter that Twain, Shakespeare, Waid or Simone are (or MIGHT be) pseudonyms as it's the professional who goes by the name that I'm a fan of and the name suits my purposes. There's nothing dishonorable there as Olny seems to infer.

**Lester C.** · 12-16-2006, 04:10 PM

Originally Posted by DuelaDent

Not paying people for the services they rendered is bullshit.

Rick is an ass-bag.

Ass-bag. I like it. I'm going to use it in a sentence now. Hey Stacy is an ass-bag. I'm hip.

**Lester C.** · 12-16-2006, 04:13 PM

Originally Posted by OzBat!

I think somebody has been indulging in the eggnog a little early... that has to be the most unfocussed rant I've read in a lonnnnnnnng time!

Someone hasn't been reading my posts on why Creote is a heterosexual sex machine that's having sex with Zinda!

**heystacy** · 12-16-2006, 04:21 PM

Originally Posted by Lester Carthan

Ass-bag. I like it. I'm going to use it in a sentence now. Hey Stacy is an ass-bag. I'm hip.

Yeah, you're hip. :rolleyes:

As hip as two weeks old roadkill!

**Lester C.** · 12-16-2006, 04:24 PM

Originally Posted by heystacy

Yeah, you're hip. :rolleyes:

As hip as two weeks old roadkill!

And this is why you are a Yuppie latte drinking ass-bag. Speaking of which what does bag add to the insult. I get calling someone an ass, but what does adding a hypen and bag give the insult that extra little zing? And I'm still hip.

**DocAbsurd** · 12-16-2006, 04:27 PM

I've kept my mouth shut about all this. I stuck beside Rick when it seemed like his life was going to hell without the advantage of a handbasket. I remained his friend during all his losses. We've talked on a regular basis for years now, and I've tried desperately to get him to calm down. I remained a sounding board for his half of the story. But, just like Ronee said, it's pointless defending someone who's carrying sticks of dynamite across his chest with a defective timer for a fuse.

I wrote toy reviews for his Mighty MiniCon site, including many that never saw print because of the same reason: non-payment. I was promised -- on more than one occasion -- payment for all of them, plus re-imbursement for the toys reviewed. On more than one occasion, I was promised toys in recompense from auctions he was specifically bidding on for that purpose. It's been 2 years since my first review. At this point I don't even remember how much I'm owed.

He approached me earlier this year to form a group that all small press creators could partake in, a chance for them to team-up with other creators on projects that would do nothing but help them promote their work (check out the Independent Creators Coalition link on his MySpace, that's all my ideas contained therein). Due to my own personal circumstances (divorce, sole custody of 2, hunting down the ex for child support, finding permanent employment, etc), I've had to put off igniting any projects despite many requests from many creators. In retrospect I'm glad it happened this way; I honestly have no idea how he'd fund any of the projects I have in mind. And you have no clue how many people said they'd have no involvement if Rick was even marginally involved.

This week was the final straw.

Why he mentioned me specifically in his last rant to Mr Johnston is beyond me. I was never consulted, never asked, and certainly not the notoriety I'd hope for. Granted, there's no love lost between Mr Shires and myself, but that's way back in the past. I have neither need nor desire to re-live any of that.

But that doesn't seem to be part of Rick's concern. While everyone simply must forgive him his transgressions because of his extenuating circumstances, he doesn't feel the need to do the same. I'm very sick right now; even as I'm writing this I'm in excruciating pain which is only going to be made worse when I have to re-visit the ER tomorrow for the follow-up from my visit yesterday. I may even have to miss my daughter's birthday along with both the jobs I'm working on Monday, depending on how painful the procedure is. Yet he had no qualms dragging me into this little tirade.

I'm done now. I'll take my ideas for the ICC elsewhere, work in conjunction with someone who might be able to fund the ideas reliably, and fight like hell to get the money he owes me.

Doc 'All I Can Stands' Absurd

**heystacy** · 12-16-2006, 04:27 PM

Originally Posted by Lester Carthan

And this is why you are a Yuppie latte drinking ass-bag. Speaking of which what does bag add to the insult. I get calling someone an ass, but what does adding a hypen and bag give the insult that extra little zing? And I'm still hip.

Like being an ass-hair is hip.:p

**Cam63** · 12-16-2006, 04:33 PM

Originally Posted by heystacy

Like being an ass-hair is hip.:p

It's closer to the anus than the hip.

**Cream Filled Taco** · 12-16-2006, 04:34 PM

Originally Posted by Shades0077

Gail Simone is a pen name?

You think anyone would take Nancy Whalehumper seriously? Wake up, man!

**heystacy** · 12-16-2006, 04:35 PM

Originally Posted by Cam63

It's closer to the anus than the hip.

Yet further proof as to why Lester will never be hip. :D

**Cam63** · 12-16-2006, 04:35 PM

Originally Posted by Cream Filled Taco

You think anyone would take Nancy Whalehumper seriously? Wake up, man!

How about Gertrude Horsfokker ?

**OzBat!** · 12-16-2006, 04:36 PM

Originally Posted by Lester Carthan

Someone hasn't been reading my posts on why Creote is a heterosexual sex machine that's having sex with Zinda!

nonono, those are focussed, they're just not very healthily focussed!

Olney's reads like some wild train-of-thought rant derailed at the station, and the only passengers were thoughts of gail, bald eagles and the statue of liberty. None of whom now get on, because gail stepped on their feet and called them all bad names while climbing out of the wreckage!