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Now that I've read this entire thread, I supposed I should add my info too.
Name: Laurie Age: 44 Where I live: Suburb on the western side of Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA What I do: You mean, like a job? I earn my keep as a software engineer.
Legion info: Blame my parents. First, when I was about seven, my dad stopped by the local pharmacy which in those days carried comic books. He didn't know much about the current comics characters, but he knew I liked super-heroes and brought home an issue of Adventure. The story was "Heroes for Hire", I think near the end of the Adventure run. One issue and I was hooked.
I didn't know how to find more issues in a series then. But I knew other characters like Superman, and it was luck that I found Action comics just as the LSH resumed there in the back-up story. By then I was getting the hang of looking for specific titles. Followed the Legion to Superboy and never looked back.
And I said that both parents were to blame? Mom was my enabler. She bought the books for me before I had the funds myself, on the condition that she read every comic book I picked. A conscientious mother must know what her daughter is reading, right?
What else I like: Drawing and painting, writing fiction, needlework (mostly knitting these days), studying foreign languages (Japanese at the moment), reading, watching animation (American and Japanese anime), spending time with my wonderful husband and our cat, moderating and teaching for my volunteer job at OekakiCentral . My tastes in reading have broadened over the years--I still love comics and science fiction and fantasy, but now also include manga and historical fiction. Never have been too much into the music scene, but there's some artists I like: Fleetwood Mac, Alan Parsons Project, Led Zeppelin, ELO. Have I dated myself enough with those admissions?
Name droppings: I haven't attended the really big comics conventions, but we've had many folks come to our local comics con. Among LSH creators, I've had a chance to meet Mike Grell, Dan Jurgens (who lives here), Curt Swan and Murphy Anderson. It stunned me to no end when Mr. Grell *remembered* me after about 15 years from when we first met and he saw some of my work, back in the 1980s. When Mr. Anderson was here a couple years ago, he brought his wife on the trip, and she sat at the con table with him. She was knitting! So I got to talk art with him and knitting with her.
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First post on the board. (Thanks to Nightcrawler for the assist!)
Name: Chuck Age: 44 (in February 2006) Location: Greenville, South Carolina Job: Security in Information Technology
Info: One of the first comics stories to really affect me (by that I mean "hook me") was the death of Triplicate Girl at the hands of Computo. Way back when! I prefer the Legion from the Cockrum/Grell era.
Like Suncat above, I've been privileged to meet Curt Swan, Murphy Anderson, Mike Grell and Dan Jurgens, along with other Legion creators like Mark Waid, Alan Davis and Chris Sprouse and of course my fave , Dave Cockrum (he lives just a few miles down the road from me).
Gentlemen all!
-------------------- Life is tough, but it's tougher if you're stupid.
From: Greenville SC | Registered: May 2004
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History: Holus was destined to never amount to much. As one of the few inhabitants of Myar without an leaning towards alchemy, he constantly brought shame to his family with his flippant attitude and lacadasical lifestyle. He was content with a menial postion at a local Starship Refueling Center, and a life of carefree activities. One day, while visiting his cousin, Hart Druiter, he was accidently exposed to the remains of Hart's destroyed alchemical potion, and was granted powers by the crude potion derivitive. Holus cared little about this new change, until the betrayal of the Legion of Superheroes by his shameful relative. Holus, trying defend the honor of his planet and his family, applied for the Legion as Not-So-Bad Lad, his name being both a metaphor for his power and his stance on his people and planet. Unfortunatly, Holus' powers were considered power duplication, and limited in their application, and he was denied. Thankfully though, his easygoing and gregarious attitude relieved the Legion of the stigma left by Nemesis Kid, and he became close friends with several Legionnaires, including Matter-Eater Lad. Tenzil suggested he tryout for the Legion of Substitute heroes, but after a 'misunderstanding' between him and Infectious Lass over a cigarette, he was elected off of the team, but allowed to stay on as an Auxiliary Substitute.
Then, the unthinkable happened. Due to the machinations of Glorith, Mantis Morlo, and The Super Moby Dick of Space, the universe began to unravel. Only the quick thinking of Holus, the dancing abilities of Tenzil Kem, and the tastiness of certain fungi saved existance from certain...nonexistance. Unfortunatly only Tenzil, Holus, Cosmic Boy, and Wildfire remembered anything about the event, due to the instability of the timestream at the time, and Holus was still ineligible for Legion Membership. Rokk, however, decided to keep his number handy incase another such event occur, and Not-So-Bad Lad was named the first Secret Honorary Auxilary Substitute Legionnaire!
Powers: Being exposed to the containmenated remains of the alchemical formula that spawned the powers of Nemesis Kid, Holus is capable of imperfectly replicating the powers or abilites of those around him. For instance, if he were to duplicate Sun Boy, he could generate heat of up to 185 degrees farenheit around his body. For Matter-Eater Lad, he would be able to eat many thing humans would consider unpalleteable. Not-So-Bad Lad could also recreate, albiet imperfectly, abilites that are inherent in others. If he were to be around someone who spoke Spanish, he would be able to understand the language, but not speak it, or speak it, but without being able to inflect properly.
Personality: Holus is a sincere, generous individual, with little in regards to rancor or anger for anyone else. Carefree and jovial, there are few in the Universe who would not befriend him, and even fewer who would regard him with illwill. That being said, Holus is unyeilding in his attitude, leading him to grate on the nerves of more serious minded individuals. There is absolutly no one in the universe above good natured ribbing for Holus, no authority above wisecracking, and no situation grim enough to not warrant a bad joke. While he is aware that he annoys several people, Holus is way to busy smiling to care. All in all, he's not so bad.
How do ya'll like it? Thought I'd give another dimension to what is otherwise a useless (but cool In My Humble Opinon) screen name.
Your erudite knowledge of Legion mythos is quite impressive for someone as young as you.
quote:Originally posted by Not-So-Bad Lad: If he were to be around someone who spoke Spanish, he would be able to understand the language, but not speak it, or speak it, but without being able to inflect properly.
Let's see if you understand this:
Espero que disfrutes de todo lo que ofrece Legion World. Diviertete mucho.
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I flunked Spanish twice. The only Spanish I can remember is the first verse of 'Dr. Worm' by They Might Be Giants I transcribes for a project. Got an 'F' too...
-------------------- "I weighed the odds of this working versus the odds I was doing something incredibly stupid and, well, I did it anyway,"
- Crow T. Robot
From: The Evil Anti-Moon!!!! | Registered: Sep 2004
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Name: Catrina Age: 15 Where you live: Massachusetts What you do: er, yearbook?
I've read most of the series, except for some bits in v2 I missed (mainly around when Dawnstar joined). My favorite incarnation was post-ZH (apparently I'm one of the 12 people out there that likes it); I was actually introduced to it through someone's icon of Brainy kissing Lyle, then went out and picked up a few issues. I've always liked Brainy, and I didn't even realize how much I liked Lyle until he kicked the bucket in the first continuity. I thought Jenni was adorable (actually read the Impulse issues with her first, very much ;_;), I was fond of Sensor, and I was growing a soft spot for Jan until he went loco (that page in the Legion where Imra talks to the cadets about him totally broke my heart).
I don't like it when stories get blatantly fourth-wall breaking (Morrison's Animal Man? Good. Superboy telling everyone to read the miniseries in YJ? Good. 'We must do this to fix the continuity timeline!' Not so good.), and I solidly dislike blatant retcons (I'm never comfortable with preboot Andromeda/Laurel, because my brain keeps going 'but but but Kara!' Pre-Crisis Kara and PAD's Linda were my favorite Supergirls, and I can't stand the new one). Also, comic book writers need to take five minutes to Google a BMI index or at least a height-weight chart sometime because if I see one more 5'11" athletic superheroine that weighs 120 pounds and she's not snapping in half like a twig, I'm going to scream.
In other comic stuff, I like Robinson's Starman, Ellis's Transmetropolitan (pretty much anything by him, really), and BKV's Ex Machina and Y: the Last Man. Art-wise, I love Stuart Immonen, Adam Hughes and Tony Harris.
Other than that, I do lots of random writing and drawing (usually oekaki...this one was quick, but at least not terribly embarrasing). I play video games a lot (namely the Final Fantasy series, beat most of them and replaying 6 right now), and I spend a ridiculous amount of time playing the Sims (I've got a Legion of Sims 2--and general DC--which is awesome, Brainy made Hal Jordan cry).
My username comes from one night of pwning my way across TFC as a soldier; the nickname stuck. Also, I use the word totally because all-encompassingly doesn't really roll off the tongue.
-------------------- 'What the--a robot shark!'
Be warned--I liked post-ZH.
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quote:Originally posted by Ghost of Numf El: We could probably ask Nighty to create a map of the world which could be populated with flags representing members etc. etc.
You know, when he's got nothing better to do with his time.
Now, where did that butterfly go ........
Here's a temp attempt. I'll try to create a customized local version when I have a chance.
From: San Diego, CA | Registered: Jul 2003
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