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eggwardsSo Screaming Amy has asked me to go to see Wilco on Saturday night, so I guess I have something to do this weekend. Could be fun. Of course she and her friends are a bunch of stoners, so it should be interesting.
In the news, Connecticut passes civil unions, the protest/book-burning will take place on Sunday. Also Spain is one step closer to same-sex marriage. Two steps forward after a whole lot of steps back lately.
Now, onto the questions posed by my good friend, and nude-beachgoer Miami Chris (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
dedos):
1. If you were able to get a job anywhere in the US (and be making enough to take Chris with ya), would you leave TX?
Wow, I'm the breadwinner! Cool! Obviously I'm going to like the job and the place for me to do it, so yeah. The thing about Texas is the comfort factor (and the relatively low cost of living). Texas is home, and means I don't have to learn anything new, like how to put on snowchains.
If the income is good, and the city is one I'm comfortable with, I would be interested, as long as Chris was. Chicago has certainly been an interest, but really I haven't been to to many other cities that I would consider just yet. I need to travel more.
2. What have you always wanted to do, but were too afraid to attempt?
Well, watching Chris play softball is inspiring me, but I'm completely scared of the ball and that's kept me from trying, but I love watching the game. Otherwise, really following my dream of working in television or broadcasting, which I haven't pursued since I haven't been able to afford to go back and work for no or little pay. I need a lottery win.
3. If you wanted to introduce someone to comics, which title(s) would you show them first?
Wow. In thinking about this I thought about The Watchmen, which is really dark, or Crisis on Infinite Earths, which is too hard to follow for anyone who doesn't know years of DC comics history. I think I would start them off with my favorite character, The Flash. I'd start them with Flash #3's first issue in 1987. The book has a solid character, and, thanks to the crisis, has a clear connection to the silver and golden age of comics, so there's history included. Wall has the same powers as his predecessors, but he's clearly his own character, and even has trouble with carrying the legacy. Flash is also a member of several of DC's main teams, JLA, JL Europe, the Titans, but they don't intrude too much into his book.
It's also a book that, unlike Wonder Woman and Batman, hasn't been given an image problem in the public eye due to it's TV/movie appearance - that's because no one watched the show - but me! (Where's the DVD!?!)
4. I know you love talk radio. Have you ever dreamed of hosting your own show?
My love of political talk radio has waned some over the last year, as you might imagine, but sure, I think that would be interesting. There's a whole lot of background work and show prep that goes into that job. you have to have something to talk about for all those hours!
5. Would you consider joining a Bear Commune? =)
Commune, sure! Internment camp, not so much. (j/k) I think it would be great to have a community of like-minded people as long as everyone doesn't get on everyone's nerves after a while. I guess it should be a big place.
In the news, Connecticut passes civil unions, the protest/book-burning will take place on Sunday. Also Spain is one step closer to same-sex marriage. Two steps forward after a whole lot of steps back lately.
Now, onto the questions posed by my good friend, and nude-beachgoer Miami Chris (
dedos):1. If you were able to get a job anywhere in the US (and be making enough to take Chris with ya), would you leave TX?
Wow, I'm the breadwinner! Cool! Obviously I'm going to like the job and the place for me to do it, so yeah. The thing about Texas is the comfort factor (and the relatively low cost of living). Texas is home, and means I don't have to learn anything new, like how to put on snowchains.
If the income is good, and the city is one I'm comfortable with, I would be interested, as long as Chris was. Chicago has certainly been an interest, but really I haven't been to to many other cities that I would consider just yet. I need to travel more.
2. What have you always wanted to do, but were too afraid to attempt?
Well, watching Chris play softball is inspiring me, but I'm completely scared of the ball and that's kept me from trying, but I love watching the game. Otherwise, really following my dream of working in television or broadcasting, which I haven't pursued since I haven't been able to afford to go back and work for no or little pay. I need a lottery win.
3. If you wanted to introduce someone to comics, which title(s) would you show them first?
Wow. In thinking about this I thought about The Watchmen, which is really dark, or Crisis on Infinite Earths, which is too hard to follow for anyone who doesn't know years of DC comics history. I think I would start them off with my favorite character, The Flash. I'd start them with Flash #3's first issue in 1987. The book has a solid character, and, thanks to the crisis, has a clear connection to the silver and golden age of comics, so there's history included. Wall has the same powers as his predecessors, but he's clearly his own character, and even has trouble with carrying the legacy. Flash is also a member of several of DC's main teams, JLA, JL Europe, the Titans, but they don't intrude too much into his book.
It's also a book that, unlike Wonder Woman and Batman, hasn't been given an image problem in the public eye due to it's TV/movie appearance - that's because no one watched the show - but me! (Where's the DVD!?!)
4. I know you love talk radio. Have you ever dreamed of hosting your own show?
My love of political talk radio has waned some over the last year, as you might imagine, but sure, I think that would be interesting. There's a whole lot of background work and show prep that goes into that job. you have to have something to talk about for all those hours!
5. Would you consider joining a Bear Commune? =)
Commune, sure! Internment camp, not so much. (j/k) I think it would be great to have a community of like-minded people as long as everyone doesn't get on everyone's nerves after a while. I guess it should be a big place.
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Date: 2005-04-23 03:49 pm (UTC)Long series have their ups and downs are writers and artists come and go, and there's very few characters that can carry a book for a long time. Most books average about 18 issues, and you know it's about to run into the ground when they start bringing in a lot of guest stars - just like TV!
Both major houses, DC and Marvel have big problems for new readers. DC is one big, long continuity that goes back to WWII (though they have "history" and characters that go back to the beginning of time) and it's constantly being changed by writers who want their hero to have a motivation that came from something that happened 20 years back - but never really happened in any other book. It's all new, but suddenly everyone has to revise the history of the universe. For example - Wonder Woman existed in WWII, but when the Crisis came in 1985, she was re-started, and didn't exist back then (despite hundreds of old comics that are now wiped like a "1984" non-person news story). So eventually, some 15 years later, they go back and "fill-in" the problem by sending WW's mom back to the WWII era to be WW for that era - there by filling the gap.
And don't get me started on Wonder Girl.
Then there's Marvel, who in their wisdom to try to get new readers just re-starts about everything about every 5-10 years. sometimes it's a new title, sometimes the book just seems to re start, and they tell the same stories over in a new way. It frustrates the older readers because they've been through it over and over again.
Many readers went to the independents just because they didn't have all of these intricate backstories, and connected stories and they could just enjoy one or two books. You're not alone there.