Comic cherry popping day

[trascendenza]

So, although I’ve loved X-Men since watching the television show as a kid and collected Marvel cards like a FIEND, I never got into the comic side of things.

I leafed through Sandman by Neil Gaiman a few years ago, and read a single issue of an X-Men comic that someone gave me for my birthday and may still have lying around somewhere, and oh, yeah

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[tmelange]

>>It also tickled me as someone who likes Clark and Jimmy and Clark/Jimmy.

Have you written Clark/Jimmy? That's something...I might like to read. LOL

I bought Birthright a while back based on Jen's recommendation, but I haven't read it yet. I really should get to it. It sounds fascinating.

And the X-Men -- I have a gazillion X-Men comics from my youth. Still my favorite comic book group of all time, even if I don't follow them anymore. I also have every issue of Dazzler... ;)

[trascendenza]

I haven't! I... am very close to, though. I guess first I'd have to decide which Clark/Jimmy I'd want to write.

I liked it. I think it was definitely a good comic to ease into the fandom with, hehehe.

Makes me wish I'd gotten into them as a kid. Although re-watching the Animated Series has been great, so I can't complain too much. Seems like whatever form they come in, I love the X-Men. ^_^

[1_900_mimicry]

I'm so glad you liked Birthright, it's definitely one of my favorite comics (at least in terms of non-mainstream continuity), and that's coming from a gal who never reads Superman titles.

Hopefully this is the start of something, because I'd die of happiness if you started writing for comics. And well, I'm always around if you want a rec or word of thought on a certain title.

[trascendenza]

Heee. Figure out what you want me to write and chances are I will :) Actually, sometime next month I might do a "pimp me your fandom" post where, for a day, people can basically provide me with media from any given fandom (scans, .avis, the text, whatnot) and I'll reply in the comments with *something*, though obviously I can't guarantee how long/high quality it'll be. The only real limitation is it has to something I can devour in about half an hour if it's reading.

[1_900_mimicry]

Well, the time limit makes things *slightly* more complicated, but I'm positive I could come up with something. That sounds like an awesome idea all around though, really. For someone like you at least, I have no idea how you write for as many fandoms as you do. I have trouble with just comics and Harry Potter.

[trascendenza]

Hmm, true true. Maybe I'll just do "# number of commentors" first come, first serve thing instead of a time limit. Well, nothing is decided 'till I give it a shot, anyway, but it seems like a fun way to try out new things XD

Oh, trust me, it's best to avoid being panfandom if you can. It basically means that I have no attention span for... anything. Which can be fun, but also equals a loooot of spazziness. *g*

[saavikam77]

Always good to hear that someone is getting into comics, especially DC. :D After getting hooked on SR and the Supes universe in general, I've devoured every DC title that has anything whatsoever to do with Supes that I can get my hands on. Birthright was one of the first titles I read, and I was heavily impressed. *2 enthusiastic thumbs up* I *loved* the artwork, and thought the story line was simply brilliant. My favorite part had to be when Clark was left all alone when his coworkers at the Planet ditched him. Poor Clark! :( I just wanted to give him a big hug.

Ironically, my only gripe with the book was that Clark was suddenly vegetarian because he could see auras, and dead things freaked him out. O_o Hello, plants are living things, too. Sorry, just couldn't buy it for him. I will say that they did a good job with it, and you're right that they painted him in a good light as a vegetarian.

Glad you liked it, and I hope you read more DC titles. There's a whole wealth of fodder for Slashfic in the Superman Batman series. ;)

[trascendenza]

Awww, yeah, jen_in_japan posted that panel before I'd read it and I felt so bad for him even without the context of the whole issue.

Really? That's interesting-I guess for me, Clark's reasons were very easily relatable because his motivations were similar to mine when I decided to go veg.

Oh, so I've heard! I may have to set those aside for a time when my muse is being quiet and needs some prodding, hehehe.

[saavikam77]

I'm a die hard omnivore. :p I'm also a high school biology teacher and a pagan, so I revere all of nature. I just figure she wouldn't steer us in the wrong direction. :D

Think I was more put off by the idea that Clark saw auras for animals but not plants or other living organisms, as if animals are somehow higher on the totem pole. It's all life, so shouldn't it all have an aura?

[trascendenza]

Well, I wouldn't say I'm a die-hard vegan, but I am pretty passionate about it, which is why it can be hard to see that in media vegans in particular are always portrayed as being sickly, up-tight, and subsisting on salads. Vegetarians usually aren't as harshly portrayed but I'd say, in my media ingestion, it's still about half-half. And the way I look it is that nature also gave us the power of choice, and this is how I exercise mine. ^_^

Yeah, that was kind of weird. Why animals as opposed to... algae? Or any other living/respiration organism? It's not as if he's going to be more genetically similar to animals than plants. Actually, I think he'd be closed to plants seeing that he takes in his energy from the sun like they do. Seemed like a weird and arbitrary distinction to me.

[xenokattz]

Birthright Owns my soul. That's all really. Well, actually Secret Identity owns the other half.

Yeah.

[trascendenza]

Dare I ask about Secret Identity?

[xenokattz]

Superman: Secret Identity is a "what-if" story. What if a normal kid whose parents-- The Kents, farmers from Pointesville Kanses-- were enough to name him "Clark" and he actually likes writing.

It's SO lovely. Rather mellow but with a real depth of feeling and the characterisations are just... GUH. It might actually own 60% of my soul.

[xenokattz]

Oh and he does develop powers as a teenager. So the premise is, in the real world-- our world, where Superman is an iconic comicbook character with Christopher Reeve playing him in the 80's and there are endless action figurines and Hallowe-en costumes-- how does a kid react to having those powers and how does he grow up?

Okay, now officially owns 65% of my soul.