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Yeeeeeeeees. Old age is creeping up on you now, isn't it? Very soon now, you will be ready to join the Forces of Evil. You automatically qualify for membership as soon as all those pesky adolescent ideals are eroded away.
Also:
1. It's not a fetish, exactly. More a predilection. 2. Am NOT a baby! *pouts* 3. Yes . . . we all quail before the awesome power of DOOM. I will make every effort to propitiate him before he launches my apartment building into space. He'll do it, you know.
And Tamper Lad, I'm really less a friend than I am a lackey. A poor, downtrodden, utterly hapless minion. Woe is me. Woe, I say!
From: The Galapagos Islands? | Registered: Apr 2006
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quote:Originally posted by Darwin Monkey: I'm really less a friend than I am a lackey. A poor, downtrodden, utterly hapless minion. Woe is me. Woe, I say!
So say all the Green Lads of Legion World; So say we all. And I'm quoting Actor Lad there. Just sayin' to avoid the whoopin'
Jump right in, all sorts of stuff and interesting people here.
From: Canada | Registered: Apr 2005
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Hi everybody. Thanks for letting me into this clubhouse.
Name: Nick Vinson Age: 24 Where you live: Sweeny, Tx What you do: Youth Pastor (as of May 1st)
Legion info: Started reading Legion with fulltime interest as of THIS new reboot. Waid/Kitson/Wacker talked me into it at the Dallas Wizard World 04. And I'd always been interested in the Legion as a concept. Had actually bought the Blight storyline out of interest, but left comics shortly after. Mostly due to a fulltime night job. No time to buy anything.
Went back and am working on a Post Zero Hour run. Started with Valor actually. I love me M'Onel. As a concept and as a character theres just so much there to love.
Other things you like: Lawrence of Arabia is my favorite movie, and Kurt Vonnegut is currently my favorite writer. I enjoy the works of C.S. Lewis, Philip K. Dick, and Terry Pratchett.
Anything else that you want to share: I really like this comic. Other Comics I read: (monthlies) Godland, Hawkgirl, Fell, Casanova. (Wait on Trades) Invincible, Marvel Team-Up, the last few years of DC's books (Teen Titans, Outsiders, Batbooks, Supes, Wonder Woman, Identity Crisis and tie-ins, Manhunter , anything else that catches my interest but is outside of my pocket book as a pamphlet). Trust me, my pull list used to be huge. Especially last year when I worked at (a now defunct) comic store.
Oh and Will Eisner is the Cecille B. DeMille of comics.
-------------------- -Nick-
Is Civil War over with yet?
From: Texas | Registered: Apr 2006
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Yay! Legionworld NEEDS more Pratchett fans. and MARS NEEDS COFFEE!!!
-------------------- Remember : It's not technically a suckerpunch if you yell ''DEFEND YOURSELF SPROCKER!'' two seconds before you let him have it.
From: Australia | Registered: Apr 2005
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quote:Originally posted by Brainiac 5: John Byrne is the comics equivalent of the antichrist.
Welcome everyone to Legion World! Here's hoping to see you in all the various forums discussing all things that are kewl!
From: If you don't want my peaches, honey... | Registered: Sep 2003
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quote:Originally posted by Stealth: Welcome to Legion World, Nick.
quote:Originally posted by Nick Vinson: Will Eisner is the Cecille B. DeMille of comics.
Well said.
It was either DeMille or D.W. Griffith, but thats only a comparison on the technical achievements that Eisner came up with via the technical achievements that Griffith invented for film. Such as the Iris, the close up, etc.
But since Griffith has the stink of controversy about him, DeMille seemed the better choice.
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Is Civil War over with yet?
From: Texas | Registered: Apr 2006
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I' a huuuuge Eisner fan, but I have to admit his earliest portrayals of Ebony and other African-Americans made me wince. Not to Griffith melevolence, but still... only judging in the context of the times - and his later strides to do better - can I rationalize it.
From: Vancouver, BC, Canada | Registered: Dec 2003
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Been a member for some time but finally decided, after a bit of recent lurking, to join up offical-like.
Name: Seems a bit personal t'me but you seem like good eggs so call me Kit. Age: Only as old as I feel. Where you live: Banished to the States. What you do: Piss around a lot.
Legion info (favorite characters, creators, stories, eras; when you started reading; etc.): Started reading with the reboot. Liked it well enough but lost interest in The Legion. Started again with the 3boot. Loving it. Isn't Cos just the most brilliant wanker ever? Favorite characters - Tinya but not with Jo, Jo but not with Tinya, Imra, Brin, Rokk, Jazmin (also not together), Luorna, Lyle... the list goes on. Favorite creator - Waid would have to apply, I suppose, since he's dragged me into the Legion more than once. Probably Farmer, too, for writing Superboy's Legion. Bloody amazing that was. Favorite stories - White Triangles, Legion of the Damned, and Legion Worlds to name a few.
Other things you like (movies, books, music, etc.): I enjoy a variety of comics, movies, books and music but, in the interest of brevity, I think I'll just share one of each. Favorite comic - No, it's not Legion, it's actually Next Wave. Ellis is a talented pissant if I ever did see one. Favorite book - Don't get a lot of reading in but maybe Heart of Darnkess. Don't ask why, I don't even know. Favorite movie - Schindler's List, though V for Vendetta came close to dethroning it. I must have a thing about totalitarian regimes. Favorite music - OK Go, no contest.
Anything else that you want to share: I think that's enough. Cheers Legion World!
From: Right by Cobie's Side | Registered: Jul 2003
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From: Boston | Registered: Aug 2003
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OK, I've been away for so long, maybe I should update...
Name: Michael Age: 37... damn, I am getting old! Where you live: Los Angeles, westside What you do: I mostly rue the day I decided to become a lawyer; however, I have a dream job as general counsel to a public company where I can wear shorts and flip-flops to work and bring my dog with me. Pet: Ripley VonHaunches, a 2-year old Pembroke Welsh Corgi
Legion info: Started reading around #262 or so, and was immediately taken with seeing Cosmic Boy and Dream Girl in their underwear in that exact issue. They have been my favorite Legionnaires ever since, but I think the #262 underwear thing is just a coincidence in that regard. My first subscription issue was the beginning of the Reflecto story, and a subscription was the only way I was ever gonna get any comic back then.
Favorite characters - Well, Cos and Dreamy. Also, Jan & Dirk & Lu. And Rond Vidar.
Favorite creator - Levitz & Giffen & Bierbaums, and I grow more and more fond of DnA as time passes.
Favorite stories - Great Darkness! Levitz's last Emerald Empress story! The first year and half or so of v4! Legion Lost!
Other things you like (movies, books, music, etc.): Favorite comic - Historically, Legion and Zot! and Miracle Man. Currently, Young Avengers and just about anything Grant Morrison does and Lucifer Favorite book - John Irving's 80s output, and some of his 90s output. Frank Herbert's Dune, and some of the sequels. Favorite movie - Blade Runner & Blue Velvet & LotR Favorite music - Historically: Blur, Saint Etienne, ABBA, Depeche Mode; Current: Franz Ferdinand, Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys, Graham Coxon TV: Buffy, Battlestar Galactica, Strangers with Candy, Simpsons
Name: Rob age: 43 I live in Boston MA Currently I am unemployed. I am a lawyer and do volunteer legal work. Eventually I want to do legal work for a non-profit legal aid group
Legion: My first issue was Superboy & The Legion of Superheroes #212. Which featured the Legion of Super Rejects story and a backup Night Girl story which introduced Cosmic Boy's rebound date of Sinde.
Among my favorite Legionnaires are: Chameleon Boy, Princess Projectra, Dream Girl (after she became leader), & Quislet.
Other Comic book favorites: The Flash & Justice League
Other favorite characters: Red Tornado, Raven, & Crazy Jane (From Morrison's Doom Patrol)
Other Interests: History, Reading, Puzzles
Favorite Movies: Europa, Europa; Pleasantville; The Killer (John Woo)
Two tear-jerker films I like: It's a Wonderful Life & Stepmom.
Books I liked and recommend: Lies My Teacher Told Me by James Loewen; Another Mother Tongue by Judy Grahn; Perilous Times: Free Speech in wartime from the Sedition Act of 1798 to the War on Terrorism by Geoffrey R. Stone; Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism by Susan Jacoby
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