daynah [Member Since: November 28 '07]
I graduate with a B.A. in English in July. I’m looking for a job in writing, editing, secretarial work, organizing your comic collection, cleaning gutters… so tell me if you have one available!
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”...I hope you’re on twitter. When you add them, add me!...” Hey there, I recently tried adding you as a friend on FB, but nothing resulted from it. You still on there?
Go for it! Have you checked out sublimestitching.com? Highly recommended if you want to start with a pattern.
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Sweet! I’m currently church shopping and I found one that happens to have a needlepoint club. I could totally go old lady with this.
I started my first real embroidery project yesterday! Hooray! I was surprised at how inexpensive it was!
can you cancel the shipment on my account that just got charged?
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Welcome to HeavyInk! :)
I ain’t never bought no Hawaiian Dick thru here! I don’t not never know what you’re talking about! Jesus Christ too!
daynah said:
Jesus Christ. Either buy Hawaiian Dick or don’t!
why thank you. I made it myself. (I don’t know how long ago you posted that you liked my shirt, I haven’t logged in here in a long time.)
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I like your t shirt!
I wrote a Marvel limited series called Ptolus that came out last year and just two weeks ago an issue of Boom! Studios Zombie Tales. And more in the works!
Thanks for asking.
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What comics do you write?
Hmm… well, I hope to see more of you, too? :)
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Hope to see more of you here!
Yup, Asthma is pretty scary. But, I guess what doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger. And by stronger, I mean a quadriplegic. :-)
Hey Daynah,
I edited my response on the whole stalking post thingee… hopefully my dumb joke will be more humorous this time around. LOL
Aaron
My private charity is a self defense course for violent crime survivors, and the icon is a gift from one of my former students.
It is supposed to be me, wary and watchful as I arrive at a new student’s house in a crime-ridden neighborhood.
It is completely dishonest, though. My eyes aren’t triangles!
James, 8-17-08
daynah said:
What’s that icon of?
Given that JWZ is famous for, among other things, being an early (and a key) engineer at legendary internet company Netscape…I’m guessing “no, made more money as a hacker”.
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You make more money with the nightclub?
I am just scared that someday it will spread :-o
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Dude, if my hand did that, I’d be so distracted that I’d get nothing done. Yup.
i know – i am just sorta slow, i mean my hand does this weird red/green thing and all ;-)
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That’s what I meant. I should put up a pic with a full face but half all messed up. :)
I am just saying - there is only 1/2 a face there :)
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I should totally make a picture of me like that!!
Thanks – apprecaite it. I am wondering if you aren’t TWO-FACE with only half of yours showing :-O
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I like your avatar. :)
For some reason I didn’t want to like it but I got sucked in. I bought the first issue just to check it out. Then I got the second. Then I subscribed.
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What do you think of Echo?
I just got the newest Runaways hardcover and I have to agree with you. The whole thing was mediocre with a couple good spots. Whedon needs to apologize for what he did to Runaways (An apology from Michael Ryan wouldn’t hurt either. I was not a fan of his art.)
Oops, yeah I meant Astonishing X-Men. I’m reading them as a trade, but aren’t all story arcs really meant to be read at once? I always have a hard time remembering what happened in an issue from a month ago. Whedon seems to have his hands in a lot of things (tv, comics, movies, web videos), so I’m surprised that he is able to churn out, what I consider, pretty good stuff. Admittedly, he does put a feminist spin on a lot of his work, but that could just be considered his style (along with his campy humor).
Anyway, I was just surprised when I read that you liked Runaways (and I’m assuming Brian K. Vaughan) and didn’t like Whedon. To me, their writing styles are very similar.
Have you read Vaughan’s Mystique? That was good until he left.
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Are you talking about Whedon’s Astonishing XMen? Admittedly, it’s much better as a trade. Whedon has a problem getting things done on time and writing a plot that is able to be understood with huge gaps of time inbetween. That is smoothed over by a trade, but he still generally writes all the characters in “Buffy” roles. One strong female lead and the others supporting her. A very feminist formula. It’s a sign of a bad writer to only be able to write in one style.
heh. Your week of Opera eval is UP! You should see the notes. Not pretty. I REFUSE to now try out its mail feature—you can’t make me! Oh BTW, is there a hot-key sequence or button for bringing up speed dial withOUT opening a new tab? Uh… that doesn’t mean I’m using Opera anymore or…grrr Dammit.
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Have you tried Opera’s mail? I just switched from Thunderbird and I LOVE IT! I didn’t think I would. Like… “Ew… email… in a web browser? That’s stupid!” but… oh my god… it does everything… and it’s so pretty (Opera always reminds me of being in an Ikea) and organized. I LOVE it. I can’t place my finger EXACTLY on what I like about it, but if you already have it installed, I’d try it. :)
garfield minus garfield = teh hilarious. A friend showed that to me earlier this week. LOVE IT!
Seriously, you don’t like Whedon? I’ve started reading his Ultimate X-Men and they are pretty darn good.
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Is this your whole list? Cause Runaways is fantastic… well, Whedon is on it now (gag) but Terry Moore is about to come on and fix that and make it great again. The first digest is only 6.39 at HeavyInk http://heavyink.com/search?q=runaways#preview
I’m graduated now, perhaps I need to update…? :)
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Im in college, too. What year are you?
Wow, people are actually paying attention to me.. How strange. I should come here more often.
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I started reading comics well into the 2000s… something. I worked at a comic book and I found a stack of 90s comics. I looked up at the manager with a funny look on my face, “Why is this shiny?” and he replies, “It’s from the 90s. Whatever you do, don’t read it.”
Awesome. Let me know how it turns out. Any chance I could read it when you are done?
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Thanks a bunch for “year one” suggestion. It got the whole “departure” section from Campbell’s monomyth down PAT! The middle section (forget the name, I just closed the book) is the section that DC repeats over and over, and the last section is the part that will probably never actually come. So I’ve got it mostly outlined out, at least on the Batman side.
We are the Borg. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile.
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I think it’s interesting how you refer to yourself in the first person… plural. That is, “we.” Is there someone else the members of HeavyInk might want to know about in there, or do you just like to refer to you and the worker bees of HeavyInk as one unit, like a collective mind?
:)
Hey ‘Daynah’ , you been through my page on here yet? you are making it to dragoncon, right?
I just started reading True Story and Jeff LeVine’s Watching Days Become Years. I tend to read most of my indies in trades, which is why I have hardly any of them on my subscription list.
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That is an AWESOME master’s thesis! Pax Romana and Local are the only non-superhero comics you’ve got on your list. What other crazie indies are you reading?
No, not my whole list. Never tried “Runaways”, though it’s on the radar. I’m sub’d to “Echo”, so a little more Terry Moore could work.
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Is this your whole list? Cause Runaways is fantastic… well, Whedon is on it now (gag) but Terry Moore is about to come on and fix that and make it great again. The first digest is only 6.39 at HeavyInk http://heavyink.com/search?q=runaways#preview
Hehehe. You know, I’m tempted. The Internet tells me it’s 20 degrees cooler there than it is here. :)
Also: I need a freaking vacation.
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Have you bought you plane ticket? I wanna know if we can make the matinee. :D
I wrote a short story that appeared in issue #9, and a book review that appeared in issue #10. (Both will be in the second trade.)
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How are you related to Rex Libris?
how old is he? i think dogs should always act like puppies.
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I have a sharpei that hasn’t grown out of that puppy hyperness yet.
I’ve never been willing to give myself the time to invest myself into Dr. Who. I know for a fact I would enjoy it (I liked the episodes I saw on late night PBS in the mid-nineties), but I like to know the WHOLE story. And there’s about a million years of Dr. Who stuff. Maybe one day I’ll jump in…
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about time travel… Have you read Doctor Who Magazine? It has a comic in it that’s GREAT! The writers and artists change every story arc and it makes it constantly interesting. They don’t have it an heavyink though :( The Doctor Who Mini series is something different (and to be frank, is awful).
oh, that’s good news what you’re saying there. I thought I was so out of it with Runaways but it turns out if I simply pick up the third HC, I’ll have all the good issues. Cool. Maybe someday I’ll pick the last 6 issues, but for now I could do as if they don’t exist. ;)
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Quote from Wiki… “Series creators Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona left the series at issue #24 of the title’s second volume. After Joss Whedon began to write the series, it began to suffer delays and has recently fallen into a tri-monthly schedule. Marvel has announced Terry Moore, creator of Strangers in Paradise will take over the title after Whedon leaves, with Humberto Ramos on art.”
You have no idea now much I just wanted to end the quote after “suffer.”
and I was wondering. I have read the first two hardcovers of Runaways last year (been a while, last Summer I think) and I think I remember that Brian K Vaughn was writing them. When did Whedon take over full time? Only thing I can remember is that I absolutely loved those two hardcovers and Runaways have been on my wish list ever since. Simply has not happened yet for me to get my hand on more hardcovers, for many silly reasons…
hehe, nah, didn’t see it that way. Simply saw that you liked Runaways and looked stoked by the change, either the old leaving or the new coming. :)
I’m currently reading the first pocketbook of SiP and it is pretty cool. Will definitely keep on reading once I’m done with volume 1.
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You know, I read though a few issues of Strangers in Paradise while I worked at a LCS… enough to know that you can’t just read one issue of it and enough to know that I wanted to read more! I hope I didn’t make you think that I was just excited that Joss was leaving… I am also excited that Moore is coming! :)
What I didn’t get was this jibberish… “I know. I was pretty psyched to come home from a long shift grinding bones to see some actual posts, only to find I was stuck in some bad remake of Groundhog Day.”
Oh that. That’s not gibberish. I grind human bones for a living. 10 hours a day. I got home from my shift and was pleasantly surprised to see some posts after a relatively quiet period on the forum. However the posts were just the same old “whining” as you put it. It reminded me of the movie Groundhog Day with Bill Murray. Where he’s trapped in this one day which just gets worse and worse until he finally “gets it.” IMO, the people whining just don’t get it. Thus, the reference.
Meaning it sucks or that you tried to leave a comment but couldn’t? :) If the former, yeah, well, it’s kind of a work in progress. If the latter, that might explain the lack of comments from my friends. :)
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Your blog is uncommentable.
LOL! For some reason, and I’m basing this only on what I’ve read from you here and on your blog (yeah, I did venture over there), you don’t seem like the kind of people to hold something like that inside no matter who you are around. :)
Seriously, have you read some Terry Moore stuff? I’m thinking he’ll do quite well with the Runaways.
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HELLS YEAH! At the con, Joss Whedon was mentioned and I was like “UGH I HATE HIM!” and I would have gotten killed with the looks I got shot with. Then I realized that these people are not comic people, they’re TV people, thus they have not read Joss’ horrors… I should have been smarter not to say such things around them.
Kitana was dancing with joy! When a ferret is happy they do a “Weasel War Dance”.
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Ahh killer ferret!
and speaking of Runaways, very much looking forward to Terry Moore’s run in August
Hey, Dayna;
Hmm? Favorite. That is tough. There are so many different things that I look for in a comic. Rarely, do I get to complete combo. My favorite overall comic to date is “The Watchman”—It artwork is old school great, the writing is amazing on two levels, (1) great story tell, (2) written & page layout poetry. If you read the Watchmen, pay close attention the composition of each page. Each page is like a visual line in an epic poem like a comic book team channeling Homer.
Given what I have here… (“Wow… tough”)... I’d have to say Cory Doctorow’s Futuristic Tales, for the writing along with good art work. OR “Bad Planet” Great artwork and a solid sci-fi story (artwork reminds me of Moebius). These are hard to parse from a lot of the others that I like, though. Neozoic is one of the newer ones that I am enjoying quite a bit. Each one of these I could wax philosophical on why I like them… or just say I am trying them out. Gotta watchout, though. Once I start talking, it’s hard to turn it off.
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What’s your favorite comic on your pull list?
The Comics Monkey. _
I work for HI, shipping comics, answering emails, receiving, doing all sorts of ninja activities, keeping the Red Bull stocked.
I also go by Andrew – Nice to meet you!
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Who are you?
It isn’t really that I don’t like American comics, just that these days I don’t have much time to browse and since I submerge myself mainly in the Asian crowd, I don’t get many recommendations. ^^ Thus, I haven’t read any of your suggestions yet, but may look into them if I ever get the chance. Actually, someone recently bought me the Fables 1000 Nights of Snowfall collection and I loved it, so I may get into Fables sometime, haha. :3 Either way, thanks for the comment!
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I live in Symrna. :) So, you don’t like American Comics. Have you tried Johnny Hiro, Mouse Guard, or Runaways (currents)? Some trades to pick up would be The Invisibles, Maus, and Preacher.
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No, I didn’t get any prints. I just had some expenses pop up (extra dress, forgot to pay for my hotel) for International Order of Rainbow for Girls, so I’m broke for a bit. Wanna buy some for me? HA. Yeah, I have no shame.
Indeed, I am slowly discovering how awesome this site is
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Hope to see you here more often! :)
oh hahaha thanks
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Sorry :( The computer ate my comment! I was saying… I heart your icon!
Hmm…
Most of the people I know that would be interested are actually Art majors, not English. Of course, comics being the storytelling fusion of words and art, you’d think both majors could use it as an elective or whathaveyou. Don’t some of the film classes work that way?
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Dang it! I heart you Noel. They may want the class to have the english major class an as a prereq. What does that do to your list (aka english majors only)?
Heh. I’ve been trying to find an excuse to get rid of that freaking arrow since we opened! I’ll have to check out how Opera does it. Thanks for the heads up. :)
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So Tyyyler… When I get on HI at work on FF (hiss) I notice that FF has a special feature that Opera doesn’t have… that big yellow arrow thing. I wanted to let you know that Opera has released its developer tools called Dragonfly (http://www.opera.com/products/dragonfly/). So, it’s just in Alpha right now but something like that wouldn’t scare someone like you, right? I mean, it may be HARD, almost TOO HARD, but you could still do the same thing in Opera, right? ;)
Thinking of a new tattoo daynah? ;)
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Sooo it looks like you’re the reason HeavyInk’s logo wont be on my boobs at a nerdy con. ;)
The most straightforward way to do that is a petition. I can think of… 14 people that would be interested in taking the class. How about you?
I find it shocking that no one has made any (cough) inappropriate replies to this yet.
Well then, I guess I’ll oblige… Just kidding, just kidding.
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Sooo it looks like you’re the reason HeavyInk’s logo wont be on my boobs at a nerdy con. ;)
That’s what I call good customer service. Did he have to wear a little cast or splint? I’m curious as to how one would handle a broken hamster let.
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He was tooo sleepy! So cute! His nails were super long, apparently from a calcium deficiency. So when they went to trim them, his nails got ripped off and his lef broke. But the vet was great and paid for all the meds and extra check ups. They hurt my hamster but I’ll be going back there!
All it would take for me is waking me up at 4. Poor little guy, did he sue for malpractice.
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My hamster is surprisingly good. The vet broke his leg (he has a calcium deficiency) and he didn’t bite. If someone woke me up at 4 in the morning, took me and pokeds and proded me and then broke my leg… I’d bite.
Errr… yes. Did I miss a discussion thread somewhere?
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Sooo it looks like you’re the reason HeavyInk’s logo wont be on my boobs at a nerdy con. ;)
Daynah, we are definately going to create T-shirts (including limited edition ones), and because you’ve been such a great customer (blogging, forums, all that good stuff) you were already on the short list to get a freebie in the mail.
Someone (cough) has been a bit tardy in delivering the T-shirt design, so it’s not going to be done in time for your con…but keep checking the <s>skies</s> mailbox!
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I will be working at a convention on Memorial Day weekend… and I haven’t decided what to wear yet! The only rule for staff is that we wear… “clothes.” If there were a magical heavyink shirt that existed, I would be very happy to wear it for some of the con (not every day, ew).
According to Wikipedia, they live about 15 years. I had a hamster, but it was evil. I guess it was my fault for naming him after Spike from BTVS.
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I’m going to wait till I’m settled down, ‘cause I hear they live a long time. I have a hamster now.
They are fun, and they do some of the cutest freakin’ stuff ever.
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I wanna chincilla…
Ha theres a whole bunch of future titles on my list, not sure if ill keep them. I cant wait for a wish list feature! But yea, Johnny Hiro rocks.Im half chinese too so i guess i get an extra kick out of it.
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Whoa crazy long list! I just got my first Johnny Hiro (#3, only one I could get ahold of) and it was GREAT! Def one of my favorite comics
I don’t know if this makes any sense, but the art is so amazing that I’m always surprised that it’s in colour. It must be because of the level of detail and realism, that I feel it can’t possibly be beautifully coloured, too!
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How’re you liking Mouse Guard? I love the art!
Hey, that’s fair – you don’t want to know what Georgia is to us!
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I had no idea! To us in Georgia, Brooklyn is just another yankee shit hole. ;)
I’m defintely going to try out Runaways. So you like it? I’ve heard good things, but I haven’t had the time to check it out yet.
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Buffy and Angel? How about trying out Runaways? I usually recommend buying the first Trade Paperback (should be availabse here somewhere), but since you’re such a Joss Whedon fan, and he’s writing Runaways now, you may just like to read it.
A bunch of kids find out that their parents really ARE the bad guys. They runaway from home and use their inherited powers or technology to try to undo the bad their parents have done. It’s one of my favs!
Red Mass for Mars #3 is now available for order from our site, if you want to tweak your subscription… (didn’t you ask about that? couldn’t remember where though…)
Wow. I never saw those before. I just may have to get them. I REALLY should read some of the trades I already own though. :)
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hehe amen. I really recommend that you get the first two digests, the original run. They’re great.
I think his work in general displays a sensitivity to writing women as strong, independent, and totally individual outside of their identity as “women.” I know Buffy’s the marquee character there, but it’s present throughout his work. I can’t speak to the Runaways stuff cause I ain’t read it but I’d be very curious to read how he’s handling the situation.
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“If you’re gonna try to paint Joss Whedon with the “women in refrigerators” brush, you will be fighting a long, losing, uphill battle, friend. Off the top of my head, I can’t think of a single creator in media who’s done more to advance the cause of feminism in popular culture.”
Yes, he’s a noted feminist. But in THIS ARC he chose to put a sexually abused girl in it. Why? That plot hasn’t really done much for the story (usually fridge girls do) and (maybe due to poor writing) he hasn’t gotten across the point that “pedos are bad.” AND this is in a comic that previously was marketed for kids (small digest size).
Joss’ s howBUFFY has done a lot for women. Nothing else has expect in personal cases (though those do matter the most, I’ll admit).
Well, I must admit, the writing in Buffy Season 8 was much better once he stopped. And you crack me up, dude. LOL
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Sorry. :( But he’s the Liefeld of writers! And he’s ruining some of my favorite comics. Terry Moore, save us!
I guess you have a point there – although I wouldn’t be an editor if I didn’t point out that Brooklyn is a borough, not a town!
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Are you the editor OF brooklyn? I didn’t know towns had editors.
;)
It’s all smoke and mirrors. I am actually the least creepy and dark person I know, I just like to sit in front of the computer in the dark.
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You look very creepy and dark.
Twitter pic is 17-year-old me with a fake mustache in costume for a high-school play. HeavyInk pic, though, is a nice candid close-up of 22-year-old me at a cafe.
I use the cafe pic in social network profiles because it’s a great shot and you can still see my face even when it’s resized and tiny. I use the mustache in twitter and flickr because random giant mustaches are awesome.
Everyone needs a photo with a giant fake mustache. Everyone.
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Your twitter picture looks NOTHING like your heavyink picture. Explain. GO!
Hey fellow Johnny Hero fan! Word needs to get out about this truly funny comci
Just checked out the titles you are subscribing to. I liked what I read on Pax Romana and Red Mass for Mars. Might check those out. Is Pax Romana ending with issue #4?
Hey daynah, that’s awesome that you have a chance to write for a comic website. I’ve sort of turned my blog into a comics only site myself, though I too am behind in my reading and thus my blog is behind as well. I think you would definitely have something to say if you thought about it. You’re a good writer and you have more to say than you probably think. But I totally understand where you’re coming from. I have yet to review a single comic on this site. Not sure why. I also feel like I have nothing to say. But I must. I mean, everyone has an opinion, right?
Hey, while cleaning last night, I flipped through some older issues of Whedon’s Astonishing, and…
..it’s a lot more entertaining than I’ve been giving it credit for lately. Where did it go wrong, exactly? I mean, I can remember looking forward to that book every month, but now..
Actually, I do have to say that in the past few months I have matured in the view of Drinking. I’ve gotten past the whole interest in it all. I have become that one guy who doesn’t drink. After helping most of my friends after they’ve gotten into drunken fights or wrecked themselves after falling down pissed. It’s saved me alot of money… and physical pain. So thanks for the advice.
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You really shouldn’t post “underage drinking” online. I work at a place where yes, we do look online for things like that. And no, it’s not illegal.
And drinking is honestly pretty lame. I mean, it makes you act like a total loser. Why not stay the suave guy with the quick tounge to pick up all the chicks? Sounds like the better plan, yup yup.
I just read the Broken Vagina Monologues. I’m not sure if I think of it as a funny collection of stories or just a really long sad story. Hmm, maybe both.
I thought John Cassaday’s lateness was pretty well-established. I remember that lead to Planetary becoming almost literally an annual a few years ago, and the epilogue issue referred to as being released ‘a few months after the last issue’ has turned into ‘a couple years after the last issue, and counting.’ Planetary being the much more visually interesting title Cassaday was working on at the same time he was doing, say, the first 20 issues of Astonishing.
Of course, in the case of Planetary, the delays may have been Warren Ellis’ fault, too. A lot of Ellis’ stuff seems to run late. Is it him, or does he just work with slow, albeit awesome, artists?
Welllllll…okay then :)
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Sorry, by people I’d rather see interviewed, I meant more than myself. :)
Hey, i recall you saying you liked Valerie D’Orazio’s blog – here’s an interview with her.
PS: Proof that you already believe Joss is God. (1) You have shown that Joss is capable of releasing an issue of a comic eight months prior to the previous issue. (b) Joss has the power to fold time and space. (iv) QED.
That’s right. Just watch an episode of Firefly every Sunday for the next 13 weeks.
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Then I need to stop going to church. :P
I had a computer, but it was dying on me and it would’ve taken a good 20 minutes… so it was just easier to bug Mark. ^^ He was always awesome about it, and it’s usually slow around Encounter on weekday afternoons- we gave him some amusement other than adding new holes to the ceiling.
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When people called the card shop for rulings, we yelled at you to get a computer. :) That’s where we were looking it up, even in tournaments. Even in the big tournaments (for the harder rulings). The only real reason we need to KNOW more rules in our head is so that we can make rulings FASTER.
You STILL haven’t noticed that Joss Whedon is God.
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I JUST noticed that people were leaving comments per post. Wow.
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Because he sucks and he sucks because both his titles stink? Hello! Are you not versed in circular logic?
Really, after I attempt my first critical review (of Prufrock, dear god), I’ll go for Astonishing. Which is far worse than Runaways.
why do his big titles both stink? ;)
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Then why does his big titles, Astonishing and Runaways, both stink? And are late? Go cry in Angel’s arms.
I…well, I’d happily cry in the arms of Mr. David Boreanaz, thank you very much! And you’re wrong about the sucking! Astonishing is very good, and…well, I haven’t read Runaways.
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Then why does his big titles, Astonishing and Runaways, both stink? And are late? Go cry in Angel’s arms.
His job is so totally not made of fail as to be made of pure awesome.
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Maybe I should get off his back. He is busy failing at his job all the time. That must feel pretty bad.
that’s awesome – I am a founder of our chapter also – there had been one before but they had to leave campus “involuntarily.” Being part of that original group is still something I’m proud of today!
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We never have had a GFB chaper at our school either.. We’re the first! :D We’re all running around like headless chickens. It’s fantastic!
congrats! we never had gamma phi beta at our campus, but I always heard good things about them from our chapters on other campuses!
and re: shitty works of collaborative art, yeah, it is amazing, but it also shows you how many of these folks are just in it for a paycheck. I mean, everyone needs a paycheck, but a little integrity can go a long way.
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That’s cool that your mom got you into comics. I’m scared that because I like comics, me kids are going to rebel and like… football or something dastardly like that.
And whenever I read or watch something horrid I think about all the people it went though that said, “Yes, this is worth risking out money on.” There’s writer, artists, colorists, inker and letterer (all depending of course)... then comes more than a few editors. Don’t ever blame one editor for a work, there’s always an editor editing an editor. Then marketing and other departments read it, or at least sample the titles occasionally.
And ALL of those people said… “YES! We are going to sink some money into THIS project because we think people are going to buy so much of THIS that we’ll make money off of it. THIS is where it’s happening! THIS is where it’s at!”
That’s usually where I start crying in horrible movies. Why didn’t the actor at one point just look up and say, “Seriously, NO ONE is going to sit through this shit. Am I the only one to notice this?”
Yeah, stuff like the Marvel and DC of the time, which was pretty kid-friendly back then, and Asterix and Tintin, which I’d recommend to anyone of any age, but I think are particularly good for getting kids interested in language and reading…
daynah said:
That’s cool that your mom got you into comics. I’m scared that because I like comics, me kids are going to rebel and like… football or something dastardly like that.
And whenever I read or watch something horrid I think about all the people it went though that said, “Yes, this is worth risking out money on.” There’s writer, artists, colorists, inker and letterer (all depending of course)... then comes more than a few editors. Don’t ever blame one editor for a work, there’s always an editor editing an editor. Then marketing and other departments read it, or at least sample the titles occasionally.
And ALL of those people said… “YES! We are going to sink some money into THIS project because we think people are going to buy so much of THIS that we’ll make money off of it. THIS is where it’s happening! THIS is where it’s at!”
That’s usually where I start crying in horrible movies. Why didn’t the actor at one point just look up and say, “Seriously, NO ONE is going to sit through this shit. Am I the only one to notice this?”
Well, a patriarch is the (usually old) male head of a family or clan or whatever. Dagueurro-tar is a word I made up, by mixing daguerrotype with avatar. A daguerrotype was sort of the precursor to the photograph, I think, and the avatar I’m using is one of some anonymous dude, taken in 1844.
daynah said:
I wont lie. I don’t know half the words you said there. My expertise in syntax does not carry over into semantics.
Wow, all this silly pontificating goes really well with my patriarch-ish-looking 1844 daguerreo-tar, doesn’t it?
Yeah, it’s painful to watch someone with some deep misunderstanding about how things work embarrassing themselves with their yammering, and certainly being clued-in early will let you see and take advantage of opportunities others would miss.
daynah said:
Being business savy is very important. I go to a university that has a high ranking business school and we get business lessons injected into all of the disciplines. It’s constantly, “How can I make money with this?” and “How can I market this?” I know, because of this training, that I’m better off going into the real world with this very practical degree, that someone with a a degree from a nose-in-their-books school.
I don’t agree – but even if it were true, your grammar is perfect!
daynah said:
Golly, I talk too much!
Yeah – I found it a year or so ago, and read reams of it in one sitting, but these days just read when I follow links to it from places that do roundups, like journalista or whatever. Generally, I find a lot of the “I’m a woman and I read comics! Cater to me!”-type blogging to be irritating, too, but her writing isn’t really like that and is usually pretty good. Plus, she seems to understand economics, or at least business, which is key.
daynah said:
Valerie (Occasional Superheroine) is super-fab. I always find her blogs fun to read, where as some other women comic-readers blog nothing but “blah blah whine whine, not enough women readers.”
Should old comments go away after sometime or will this just become a game of who has the most full yearbook?
Here’s your comment, Daynah of the peculiar chuckle:
Your comic shop stories made me laugh. And sad. Why did you work there, again…?
This one is very cool, although you missed an opportunity to look really eeeeeeevil by smiling.
So here’s the deal… Heavy Ink has given me excited permission to perform interviews with random users, which will be posted on the site, and linked within the newsletter, as the vocal, friendly, outspoken girl of the group, your up first!
email me: toddmichaelr@gmail.com
if you think that’s an awesome idea. If you don’t believe me,l check with TJIC!
It appears to work and looks quite good. Its a nice picture.
daynah said:
Okay, I tried to change the photo to one from the photoshoot but it was doing funny things. Sometimes it looks okay and sometimes it doesn’t. I hope this photo works.
It looks like photos get cached by the browser, I was seeing your old photo in the forum until things refreshed, not sure if that’s what you’re referring to…
daynah said:
Okay, I tried to change the photo to one from the photoshoot but it was doing funny things. Sometimes it looks okay and sometimes it doesn’t. I hope this photo works.
Have fun w/rush – my Greek experience in college brought many great memories, not to mention my wife! I’m willing to bet you find some like-minded folks who will enjoy your little hobby…
Okay, I tried to change the photo to one from the photoshoot but it was doing funny things. Sometimes it looks okay and sometimes it doesn’t. I hope this photo works.
is right when its hard?
Um? Sure!
I read all of the Redwall series when I was a lad. (And still have all of them) Mouse Guard reminds me a lot of that.
daynah said:
I’m so totally here. I just read the first TPB (is right when it’s hard?) of Mouse Guard and it’s fantastic.
Wait, so it’s okay if I’m peeping in the window AS LONG AS YOU CAN SEE ME TOO?!? LOL :-)
daynah said:
One of the students in the Professional Writing class is writing a book that’s a parody of a childrens book and one of the pages says something like, “No Stalking! If you can see them through the window, and they can’t, it’s stalking, stupid!”
Nice to have more comic book stories, even in dream form.
when kids came in they all had good parents
I could have believed the rest of it, but this part is clearly dream territory…
Please don’t let creepy nerds keep you out of HeavyInk! You’re a great writer with some funny stories.
Ditto, Daynah. If you get chick-harassed around here, just let me know their street address. Unless it’s by me, in which case give me YOUR street address. I promise to stalk in a low-key manner. :-)
The Daleks look horrifying. I’m sure they taste good… I’m just afraid it’d eat me before I eat it.
Also, Geno prefers Slackware to Ubuntu. Heresy!
See, you’re as shallow as I am! We’re a perfect match!
daynah said:
Do you have a million dollars and a ring?
Speaking of making Linux look like a Mac, here’s this blog post that I read recently:
daynah said:
I am pretty awesome, what can I say? Speaking of being pro-linux. I have a friend who makes his linux look like a mac. I hate that. Part of advertising linux is showing off that you use it, and making it look like leopard is like being ashamed that it, what, looks awesome with compiz-fusion? I think I'm going to reformat his computer in my own image next time I get on it. Mwahaha.
“BAH FUCKING HUMBUG!”... Daynah, is it too early to confess my love for you? :-)
daynah said:
No wireless at the store. And I’ve no problem with athiests celebrating Christmas… except that they tend to be the same athiests that get offended when you say “Merry Christmas.”
Seriously. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays? I’m screwed no matter what I saw so BAH FUCKING HUMBUG!
Wow, Daynah I can understand why a comic shop owner would hire you, people probably crack on you about looking like Mary Jane Parker all of the time? What a little hottie!
“Oh but there are a lot of athiests that read comic books!”
That almost works… except that every atheist I know celebrates Christmas. The insanity of which makes my head a-splode… but ya know. :P
And I’m guessing no open wireless networks nearby and/or no laptop?
Joseph Campbell is an author of books about universal themes of hero mythology and the hero’s journey. He’s probably most famous for his inspiration of George Lucas.
daynah said:
Joseph Campbell? I’m sorry, I’m lost. haha
daynah said:
Amen. My campus is filled with linux users… KDE DE linux users! AAHHH! In the end, I end up not being “that linux user that’s a girl,” like in a normal, well rounded geek circle, but “that linux user who puts Gnome on her computer, what is she thinking.” I fight for gnome nearly every day!
This was in fact the start of my journey to become an asshole.
ring ring... Hello? Hang on…. Daynah, it’s for you, it’s Joseph Campbell.
Nope, not using Kubuntu. I tried Konquerer for about 10 minutes before I decided I didn’t like it. And I managed to use the already installed pdf reader on Ubuntu before installing anything from Adobe. I’m getting better at this… :)
daynah said:
Oh dear god. If you’re using Kubuntu, then THAT’s your problem right there. Seconding Tyler, Ubuntu does ship with a PDF reader.
Not that theres anything wrong with Kubuntu…
I mean… Other than the fact that it uses KDE. ;)
daynah said:
Oh dear god. If you’re using Kubuntu, then THAT’s your problem right there. Seconding Tyler, Ubuntu does ship with a PDF reader.
By the way, daynah, have you ever used Parallels Workstation? Because if you have, I would need some assistance with it should I go back to Linux. I think I’ll work with that instead of Wine. Let me know when you get a chance. (I’m sure there’s a support forum though for Parallels, just haven’t checked. Too lazy.)
daynah said:
So, sad Batman, collectorz works in Wine on linux like buttar! Like Buttar I tell ya! Well the demo at least. Also, I do you comix to read the stolen ones. If you want to keep comicbase, you can always dualboot. Tell me if you wanna try again and I’ll get online, or you can even call me, and we’ll put the petal to the metal.
Yeah, I too had the demo working just fine in Wine. But once I loaded up my 5,000 plus collection, it got a little buggy. Like I couldn’t add single issues to my collection. That’s when I switched to Parallels Workstation, and it worked much better in there. I was all set to purchase a license to Parallels, when I came across ComicBase. I couldn’t resist trying it out, and I loved it from the start. So I had to make a choice. Buy the license to Parallels or buy ComicBase. I decided to go with ComicBase and with Windows. Partly because I had trouble configuring my virtual machine on Parallels. It was the first time I had ever worked with a virtual setup. I still may go back and use Parallels again, as the support team at ComicBase reports it works flawlessly on that.
daynah said:
So, sad Batman, collectorz works in Wine on linux like buttar! Like Buttar I tell ya! Well the demo at least. Also, I do you comix to read the stolen ones. If you want to keep comicbase, you can always dualboot. Tell me if you wanna try again and I’ll get online, or you can even call me, and we’ll put the petal to the metal.
The reason for this took a little while to track down. (I had to turn to my right and ask Pete)
Apparently we upgraded the HeavyInk server early this morning, and the forum didn’t come back up by itself immediately. Sorry!
daynah said:
When going to the forums, I got a page that was titled 502 Proxy error and one of the things said was “Reason: Could not connect to remote machine: Connection refused” Good Morning! ;)
Weehee. Sorry for the interruption, I just wanted to try responding to a blurb. :)
daynah said:
I scare many a person with my geekiness. Recently, I've been trying to "act more like a girl." Which just results in me running up to people holding Mouse Guard and saying. " OH MY GAWD ISN'T IT CUTE!!" And the reply is always something like, "Is that a comic book? They still make those?" This being a girl thing is harder than it looks.
It’s great to see you here. I’m also a huge Morrison fan… but never his mainstream stuff. Invisibles = love!
Do you want my iPhone? My contract is up in September. It’s the Edge, and the corners are dinged a bit, but works just like it’s supposed to.
Yay! You are my friend! And I am yours! Mouse Guard, Johnny Hiro, Fell, Runaways. In that order.
I probably didn’t recognize you! I get a lot of creepers trying to add me from cons and such. Add me again, but include a message saying who you are. Now that I’m expecting it, I’ll read it and be less paranoid! Promise! :)
What stuff on Discovery Channel did you work on? :)
Sweet! I’m currently church shopping and I found one that happens to have a needlepoint club. I could totally go old lady with this.