But maybe not to play more than a couple hands.
What? A girl can dream.
Fred: So you don't worry that it's possible for someone to send out a biological or electronic trigger that effectively overrides your own sense of ideals and values and replaces them with an alternative coercive agenda that reduces you to a mindless meat puppet? Shopkeeper: Wow. People used to think that I was paranoid.
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Discussion of Buffy and Angel comics, books, and more. Please don't get into spoilery details in the first week of release.
§ ita § - Apr 14, 2005 1:50:50 pm PDT #7900 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Anne W. - Apr 14, 2005 2:44:45 pm PDT #7901 of 10000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
ita, in this particular case, I really, really hope your dream comes true.
Kalshane - Apr 14, 2005 5:35:56 pm PDT #7902 of 10000
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Ah. Thanks. Random dark-haired dude in a red mask didn't ring any bells for me. So how did he get un-blowed up ?
I'm with you, ita. Never read any Blue Beetle stuff before Countdown, but I was really sad to see him go.
Gandalfe - Apr 14, 2005 5:38:40 pm PDT #7903 of 10000
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
So, here's a challenge for us all: What graphic novel(s) would you give to someone to get them interested in comic if they are A) male B) Mormon C) noticably intelligent and D) carry around a Ramones lunchbox?
I'm thinking Watchmen, Fables, and possibly the Complete Baker Street.
Steph L. - Apr 14, 2005 5:39:23 pm PDT #7904 of 10000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Kalshane, on the un-blowed-up question, we have no clue yet. In fact, we don't know for sure that it really-o truly-o IS Jason Todd, because the same thing happened in "Hush" -- it seemed like Jason was back, but it turned out to be Clayface imitating him.
As for Blue Beetle -- I read a bunch of back issues of Birds of Prey over the weekend, and Blue Beetle is in a decent amount of them, and it made me suddenly get the Blue Beetle-love, and now I'm sad about him being offed.
Betsy HP - Apr 14, 2005 5:41:08 pm PDT #7905 of 10000
If I only had a brain...
What graphic novel(s) would you give to someone to get them interested in comic if they are A) male B) Mormon C) noticably intelligent and D) carry around a Ramones lunchbox?
Sorry, my head just exploded.
Tom Scola - Apr 14, 2005 5:42:00 pm PDT #7906 of 10000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Gandalf, even though I just dissed Kyle Baker, I would recommend Why I Hate Saturn.
amych - Apr 14, 2005 5:42:56 pm PDT #7907 of 10000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I know nowt of the comics tastes of Mormons. For the other attributes, I'd add Transmet, Powers, Top Ten.
Steph L. - Apr 14, 2005 5:44:50 pm PDT #7908 of 10000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Gandalfe, what kind -- if any -- of comics knowledge has he picked up from TV and movies? Mostly, I mean just the general gist of Spider-Man, from the movies, etc.
Because if he has some basic knowledge, I utterly LOVE Marvels.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 14, 2005 6:06:35 pm PDT #7909 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I know it's not a popular choice around here, but I'd also recommend the trade paperback of John Byrne's Man of Steel.