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Post by buck on Aug 12, 2014 2:02:57 GMT -5
Figured it would be nice to have this up as we get new faces in here.
Name:
Mike
Age:
23
What do you do?:
I currently manage a pizza place.
Hobbies and/or interests:
Obviously reading comics and writing otherwise why would I be here.
How long have you been writing?
I've been writing since I was a kid, but only started to think about writing seriously in the last 4 or 5 years.
Do you write anything non-fan fiction?
Yes, I have a handful of unfinished screenplays on my jump drive.
What are your main inspirations when writing?
Writing to me is a release. It's therapeutic and helps me move through the day to day grind of life knowing I will have a few hours to write each night. I feel better when I write regularly as well.
Would you like to write for a comic company?
Not sure. Image would be most likely, but I still have a ton of work to do before I am even remotely publishable in a professional environment.
Who is your favorite comic writer? Novelist?
I love Jeff Lemire. He has such a unique voice and his creativity is tops in the industry.
Robert Kirkman is another writer I love. His writing is so cinematic and he finds artist who do an excellent job of complimenting his scripts.
I love George R.R. Martin's A Song of Fire and Ice
Who is your favorite comic characters? Marvel? DC? Other?
DC - Adam Strange, Martian Manhunter, Aquaman, Flash, Green Arrow
Marvel - Punisher, Hawkguy, Daredevil, Thor
Other - Rick Grimes
What is your favorite comic story? Marvel? DC? Other?
Black Mirror by Scott Snyder and Sinestro Corps War by Geoff Johns
What moment in comic history most influenced you/made you a comic fan?
Morrison's Big 7 Justice League and the Robinson/Johns JSA got me in to comics
Why did you choose your character(s) to write?
I will update this when I get to claim my title.
What character that you did not claim would you like to try your hand at most?
I will update this as well when claims go live.
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Post by The MRP! on Aug 12, 2014 3:13:19 GMT -5
sigh...another one...
Name: Mike (I had it first buck!)
Age: 45 (yup hit the mid-life crisis this year)
What do you do?: Househusband, work part time at a restaurant, have done some freelance writing here and there.
Hobbies and/or interests: music, album cover art, tabletop rpgs, speculative history, speculative fiction, history, archaeology, and well comics.
How long have you been writing? Professionally since 2003, academically since 1994 when grad school research got published and lectures/presentations I prepared got published, overall I think I wrote my first comic book when I was 6 (so 1975) and attempted my first novel when I was 12 (1981).
Do you write anything non-fan-fic? Published: rpg supplements, monographs, writing textbook, ELA textbooks, self-published comics, etc.; unpublished, novels, short stories, poetry, etc.
What are your main inspirations when writing? Deadlines. Paychecks. Getting ideas rattling around my head out of my head and on to the page. Life in general. The kick of seeing people react to what you have written. The thrill of being asked to sign something you have written. Seeing an artist turn your words into images. Simply put, writers write and you can't sit there waiting to be inspired. Write. Every day. Even if it's garbage. A lot of people want to have written, very few put the nose to the grindstone and actually write. It's work. It's hard. And it's worth every damn second of agony and toil it takes.
Who is your favorite comic writer? Prose writer? (there's more to the written word than novels folks!)
Comics: So many but top 10 in no particular order: Will Eisner, Joe Kubert, Ed Brubaker, Greg Rucka, Neil Gaiman, Kurt Busiek, Mark Waid, Steve Englehart, Jim Starlin, Warren Ellis
Prose: Robert E. Howard, Clark Ashton Smith, H.P. Lovecraft, Jim Butcher, Neil Gaiman, J.R.R. Tolkien, Elizabeth Bear, J.D. Salinger, Michael Moorcock, Umberto Eco, Edgar Allan Poe, Michael Chabon
oh and for good measure artists (comic and otherwise): Frank Frazetta, Moebius, Joe Kubert, Will Eisner, Salvador Dali, Jim Steranko, Mike Mignola, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, George Perez, Jim Starlin, Howard Chaykin, Walt Simonson, Bernie Wrightson, P. Craig Russell, Michael William Kaluta, Francesco Francavilla, Mike Grell, etc.
Who is your favorite comic character(s)?
Marvel: Doctor Strange, Ulysses Bloodstone, Thanos, Nick Fury, Ghost Rider, Shang Chi, Iron Fist
DC: The Phantom Stranger, Spectre, Hawkman, Hawkgirl, Madame Xanadu, Dr. Fate, Zatanna, Darkseid, The Endless, Merv Pumpkinhead, The Shade
Other Comics: Conan, Red Sonja, Kull, Solomon Kane, The Spirit, Vanth Dreadstar, Flash Gordon, Jo (Fatale), Velvet Templeton (Velvet), Forever Carlisle (Lazarus), The Shadow, Elijah Snow, Jakita Wagner, The Drummer, Harry Dresden, The Hanged Man (Astro City), Darth Vader, Han Solo, Usagi Yojimbo, Snoopy, Calvin & Hobbes. Opus & Bill the Cat
What is your favorite Comic story:
Marvel: Lee/Ditko Dr. Strange (Strange Tales 110-146), The Final Threat (Avengers Annual 7/Marvel Two-in-One Annual #2), The Bride of Ultron (Avengers 160-162), The Kang saga (Englehart Avengers 120s-140s plus GS 1-5), The Death of Belit (culminating in Conan #100), Marvels (Busiek/Ross)
DC: Ostrander & Mandrake's Spectre (1-62), Grell's Green Arrow. Secret Origins #10 (four alternate origins for the Phantom Stranger), Alan Moore's Swamp Thing, Sandman
Other: Starlin's Metamorphosis Odyssey, Fax from Sarajevo by Joe Kubert, Safe Area Gorazde by Joe Sacco, Hicksville by Dylan Horrocks, Planetary by Warren Ellis, A Contract with God by Will Eisner, Five Ghosts: the Haunting of Fabian Gray and Lost Coastlines by Barbiere & Mooneyham, The Incal by Jodorowski & Moebius, Alex Raymond's Flash Gordon
Moment in comics history most influenced/made you a comics fan...
as a kid the Final Threat and Bride of Ultron stories mentioned above, in '86 (high school) the DC Renaissance and indy boom showing me what more comics were capable of (Dark Knight Returns, Watchmen, Usagi Yojimbo, Turtles, Dreadstar, Chaykin's American Flagg, Grell's Jon Sable, and that there was more to comics than super-heroes, and as an adult discovering Will Eisner and Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics at about the same time (mid 90's).
Questions specific to writing for this site will be answered at some point in the future...when there are answers to give.
-M
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Post by jross on Aug 17, 2014 20:27:39 GMT -5
Hi. I'm Jacob. I'm typing on my phone so I won't make a long post. I will be able to write more tomorrow night. Anyway, I am interested iin writing green lantern or shazam.
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Post by hawksmoor on Aug 18, 2014 13:46:28 GMT -5
Name: Ed
Age: 29
What do you do?: Information and Records Management Consultant in the Oil Industry
Hobbies and/or interests: Reading comics/novels, writing, Sci-Fi, CCGs, Video Games...just a general level of nerdery.
How long have you been writing?
Been doing fanfic for a decade now, which is mad, but I've been writing for years and years before that.
Do you write anything non-fan fiction?
Half finished novel, several completed short stories, several half started short stories, quite a few proposals, some finished screenplays and a half drawn page of a comic.
What are your main inspirations when writing?
I want to write things that are not real. Like, reality is in our faces all the time, with the news and going to work. The general grind of day to day...I want to write fantastical things that don't happen. So, I try and turn whatever the hell my brain gravy creates and make it words.
Would you like to write for a comic company?
Oh, sure. I'd love to write for DC, Marvel. Anyone really. I'd love to write professional comics, but not sure if I am A) Good enough B) have the right sort of ideas.
Who is your favorite comic writer? Novelist?
Toss up between Morrison or Ellis.
Morrison because of the completely brilliant nature of his writing, and Ellis for the seriously abusive dialogue.
Novelists? Mike Carey is great, and I loved his Felix Castor series. I am also a really huge fan of Kate Griffin who wrote the Matthew Swift series. That's a stonker.
Who is your favorite comic characters? Marvel? DC? Other?
DC - Animal Man, Fate (Stevens), Martian Manhunter and Jack Hawksmoor
Marvel - Doctor Strange, Mr. Fantastic, Adam Warlock
Other - Hellboy
What is your favorite comic story? Marvel? DC? Other?
God. Tough one.
Probably my favourite has to be the opening Arc of Authority, and also the first...25 issues of Animal Man by Morrison.
What moment in comic history most influenced you/made you a comic fan?
You know what? My first proper Marvel/DC comic was the an Amalgam Trade Paperback, and that is what really made it.
Why did you choose your character(s) to write?
Hopefully, if I get the characters, I really love writing the younger generation of characters. My favourite characters are nature based and elemental types, so the chance to kind of...make my own, is really cool. I'm most excited to write Mr. Miracle, Barda and Shazam.
What character that you did not claim would you like to try your hand at most?
Martian Manhunter would be one. J'Onn is such a great character.
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Post by hitmonkey on May 19, 2015 2:50:48 GMT -5
Name:
Robert
Age:
23
What do you do?:
Look for work
Hobbies and/or interests:
Is it nerdy? Then I'm probably interested in it.
How long have you been writing?
Well I started writing in High School but haven't done much recently
Do you write anything non-fan fiction?
Not recently
What are your main inspirations when writing?
To tell a fun story
Would you like to write for a comic company?
Sure, but it's not something I'm likely to ty to do
Who is your favorite comic writer? Novelist?
For comis it's Ellis, followed by Brian K. Vaughn. For novels my favourite series is written by Derek landy but there is something really entertaining about Matthew Reilly's books
Who is your favorite comic characters? Marvel? DC? Other?
Marvel: the Runaways, Deadpool, She Hulk, Captain Marvel(Carol Danvers), Kamala Khan
DC; Stephanie Brown, Superman, Guy Gardner
Other: Way too many to name.
What is your favorite comic story? Marvel? DC? Other?
Nextwave is my favourite comic story, it's up there for favourite story. brian K Vaughn's Runaways is second followed by Bryan Q Miller's Batgirl.
What moment in comic history most influenced you/made you a comic fan?
Runaways, I became a fan of that series from reading up on it on wikipedia and when i finally got my hands on it it did not disappoint.
Why did you choose your character(s) to write?
Well I haven't chosen yet but I'm probably going to choose a bunch of characters who usually don't interact, which would be the main reason I'd choose them
What character that you did not claim would you like to try your hand at most?
Probably Guy, I can't see myself doing a GL series but I'd love to write him, I understand completely why i can't though.
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Post by C_Miller on May 19, 2015 18:39:12 GMT -5
Name:
Chris
Age:
26
What do you do?:
Paralegal, but I'm looking at changing that soon.
Hobbies and/or interests:
Reading and Writing, of course. I like to cook. History, Politics and stuff like that, which is what I studied in school. The History of Comics really is really fascinating to me (which is why I tend to gravitate towards the Golden Age). I also am a big fan of the Buffalo Bills.
How long have you been writing?
I think I wrote my first story back in Second Grade and I've been doing it ever since. My current roommate and I created a comic book company when we were in Middle School. And I joint a site very similar to this in 2004.
Do you write anything non-fan fiction?
I have four or five ideas floating around for original stories that I'd like to get down at some point. I'm very protective of them and I'd like to be a much better writer when I start working on them.
What are your main inspirations when writing?
My life, the news, friends of mine. A good writer should pull inspiration from everywhere.
Would you like to write for a comic company?
Yeah, probably. I'd love to work for DC, but not the way the current company is running. Also any of my original concepts could easily be done as creator owned comics. Too bad I can't draw.
Who is your favorite comic writer? Novelist?
Comics: Brian K. Vaughan, Grant Morrison, Mark Waid, Jonathan Hickman, Ed Brubaker would make a solid top 5. I'd also say Pre-Infinite Crisis Geoff Johns.
Novels: Neil Gaiman, Ray Bradbury, Michael Chabon, Cormac McCarthy, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Who is your favorite comic characters? Marvel? DC? Other?
Marvel: Magneto, Professor X, Captain America, Captain Marvel (Genis-Vell), The Thing
DC: Starman (Jack Knight), Doctor Fate, Stargirl, The Flash, Hawkman & Hawkgirl
Other: I don't really focus on characters in Indie Comics. I tend to gravitate towards well told stories, which the characters are a major part of.
What is your favorite comic story? Marvel? DC? Other?
Marvel: Days of Future Past, always tends to stand out to me. Marvels is great. The Galactus Saga, Doctor Strange The Oath.
DC: All of Johns' JSA, James Robinson's Starman, Superman For All Seasons, DC: New Frontier, Hester/Smith/Meltzer/Winnick Green Arrow. I could go on and on
Other: Stories are predicated on endings, and seeing as the only non-DC and Marvel books I'm reading haven't really ended yet, I can't say. I'd be surprised if Saga, East of West and Revival don't end up here.
Why did you choose your character(s) to write?
I've always kind of wanted to do a Mr. Terrific/Dr. Mid-Nite buddy cop story, so this will be that with more scope. Buck also always said that I under utilized them in my prior Ultimate JSA title on the old site. So, this will be their vehicle.
What character that you did not claim would you like to try your hand at most?
There are a ton. I'm probably going to stick with Golden Age properties, but you never can tell. I would love to tackle Superman or Batman, but I can't help but think that they would end up as derivative.
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