Welcome to iFanboy! Please Introduce Yourself!

[tokenuser]

G'day All,

As one of the Rev3 mods, I'd like to welcome you over here.
iFanboy is a great addition to Rev3.

As you join us over here, if your old nick isn't available (either used by an existing forum member, or banned as part of our SPAMINATOR ERADICATION), you might want to let people know who you WERE and who you are NOW.

Again, welcome, and if you haven't checked out the rest of the forums (www.revision3.com/forum), please drop by the general discussion area, the tech area, or visit the forums for the other Revision3 audio and video podcasts.

Have fun.

[Spiffy]

I was Spiffy on the iFanboy pages. Now I'm Spiffy on the Rev3 forums. I'm amazingly lucky.

[Ibn al Xu'ffasch]

I use to be Michael on the ifanboy talkbacks, now I'm Ibn al Xu'ffasch. Just don't ask me how to pronounce it...haven't a clue.

[piscespaul]

paul at ifanboy, piscespaul here ... not a far stretch

[samureye]

Wow, are you serious? How you will remember to log in?

[PaulSharkey]

Hi, I'm PaulSharkey, i've always been PaulSharkey (well expt for that brief period when I was PaulaSharkey). I never posted on the ifanboy site but always read the POTW.

[Luthor]

C Kevin at iFanboy(Alex Albrecht would be perfect as Hank Pym), Luthor here.

[ConorKilpatrick]

C Kevin at iFanboy(Alex Albrecht would be perfect as Hank Pym), Luthor here.

Was that you who submitted him in our casting contest?

[Luthor]

Was that you who submitted him in our casting contest?

Why, yes yes it was!

[Rice-a-Roni]

I'm just Jeremy over at iFanboy.com

[DarrOn]

My iFanboy grows up and they grows up and they grows up.....

[Chris Partin]

Eh. I'm Comic Addict at iFanboy, but I don't post much. No time...

[fred]

this seems to be a cool mix of new and old iFanboy fans

[Jtkleindljr]

I am John Kleindl at ifanboy and here i am Jtkleindljr:D

[acomicbookgirl]

I'm ACBG. I've been hesitant to jump over message boards because I had a bad experience with them in the past. Its now time to get over it.

[DarrOn]

I'm ACBG. I've been hesitant to jump over message boards because I had a bad experience with them in the past. Its now time to get over it.

Well don't worry here, sir. I personally haven't dealt with any assholes (save for Fred), so I think you'll be good.


Hmm....I like that the Revision3 forums only allow a few pictures per post. Including emoticons. Holy crap, :eek: iFanboy has emoticons! Nootch.


Oh, last thing. DarrOn on iFanboy.com, DarrOn here. DarrOn EVERYWHERE!

[ConorKilpatrick]

I'm ACBG. I've been hesitant to jump over message boards because I had a bad experience with them in the past. Its now time to get over it.

I think you'll find that iFanboy.com (http://www.ifanboy.com) (and hopefully these forums by extension) are unlike other message boards on the web. Lots of fun, interesting talk without personal attacks and flame wars.

I hope to see you more around both places!

[fred]

Well don't worry here, sir. I personally haven't dealt with any assholes (save for Fred), so I think you'll be good.


Hmm....I like that the Revision3 forums only allow a few pictures per post. Including emoticons. Holy crap, :eek: iFanboy has emoticons! Nootch.


Oh, last thing. DarrOn on iFanboy.com, DarrOn here. DarrOn EVERYWHERE!
What the hell is that all about? How have I ever been an asshole to you?

[DarrOn]

It's a joke, dude.

[fred]

my bad. I was all like what the ****?

[MastaP]

I was MikeMas (or MikeM when i was lazy)

[DarrOn]

my bad. I was all like what the ****?

No, no, sir. Nothing but love on my end.:D

[fred]

me too
at least 10 characters

[Zoe]

hello everybody :p

[ConorKilpatrick]

hello everybody :p

Hi, Zoe! Welcome.

[Zoe]

Hi Connor,

I like the new forum.

[acomicbookgirl]

Well don't worry here, sir. I personally haven't dealt with any assholes (save for Fred), so I think you'll be good.


Hmm....I like that the Revision3 forums only allow a few pictures per post. Including emoticons. Holy crap, :eek: iFanboy has emoticons! Nootch.


Oh, last thing. DarrOn on iFanboy.com, DarrOn here. DarrOn EVERYWHERE!
What's up with sir? :confused: I'm not a sir. :(

[acomicbookgirl]

I think you'll find that iFanboy.com (http://www.ifanboy.com) (and hopefully these forums by extension) are unlike other message boards on the web. Lots of fun, interesting talk without personal attacks and flame wars.

I hope to see you more around both places!

Thanks Conor! :) So far its been good. I'm slowing coming out of my shell. I'll definitely be around. :cool:

[DarrOn]

What's up with sir? :confused: I'm not a sir. :(

Ma'am always works. Miss, or Mrs. too. Your highness. Whatever fits the occasion.

What would you prefer?

[samureye]

Hey, DarrOn, I also dislike fred for no real reason. Should we start a club?

[fred]

hey hey hey



can i join?

[acomicbookgirl]

Ma'am always works. Miss, or Mrs. too. Your highness. Whatever fits the occasion.

What would you prefer?
white queen or princess would be fine :p

[DarrOn]

Hey, DarrOn, I also dislike fred for no real reason. Should we start a club?

Sam ur eye is freakin' me out.

Say what?!

Nah, Fred's alright. We may have our differences from time to time, but in the end, it's all worth it.

(Right now Fred is either completely confused, angry, strangly aroused, or a weird combination of all three)

white queen or princess would be fine :p

Mental note made. I wouldn't wanna screw up and piss off the only female comic book reader I know!

[fred]

weird combination of all three

[acomicbookgirl]

Sam ur eye is freakin' me out.

Say what?!

Nah, Fred's alright. We may have our differences from time to time, but in the end, it's all worth it.

(Right now Fred is either completely confused, angry, strangly aroused, or a weird combination of all three)



Mental note made. I wouldn't wanna screw up and piss off the only female comic book reader I know!
No worries.. I just can't believe i'm the only female comic book reader you know... I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing..

[fred]

My wife also reads comics. She doesn't read superhero stuff at all though

[ccordova2]

yayyy a new forum! ;)

[DarrOn]

No worries.. I just can't believe i'm the only female comic book reader you know... I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing..

Well, I don't know a single girl who reads anything other than US Weekly or People. I live in So Cal, and most of the ladies here....well, they aren't the smartest breed.

[samureye]

Well, I don't know a single girl who reads anything other than US Weekly or People. I live in So Cal, and most of the ladies here....well, they aren't the smartest breed.

The doctor said my eye is no good so it will have to be removed and I'll have to live life with 4 remaining. It'll be tough, for sure. As for the only woman on the board reading comics, not really - if you're including DarrOn before the operation, that is.

[DarrOn]

The doctor said my eye is no good so it will have to be removed and I'll have to live life with 4 remaining. It'll be tough, for sure. As for the only woman on the board reading comics, not really - if you're including DarrOn before the operation, that is.
Well, I wasn't on this board before my operat......ah, crap.

[acomicbookgirl]

Well, I wasn't on this board before my operat......ah, crap.


ok... :confused:

[fred]

sometimes I dress like a lady
does that count?

[acomicbookgirl]

sometimes I dress like a lady
does that count?


Are you sure you wanted to say that out loud? I'm all one's taste in clothing but I don't know about the other people around here...

[JurassicAlien]

:D

iFanboy: I go by Cameron R. (R...stands for Rice)

On here, (And every other forum) I am JurassicAlien...yay

[fred]

Are you sure you wanted to say that out loud?
I was probably joking but who knows

[mister s]

mister s is my name. Although somtimes I am m1ster s. ANd other times I am Mr. T.

[DarrOn]

mister s is my name. Although somtimes I am m1ster s. ANd other times I am Mr. T.

Everytime I see your name, I think of "MR. F!" from Arrested Development.

[Baxter]

Still just Baxter.

Hi!

[Pride of Brandon]

I was Brandon at iFanboy... Pride of Brandon here.

[Spock-tM]

On the iFanboy forums I'm known as Luke Batt.

Please don't let the nickname fool you, I hate Star Trek, but I'm a firm believer that a nickname isn't chosen, it's given, Spock started as an insult that kinda stuck from me having a pointy ear and an extra unknown organ, that and I have been known to be very logical and calculating......

[JGG0610]

In the older version of Ifanboy, I was always Scott. That name wasn't available here plus now there are quite a few Scott's showing up so now I'm using JGG0610 which stands for Jolly Green Giant.

[ChrisUK]

Well, after many sweaty, torturous hour at the computer, in a pitched battle between myself and tech support, I am finally allowed to post here. 'Huzzah!' I hear you cry, and rightly so! This is Chris Morley, by the way.

[fred]

Heyyyyyyy Chris Morley

[ChrisUK]

330 posts? :eek:

[fred]

330 posts? :eek:

I know. It's weird to have it counted and see it like that. I'm sure it's not much higher than 14 days at iFanboy(before revision3) but still....

[will_lund]

I was will_lund on iFanboy.
I'm will_lund here.
o' the creativity...

[Jimski]

I am Jimski here; I am Jimski there; I try to be Jimski everywhere.

Jimski is basically my actual name; people (specifically Russian exchange students and then high school friends) were calling me Jimski before there was an Internet. In walking life, I am Jim ********ski. (It's very Polish and very consonant and very long.)

I have this thing againt identity theft and/or my boss Googling me, but I come as close as I can to being "me" by name online. I just don't want to be that guy who goes onto a message board and says, "Eff you, Quesada!" as WampaLuvr1789, prompting Joe Q. to respond, "I get where you're coming from, Mr. Luvr1789." I try to be able to stand by what I say.

Of course, a friend of mine has a personal message board on which I am "Admiral Snackbar." But that's just between you and me.

[iSteve]

I am Steve at iFanboy, but since that was name was taken, I am iSteve here -- whooaa -- big change.

Love the forums, guys. Thanks for trusting us to start our own threads.

[jimmyp]

Well I am new to iFanboy. When I saw ep. 1 on Rev3, I got excited. Geekdrome was the only podcast I watched which had any comic talk in it, so it's really seriously great to have found this...or for this to find me. The episode with Brain K Vaughan was just perfect. It was like waiting all day at at hot festival and then finally someone giving you a cold beer.

So hello!

[Aaron Tavaler]

Hey there Aaron here! I hit the iFanboy scene about a month ago and for the last couple of weeks have been posting on the iFanboy site. This is my first form and the second site I've ever post anything on (iFanboy.com being the first) I love comics and I look forward to talking to people who share the same passion.:)

[DrWally]

Hello. Wally4media on ifanboy at first, lately just Wally as I settled in, now DrWally because somebody already took the "wally" nik on Revision 3, so Dr. Wally it is, but you can call me Wally. I somehow doubt the iFanboy.com regulars will mistake me for somebody else....Not my real name, but hey, what's the point of a secret identity if you rip the mask off too fast?

[dgoke]

Hello I'm Darin from the main site

[DarrOn]

Hello I'm Darin from the main site

That's how everyone spells my name. The actual spelling of mine is Darren.

[paper]

"Pol" from the ifanboy site. Quite new either way.

[K-Dizzle]

k-dizzle at ifanboy.com, now I am K-Dizzle. Notice difference in case.

[DarrOn]

I dig the change. Subtle....yet professional.

[miguel_from_ithaca]

used to be miguel on iFanboy... ever since Josh made the mistake of thinking I was from Colombia, I have emphasized in all of my listener mail that it's the guy from Ithaca (who knows the same *****y comic book store guy that they bought their books from :D )

my shining listener email moment was when I asked if Electro and Magneto had the same powers :P

Oh yeah, first post!!!

[fred]

hey miguel

[K-Dizzle]

Hey, DarrOn, I also dislike fred for no real reason. Should we start a club? i was hatin on fred before it was cool.

[fred]

I'm just glad that I can get a group of you to agree on something

[telecarlos]

Hey! Finally I was able to login to Rev3. I had forgottrn my very old password... to lazy to do this again.

I think I'm the only Carlos around here so, there's no mistaking me.
Yeay!

[kwok_talk]

Well, I did the opposite going from Rev3 to iFanboy. I got lazy and just go by Louis there.

[ConorKilpatrick]

I find it interesting... and mystifying... that people would use different names at different locations within the same community.

Protect your brand, people!

:)

[kwok_talk]

I just find it amazing how most everyone can actively participate in both. I spend all of my time just trying to keep up with this forum. Then I think about how much Fred posts here and then have to multiply it by 2. Then my brain explodes.

[fred]

I just find it amazing how most everyone can actively participate in both. I spend all of my time just trying to keep up with this forum. Then I think about how much Fred posts here and then have to multiply it by 2. Then my brain explodes.

90% of my posting happens here now

it's not a negative comment on iFanboy proper - it just kind of happened that way

[E-Tagg]

I'm Erick at iFanboy, but some bastard stole my spelling, so I'm E-Tagg here...

Been fighting the change since it's a pain to check both places, but I'll give it a try.

[Niko]

I did not post a whole bunch on the iFanboy page but when I did I always used my real name of Craig or Craig From Oklahoma.

But on here I am Niko (which has been my nickname for many years and one I use all the time on other forums that I post on).

I am really glad to see that iFanboy has these forums now. It is much my preferred method of interacting as there are more options available now on topics to discuss with everyone.

Really cool!

[cgerard]

just wondering about that N.C. reference and thinking Blowing Rock...you know it?

[Niko]

just wondering about that N.C. reference and thinking Blowing Rock...you know it?

Are you speaking to me directly or just to the masses in general?? Because if you are talking to me...sorry...I don't know what the hell you are talking about. :)

[Jan in Louisiana]

I'm Jan on the iFanboy Forum. Jan was taken here, so... yea.

[fred]

hey jan
welcome to the forums

[R0BLAW]

Hey. Roblaw here. The only thing different from the Ifanboy site is that it's all caps. Because that makes me cool.....right?

[fred]

hey roblaw - welcome to the forums

[acomicbookgirl]

Hey Roblaw.. Welcome to the forums.. :)

[The Screw on Aaron]

You know I never mentioned here before but I'm Aaron on the Main Site and The Screw on Aaron here, its my little tribute to Mike Mignola my favorite comic book writer and artist.

[fred]

welcome to the forum aaron

[The Screw on Aaron]

welcome to the forum aaron

lol okay milk just came out of my nose!:D

[paper]

lol okay milk just came out of my nose!:D

I only hope you were drinking milk at the time.

[The Screw on Aaron]

I only hope you were drinking milk at the time.

Ha Ha yeah that would be pretty bad if….. um…… I think I need to go to a hospital.

[fred]

my blood is 90% cheese so I think I could do it without the milk

[The Screw on Aaron]

Ho ho do not mention la fromage Monsieur! You might bring out my French accent and I might come and devour you with some wine ho ho!

[fred]

it's not nice to call people wine hos

[The Screw on Aaron]

ah but in France everybody is a wine ho Monsieur ho ho!

[S.SANCHEZ]

Helloooo everyone.

Sanchez here, posted like a couple time at the ifanboy talkback, left voice mails a bunch of times, decided to join in on the fun over here.

Nice to meet all of ya!

[paper]

Welcome to the Monkey House, Sanchez!

[S.SANCHEZ]

Muchos gracias

[MultipleMan]

I was pretty sure I had posted on here before today, but when I logged on it said zero posts and my Avatar was gone.

I guess I am just saying...hello.

[fred]

welcome MultipleMan

[paper]

Maybe it was one of your dupes?

[AMcCarson]

Hey everyone, big fan of the iFanboy podcasts and the Rev3 podcasts.

Just started posting recently on the iFanboy site about Spidey 3 (wasn't a fan), the Heroes finale (eh, was okay), and some here about the Lost finale (which was awesome).

So...hello there and drive safe.

[kwok_talk]

welcome adam

[fred]

welcome to the forums

[DarrOn]

Welcome to forums, man.

EDIT: Since I didn't realize I posted the EXACT same thing as Fred, for sake of originality, I will now change my 'welcome.'


Hey man, hope you enjoy the forums!

[mttskates]

Hey everyboy. Matt here from B-town Indiana. I am not really a comic expert, but I have enjoyed them off and on since I was around 6. I am almost 30 and starting to really get into them again. Please look for me to ask a billion questions. Later

[fred]

welcome to the forums

[kwok_talk]

Welcome Matt. Don't feel bad about asking questions. Everyone here's really friendly.

[paper]

Welcome, Matt. Kwok's right. Questions are great. They keep the forums fresh too.

[larsbrown]

Hi, I'm Lars Brown. I do a comic called North World (http://www.north-world.com), it's awesome.

I was one of the winners of the wallpaper contest here, but I don't know where it went. I like Indie books mostly.

[fred]

welcome larsbrown

[CurtisA]

Hello, to all on the forums. I'm an old school iFanboy listener and ocassionally offer my two cents on the website. It's summertime for school teachers in Tucson, so now I can contribute to the forums for a few months. I'm a forum newbie so be gentle. :)

[kwok_talk]

welcome curtis. Don't worry, you'll find the forums to be very friendly to newbies. Actually a lot of us are former newbies, that only began posting here.

[fred]

welcome curtis

[paper]

Welcome, new people.

Larsbrown, your comic looks totally dope! Love the style.

[fred]

hello scientist

[supermanfan]

Hello all, I'm taking a stab at this. Every time I join a forum, I seem to not go to it very often and then stop doing it at all. I hope this changes with iFanboy since i watch/listen to it every week. As you can see by my name, my favorite character is superman. I get all of the superman and superman related comics. Seems like a great community here, I hope to add to that community.

[kwok_talk]

Welcome supermanfan and have fun

[aleibo]

Hi everyone. I'm new to the boards. Been watching the show and listening to the podcasts for the past month or so. I'm a big marvel fanboy(Spiderman, Wolverine, X-Men, Avengers to name a few), as well as Robert Kirkman fanboy(Walking Dead especially). Looking forward to participating on the forums and getting to know everybody.

[itsbecca]

Hey Aleibo! Welcome to the forums.

[JGG0610]

Aleibo, welcome. Always great to have new people coming in and joining in the fun and hilarity.

[fred]

welcome to the forums

[aleibo]

Thanks for the welcome all!

[dang_it]

Hi everyone, my name's Dan and I've been listening to iFanboy for almost a year. I was interested in joining the forum after hearing the iFanboys mention the writer/artist hook-up thread, as I'm an artist and always looking for someone to collaborate with.

[fred]

welcome to the forums

[Popmatic]

What Dang_It said above...same goes for me. Except for the name. My name is Troy. Not Dan.

I used to post all the time on the Bendis board, but that place got to be a little "clique-y", so it kind of left a bad taste in my mouth as far as message boards go. However, this place seems to be really friendly, so I'm looking forward to checking it out from time to time!

[kwok_talk]

welcome popomatic & dangit. everyone's really friendly here.

[fred]

except me (I'm kidding)

welcome to the forums

[big shabby]

I'm new to all this, so I've never been known to anyone as anything on the worlds wide internets.

[The Screw on Aaron]

Welcome to the forums big shabby:). like you I never posted my thoughts on the Internet before when I started and you couldn't find a nicer batch of people to talk comics with:D. They will take care of you… just like… just like they took care of me (as I shed a single tear).

[paper]

Welcome, new people!

[HangingEric]

Hey guys, my name is Eric and I've been listening to iFanboy for a couple of weeks now. Sadly, I've decided to start from the beginning and as of now I"m on one of the February 07 episodes. What this says about me and my amount of free time I'm scared to say but I enjoy the show, obviously, and value your opinion on each week's current batch of books.

I live in Lincoln, Nebraska (yay for the midwest) and work as an assistant golf professional. I've been reading comics since the mid 80's or so and got back into comics after watching the x-men animated series. I've been a huge Marvel fan until the time of Knightfall in the Batman books and since then I've just spent way too much money and tend to not give up on a title, much like Ron ;) Okay guys, just thought I would introduce myself a bit.

[ConorKilpatrick]

Welcome, Hanging Eric! I once had a piece of luggage fly off the roof of my car outside of Lincoln, Nebraska!

[DarrOn]

Eric, do you have Conor's unmentionables?





Welcome to the influx of new people. Good to see so many new faces (avatars...?).

[HangingEric]

I can't say that I have anything of Conor's and I know how you feel, I was moving a few years ago and had an entire entertainment center get sucked out of the truck I was driving and crash onto the median while driving on I-80. I'm getting close to caught up boys, and I'll be much more active on the site once that happens.

[Quackenbush]

Hello, I'm Quackenbush. Nextwave fans may get the reference.
I'm the cliched aspiring comic artist/writer. Check out my deviantart page or my livejournal for some examples. Haven't really updated it much, but plan to change that when I'm closer to my comic's release date.

[fred]

welcome to the forums

[kwok_talk]

Welcome Quackenbush. Nextwave was awesome!

[Quackenbush]

Welcome Quackenbush. Nextwave was awesome!
Thanks for the welcome, as well as fred.
I love Nextwave and wish it never ended. The only upswing with it's cancellation is Immonen on Ultimate Spidey.

[ej.nosugar]

Hey All!
I'm EJ and I'm new! Hows it going. I've been listening to the podcast for alittle over a month and I'm just getting into now, thanks to the podcast.

[exwingzero]

Hi, my name is Joe. I've been reading comics for a while, stopped reading for a while, then started up on manga. Now I've stopped buying manga, and been buying comics for some time now. I have had a great time and experience with comics and shops. I've gone so far as writing a 10 page term paper on Stan Lee for high school. I've been listening to the podcast for a while now, and like I said on the map, I really love it, esp. the ranting.

[fred]

welcome to the forums guys

[DarrOn]

Thanks for the welcome, as well as fred.
I love Nextwave and wish it never ended. The only upswing with it's cancellation is Immonen on Ultimate Spidey.

Welcome, good sirs. Quacken....in your avatar...is Galactacus ****ing Earth? If so...thats so rad.

[CAM!]

Welcome all the new folks!

Hanging Eric! I'll be touring to Omaha this summer! That's LIKE an hour away from Lincoln (which I'm sure you know).

Good times.

[epog]

Hey. I've been listening to ifanboy for a while and after the whole write artist thread started I got onto the fourms. Don't ask me what 'epog' is because it dosen't mean anything except the random first four letters I typed in to get my original screen name. Looking forward to some great threads.

[kwok_talk]

Welcome epog!

[Quintessentialtheillest]

Hey there! Quentin from Upstate, NY here.

[ConorKilpatrick]

Welcome, Quentin!

[iamso77]

Hi, Jimmy from Jersey City,NJ

[fred]

welcome Quentin and Jimmy

[SchippeWreck]

Hello all. I'm Josh. I just registered here and at the Around Comics forums because I figured it was high time I started interacting with my two favorite podcasts. (I have previously appeared once or twice in the blog comments as "Josh S.")

I'm a hardcore comics fanboy from way back (about 25 years now...with a few long gaps of non-readership). Now I read just about anything I can get my hands on.

My current must-reads are:

Ultimate Spider-Man
Nova
New Avengers
All-Star Superman
The Brave and the Bold
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
...and I'm feverishly plowing through the Runaways digests.

Anyway...love the show. See you guys around.

[kwok_talk]

Welcome jimmy & josh

[TDarwin]

I'll give an intro here. I've posted a few places already, but just to make it official. My name's Davin. I'm working in Silver Spring, MD right now and just graduated from Hampshire College. I got into comics again last summer and now spend much too much money on them but I'm addicted. I'm into Marvel, but I've gotten into the D.C. universe because of you all and am reading JLA, JSA, Batman Confidential, GL, and Robin now and love it.

Other than that, I'm a computer nerd with political asperations and my own website. And am currently in the process of moving and figuring out how exactly to pay my college loans off. Glad to be here though.

[Genghis]

Hey, guys. It's good to finally get involved here as I am a huge fan of the show. I love the interplay between the hosts, because as the co-host of a podcast myself I know the value of chemistry.

But not enough about me. Let me introduce myself insofar as my comic book experience (and sorry in advance for my verbosity):

My first experience with comics came about when I was a young lad growing up in Texas in the 70s. On both my mother's and father's side of the family, I had uncles barely out of high school still living with my grandparents. As I recall, it was at my paternal grandparents' house that I came across a cache of Richie Rich and Little Lulu comics. I loved the idea of a story being told in a way unlike any I had seen before. I mean pictures galore! I'm an artsy-fartsy type (mentally-speaking - that is to say I'm just wired up that way), so I am extremely visual. I recall fondly the particular feel of the page compared to other standard books or novels; that newspapery grade of paper and the finely pixelated dots that formed the coloring. Amazing.

Those books were all well and good, but one day at my maternal grandparents' house, I discovered more intriguing content in the form of The Witching Hour and the original Ghost Rider incarnation. I had no idea that the stories I had started with were on one end of a very exciting spectrum of this particular style of story-telling. Sure I knew about Spiderman (from the stellar cartoon series of the 60s as well as his inexplicable appearances on The Electric Company - oh, and those awesome TV movies with Nicholas Hammond!), Superman and my favorite: Batman (yes, from the campy series with Adam West), but I never knew about horror comics. I didn't even know what the horror genre was.

I carried those memories with me (as I was in no position to afford comics of my choosing, much less locate a comic store) into high school in the early 80s when I got a subscription to Uncanny X-Men and Batman for a couple of years (which got me the original Year One story line from Frank Miller). It was then that I branched out and tried different books to see what was out there. Exciting times.

As fate would have it, in college (in the early 90s) my apartment was right next door to a comic store. I really experimented then, diving into just about anything that looked interesting. Being artistically inclined, I have always gravitated to artwork as opposed to dialog or plot. Silly perhaps, but I can't help how I'm wired up. Certainly most people would say that a good story matters at least as much as the art, but I can barely make it through even the best story if I don't like the artwork in a book. Call me a stickler. My role models were/are the likes of Jim Lee, Travis Charest, the Kubert brothers, John Romita, Jr., J. Scott Campbell (don't laugh), Todd MacFarlane, Frank Miller and David Mazzuchelli. Since then, Adam Hughes, Tony Harris, et al.

So these days, thanks to the encouraging and informative words of Conor, [Big Shirtless] Ron and Josh, I head to my local comic store (Bedrock Comics in Houston, TX) once a month and check out their recommendations as well as peruse the TPB section for what I've been missing all of those years while stumbling through the medium on my own. Thanks guys!

So that's it and there it is.

Horns up!

[kwok_talk]

Welcome Genghis. Did you mention what podcast you co-host?

[Genghis]

I didn't want anyone to think I was just here to promote my podcast, so while it is a significant bit of information about me, made relevant by the fact that we're all fans of a certain other podcast, I figured I'd not mention it specifically unless someone asked.

And since you asked, I co-host the Genghis and Ragman show over at The Right To Rock (http://www.therighttorock.com/). It's a fledgling podcast about two beer-drinking metalheads. We've even managed to interview some relatively big names in the heavy metal music business. We just wax philosophic about our favorite genre of music and do a little shtick from time to time to keep it interesting.

Thanks for asking.

Horns up!

[itsbecca]

Hey Genghis.

It's funny, you talk about being very visually oriented, but you have a very engaging writing style. Your introduction made me smile as I was reading through. Interesting how the brain works.

[Genghis]

Hey Genghis.

It's funny, you talk about being very visually oriented, but you have a very engaging writing style. Your introduction made me smile as I was reading through. Interesting how the brain works.


Well, thank you very much. I've tried my hand at writing as well (I'm actually currently working on producing my first children's book), but I've always gotten lost in the possibilities that a blank piece of white paper and a freshly-sharpened pencil offer...

[lungs]

hey been listening to the podcast for about a year

[fred]

welcome lungs

[Iceman425]

Hey all. My name is Scott, coming at you by way of Omaha, NE originally. I currently live in Austin, TX and get my books at Bee Caves Comics down there.

I joined, but realized I don't have much to say, seeing as I'm few weeks behind on my reading. Currently in Berlin for 5 weeks for work. However, I'm catching up on trades in the meantime (Fables, Walking Dead, Sandman, Mousegaurd) and reading Gaiman's "American Gods" while I'm here. Patiently biding my time until I can devour a month's worth of reading in a couple of days upon my re-entry to the states.

Like a few of the posters upthread, I'm a few weeks behind on the podcast as well. Tempted to just listen to these past few weeks anyway (spoilers be damned) seeing as iFanboy podcasts are what I listen to in the gym, and I've run out of them.

I'm a member over at CGS as well. Huge Heroclix player, so you'll find me on HCRealms and Creationmatrix under the same name, Iceman425.

I'm a big fan of Top Five lists, not a Zombie or a Fanboy (I enjoy it all), and I even pick up a good number of Indies in trade format. I came into the game as an X-Men fan with the first Nimrod Saga (poor, poor Leland) and stuck around till the bust in the mid-90's. Came back to the bookshelves when they launched Ultimate Spidey and Ultimate X-Men.

Since then my horizons have expanded and most of my favorite books reside over at DC. I'm young enough that Wally is my Flash, Kyle is my Lantern, Tim is my Robin, and Connor was my arrow. I'm old enough to respect Barry, Hal, Dick, and Ollie. Usually I pick up team books, something about the dynamic with that many characters, but I started picking up Flash (ouch), Green Arrow, Green Lantern, and Nightwing even if they're not my guys.

Since I'm such a fan of them, here's a top 5:

Top 5 Reads from last year:
Invincible
Walking Dead
Nextwave
52
New X-Men

I should've really broken it down into Marvel/DC/Indy cause there really were an immense amount of good reads over the last year. Oh well, that's for a different thread.

I guess that's more than enough for now. Thanks for reading, see you on the boards.

[kwok_talk]

Hola Iceman. Welcome!

[paper]

Welcome, Kwok_talk!

[fred]

welcome paper. I hope that you find our peanuts talk to be satisfactory

[kwok_talk]

Welcome Fred, we have a Rollie Fingers fanclub thread that just started.

[fred]

I'd never belong to a club that would have me for a member

[DarrOn]

I know a club that'll let you in, Fred.

http://www.bronxzoobar.com/menu/club.jpg

"I order the club sandwich all the time, but I'm not even a member, man. I don't know how I get away with it. "I like my sandwiches with three pieces of bread." "So do I." "Well lets form a club then." "Okay, but we need some more stipulations." "Yes, we do." "Instead of cutting the sandwich once, let's cut it again." "Yes, four triangles, and we will position them into a circle and in the middle we will dump chips. Or potato salad." "Okay." "Let me ask you a question, how do you feel about frilly tooth-picks?" "I'm for 'em!" "Well this club is formed."

[fred]

that club I'd join

[Marvel4Life]

Hi all,

Just joined up tonight by way of the podcast. I finally figured out how to get podcasts on my ipod (never claimed to be bright) and in my infinite geekiness I looked for a comics podcast. Which of course led me here.
Obviously I am a comic fan (Marvel) and I live for Wednesdays which is kind of sad. Right now I am giddy in aticipation of World War Hulk, Nova, New Avengers (was real tempted to ask for spoilers), New X-Men, and Sub-Mariner. Also excited for FF2: ROTSS this Friday. Hopefully much better than the original...at the very least I get to look at Jessica Alba for a while :)
Also interested in video games, baseball, hockey, movies, music, tv. Love Heroes and Lost.

Guess that is a short intro to you all.

[JGG0610]

Welcome to the forums, Marvel4life.

[fred]

welcome to the forums

[DarrOn]

New Avengers (was real tempted to ask for spoilers).

Don't give in! (Also, welcome).

[Kaylon]

Hello,

My name's Kaylon. I work as a graphic designer in Tryon, NC, and I currently reside in Greenville, SC. I bloody love comics. I've been reading them since I was 7 years old, when I stumbled upon a spinner rack in a drug store. Besides being an art freak and comic fanboy, I'm also into cartoons,music, movies, tv shows, old school video games, and action figures. My favorite ongoing series of all time is Starman by James Robinson and Tony Harris (as well as lots of other great artists). Right now I'm really digging Invincible, Dynamo 5, Captain America, Noble Causes, Daredevil, New Avengers, JSA, X-Factor, Iron Fist, Astonishing X-Men, and The Spirit.

I reckon that's probably more than y'all needed to know. Oh well.

The podcast rocks, by the way.

[fred]

welcome kaylon

[CAM!]

welcome kaylon

Indeed, welcome kaylon.

For interest sake, since you mentioned you love it. Scott Tipton is currently doing a detailed rundown of Starman history at comics101.com.

[Mithel]

I'm Mithel, currently residing in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. I invest my sense of self in my student life and my job as a Starbucks barista. Double Tall Non-Fat 3 pumps Vanilla No-Foam Extra Hot Cinnamon Dolche Latte, and so forth.

I read mostly superhero books, with a smattering of other stuff when it strikes my fancy.

Hello, world.

[paper]

Welcome, Mithel, CAM, Fred, Kaylon, and Darron!

[fred]

hello mithel

[CAM!]

I'm Mithel, currently residing in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. I invest my sense of self in my student life and my job as a Starbucks barista. Double Tall Non-Fat 3 pumps Vanilla No-Foam Extra Hot Cinnamon Dolche Latte, and so forth.

I read mostly superhero books, with a smattering of other stuff when it strikes my fancy.

Hello, world.

Nice!! a fellow Torontonian!! Soon we will RULE ifanboy! Which store is your local?

[fred]

welcome CAM!

(eventually this joke will get old)

[JAFlanagan]

Oh, it's old already.

[fred]

welcome to the forums JAFlanagan


(just checking and yeah I guess you're right)

[Chris From Long Island]

Hi I’m Chris. I’m an 18 year old kid that goes to catholic high school and read my comics and listens to ifanboy on Tuesday when I work at my job. Anyway I post sometimes on ifanboy and I decided to finally join the forums because it seemed like a safe place to have my first forum going experiences

[JGG0610]

Welcome to the forums, Chris from Long Island.

[KSteets]

Been reading the forums for a couple weeks and listening to the podcast for a few months now and think it's the best one out there. I guess I would say I'm a DC guy but since getting back into comics last year I've been trying out more Marvel books to try an expand my taste. My all-time favorites are Robinson's Starman and Ennis' Preacher and Hitman.

[kahunablair]

Welcome aboard KSteets!

[kwok_talk]

welcome ksteets

[fred]

welcome kskeets

[nateboegel]

Hi, I'm Nate from Hayward, CA. I have really enjoyed the podcasts and decided to pop my head in now and again especially now that school's out (I'm a junior high teacher.) I've been reading comics for over 20 years now- which makes me feel old since I'm not quite 30 yet- and have some pretty stong opinions on things but I'm glad to get another place to talk about it.

[ConorKilpatrick]

Welcome, Nate!

[fred]

welcome nateboegel

[DarrOn]

Hi, I'm Nate from Hayward, CA. I have really enjoyed the podcasts and decided to pop my head in now and again especially now that school's out (I'm a junior high teacher.) I've been reading comics for over 20 years now- which makes me feel old since I'm not quite 30 yet- and have some pretty stong opinions on things but I'm glad to get another place to talk about it.

I have an uncle who lives in Hayward. Nice place. Been there all of twice.

Welcome, sir.

[grendel*]

found the video here on revision3 and i decided to check out the podcast after that. now i am going back and listening to all of them.

started reading comics when i was probably 10 after picking up an issue of who's who. then read crisis and now i am a dc fan for life.

[fred]

welcome grendel*

[Labor_Days]

Yea, welcome dude.

[cancelHoo]

That's right, too new for an avatar (so if i pick wolverine as my avatar, will you kick me? please?)

ARGH! all my friends are gamers or sci-fi geeks who claim that comics are for the illiterate (this comes from a fan of Xanth novels :mad: ) I once managed a comic shop, so I hated paying for my books for a while, even claimed to hate them in general. I was a tool. But I missed the chatting (even the who would beat who banter that drives me nuts). Your program has reinvigorated my love and helped drain my pocket of all that annoying cash (idea...have marvel and dc approach the US Mint to have a 2.99 dollar bill printed to ease my purchasing...oh wait...tax...oh well.)

BTW, my only comic buddy is my long term girlfriend, auburntlight, who is also new to the forums. I'm gonna go write some comments in the relationship discussion about our mutual obsession.

[fred]

welcome cancelHoo

[darkbunny]

Hello everyone, I just wanted to say I have recently been getting back into comics, and I wanted to say how much I love the ifanboy show, it really gives some great starting points for someone like me trying find great comics to read.

[fred]

welcome darkbunny

[kahunablair]

Welcome aboard DarkBunny and CancelHoo.

[Venom62]

Hello IFanBoyers,

Been a comic fan for most of my youth and got away from it in the late 90s (like many others). Got back into it about a year ago now that I'm grown up and can afford the addiction. I'm more of a Marvel Z but since my return to reading I'm trying to give DC a real chance.
I love listening to different comic podcasts and find the IFanBoy reg and video podcasts to be one of the best. Keep up the great job guys!

I'm a fairly reg poster on a few MBs and I hope to become one here as well.

Thanks,
Chris

[ConorKilpatrick]

Welcome, Chris.

[fred]

hello chris(venom62)

[Myrlyn]

Hello All! I am 36 years old and have been collecting for most of them. I live in Denver Colorado. I am new to forums and am looking forward to participating!

[The Screw on Aaron]

Welcome to the forms Myrlyn, I used to live in Colorado best state in the country In my opinion. I hate to admit it but I lived in Birthid out near Boulder great place to go up as a kid not so much as a teenager.

[fred]

welcome myrlyn

[paper]

Welcome, Myrlyn.

Welcome to the forms Myrlyn, I used to live in Colorado best state in the country In my opinion. I hate to admit it but I lived in Birthid out near Boulder great place to go up as a kid not so much as a teenager.

What's the shame in coming from Birthid?

[The Screw on Aaron]

Welcome, Myrlyn.



What's the shame in coming from Birthid?

It's hick country. My best friend was named Cliff and talked like Forest Gump he rides big pigs for sport and drinks a lot on his farm. I had a farm too but as I got older it just wasn't the place for me now Bolder on the other hand that's a lovely town.

[paper]

I thought you were from the Metric Kingdom? Your back story is far too complex!

[The Screw on Aaron]

Let's just say I was born and grew up in Toronto, lived in England for a while, then Colorado for a long stretch and finally Paris for the last couple of years. It is complicated but my mom's job had us moving around a lot at least I can say I'm well-traveled:D

[fred]

birthid is an odd name for a town. It sounds like some kind of bizarre birth defect or something.

"We had a baby. He had the birthid. Lord Geezis we don't know what to do."

[Grayson]

Hey! I'm Grayson and as you can tell, i love Nightwing lol

[ConorKilpatrick]

Hey! I'm Grayson and as you can tell, i love Nightwing lol

Welcome, Grayson!

[fred]

welcome grayson

[paper]

Welcome, Grayson.

***

I feel like we welcome a lot of cool new people and then we never see them again in a lot of cases. Stick around, new people! We love new people!

[fred]

yes. we would like to see more of you and all of them.

P.S. I'm hoping that you don't die in Final Crisis.

[gm_wil]

Hey all...have been listening/watching for a couple months now so I thought I'd better stop on by and say Hi...used to collect in college (starting in '91 - Big Jim Lee fan) while in Art school but then lost touch with it until I ran across a comic store that happens to be in one of the towns i work in...picked up a few and after reading Kevin Smith's "Quiver" I fell in love with them again because it reminded me of digging through my cousin's comics when I was a kid...

...Love the podcasts and find them very helpful while entertaining at the same time...

(Actually picked up the first three trades of Batgirl on my initial trip cause i liked the style and was surprised at how good they were)

Favorite heroes when I was a kid...Batman, Green Arrow, and Spiderman...

-

[ConorKilpatrick]

Welcome, gm_wil!

[kahunablair]

Welcome to the party Grayson and GM_will!


P.S. I'm hoping that you don't die in Final Crisis.
I personally think I'm going to die, but be brought back after the Crisis is averted. I'll probably have my history changed though. I'll end up being an albino eskimo that was banished from his tribe, and only joined the forum so I could try to feel the same sense of belonging I had pre-banishment.

[gm_wil]

Welcome, gm_wil!

Thanks...I just about crapped when I heard you guys talk about Breyfogle (spelling) 'cause he was and probably still is my favorite Batman artist...took me way back that's for sure...

-

[fred]

welcome gm_will

[Y Zaman]

Hey everyone. I've been listening and watching to the podcasts for about a month or so now, and I finally decided to join the forums. So hello.

[ConorKilpatrick]

Welcome, Y Zaman!

[fred]

welcome Y_Zaman

[snooganshooligan]

Hey, I'm Kevin from massachusetts, I like all kinds of comics, I'm new to the iFanboy world.

[JGG0610]

Welcome to the forums Kevin.

[fred]

welcome kevin

[hbd]

Hi, I'm Devin from Canada. I'm a former Marvel Zombie taking my first steps into the world of DC.

[CAM!]

NIce, welcome fellow Canuck.

You won't be dissapointed, the DCU is a lot of fun right now.

[paper]

Welcome, hbd. I'm a recent DC convert too.

[gm_wil]

DC...Marvel...tomato, tomahto...hot pizza, cold pizza...

comics gooooood...mondays baaaaaad.

-

[Reckers]

G'day all.

I'm from Australia and have been into comics since the early 80s when Dad would bring home Australian reprints (by Federal Publishing) of DC comics from work. Mostly Superman and Batman, some JLA and other books, all in black & white! They would collect 5-10 regular 22 or 23 page books (as printed by DC) into a jumbo-sized reprint (like the trades of today) except most of the time they would either print them out of order or skip some issues altogether - frustrating!

I stopped reading for a while in high school but got back into them while at university. Due to my early introduction to DC I'm a huge DC fanboy but now I read a fair bit of Marvel (except the X-books) and some indie stuff, too.

Love the podcasts, both audio & video and have been lurking here for a little while.

[fred]

welcome reckers

[JGG0610]

Welcome, Reckers. Glad you decided to stop lurking. It's a fun forum.

[kwok_talk]

Welcome reckers, hbd, kevin, and anyone else i might have missed

[Hexx Black]

Hi names Hexx Black aka Tracy. I live in Spokane Washington home of well know one in comics but Todd Mcfarlane when to college here and work at a comic shop that is no long in business. But anyway I love the IFanboy podcast. I started to read and collect comics in the late 80's early 90's but I have readed many older comics. I’m been out comics about 6 months and getting back into them again.

[kahunablair]

Welcome Reckers and Hexx Black.

[Crunch]

Greeting and Salutations
I’m crunch (nick name from the Army) AKA Chris. I live in Colorado Springs, CO. I am a Army brat, and have lived in 13 states and 2 countries. I started reading comics in the late 70’s, took a huge break from the 90-06. I read a few graphic novels here and there. I want to say it was picking up the walking dead trade #1 that got me hooked again about a 8 months ago. But anyway I’m back. Somehow I stumbled across iFanboy and I love the podcast.

[CAM!]

Welcome Crunch.

[kahunablair]

Welcome Crunch and thanks for your service.

[Y Zaman]

Welcome Crunch

(Kahunablair, "army brats" don't serve, they are the children of the people who serve)

[Quelonio]

I actually got drawn here by the podcast, I am really interested in the me write you draw thread, hoping to check in, see if something can be done...

[fred]

welcome quelonio

[JGG0610]

Welcome to the forums, Quelonio.

[little_physco]

hey guys im new here i have been listening to the podcast for a couple of months and thought i might strt posting here. well i love comics since i was a young fella but stopped while i was in school and just got back into them last year. but i am a marvel guy but sometimes i might pick up a DC title.

[fred]

welcome little physco

[Crunch]

Y Zaman-(Kahunablair, "army brats" don't serve, they are the children of the people who serve)

Well actually, my pops did his 20 years, and I am on my 14th year service. I didn’t explain it very well.

[fred]

I thought the whole "got my name in the Army" thing might have meant that you served too. Thanks for your service.

[Y Zaman]

Didn't catch the nickname part the first time I read through. My bad.

[Crunch]

Thanks Fred. No worries, Y. Its all good.

[david_nakayama]

Hey, guys! I'm new to the forums, but I absolutely love the show.

I listen to a ton of podcasts while I'm drawing (especially ones about comics), and iFanboy's always at the top of my stack. Your analysis is always spot-in, and you always make me laugh. :) Keep it up!

[fred]

welcome to the forums david