Meme Time
From nevermore999
Comment to this post and I will give you 5 subjects/things I associate you with. Then post this in your LJ and elaborate on the subjects given, if you want.
And these were the categories selected by Nev...
1. Superdickery
2.anime
3.manga
4.marvel
5. blue suit guy
1. The site itself had been around for a while, and I'd been pointed to it a few times, but I didn't much care about making fun of old comic book covers. Then I found out about Casstoons and as a result visited the Superdickery forums. They're now one of my most frequently visited communities, and I've even scripted a few Casstoons. It's not a forum for everyone--there's a lot of snark, and some of the forum members take that way way too far. (I generally get off lightly given my non-confrontational Internet persona.)
2. The first anime I remember watching was "Princess Knight" (Ribon no Kishi). Of course, at the time I was unaware of it being anime--but it was different from other kiddie cartoons of the time in ways I didn't then have the ability to articulate, and may have influenced my interests in subtle fashion. And of course Star Blazers was the best cartoon ever when I got to see that, even if I've never been able to see all the way through the second season due to the channel that owned it locally just dumping it at random times and days.
I became an anime fan in the early 80s when an exhibition called "Tokyo: Form and Spirit" came to the Walker Art Museum. Among other forms of art, there were films, including an appearance by Osamu Tezuka to show some of his experimental work...and one of the three theatrical showings of "Warriors of the Wind." I was later to learn just how badly that film had been butchered from "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind", but even in this crippled form, "Wind" was fantastic.
I mentioned a desire to see more anime, and someone mentioned that local bookstore Dreamhaven had magazines on the subject. What they didn't mention was that these magazines were in Japanese. But the pictures were intriguing, so I went out and bought some dictionaries to teach myself the language. And from then on, I was hooked.
3. Naturally, manga fandom came along with anime fandom. Translated manga were few and far between back then; Dark Horse's partnership with Viz Media was still a few years away. So I made do with what untranslated volumes I could find. Dreamhaven helped out considerably as back then they could and did order Shounen Jump and Shounen Sunday, so I picked up a lot of those. I've actually backed off a bit in my fanaticism for manga over the years, especially since more has been coming over in decent translations than I could ever afford to actually buy.
4. I've usually been more of a DC fanboy over the years, but I've certainly enjoyed many of Marvel's books over the years. I'm the sort of fan who likes a whole bunch of heroes at once, so my favorite titles have usually been team books. X-Men, Avengers, Defenders, Fantastic Four, those folks. Like DC, I think that Marvel has become too addicted to "changing the status quo", such that there's no status quo left to change, or rather, constant change and turmoil are the status quo.
5. I'm going to presume that Nev is asking about the Mask of Justice, who's appearing in the icon for this post, and who I use as my avatar picture on various Internet communities.
He's a character I designed for a Golden Age (WWII-era) Champions campaign. Nick Philips (nee Nikolas Philosophos) is a Greek-American reporter who has apparently been blessed by the Greek goddess of Justice. He can see in the dark, and through objects, and see the true forms of things--but only when his eyes are covered. Thus the eyeless mask emblazoned with the Scales of Justice. Naturally, Nick uses these abilities and his two fists to fight crime and injustice.
He's influenced by the Question, Rorschach, and many many pulp reporters.
I was lucky enough to get him drawn by a fellow on the Hero Games forum who was taking requests. I was so taken with the result that I use him whenever appropriate.
Comment to this post and I will give you 5 subjects/things I associate you with. Then post this in your LJ and elaborate on the subjects given, if you want.
And these were the categories selected by Nev...
1. Superdickery
2.anime
3.manga
4.marvel
5. blue suit guy
1. The site itself had been around for a while, and I'd been pointed to it a few times, but I didn't much care about making fun of old comic book covers. Then I found out about Casstoons and as a result visited the Superdickery forums. They're now one of my most frequently visited communities, and I've even scripted a few Casstoons. It's not a forum for everyone--there's a lot of snark, and some of the forum members take that way way too far. (I generally get off lightly given my non-confrontational Internet persona.)
2. The first anime I remember watching was "Princess Knight" (Ribon no Kishi). Of course, at the time I was unaware of it being anime--but it was different from other kiddie cartoons of the time in ways I didn't then have the ability to articulate, and may have influenced my interests in subtle fashion. And of course Star Blazers was the best cartoon ever when I got to see that, even if I've never been able to see all the way through the second season due to the channel that owned it locally just dumping it at random times and days.
I became an anime fan in the early 80s when an exhibition called "Tokyo: Form and Spirit" came to the Walker Art Museum. Among other forms of art, there were films, including an appearance by Osamu Tezuka to show some of his experimental work...and one of the three theatrical showings of "Warriors of the Wind." I was later to learn just how badly that film had been butchered from "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind", but even in this crippled form, "Wind" was fantastic.
I mentioned a desire to see more anime, and someone mentioned that local bookstore Dreamhaven had magazines on the subject. What they didn't mention was that these magazines were in Japanese. But the pictures were intriguing, so I went out and bought some dictionaries to teach myself the language. And from then on, I was hooked.
3. Naturally, manga fandom came along with anime fandom. Translated manga were few and far between back then; Dark Horse's partnership with Viz Media was still a few years away. So I made do with what untranslated volumes I could find. Dreamhaven helped out considerably as back then they could and did order Shounen Jump and Shounen Sunday, so I picked up a lot of those. I've actually backed off a bit in my fanaticism for manga over the years, especially since more has been coming over in decent translations than I could ever afford to actually buy.
4. I've usually been more of a DC fanboy over the years, but I've certainly enjoyed many of Marvel's books over the years. I'm the sort of fan who likes a whole bunch of heroes at once, so my favorite titles have usually been team books. X-Men, Avengers, Defenders, Fantastic Four, those folks. Like DC, I think that Marvel has become too addicted to "changing the status quo", such that there's no status quo left to change, or rather, constant change and turmoil are the status quo.
5. I'm going to presume that Nev is asking about the Mask of Justice, who's appearing in the icon for this post, and who I use as my avatar picture on various Internet communities.
He's a character I designed for a Golden Age (WWII-era) Champions campaign. Nick Philips (nee Nikolas Philosophos) is a Greek-American reporter who has apparently been blessed by the Greek goddess of Justice. He can see in the dark, and through objects, and see the true forms of things--but only when his eyes are covered. Thus the eyeless mask emblazoned with the Scales of Justice. Naturally, Nick uses these abilities and his two fists to fight crime and injustice.
He's influenced by the Question, Rorschach, and many many pulp reporters.
I was lucky enough to get him drawn by a fellow on the Hero Games forum who was taking requests. I was so taken with the result that I use him whenever appropriate.