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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.
daynah said:
What comics do you write?
Hmm… well, I hope to see more of you, too? :)
daynah said:
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”.
daynah said:
You make more money with the nightclub?
I am just scared that someday it will spread :-o
daynah said:
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 ;-)
daynah said:
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 :)
daynah said:
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
daynah said:
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.
daynah said:
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.
daynah said:
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.
daynah said:
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.
daynah said:
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…? :)
daynah said:
Im in college, too. What year are you?
Wow, people are actually paying attention to me.. How strange. I should come here more often.
daynah said:
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?
daynah said:
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.
daynah said:
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.
daynah said:
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.
daynah said:
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.
daynah said:
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.)
daynah said:
How are you related to Rex Libris?
how old is he? i think dogs should always act like puppies.
daynah said:
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…
daynah said:
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. ;)
daynah said:
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.
daynah said:
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. :)
daynah said:
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.
daynah said:
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”.
daynah said:
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.
daynah said:
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!
daynah said:
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!
daynah said:
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.
daynah said:
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
daynah said:
Hope to see you here more often! :)
oh hahaha thanks
daynah said:
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?
daynah said:
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. :)
daynah said:
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? ;)
daynah said:
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.
daynah said:
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.
daynah said:
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.
daynah said:
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?
daynah said:
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!
daynah said:
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.
daynah said:
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.
daynah said:
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.
daynah said:
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!
daynah said:
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!
daynah said:
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.
daynah said:
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!
