The Hive is (realy) Dead! Long Live the Hive Mind!

[Aeson]

I don't know if I'll be online on Christmas so I'll go ahead and wish you all a Merry Christmas. I've missed all of my friends here.

 

[megamania]

As you have guessed... I'm something of a comicbook freak. I used to consider myself a Comicphile (Comic collector) and a Comicologist (studier / trivia expert on comics).



In 10th grade (1986) I wrote a research paper on comicbook history. The teacher saw me with only one book so she figured that this was an easy one. I handed in a 92 page roughdraft report with about twenty resources ranging from Overstreet, to Comics buyers Guide (CBG) and other magazines.

She read all, was amazed by the variety and level of knowledge I had for it and me. She cut the report to 30 pages that basically dealt with 1898 to 1961 when the Fantastic Four was introduced.

I used to be so good at books that you could show me a picture / drawing and I could tell you the artist, the year (within a year)it was done, sometimes the inker and the comic it came from.


Hopwever, at 3-6 dollars a book now I have settled to buying 1-2 titles following specific storys only. New Avengers has me curious, Hulk very curious and Civil war sucked me in. One More Day with Spider-man has me completely perplexed. I understand the need but hate it. Its a comicbook version of dreaming about everything.

 

[megamania]

I don't know if I'll be online on Christmas so I'll go ahead and wish you all a Merry Christmas. I've missed all of my friends here.

Have a Merry One.

I'll be working on Christmas myself.

 

[megamania]

I shot you back an email. Don't worry about just taking it from me for just the cost of s/h. I have way to much stuff that I need to get rid of. Anything I have a duplicate of or has some value but don't need anymore is going to goodwill.

Dinner is called so I'll send you my address shortly. Thankyou.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

She read all, was amazed by the variety and level of knowledge I had for it and me. She cut the report to 30 pages that basically dealt with 1898 to 1961 when the Fantastic Four was introduced.

Dang. I didn't even know that comics were out in 1898.

 

[megamania]

The first comicbooks were a promotional collection of 1898 comic strips Yellow Kid and Mutt & Jeff. First "original" art for a comicbook format was something like 1913 as a newpaper flyer promo.

 

[megamania]

Posted a few more creatures on my collections and mutations. Otherwise its time for me to go.

 

[Bront]

I loved Enchanted. I took my 7-year-old daughter, who was only mildly interested in the movie. I should've taken my wife. It would've been a good "date" movie.

The ending took me by surprise--I didn't see it coming. In hindsight, I should've seen it coming. But at the time, whoa. Very emotional third act, IMO.

That's not a good thing given the target audience though.

It does look like it would be a fun movie to watch though.

 

[Bront]

Great, another hiveminder lost to CM.

He spends more time on other boards too.

Nothing wrong with CM though, as it's like a mostly unmoderated hivemind.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Nothing wrong with CM though, as it's like a mostly unmoderated hivemind.

Unless you've tried it and now feel alienated out of out it due to what others have said about you. :\