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zoux posted:I wonder who's read the most comics ever. Fan or industry person? Either Mark Waid or Kurt Busiek.
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zoux posted:I wonder who's read the most comics ever. Fan or industry person?
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Feb 12, 2016 22:14
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Definitely some unemployed weirdo living in a basement with access to a good tracker.
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Feb 12, 2016 22:15
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redbackground posted:Mark Waid Only because Gruenwald passed away.
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Feb 12, 2016 22:28
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I didn't realize there was an actual answer to that question, I guess he's a noted reader of comics?
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Feb 13, 2016 02:32
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Mark Waid? Dude's an encyclopedia.
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Feb 13, 2016 03:30
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Mark Waid is the kind of guy that probably reads comics he hates just because he needs to know what's going on.
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Feb 13, 2016 05:08
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X-O posted:Mark Waid is the kind of guy that probably reads comics he hates just because he needs to know what's going on. I'm pretty sure he's said as much. There was a big trivia contest at the Chicago Comicon like 10 years ago and they kept asking questions about Image books and Waid didn't know any of them and he was getting madder and madder about it. When he didn't win he got kind of huffy that he'd have to read lesser comic books.
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Feb 13, 2016 05:13
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I do seem to recall that there was a "Stump Mark Waid" panel at a convention and someone started to ask a question about Rom and he just said he doesn't know anything about Rom. Fake edit: I just looked up the panel report and not only did that happen, but he also said he hadn't read any of the New 52 books (this was in 2012, so maybe that has changed).
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Feb 13, 2016 05:30
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Endless Mike posted:I do seem to recall that there was a "Stump Mark Waid" panel at a convention and someone started to ask a question about Rom and he just said he doesn't know anything about Rom. Yeah he's super bitter about comics and it's just getting worse with old age.
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Feb 13, 2016 05:32
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Rhyno posted:Yeah he's super bitter about comics and it's just getting worse with old age. We should buy him an account.
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Feb 13, 2016 05:44
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Rhyno posted:Yeah he's super bitter about comics and it's just getting worse with old age.
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Feb 13, 2016 05:47
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Rhyno posted:I'm pretty sure he's said as much. There was a big trivia contest at the Chicago Comicon like 10 years ago and they kept asking questions about Image books and Waid didn't know any of them and he was getting madder and madder about it. When he didn't win he got kind of huffy that he'd have to read lesser comic books. Wizard had a "Comic Book IQ Test" in the 90's, and Mark Waid was the only creator they tested that got a perfect score. Knowing what each letter of SHAZAM meant put him over the top. As much as he loves old school books he's not afraid to hammer out hyper time with Morrison, or write All New All Different Avengers. When he left DC you know there was a problem, because there's no reason why you wouldn't have him writing a book for you.
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Feb 13, 2016 09:43
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zoux posted:I wonder who's read the most comics ever. Fan or industry person? The Flaming Carrot.
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Feb 13, 2016 09:55
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This is why I'm prepared to put Busiek above Waid. Busiek just send to love all comics.
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Feb 13, 2016 09:57
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Waid is such a comic nerd that it extends well beyond the books themselves. Like he knows the entire history of the industry down to like what editors were working on what back at DC and Marvel in the '50s and '60s. It's truly an encyclopedic knowledge of everything involving comics.
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Feb 13, 2016 09:59
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Didn't he make literal catalogue cards for every single comics character he read about with their background, origin, etc. when he was a kid?
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Feb 13, 2016 14:56
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If I'm being honest I probably would have done the same thing if the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe hadn't already been a thing thanks to a previous generation of nerds like Mark Gruenwald and Peter Sanderson. Which is to say I made an abortive Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet to track changes between OHTMUDE editions.
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Feb 13, 2016 19:57
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I just conducted a pretty powerful exorcism in the dolls thread, and I must have more swole magic than I thought, because it moved at the speed of wizard (much faster than the speed of time) and as a side effect managed to annihilate whatever foul energies were still animating Justice Scalia, somewhat earlier today. I just don't know what to do with all of this newfound power.
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Feb 13, 2016 23:49
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Squizzle posted:I just conducted a pretty powerful exorcism in the dolls thread, and I must have more swole magic than I thought, because it moved at the speed of wizard (much faster than the speed of time) and as a side effect managed to annihilate whatever foul energies were still animating Justice Scalia, somewhat earlier today.
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Feb 14, 2016 00:14
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Squizzle posted:I just don't know what to do with all of this newfound power. Kill them all! 
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Feb 14, 2016 00:24
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CapnAndy posted:Alito or Thomas, please? Go for Alito, Thomas wouldn't know how to vote with both Alito and Scalia gone.
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Feb 14, 2016 00:26
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Squizzle posted:I just conducted a pretty powerful exorcism in the dolls thread, and I must have more swole magic than I thought, because it moved at the speed of wizard (much faster than the speed of time) and as a side effect managed to annihilate whatever foul energies were still animating Justice Scalia, somewhat earlier today. Check you're pms.
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Feb 14, 2016 00:35
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Squizzle posted:I just conducted a pretty powerful exorcism in the dolls thread, and I must have more swole magic than I thought, because it moved at the speed of wizard (much faster than the speed of time) and as a side effect managed to annihilate whatever foul energies were still animating Justice Scalia, somewhat earlier today. Pat Robertson is somehow still alive. Go for it.
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Feb 14, 2016 00:35
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Travis343 posted:Pat Robertson is somehow still alive. Go for it. He dies last.
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Feb 14, 2016 00:37
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It's bad when people die, and my sympathies go out to Antonin Scalia's family and loved ones. It's good that he's no longer in a position of legal authority, tho.
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Feb 14, 2016 00:51
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boom boom boom posted:It's bad when people die, and my sympathies go out to Antonin Scalia's family and loved ones. It's good that he's no longer in a position of legal authority, tho. No way. Everyone dies, and he died at a very old age, in his sleep, while on vacation, after a day of leisure, having achieved nigh the pinnacle of professional and intellectual success in his field, in a way that gave him significant influence over the unfolding of history into the medium term of the future. That's a v. excellent death. There's no reason at all to feel bad about his death qua human death. But also, he can't vote for shiiiiiiit anymore and lived to see mandatory gay marriages enshrined in law using quotes from his own sassy, bigoted dissents.             e:              ee: 
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Feb 14, 2016 01:19
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Having some haters out there is the ideal way to go. If everyone liked you, it means you didn't do anything that anyone will remember. Or you were Mr. Rogers or something.
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Feb 14, 2016 01:26
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CapnAndy posted:NO! Only once straight marriage is illegal, abortion is mandatory, state atheism is enforced, and America's Caliph is sworn in on the Satanist Quran in one hand and the Communist Manifesto in the other, will Pat Robertson finally be allowed to die, knowing that America's pact with Satan is irreversible. Or when his 85 year old heart gives out, whichever one comes first.
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Feb 14, 2016 01:35
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DrProsek posted:Only once straight marriage is illegal, abortion is mandatory, state atheism is enforced, and America's Caliph is sworn in on the Satanist Quran in one hand and the Communist Manifesto in the other, will Pat Robertson finally be allowed to die, knowing that America's pact with Satan is irreversible. Pat Robertson hasn't had blood in his veins since 1968. He's sustained by the tears of single mothers and the families of AIDs victims.
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Feb 14, 2016 01:55
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Because I was apparently smart and loaded up on Deadpool poo poo we did $1700 just in Deadpool sales today.
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Feb 14, 2016 03:27
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Endless Mike posted:but he also said he hadn't read any of the New 52 books (this was in 2012, so maybe that has changed). This sounds kinda like when he said that he stood up and yelled during Man of Steel. Y'know, one of those stories you just roll your eyes and go "yeah sure Mark you're totally done with DC now"  .
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Feb 14, 2016 08:04
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Squizzle posted:No way. Everyone dies, and he died at a very old age, in his sleep, while on vacation, after a day of leisure, having achieved nigh the pinnacle of professional and intellectual success in his field, in a way that gave him significant influence over the unfolding of history into the medium term of the future. That's a v. excellent death. There's no reason at all to feel bad about his death qua human death. I very rarely post in here, mostly because I'm still catching up on comics after a 10-12 year absence, but I gotta say this is one of the best responses to his death I've seen today. Bravo, sir.
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Feb 14, 2016 08:21
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Rhyno posted:Because I was apparently smart and loaded up on Deadpool poo poo we did $1700 just in Deadpool sales today. drat son, was anything in particular more popular, or was there something you recommended more to people who were just "give me Deadpool"? And a general question for everyone, Cable and Deadpool is supposed to be a good series, right? I've been meaning to check it out.
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Feb 14, 2016 08:44
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Rhyno posted:Because I was apparently smart and loaded up on Deadpool poo poo we did $1700 just in Deadpool sales today. Make money money money.
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Feb 14, 2016 09:57
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Lurdiak posted:Make money money money. Money for nothin'.
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Feb 14, 2016 10:05
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That little Rhyno got his own cement pond, that little Rhyno he's a millionaire
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Feb 14, 2016 13:37
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Jedi posted:I very rarely post in here, mostly because I'm still catching up on comics after a 10-12 year absence, but I gotta say this is one of the best responses to his death I've seen today. Bravo, sir. The best one was https://twitter.com/BettyBowers/status/698639054003245056
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Feb 14, 2016 13:47
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We sold 7 of the Marvel Select figure, a bunch of banks, pins, ARTFX statues, lots of the classic trades, two omnis and hundreds of single issues.
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TwoPair posted:This sounds kinda like when he said that he stood up and yelled during Man of Steel. Y'know, one of those stories you just roll your eyes and go "yeah sure Mark you're totally done with DC now" I think that's a pretty good example of why he's done with DC. That, and DC editorial barely holding their comic line together.
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