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How much admission will you charge the tourists, though?

very very awesomest!!! beautiful and you ought to make this a huge poster and bring it over to the comics convention and whenever one of us visit there and see our symbol and we go autograph..that ll make many fans envious....or encourage them to join us here!

That is truly fantastic, Ex!

Hear, hear!

Now, quick! Make oaths for the rest of us! Seriously though, that was an awesome touch.

For what it's worth, Ibby, when Rocky was elected Deputy Leader under Joeboy, I wrote the LMB Leader's oath of office. As leader, Rocky would have been sworn in with the following:

I, Yy’dyptyyz Krysokom ky Rokk H’por kep D’zant L’yal ky Ollurem’yy Pyngwyny, Rockhopper Lad, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of Leader of the Legion of Message Board Posters, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the Legion of Message Board Posters and Legion World, so help me Dywh.

I wrote in such a way that the name of the appropriate Deity can be invoked at the end. Joeboy took it ending with "so help me Solomon, Hercules, Achilles, Zeus, Atlas and Mercury."

Your work is brilliant Exnihil - a very kind gift to all the Legion Worlders!

Seeing all 150 symbols together shows the amazing artistic range you have and the effort you placed in each and all.

I'm not surprised Nice oath, Rocky. Short, solemn, to the point.

The recent return of a couple long absent LMBers (Rokk Steady and Kid Chaos) inspired me to briefly revisit this project for a few additions, both to pick up a few I missed last time out, and to celebrate a few others who have earned some prominence on LW over the past six months or so.

First, a quick recap of where we left off, then a new post with the first two of ten new logos.


The Recap:






WHO'S WHO:

1. Abin Quank, Actor Lad, Arachne, Arm Fall Off Boy, Arms Fall Off Boy, Awkward Pause Boy, Beagle Boy (Beagz), Bicycle Repair Man

2. Blacula, Blockade Boy, Blue Battler, The Boy with Ultra Powers (Matt), Caliente, Cleome, Cobalt Kid

3. The Crusader, Crymsun Kid, Dedman, Dev-Em, Director Lad, Doctor Mayavale, Doctor One, Double Chinner

4. Drake B 3004, Enigma (C.J. Taylor), Eryk Davis Ester, Everyday Girl, Exnihil, Fanfic Lady, Faraway Lad

5. Fat Cramer, Ferro Boy, Floating Foxlike Creature, Freekinos (Freek'd Kid), Frio, Future, Future King, Gamara

6. Gary Concord, The Gay Green Giant (3G), The Ghost of Numf-El, Giant Robotic Lesbian, Gigglebot Girl, Grey Birdboy, Harbinger

7. He Who Wanders (LSHes), Helena Handbasket, High Priestess Viviane, Hot Chick (Kalla Hrykos), Hrun the Barbarian, Icefire, Invisible Brainiac, Jailbait Lass (Lolita)

8. Jerry, Jim Gallagher, Karie, Kenaustin, Kent Shakespeare, Kid Charlemagne, Kid Flash 2 Fan

9. Kid Marvel, Kid Prime, Kid Quislet, Kid Vudoo (rtvu2), Korbal, Krypton Kid, The Labradorian, Lad Boy

10. Lance's Realm, Language Arts Lad (Dave), Lard Lad, Lash Lad, Leap Year Lord (or Lass), l.e.g.i.o.nJOHN, Legion Reference File Lad (Chaim Mattis Keller)

11. Legion Tracker, Lightning Lad, l'il Rhino, Lonestar Ranger, Lone Wolf Legionnaire, Looks That Kill Lad, Loser Lad, Lucien Lad (Bevis)

12. Malvolio, Matlock, Matthew E, Mattropolis, Mechana, Minesurfer, Monkey Eater Lad

13. Mystery Lad, My Whee Fem. Nightcrawler, Nova Girl, Novelty, Omega Man, Omni Craig, Outdoor Miner

14. Pagan Lass, Paris Cub, Polar Boy, Portfolio Lad, Poverty Lad, Power Boy, Professor H-0011 (profh0011)

15. Quislet Esq., Raging Bull, Ram Boy, Reboot, Red Arrow, The Red Bee, Ricardo, Rickshaw

16. Rockhopper Lad, Rouge (Dave Hackett), Sam Pureheart, Sarcasm Kid, Saturn Girl, Seahorse, Semi-Transparent Fellow

17. Senor Widebottom. Set, Shadowplay in Candlelight Lass, Shark Lad, Sir Roy, Sketch Lad, Sonnie, Space Ranger

18. Space Tart, Spellbinder, Star Boy, Stoopid Cat, STU, Suddenly Seymour, Superboy MDD Jr.

19. Tamper Lad, Tempest, Thriftshop Debuntante, Timber Wolf, Time Teller Lad, Tromium, 235 Andy S, Ultra-Jorge

20. Varalent (Vee), Virgin Lad (Clive), Walk With Crowds, White Raven (Whitelighter), Xben, The Yellow Kid (YK), Zardi - The Eternal Man

So up first, the two posters who, upon seeing their names pop up, caused me to bust out the old logo template, Kid Chaos and Rokk Steady:




For Kid C, I used a variant on the Symbol of Chaos designed by Michael Moorcock. The symbol was an eight arrow radial symbol signifying, I'm assuming, all the directions. The symmetry of that symbol though, sort of belies its "chaotic" intent, so I dropped out one of the arrows, causing a dual effect of creating a "C" for the base, and creating an optical illusion where the whole thing now seems slightly off center.

For Rokk, I wanted to incorporate the "disc" motif on Cosmic boy's uniform, while, at the same time indicating steadiness. I went with a sort of heart monitor pattern enclosed by two of the discs. It's a bit thinner than most of the other symbols I've done, but I dig the way it sort of evokes the old Giffen designs (kind of like the Bouncing Boy symbol).

God, I missed these. Great additions, Exxie!

Thanks so much, Future. I've always enjoyed doing these. Who knows... if I keep getting the bug every so often, I might wind up doing all 1589 members!


So, up next, two members of the LMB's "lower case auxilliary":

googoomuck and razsolo






Since my posting paths don't always cross with all the members that I do these for, I sometimes have to do a little poking into the links they put into their profiles, or take a look at the other spots on the web that they haunt to get some ideas. That is the case with the next two.


Googoomuck maintains a home page that is a tribute to old combat games from the 70's and 80's, in addition to linking to an online version of one of my old childhood favorites, Stratego. For his symbol, I used a variant on the Stratego bomb game piece, converting the housing into an Interlac "G". (While I always thought that the "Spy" was actually the coolest piece in Stratego, far be it from me to use that and accidentally imply that googoomuck might be an LMB double-agent )


And speaking of stealthy folks - once I started taking a look at razsolo's creative works - I was like, "Wow, how did this fellow fly below my radar for so long?" Very creatively diverse, Raz not only writes some phenomenal Legion fan fiction, but has also created his own web comic, and has done hundreds of hilarious T-shirt designs (including the ones for Legion bit players Hate Face and Dr. Zan Orbal). Rather than reinvent the wheel for Raz, the symbol I used here is one of his own design, a cute little fellow called the "Kawaii Satan".


Four down... six more to go...

Just fellin' huggy; I <3 these, as usual.
Kid Chaos' is especially brilliant, by the way.

Thanks, Shady!


Some of these symbols wind up being fairly easy to do (there is either an established character, a clear interest, or a fairly obvious association to the name). For others, the concepts in the user names are a bit more abstract, and require a sort of symbolic leap to make the association.

For the next two, we've got one of each, with Owl Lad and Mediocre Boy:




Owl Lad is very straight forward... it's an owl.

You want more? Sigh... fine... I didn't want to do a straight Night Girl lift because that would be too easy, (and besides, what if there winds up being a poster named Night Girl later on?) So I sort of went a more stylized route. I have to admit, I always really like doing animal themed symbols - StuRat, Ram Boy, lil Rhino - I don't know... maybe it's because animals are some of the first things you start drawing when you're a little kid, but for some reason they make me happy.


For Mediocre Boy, I actually went through a couple iterations of a different design before deciding that less was more. First off, I want to make sure that everyone realizes this symbol is just tongue in cheek (for all I know MB might be the world's biggest over-achiever - but he did choose that screenname). Anyway, I tried to think what could capture the concept of "Mediocrity".

I did a couple of versions of the old "Participant" ribbon that you used to get in school during field day if you were a complete boob (I got plenty - trust me!) but, at this scale, trying to spell that out in Interlac just looked like little brown dots. Finally I saw online a picture of one of those "Demotivator" posters especially for Mediocrity... a high jump bar set super low. Genius! So, although I did do my own version of the graphic, the idea is totally stolen. Talk about mediocrity!

Awesome work as always, Ex!

Mediocre Boy's made me laugh ... very funny.

Thanks, guys!


OK... down to the final four of the ten new additions to the LMB logo collection, so I'm going to give each one of these their own post.

First up, we've got a fellow who, right from the start, began to blend seamlessly into the Legion World community - such that when he noted that he had reached 100 posts I was actually really surprised, having thought that he had been around for far longer...


Shining Son



For Shiney's symbol, obviously the main bit is just a literal take on a shining sun but, then, it hangs as a pendulum from the genogram symbols for father and mother, indicating that he is the "son" of... wait... you don't know whose son he is?

We had a whole thread about it: HERE , where it was revealed that his father is actually... no... I'll let you do the leg work yourself.

Fine... if you need another hint, I will tell you that, according to some recent developments elsewhere - given who Shiney's dad is - that would make fellow LMB member, Karie, his adopted sister.

And they say Legion World isn't family friendly!

When the hell did that happen? The sister part, and does this mean that the person in question is going to be a dark lord sometime soon?

Arrgh, Dev... making me provide citations... O.K., wait one sec...


Here we are...


On a planet called "Facebook"... hmm, odd name for a planet... anyway... on March 21st of this year, at the off-world home of the person in question, the adoption of the LMB member Karie was fast-tracked, and she officially became his daughter and - by extension - Shining Son's sister.

If I see it on the web... it's canon!

About the whole "dark lord" thing... I pretty much assume that about any Legion Worlder that's been around for more than a year or so.

Good point.

>practices heavy breathing<

I see the evidence now. Interesting.

Up next, the eighth of ten new symbols, and the most recently registered addition to the symbol ranks (only two left until a newly symmetrical group shot... I'm so excited... ).

Normally, I'd wait a bit a little longer to see if a newbie is going to hang around a bit before taking a gamble on adding one of these but, given who vouched for him (and the fact that he already has his own LMB wiki article) I feel fairly confident that we'll be seeing quite a bit of:

Blaze



Blaze is, of course, the main squeeze of trusted LMB member, Invisible Brainiac, and the inheritor of the gifts of the "Order of the Sacred Fire". While not a full fledged LMB member yet - he is still honing his potentially deadly abilities under Ibby's tutelage - I have a good feeling that, before too long, he'll be proudly serving alongside us on missions.

Blaze's symbol is fairly straightforward, an Interlac "B" surrounded by a ring of fire, but it is worth noting that I used the same scaling on the letter as I did for that of the earlier Invisible Brainiac one, tying them together as a matched pair.

I'm on the Monitor Board!!!!!
Thanks XO! This does feel like a LW milestone.

I also like that you got both of us Blazing Brothers (aka Flaming Fellas) posted on the same day. And don't think I didn't notice it was a SUNday.

Awesome... so glad you dug it, Shiney! Welcome to the club!


Up next, that marvelous gal who always gives a little something extra to Legion World, and whose very name is a sentiment often expressed by quite a few LMBers:


Anita Cocktail





For Anita, I wanted a logo that expressed her over the top personality, while still paying tribute to her "tavernesque" nature.

I started thinking about the old Kids in the Hall routine about the "Girl-Drink Drunk". ("Can I get you a drink, Ray?" "Sure, I'll have a Squashed Strawberry Alleycat." "I'm... uh... I'm not sure I know that one.")

While the cocktail in Anita's symbol reaches nowhere near the heights of the drinks in that skit, I am pretty proud of the way it came out. With the exception of the earlier symbol I had done for Abin Quank, this symbol holds the record for the number of layers I had to use to get the illusion of depth (17!). Pretty spiffy, I think.

So... just one more left... who gets the magic number 160?

Stay tuned later this week....

Love it! What a great tribute for Anita.