I received a shipment packed with Hero By Night goodness today. I think this strange feeling I am experiencing is a desire to allocate a large chunk of my comic funds to the superhero genre. Weird. I’ll have to try to control that, though. I’m too anal about completion to even think about trying to get into Batman or any other major, established hero.
ohwowitsbecca [Member Since: January 09 '08]
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Pete says:
Gosh! I thought I had put my “looks a bit like Jesus” days behind me when I cut off my hair…
ohwowitsbecca said:
Pete, random thing that just occurred to me… When I see your avatar out of the corner of my eye (such as when I’m reading your posts), it looks a lot like the Jesus Mii on my Wii. And it too me a really long time to figure out what was so familiar about it, because when viewing it directly, it doesn’t look like that at all.
Just thought I’d share.
RobertS says:
>Except it turns out people who major in math and Russian aren’t really in high demand.
You can help us in the Cold War!! Not that Cold War. The second one, the secret one.
-B. says:
Ahhh, a tech job. I’ve been looking for a tech job for about, oh, 7 months to the day. :( Not to paint a bad picture for you or anything. Hahaha. I think it may be easier actually for a younger person to get hired than someone my age (36). So, hopefully something will come up for you. Good luck!
ohwowitsbecca said:
Thanks! I’m mostly looking for tech jobs now, since that’s where all my experience lies, anyway. Now, if only someone would put out the call for Russian-speaking Jr. DBAs, I’d be set…
-B. says:
Hey there! Congrats on graduating! Too bad the weather didn’t cooperate. Math and Russian, huh? Hmm. Not sure how that can combine into something. I have to give it some thought. Do you play chess? That’s sort of math based and most of the greats seem to come from Russia. :)
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I find that most superhero titles have been going on way too long and have a large backstory which makes it difficult to jump right in. That’s one of the reasons I got into Marvel’s Ultimate universe. It’s a relatively recent reboot of some Marvel characters. The first trade of Ultimate Spider-Man is what got me into comics in the first place.
Anyways, I also just got my HbN trade. It is truly “teh awesomeness.”
EDIT: I swear I’m not stalking you, despite commenting on a blog post 15 or so minutes after you posted. Coincidence, I swear. : )
If you really want to get into other superheroes, may I suggest Project Superpowers from Dynamite? Despite the fact that many of the characters are from the 1940s all the backstory you really need is in the #0 issue, since most of these guys hadn’t seen publication since 1950. There’s some additional backstory in the FCBD Special, but nothing major.
and among other superhero still, there’s the whole Farberverse that Jay Faerber is building within his three series: Noble Causes, Dynamo 5, and the latest, Gemini. I’ve only read Gemini #1 with a slew of previews from the other series but I know I will end up reading and loving tons of his stuff…
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