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Ben

03-07-2004, 04:52 AM

This will be a floating topic that I encourage all members, new or old to post on. Here I would like you to tell as much about yourself as you feel comfortable doing. Feel free to include an image, if you don't have the means to put a picture online, send it to me, and I'll put it online for you.

NAME: Ben Wells
BIRTH DATE: March 17 1978
LOCATION: Halifax NS, Canada
OCCUPATION: Learning the film Biz
INTERESTS: Comics, film, music, metal work, computers, nature

BIO: I grew up in the country, in PEI, Canada. Though now I am currently living in Halifax, PEI is my home, and always will be. Eventually I'll be back there, I just can't say when just now. I have a piece of land waiting for me to put a house on some day.

I moved to Halifax for a bit of a fresh start. I had been working the same job for 5 years, was sick of it, and needed a change. I moved to Halifax to apprentice myself at a local post production film company.

and look at this, I'm even beeing adventuresome and posting a pic ;)
http://forum.alphaflight.net/spotlight/ben1.jpg

Puck

03-07-2004, 01:55 PM

Yay Ben! you're not like some other admins I know that are ugly!

Anyways

Name: Puck
Birthdate: August 25th 1984
Location:Wellington, New Zealand
Occupation: Student Teacher
Interests: Comics, M.M.O.R.P.Gs, RPGs, Forums, Anime

Bio:My first word was "turtle"

Mystic

03-11-2004, 09:56 AM

Name: James
Birth Date: December 13th, 1977
Location: Lemon Grove, CA (just outside sunny San Diego)
Occupation: Special Education Assistant for San Diego Unified School District.
Interests: Writing, Art, Star Trek, my Star Trek PBeM game, my (soon to be) Alpha Flight PBeM game, camping, bowling, mountain biking

BIO:
I was born in National City, CA and moved around quite a bit when I was young. Living in Washington, Montanna, Missouri, and Minnesota (SP??). Moved back to California and have been here for ten years now. Working in the financially troubled school system, hoping one day to break into the comic book industy (still perfecting my art), or write a book (which has a chapter written...WOOHOO!!! :)).

Until either one is ready, just spending my time with my computer, with weekend jaunts to the outlying areas of San Diego County for some excellent camping.

-Mystic

syvalois

03-11-2004, 12:43 PM

Names : Sylvie
Birth Date: 5 novembre 1974
Location : Longueuil (QuÃ©bec) beside MontrÃ©al
Occupation : Student in infographie, work part time as a telephonist selling shows and former engineer.
Interest :Comics, Bd, tv, computer, drawing, politics, mythologies

Bio that's my brother's fault if I'm a comic fan now. He was the one buying comics.We started with the QuÃ©bec translation of Fantastic Four when I was living in Port-Cartier, we moved to Matane, The translation stopped and it was very hard to get the original versions (I learned english by reading comics). We moved again to QuÃ©bec (the city) and hourray! We could get easily our comic fix. I worked for 2 years in Europe and Africa and when I was in Russia, I quit the compagnie to move back home, Now I'm in Longueuil but I hope to go back in QuÃ©bec some day. I hope one day do my own interactive comic on the net. [/b]

PWalk

03-11-2004, 12:45 PM

NAME: Pete
BIRTH DATE: 1/2/77
LOCATION: Philadelphia, PA USA
OCCUPATION: Investigator, nursing student
INTERESTS: Hockey, Lacrosse, Football, Fishing, Brewing (Walker Brewing Studio), BMX Dirt, and gaming (XBox Live).

BIO: Born and bred in the ghetto of Philadelphia the LCS (Local Comic Shop) was an oasis from the madness of drugs and violence that engulfed the neighborhood. My family escaped eventually and I went on to Temple University where I started as a Pre-Med major. After finding out how insurance companies make all the decisions and not the doc's I switched to Communications, Film/ Graphic Design. After finding nary a job in those fields I went to work FT for the University as an Investigator while studying to be a Nurse.
Dating the same girl for 6 years who wondered why I was dragging her into a comic shop last week for Volume 3 #1. After reading it she still doesn't have a clue. Although she does win in Atlantic City quite frequently allowing us to "get away" on weekend excursions all comped by the casino's :)

You can find me on Xbox Live under the gamertag Keg O War. Check out gamertagdatabase for more details.

beetleblack

03-11-2004, 03:39 PM

NAME: M
BIRTH DATE: 20th March 1973
LOCATION: Burton-on-Trent (Midlands), United Kingdom
OCCUPATION: Retail (which I HATE!)
INTERESTS: Writing (when I have the time - short stories, work on novels that will probably never be finished and ideas for TV/movie scripts which will probably never get written), reading (Tanith Lee, Anne Rice, Philip Pullman, Storm Constantine), internet, anime (Sailor Moon, Evangelion), manga (Sailor Moon mainly), cult TV (Doctor Who, Blake's 7, Space: 1999, The Tribe, My So-Called Life), cult horror movies, comic books (after many years away I've been tempted back by Alpha Flight!), music (Tori Amos, Jane Siberry, Suzanne Vega, Dar Williams).

BIO: Once upon a time there was a little boy who had no intention of doing anything but being a writer - so he ended up going to University where he studied English Literature and Creative writing. With such wonderful qualifications under his belt he ended up being a part-time slacker and part-time sales assistant in ill-paid jobs to support his DVD/book/CD habits, all the time dreaming that he would one day be a writer and be swept off his feet by a charming prince. After many adventures (within his own head) the boy bought a computer with internet access and started to explore the worth therein. Presently he met a guy on there - who, although not a prince, was charming - and they got together and moved in with each other and have been living together (and incidentally working in the same shop together - with hilarious results) for about three years now and may or may not live happily ever after...

Douglas Cuckler

03-20-2004, 07:20 AM

NamePoints at Screenname. Known on various sites as Dreamawake as well.
Birthdate 6-5-1980
Location: Columbus Ohio
Occupation Blockbuster . :(
Interests: Writing, Goth Industrial Music, New Mutants, Comics (30+ monthly). More later I' tired.

Picture: ME (http://www.xsorbit2.com/users/glbtxfan/Attachment/Mea-3-8-04.jpg)

Ben

03-20-2004, 07:21 AM

Welcome Douglas, Glad to see you made it!

HavokThePowerful

03-20-2004, 12:46 PM

Name: Brian
Birth Date: 01/05/87
Location Oak Forest, IL
Occupation: High School Student
Interests: comics, movies, reading, video games, and hanging with friends
Bio: I was born, some stuff happened, and here I am! :D

Ben

03-20-2004, 02:34 PM

Hey HavokThePowerful, welcome! Always glad to see some one dive righr in.

Carefull Puck, you may have some competition here ;)

Puck

03-20-2004, 02:38 PM

That's what I was thinking but at least I am already Alpha Flight!

HavokThePowerful

03-20-2004, 02:43 PM

Thanx for the warm welcome and inviting me Ben, i really like the layout and everything about this forum

HappyCanuck

03-20-2004, 10:55 PM

I guess it's my turn, not use being a faceless lurker...

NAME: Allan 'HappyCanuck' Crocker
BIRTH DATE: February 20, 1980
LOCATION: Revelstoke, BC, Canada (orig. form Yellowknife, NT, Canada)
OCCUPATION: Host at Denny's (hey it pays the bills... barely), saving up to get the required courses to get into the comic book field
INTERESTS: Comics, theology and mythology, comics, basic chemestry/physics, and did I meantion Comics yet?
BIO: Born and bred in the frozen North, moved to BC in 2001 (shortly after 9/11) to defrost. Have quite an ecclectic rÃ©sumÃ© under my belt, but hey, what can ya do. When not doing something comic-related, working on a 'thesis' I suppose you could call, considering I am not in University, yet still writing it, on the fundimental similarities of Judeo-Christianity, and Classic/Neo-Paganism

Phil

03-20-2004, 10:58 PM

NAME: Phil Thomas
BIRTH DATE: Sep 26th 1980
LOCATION: Wolverhampton/London, England
OCCUPATION: Doing as little as possible / Animator
INTERESTS: Drinking, Sleeping, Wasting Money

BIO: I'm a blog whore when my bandwidth's not messed up through experiments with stuff there.

I'd post a picture, but they're all offensive....

kohl

03-21-2004, 10:23 AM

NAME: m
BIRTH DATE: nov 27 1982
LOCATION: buenos aires, argentina.
OCCUPATION: 2nd year web design/programming student.
INTERESTS: books, writing, comics, music (80s, new wave, ebm/industrial, classical)

BIO: when i'm not writing, i'm looking for a job or pretending to study. i do translations and book summaries for hs students when i get the chance. i spend all my money on literature and music.

Ben

03-21-2004, 10:51 AM

Welcome kohl, glad to have you!

Ben

kohl

03-21-2004, 10:57 AM

thanks.

StevenPaul

03-28-2004, 06:29 PM

NAME: Steven Paul (and no Paul is not my last name but it is what I use online ;) ) also known as Reyes_LeBeau, reyes fanatic, reyes fan...(who do you think my fav x-character is ;) )
BIRTH DATE:April 4, 1978
LOCATION: Kentucky, US
OCCUPATION: Construction at the moment
INTERESTS: Writing, Drawing, web design, playing basketball, hanging with friends, watching movies.

BIO: Not much to know really outside my interests ;) Really don't know what to put right here at the moment.

DelBubs

03-28-2004, 06:48 PM

NAME: Derek Robinson
BIRTH DATE: January 25th 1961
LOCATION: London
OCCUPATION: Local Authority Employee and Union Official
INTERESTS: Comics and falling over

BIO: Born tup north (not far from Manchester), one of six kids. To put my age into perspective, I was born before the Berlin Wall went up, was just over one during the Bay of Pigs, just slightly older when the world held it's breath during the Cuban Missile crisis and remember watching Neil Armstrong walking on the moon.

Now married to Bubs for almost 19 years, during which we have produced five kids, one of whom gave us a grand daughter six months back. Oh and I'm fed up of being too serious, so I'm going back to having a bubble :-)

Oh and hi to Steven Paul.

Phil

03-28-2004, 07:07 PM

INTERESTS: Comics and falling over

Hahahahahaha :lol: :lol: :lol:

Oh and I'm fed up of being too serious, so I'm going back to having a bubble :-)

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

Bubs

03-29-2004, 05:15 PM

NAME: Heather, AKA Bubs
BIRTH DATE: Not telling
LOCATION: Ipswich, England
OCCUPATION: Branch Co-Ordinator of a pharmacy.
INTERESTS: Del,kids And Work, in that order :D
BIO: Born ??? Years ago, I had a pretty quiet life, then I met Del, and my life has never been simple since! I recently started work after 17 years looking after my kids, and must be reasonably good at the job as i got promoted within 16 months and now run the place, at this rate I shall take over the world in 7.5 years :twisted:

Phil

03-31-2004, 10:10 AM

at this rate I shall take over the world in 7.5 years :twisted:

I call dibs on Chicago pls ma'am. :)

suzene

04-01-2004, 12:49 AM

Ooo...Ben has elf-hair!

NAME: Suzene Campos -- yes, it's my real first name, dammit, and it doesn't mean anything! Blame my mom!
BIRTH DATE: Old enough. ;)
LOCATION: Arizona
OCCUPATION: Writer/poet
INTERESTS: Writing original and fan fiction, reading, RPGs of all sorts, comics, and animal behavior

BIO: Not much to say. Born in Louisiana, moved to Arkansas when I was little, moved back to Louisiana, and ran away to Arizona as soon as I could. ;) I'm owned by two cats and a greyhound and spend and ungodly amount of time in worlds of other peoples' making. My favorite comics at the moment are Fables and Elfquest.

Major Mapleleaf Jr

04-01-2004, 06:34 PM

Welcome to this board of pure insanity, Suzene! I hope you like cupboards, otherwise you're not gonna feel very 'at home' here, lol

HappyCanuck

04-01-2004, 06:35 PM

Welcome to this board of pure insanity, Suzene! I hope you like cupboards, otherwise you're not gonna feel very 'at home' here, lol

:lol: :lol: :lol: HAHAHAHA!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Major Mapleleaf Jr

04-01-2004, 06:39 PM

LMFAO. YOU HAVE THE CUTEST AVATAR EVER, HAPPYCANUCK.

HappyCanuck

04-01-2004, 06:42 PM

LMFAO. YOU HAVE THE CUTEST AVATAR EVER, HAPPYCANUCK.

LOL, I kinda stole it from myself... look in the forum's photo album for the full pic (Thanks to 'Puck' for posting it in there)

Major Mapleleaf Jr

04-05-2004, 01:31 PM

...words fail me, HappyCanuck. :shock:

DelBubs

04-07-2004, 11:04 AM

at this rate I shall take over the world in 7.5 years :twisted:

I call dibs on Chicago pls ma'am. :)
Bubs says you have to handle Barking first :-)

http://forum.alphaflight.net/album_thumbnail.php?pic_id=21

Phil

04-07-2004, 02:04 PM

Hmm... how about we say Bristol and call it quits?

gorejeja

04-09-2004, 09:55 PM

My name is Jess. I'm a student in Ottawa at Algonquin College. I'm taking the Applied Museum Studies program there. (before this, I did a diploma from Dalhousie University in Halifax in the theatre department; I have a diploma in costume) I'm a bit of an Alpha nOOb (well, newb may be more accurate; I can spell), as I only started reading Alpha in v. 2. I'm 20, I like museums, arts, and comics. I'm also addicted to www.go-gaia.com (if you go sign up, say that lollerskates refered you! ;)) I'm going back to Halifax for the summer (practically counting down the days!), aaaand.... uh... I want an Aquapet. http://www.3djoe.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=3DJOE&Category_Code=WPTAP Yeah.

Ben

04-09-2004, 11:14 PM

Ahh, so that's how you know Halifax :) Like you said in a previous post, it is a great walking city. I've almost totatlly stopped using my car. It's a good town, but I'm still a country boy at heart.

Those aquapet things are kinda spookie...

Welcome aboard, you won't stay a newbe for long with this lot :)

Ben

gorejeja

04-10-2004, 12:16 PM

I'm from elsewhere in Nova Scotia, and for me growing up, Halifax was "the big city". I was mildly overwhelmed with I first got there for school! Then in about 2 months, I realized it's tiny ;)

20 days unitl I'm back in Nova Scotia ROKK!!

Ben

04-10-2004, 01:13 PM

good timing, the snow should just about be gone by then

castor

04-22-2004, 05:35 PM

[b]NAME: Carolyn Lipari
[b]BIRTH DATE: Feb 11 1966
[b]LOCATION: Colonia, New Jersey
[b]OCCUPATION: Parenting. My daughter just turned three.
[b]INTERESTS: Anime, comics, drawing, animals

[b]BIO: Married for nearly 5 years now and living in New Jersey, though I was born and raised in Ottawa, Canada. First encountered Alpha Flight in the 1980's... I remember the original team fondly, though I like the look of the newest comics series.

Ben

04-22-2004, 06:27 PM

Welcome castor! Be ware of stange people in cupboards!

Magik

04-22-2004, 07:51 PM

NAME: Magik! (*grin*)
BIRTH DATE: Well.. I was brought across in 1228..
LOCATION: Inside a Crystal Ball. (Which happens to be located in Maryland, USA. :D)
OCCUPATION: Ruler of Limbo, of course!
INTERESTS: Comics, surfing (of the web variety.), computer art, and dedicated soap watcher!

BIO: Nothing much of interest besides moving more than should EVER be allowed..

syvalois

04-23-2004, 12:53 AM

Welcome Castor or should I say Beaver? :twisted: :D

You too Magik.

Weapon Omega

05-02-2004, 11:53 PM

Hey Mighty Alpha Fans:

Weapon Omega here, well, actually Seth residing in the "Steel City" of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Coffee Shop employee, and aspiring Filmmaker and Comic Book writer. Been into comics since I was 14, that was twelve years ago and haven't missed a Wednesday yet!!

Been into Alpha Flight since I got into comics, I think it was a guest appearance in an old Wolverine comic that made me a fan of Canada's premiere super-team. It wasn't so much the powers as it was the characters themselves. The new series is great and I can honestly say, this is the best Alpha site on the Web, in my opinion. So here's me saying hello....."Hello!"

Richv1

05-03-2004, 04:26 PM

Hi all I'm me Richard Vasseur from London, Ontario, Canada. I've been getting Alpha Flight since issue # 1 of the first series. I've been into collecting comics as long as I can remember. In the past year I've gotten into doing interviews of comic writers and artists and posting them on web sites. I also post reviews of comics as well.
Of course being from Canada I have a certain passion for great Canadian heroes. I wish there were more. We need a Canadian comic book company to compete with Marvel or DC.

ladymako71

05-12-2004, 05:53 AM

NAME: J, Jo, Joey, Johan...I answer to a few of them. Jo usually.
BIRTH DATE: August 12, 1974
LOCATION: Just shy of San Francisco CA.
OCCUPATION: Slave labour for UPS...no I am not subjected to wearing that brown thing...thank god
INTERESTS: Comics, writing, computer and anime

BIO: Born in Christchurch New Zealand to a local kiwi girl and an American sailor I have been all over the world and am now in CA...which I consider hell.

I have an almost unhealthy obsession with sharks, hence the nick, and the shark bite scar to prove it.

I am also the perfect egotistical megalomaniac...at least in theory. I'm a leo born in the chinese year of the tiger.

Ben

05-12-2004, 12:20 PM

Welcome ladymako71 / Jo,

Great to have you on board! Wow, a shark bit scar, I got bit by a trout once....it was a big one!

Ben

ladymako71

05-12-2004, 02:27 PM

Welcome ladymako71 / Jo,

Great to have you on board! Wow, a shark bit scar, I got bit by a trout once....it was a big one!

Ben

Thank you muchly. Your posting to the twin_one live journal community brought me here...and I'm much glad to see a comic book forum that is FRIENDLY! Not boot campy!

Trout? If they're as big in Canada as they are in NZ I'd believe it. :shock: The bite I got was a nick more or less...it could have been a lot worse, the shark in question was bigger then me and I'm no midget.

and 'Jo' works just fine. =)

Richv1

05-12-2004, 11:17 PM

Welcome Ladymako71. I got chased by a bear once but no bite from it.

ladymako71

05-13-2004, 01:25 AM

Bear? eep! I'd have saved it the hassle and dropped dead on the spot.

DelBubs

05-13-2004, 04:34 PM

Welcome ladymako71 / Jo,

Great to have you on board! Wow, a shark bit scar, I got bit by a trout once....it was a big one!

BenI was once harassed by a halibutt, disguised as a duck.

Richv1

05-13-2004, 05:56 PM

Ya but does that really work? I wasn't taking a chance. :lol:

beetleblack

05-13-2004, 07:40 PM

Well, I have no scars to prove it but my pussy has a very rough tongue...

*ahem*

Just call me Mrs Slocombe from now on.

DelBubs

05-13-2004, 07:42 PM

Well, I have no scars to prove it but my pussy has a very rough tongue...

*ahem*

Just call me Mrs Slocombe from now on.

:lol: So not Mr Hunphreys :?: :P

beetleblack

05-13-2004, 07:57 PM

Well... and this is SOOOO off topic, but John Inman (actor who played Mr Humphries) INSISTS that Mr Humphries was NOT gay in any way shape or form, he was just a mother's boy... do you think he watched the show at all????? From what I remember he was constantly alluding to... well let's just say getting physical with sailors down the docks etc - how many mother's boys do that and AREN'T gay???????

Btw, rather tragically Mollie Sugden's 80s ITV sitcom That's My Boy is available on video in AMERICA of all places!!!!! Talk about weapons of mass destruction... *shudder*

And yeah, welcome aboard ladymako71/Jo, this board isn't normally this odd... sometimes it's even odder!!

Richv1

05-15-2004, 02:47 PM

Mr Humphries just acted gay he wasn't. In the last season they revealed he was married to a woman. I think it was the last episode but I'm not a hundred % certain though.
I take it beetleback that your female? I don't want any bears licking me there but a humaniod of the female persausion well thats a maybe. :D

beetleblack

05-15-2004, 09:03 PM

*ahem*

I happen to be a male of the humanoid persuasion - or at least I was when I last looked.

Like Mrs Slocombe I was ACTUALLY talking about a pet pussy...

*ahem*

:oops:

Richv1

05-16-2004, 04:23 PM

Welcome one and all come right in and have a ball. So you want to become an Alphan well you better train. Come back often the more you post the sooner your an Alphan!

Adam

05-23-2004, 04:28 PM

Hi Everyone,

NAME: Adam White
BIRTH DATE: March 30 1982
LOCATION: Guelph, ON, Canada
OCCUPATION: Computer science student, music journalist
INTERESTS: Music, computers, comics

BIO: I grew up in Niagara Falls, Ontario on the border. I'm currently living in Guelph where I'm my the last year of computer science at the U of Guelph. I'm a music nut and I write/edit for Punknews.org and contribute to a couple of punk music zines.

I was actually a member of Alpha Waves way back around the time when v2 was being released and this was an email-list. I remember a few of you like Ben and DelBubs, so hello again!

Ben

05-23-2004, 04:37 PM

Hi Adam! Welcome to the forum! I rember your name from the way back on the mailing list. Glad you found your way here! The mailing list is actually still in action, but I can't say much about it, as I'm not a regular member myslef. I read through the archives every now and then, but I've got my hands full :)

Nice to have a fellow music nut around. I used to play in a rock band, we were on the edge of punk, but wouldn't have fit the catagory.

Beware old creepy guys crawling out of the cupboard..("who could he mean??")

Ben

burN@

05-29-2004, 12:28 AM

You want see a real Quebecer,..... :lol:

Et voici la vache folle du QuÃ©bec,...lol

http://forum.alphaflight.net/album_pic.php?pic_id=87

:roll: Yap that realy me,... natural :wink:

http://www.millan.net/anims/giffar/damadcow.gif

Boyfriend of,.... :idea:

ladymako71

06-05-2004, 05:57 PM

Love the dancing cow.^^

and I feel your pain...I cringe when people pronounce 'Aussie'...it's not Awsee folks, it's Ozzy, like Mr. Bat eating Osbourne's first name. ;)

kozzi24

06-06-2004, 12:00 PM

That's American accent habit of emphasizing next to last syllable. Get used to it, or it'll drive you nuits forever.

Richv1

06-06-2004, 01:18 PM

Accents ya I know one that I found out through reading Alpha Flight is associated with Canadians I had not heard of it before except in American movies. So I had assumed it was an American thing. And that is putting "Eh" on the end of a sentence. I have now actually heard two Canadian's use it in person. Maybe I just live in the part of Canada where it is not used. :P

Cet

06-06-2004, 04:41 PM

Hello guys. Coming over here from X-Fan.

Name: Carol
Location: Georgia
Interests: comics, reading, writing, languages

I've actually never read the earlier versions of Alpha Flight, but Lobdell's my favorite comic writer, so I'm onboard for this one (and it's quite cool so far). I'm not great at introductions, so I'm sorry about this not being too riveting. :( I am excited to be here though, especially since it looks like Lobdell stops by sometimes to talk. Happy to meet you guys. :)

beetleblack

06-06-2004, 05:35 PM

Welcome Cet (Carol), good to have you onboard. I know that Lobdell wrote Generation X and I recognise his name from here and there (but I've been out of the comic-book scene for quite a few years also), not really sure of what else he's done comic-book wise, I know that he's a stand up comic also. Maybe you could write a resume of his written work for us?

Welcome again :)

Ben

06-06-2004, 07:22 PM

Welcome aboard Carol! Alays happy to see new people. :) Don't get freaked out by the people hiding in the cupboard. they're harmless....I think :)

Hello guys. Coming over here from X-Fan.

Name: Carol
Location: Georgia
Interests: comics, reading, writing, languages

I've actually never read the earlier versions of Alpha Flight, but Lobdell's my favorite comic writer, so I'm onboard for this one (and it's quite cool so far). I'm not great at introductions, so I'm sorry about this not being too riveting. :( I am excited to be here though, especially since it looks like Lobdell stops by sometimes to talk. Happy to meet you guys. :) :

ladymako71

06-06-2004, 07:30 PM

Welcome aboard Carol! Alays happy to see new people. :) Don't get freaked out by the people hiding in the cupboard. they're harmless....I think :) :

What he said. G'day Carol and welcome.!...we're harmless...really. :^o

Richv1

06-06-2004, 07:43 PM

Welcome onboard Carol have fun.

Cet

06-06-2004, 10:08 PM

Thanks for the welcome guys. :)

Beetleblack,

Aiya, Lobdell's comic resume....that's quite a lot. Well, you know about Generation X. He also wrote Uncanny X-Men and X-Men for quite a few years (and was one of the masterminds behind the Age of Apocalypse, greatest X-Men story ever :) ). He's written Wildcats as well I believe, along with Buffy the Vampire Slayer. There have been many minis and such over the years as well, but those are the first big things that come to mind. He really is something. Lobdell's the only comic writer who's ever been able to make me feel amusement, joy, excitement, sadness, despair, hope....any feeling you can think of, whenever he wants. One guy on X-Fan said one time that "Lobdell's characters bleed emotion." (And that was meant in a good way, in case you were wondering). More than anything characters are always the main thing that draw me into a story, and Lobdell's writing has always felt character-centered to me. It's amazing. :)

HappyCanuck

06-06-2004, 10:52 PM

Richv1

06-06-2004, 11:15 PM

What is it with cupboards? Did some one see Indian In The Cupboard once to often? :roll:

Ben

06-06-2004, 11:53 PM

What is it with cupboards? Did some one see Indian In The Cupboard once to often? :roll:

Em...it's a little much to explain...just read this thread....all of it! http://forum.alphaflight.net/viewtopic.php?t=124

Ben

ladymako71

06-07-2004, 03:02 AM

Em...it's a little much to explain...just read this thread....all of it! http://forum.alphaflight.net/viewtopic.php?t=124 Ben

Oh I have never read that in its entirety...I'm in pain.

*falls over laughing*

Northstars Love

06-07-2004, 08:43 AM

Hey everyone! My name is ....well my sig saids it all. :P But I'm a Northie lover from way back and I really can't get enough of the sexy Canadian. I'm 38, or will be this Friday. :cry: I'm really getting old because I can remember the New X-Men from the mid to late 70's. I now read the new Alpha Flight in hopes to renew my interest in the book. I read all the X titles, including Mystique and Emma Frost. I'm also an owner of an X-Men message board known as The X-Dream that just opened last Tuesday.

Ok, enough about me. Whose serving the drinks? :D

syvalois

06-07-2004, 10:29 AM

Allo Northstar love, welcome to alphawaves and I don't think Northstar would like to be called Canadian :)

Phil

06-07-2004, 12:30 PM

Ben

06-07-2004, 01:39 PM

Welcome Northstars Love, for your own safety please sign this waver *hands waver to Northstars Love* No need to read the small print, it just states that we are not responsible for any mental or phisical injuries you may sustain while within 10 feet of the cupboard...

Welcome aboard :)

Ben

ladymako71

06-07-2004, 01:59 PM

Exxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxcellent....

Okay Dude....that scares me. lol

Don't make me retaliate with the dreaded 'Valley Girl'... ;)

Northstars Love

06-07-2004, 02:38 PM

Allo Northstar love, welcome to alphawaves and I don't think Northstar would like to be called Canadian :)

My bad. Should I have said French Canadian? Although Jean-Paul hasn't said really anything about it to me. Oh well.

*crawls back into bed with JP* {northstar}

Welcome Northstars Love, for your own safety please sign this waver *hands waver to Northstars Love* No need to read the small
print, it just states that we are not responsible for any mental or phisical injuries you may sustain while within 10 feet of the cupboard...

*Looks at waiver*

" Gut wrenching silliness is to be adhered to etc...etc..."

LOL! :wink: No problemo!

ladymako71

06-07-2004, 02:39 PM

G'day Northstar's Love...welcome to the asylum, we enjy the company and are fairly harmless. Except on tuesdays...we tend to go a bit wonky then for some odd reason.

beetleblack

06-07-2004, 06:25 PM

Welcome aboard, Northstar's Love, I just hope we aren't going to come to blows over JP's affections that's all :wink:

Cue catfight!

Richv1

06-07-2004, 08:46 PM

French Canadian why not just Canadian? Only people that live in Quebec want to be called French Canadians. Is that where JP lives?

syvalois

06-07-2004, 09:50 PM

My bad. Should I have said French Canadian? Although Jean-Paul hasn't said really anything about it to me. Oh well.

No, not french Canadian, it's too vague, QuÃ©bÃ©cois or Quebecer, that's the way he likes it (he told me). Aurora don't care how you call her, she is that's all that matters and Jeanne-Marie would like to be called french canadian.

Richv1

06-08-2004, 12:26 AM

I can call Aurora whatever I want. So if I call will she come running and be craving attention? :wink:

ladymako71

06-08-2004, 12:30 AM

*shakes head* Men.

I call em Quebecois Sylvie. =)

HappyCanuck

06-08-2004, 12:33 AM

*shakes head* Men.

I call em Quebecois Sylvie. =)

I call them whatever comes out of my fingers first, then wait to see if Sylvie corrects me :D

ladymako71

06-08-2004, 01:01 AM

I call them whatever comes out of my fingers first, then wait to see if Sylvie corrects me :D

LOL You better hope she's no where near as bad as me then when it comes to correcting things!

SwiftFox

06-08-2004, 01:35 AM

LOL You better hope she's no where near as bad as me then when it comes to correcting things!

Hmmmm.... nope. Definitely shouldn't reply to that here.... :twisted:

DMK

06-15-2004, 06:39 PM

So, since I already filled out the questionnaire, I thought I'd drop by here and introduce myself.

Name: Dwayne MacKinnon
Occupation: Computer Programmer
Where from: Originally Nova Scotia (say hi to Halifax for me, Ben. Love that city.) Currently Ottawa.

If anyone wants more details, just ask. And just to mention... I will update the Guide. Someday. Promise. :)

Ben

06-15-2004, 06:45 PM

Hiay Dwayne! Welcome to Active status on the forum :). I'm taking a trip to Halifax tomorrow to move a bunch of stuff back to PEI, I'll be sure to tell everyone I see that you say hi :)

P.S.
Don't leave "The Guide" too close to the cupboard, you never know what/who might crawl out and do funny things to it!

Ben

back! back you evil cupboard jockies!

So, since I already filled out the questionnaire, I thought I'd drop by here and introduce myself.

Name: Dwayne MacKinnon
Occupation: Computer Programmer
Where from: Originally Nova Scotia (say hi to Halifax for me, Ben. Love that city.) Currently Ottawa.

If anyone wants more details, just ask. And just to mention... I will update the Guide. Someday. Promise. :)

DelBubs

06-15-2004, 06:53 PM

ladymako71

06-15-2004, 07:22 PM

back! back you evil cupboard jockies!

grr hiss spit drool slobber...

Ahem...G'day Dwayne nice meeting ya. =)

Airhead

06-16-2004, 04:05 PM

Hi, guys! :D
I'm Airhead (or Erik)!
Some of you might know me from ComiX-Fan (and I know some of you!)
Hi, Ben! :D
I really like this site and I hope to be a member for a long time! :D

Ben

06-17-2004, 12:48 AM

Welcome Erik! I'm glad you made it over! Thanks for the compliments. This has really formed into a great little community. Though not nearly as sizable as ComicX-Fan, it's a great place :)

I'm sure you will fit right in, and become one with the rest of us crazy people.

BTW, you can stash your stuff in the second cupboard on the left, the one beside the house hippo's nest.

Ben

ladymako71

06-17-2004, 02:16 AM

BTW, you can stash your stuff in the second cupboard on the left, the one beside the house hippo's nest.

You're obsessed with those things aren't you?

G'day Erik and welcome to the looney bin. Mind the Pocky stash when you shove yer stuff in that second cupboard...I'll have to get territorial about it and it's been known to get messy. Mmmm Pocky.

beetleblack

06-17-2004, 06:02 AM

Welcome aboard (board - geddit???) DMK and Airhead, and long may you post here.

Airhead

06-17-2004, 12:35 PM

Thanks all of you for welcoming me! :D
I'm sorry but..........I don't really understand this "cupboard" jokes and stuff........lol
Just look at my name, lol.

ladymako71

06-17-2004, 03:27 PM

Thanks all of you for welcoming me! :D
I'm sorry but..........I don't really understand this "cupboard" jokes and stuff........lol
Just look at my name, lol.

okay...first! put down any food and beverage you may have at the moment.

second, if you smoke, now would be a good time to put said smoke out..at least for a bit.

third...go here http://forum.alphaflight.net/viewtopic.php?t=124 and find out exactly why people obsess about cupboards so much on this list.

Airhead

06-17-2004, 08:08 PM

Sasquatch

06-21-2004, 02:40 AM

Hello Everybody.

I am new to this board. Not sure what I can say about myself except that I am here because of my love for Alpha Flight, which I have been fond of since the days of John Byrne. (Wow, that long huh?)

I live and grew up in the Great White North, in a little place called "Montreal".

My favourite alphas are: Heather, Puck, Box (Roger Bochs, may he rest in peace), Guardian and of course Walt who I have named myself after.

My favorite issues of Alpha Flight are : # 1-32 and 102-106. I enjoyed the second series (1997) also but found the stories to be highly out of place. I have high hopes for the new series.

Looking forward to having some great literary discussions with you all over the future of Alpha Flight.

ladymako71

06-21-2004, 04:05 AM

Looking forward to having some great literary discussions with you all over the future of Alpha Flight.

G'day Sas. Uh I dunno about them literary discussions there, we've been known to have some doozy NON-literary ones though. lol

Ben

06-21-2004, 04:30 AM

ladymako71

06-21-2004, 02:01 PM

Speaking of blasts...incidental explosions from the cupboard are normal...just wear a flack jacket, and you'll be fine. Were're mining or fun!

*BLAM!*Poor little Bessy. I told her to be careful with that nitro glycerine.

Ben - Still in rock 'n roll mode

That's cause you was out in the woods yesterday whooping it up with the rest of the hippies ya sod....while us poor peons were sleeping because we had to work last night. =p

Sasquatch

06-21-2004, 05:46 PM

Welcome Sasquatch, all great characters you listed there, but most of all Walt :) I'm the unnoficail #1 fan :) I'm sure you'll have a blast here!

Speaking of blasts...incidental explosions from the cupboard are normal...just wear a flack jacket, and you'll be fine. Were're mining or fun!

Ben - Still in rock 'n roll mode

What ? Nobody said anything about explosions eh? There aren't too many jackets for ten-foot orange furry monsters. How about just a helmet?

And ladymako71, I'll take whatever discussions come along with a smile. :D

Zach

06-23-2004, 05:18 PM

Well, I am new around here. Named after....myself!

Lets see, I started reading Alpha Flight when the second volume came out. I enjoyed that book so much that I went back and bought tons of issues of the first volume to learn the history of the characters and the team as a whole. I quit after a while, but when I saw a third volume coming out, I decided I would finish off the old collection and read the new title.

My favorite flight member is probably Squatch, but I like Shaman and Talisman as well. I must say though, I think I like the Exiles version of Squatch more than I like the 616 version.

I live in Florida, about as far away from Canada as you can be in the states, but I have visited there before. The countryside up there is beautiful.

My favorite issue of Alpha Flight is #66 from Vol. 1. I think that is the number. Its the issue where Manikin becomes aware of the writer and tries to fight off his plan to kill him off. I always thought that was cool, and I had never seen it done in a book before.

That about does it for me.

DelBubs

06-23-2004, 07:58 PM

Welcome to all the new people, Sasquatch, Airhead, Zach, Barnacle (who I fell I should know more about than I actually do), my memory is definately going. Oh and If I missed anyone out, sorry (see above :-) )

Ben

06-24-2004, 12:39 AM

Hey Zach, welcome! It seems you stole my bother's name...but he won't mind. If you see green ooze coming from under the cupboard, don't worry that's normal. The doctor says the antibiotics will take care of it.

Ben

ladymako71

06-24-2004, 12:51 AM

G'day Zach and welcome...we're harmless, really. <=)

p.s. Ben? About the anti biotics, the cat ate them thinking they were treats...

Ben

06-24-2004, 12:59 AM

G'day Zach and welcome...we're harmless, really. <=)

p.s. Ben? About the anti biotics, the cat ate them thinking they were treats...

damnit! Not again!? Now the oozing will never end!

Ben

ladymako71

06-24-2004, 01:10 AM

damnit! Not again!? Now the oozing will never end!

Fraid so. But look at it this way? It does have a certain charm and quality to it? It's original at least. And the cat is probably immune to anything it comes in contact with now at this point.

Ben

06-24-2004, 02:56 AM

The cat's fine, but the poor cupboard is riddled with STDs!

ladymako71

06-24-2004, 03:00 AM

well that's what ahppens when it goes frolicking around the Ikea store late at night! the whore...I told ya we shoulda got a matched set.

HappyCanuck

06-24-2004, 11:57 AM

well that's what ahppens when it goes frolicking around the Ikea store late at night! the whore...I told ya we shoulda got a matched set.

*starting to think it's time to merge this with the Cupboard thread in the Cupboard section*

cmdrkoenig67

06-24-2004, 03:45 PM

NAME: Dana M. Smith
BIRTH DATE: May 1, 1967
LOCATION: Portland, Maine

OCCUPATION: Artist/Writer(of sorts)
INTERESTS: Comics(AF,The Doom Patrol, Werewolf By Night, Tomb of Dracula), films(Fright Night, Universal Monsters), TV(BuffyTVS, Angel, Doctor Who, The Avengers, Space:1999, and marginally....Dark Shadows, Farscape), Other Activities and things I like(Dancing, the Ocean, Customizing Action figures....and yes...I've done a bunch of AF character figures)

BIO: Born in Portland, grew up in a small Maine town for many years, then moved back to Portland. Living (very happily)with my life-partner Kurt. May be moving within the next few years to a warmer climate.

Dana

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v169/cmdrkoenig67/Dana.jpg

Me!

Ben

06-24-2004, 11:44 PM

Welcome to the forum Dana. As long as you believe there is a cupboard, it will exist. However, when you no longer believe in the cupboard, there will be no cupboard.

Feel free to share your customs with us, lots here would love to see 'em!

Ben

beetleblack

06-25-2004, 07:22 AM

As long as you believe there is a cupboard, it will exist. However, when you no longer believe in the cupboard, there will be no cupboard.

Didn't Yoda say that to Luke Skywalker in one of the Star Wars movies???

And a big welcome to all the newbies, may all your cupboards be larger on the inside and be ever flowing with Alpha Flight issues.

Defunct

07-29-2004, 04:09 AM

NAME: Noah Carroll
BIRTH DATE: Aug 24, 1985
LOCATION: Ottawa, Ontario
OCCUPATION: Student
INTERESTS: Well, I'm first and foremost a Transformers fan. I love the things. They led me to comics, which eventually led me to Alpha Flight! I also enjoy politics, Transformers, Sci fi, Art, Transformers . . . Did I mention Transformers?

Bio: Born and raised in the nation's capital! In fact, I can see "Department H headquarters" from my window. Heh.

Now I must admit, I hadn't actually *bought* any Alpha Flight comics before the new series came out, all I knew was that there was this awesome team of all Canadian superheros. I did some researching online (this was years ago, mind you) and learned a lot about them. I didn't know much about comics or what was out or not back then though, so I went without Alphan goodness for a long time.

I'm a little more well versed in the ways of the comic nowadays, and I was really excited when I heard there was a new series. My favourite characters are probably Sasquatch and Guardian (I bet that's a shocker), but I really like everyone on the all new team.

So yes, I'm happy to be aboard!

beetleblack

07-29-2004, 06:58 AM

Welcome to the board Defunct/Noah :D

Looking forward to the Speilberg live action movie of Transformers?

Ben

07-29-2004, 09:21 AM

Welcome Noah! You couldn't have found a better place, be kyou a new fan or old :) If at any point you have any questions about AF history, you will certainly find all the answers right here.

You can store you transformers on the 3rd cupboard from the left, as long as you don't mind some of the locals playing with them :)

Ben *humming the transformers music*

Defunct

07-29-2004, 03:23 PM

Heh, thanks for the warm welcome, guys. You've all got to teach me in the ways of Alpha Flight. :D

And yes, I'm quite excited about the Dreamworks Transformers movie. Hopefully it will be as good as it's looking to be. All I need is an Alpha Flight movie and I'm all set.

ladymako71

07-29-2004, 03:52 PM

There's a Transformers movie in the works? Damn I need to get out more. o.O

G'day and welcome...mind the cupboard second to the left...it's oozing...we're not sure what its oozing, but it is. =)

Sir John A.

08-03-2004, 02:25 AM

My turn:

First of all I have to mention what a great looking forum this is!

NAME: Cory
BIRTH DATE: 1976
LOCATION: Ottawa and surroundings
OCCUPATION: Law Clerk
INTERESTS: comics, politics, my wife and cats

Bio: Nothing too exciting. As you might expect I'm a big comic fan. Been "reading" them since before I could read.

My fave Alpha would probably be Walter too. Though, visually I think the Guardian costume is awesome.

Unlike many here I don't really like the newest version of AF but I'm giving it a chance. I'll admit that the art is reallly great in it though.

Sir John A.

08-03-2004, 02:26 AM

Defunct,

I'm a big Transformer fan too! I'm a "classic" Transfan though.

Ben

08-03-2004, 02:38 AM

Welcome Cory! Thanks for the kind words on the forum. Nice to have an other Dr. Walt fan around!

Hopefully the new series will grow on you :) Don't let the little bald man in the cupboard scare you with his crazy acrobatics!

Ben

Major Mapleleaf Jr

08-04-2004, 12:35 PM

Don't let Ben fool you, either. Isn't he the one who brought us www.furnitureporn.com? :lol:

SailorCallie

08-10-2004, 12:33 PM

Name: Callie Nicole Ray
Username: SailorCallie
Location: San Antonio, TX USA
Occupation: Unemployed, but currently looking. My last job was a dishwasher/busser at a pizza place called DoubleDave's (http://www.doubledaves.com)
Interests:Comics (Alpha Flight, all X-titles including Wolverine, Teen Titans, Superman, etc.), Manga (Sailor Moon, Yu-Gi-Oh, Magic Knights Rayearth, Dragonball Z, etc.), TV (Saturday Night Live, Friends, Law and Order: SVU, The Nanny, Yu-Gi-Oh, & Power Rangers, both old-school and new-school)
Bio: Oldest of two daugthers who's both born in San Antonio, TX. I graduated from McNeil High School in Austin, TX in 1996. (GO MAVS!!!!)

Ben

08-10-2004, 12:37 PM

Welcome aboard Callie! Don't mind the House Hippo living in the cupboard, he's friendly.

Ben

Redcoat

08-24-2004, 05:01 AM

hi, just wanted to introduce myself so here goes

Name: David

Location:Arlington, Texas, USA

Occupation: Book seller

Interests: Anime/Manga, Comics, Movies, Various Music, Roleplaying

Bio: Born in Canada but moves to Texas in 1978. I've been here ever since but always liked my time in Toronto. Tho I didnt like the heaping amount of snow...that's about it for me.

Ben

08-24-2004, 11:27 PM

Hey David/Redcoat! I almost missed seeing this post, as the server problems tagged all the messages as having been read. Welcome to Alpha Waves. We just build a new wing on the cupboard, and have a hanger with yer name on it.

Ben

Arcade

09-05-2004, 10:35 PM

NAME: Arcade :P
BIRTH DATE: August 5th
LOCATION: United Kingdom
OCCUPATION: Student
INTERESTS: Comics, Films, Music, Computers, Marvel (Especially X-Men).

Ben

09-06-2004, 02:17 AM

Welcome Arcade! There is a shovel in the corner, you can use it to clear yourself a comfy spot in the pleasently crouded cupboard :)

Ben

Remedy

09-13-2004, 01:18 AM

Welcome welcome Arcade and other newbies!

*waves with a huge grin and goes back to knitting tiny sweaters for the house hippo*

WOOT!

Northcott

10-11-2004, 04:46 PM

NAME: Ed Northcott
BIRTH DATE: 1971
LOCATION: Kitchener, ON, Canada
OCCUPATION: Illustrator
INTERESTS: Comparative theology, history (with a focus on medieval studies), nutrition, weight-lifting, visual arts

BIO: It has been said by some that Ed is utterly without common manners or good graces. He claims this is because he was raised in the wild by a pack of wolves.

According to more reliable sources, his childhood was spent between Newfoundland and southern Ontario. Extremely patriotic, he has travelled through many provinces, but deeply regrets not yet having travelled beyond Calgary in his western journeys. He hopes to someday remedy this.

When not chained to his drawing desk and computer station, Ed can be found clanging iron in the basement, or outside howling at wolves and stuffing moose into igloos.

It has been suggested by some that Ed is an extremely silly individual who is rarely more than half-serious. In real life, he almost never refers to himself in the 3rd person.

PWalk

10-11-2004, 04:58 PM

Northcott,

welcome to the site. That intro had me chuckling.

Ben

10-11-2004, 07:08 PM

LOL, great intro Ed! Nice to see you being more active on the forum :) We have lots of lurkers that should jump in and at least say "HI" If you like we can chain you to the cupboard instead of yer desk, and you can draw on the walls.

Ben

Northcott

10-12-2004, 12:38 PM

Blame Allan. He dropped a note to the Alpha list and reminded me that this place existed. :) Good to be back.

Ben

10-12-2004, 01:19 PM

Blame Allan. He dropped a note to the Alpha list and reminded me that this place existed. :) Good to be back.

Hmmm, been a bit of that lately. How could you forget about this site?! Maybe I should send a mass email out to the entire membersip of the forum to remind the lurkers that it's still here, not to mention alive and well. Many forums are created, and very few are a success. I'm happy to consider this forum a success.

Ben

Scarlettspiderg

11-07-2004, 07:52 PM

I'm Scarlettspiderg (Gary), I come from Manchester (England, UK) and have been collecting comics for about 10yrs (I'm 20).

I started reading Alpha Flight with V3 and I'm now trying to get all the V1/V2 issues.

Errr....thats about it - if you want any more info ask and I'll tell.

Ben

11-07-2004, 08:02 PM

Welcome to Alpha Waves Gary! Feel free to find a comfy spot in the cupboard, don't mind the furniture in compromising positions :lol:

Scarlettspiderg

11-30-2004, 04:29 PM

Me as Major Mapleleaf! Under the pictures section at:

http://scarlettspiderg.tripod.com/

DelBubs

11-30-2004, 08:42 PM

Me as Major Mapleleaf! Under the pictures section at:

http://scarlettspiderg.tripod.com/
What he said, but with Panache (http://scarlettspiderg.tripod.com/af09gp.jpg).

kozzi24

12-01-2004, 12:49 AM

Me as Major Mapleleaf! Under the pictures section at:

http://scarlettspiderg.tripod.com/

And the guy on that Kidney Resouce ad could do one mean Centennial!

Weapon X.5

12-22-2004, 03:13 AM

NAME: Tom Johnson
BIRTH DATE: 10/14/70
LOCATION: Pittsburgh,PA
OCCUPATION: Slave to the "Man"
INTERESTS: Comics,Movies,Music,Computers

BIO: Grew up in Ohio, moved here 12 years ago, work in a factory with my girlfriend. Been collecting comics since about 1977.

GuardianX

12-22-2004, 04:05 PM

I run an email RPG group, which is how i found this wonderful forum. we need players!!!

http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Alpha_Flight/

if you like such things.

oh, i'm Fritz from las vegas!

Ben

12-22-2004, 06:11 PM

Welcome Weapon X.5 and GuardianX! Nice to have you aboard. Don't let the slime creatures in the cupboard bother you, we still intend on making them pets.

GuardianX, send me a little description of your RPG group, I'll add a link to AlphaFlight.net when I have a free moment (hard to come by these days)

Ben

GuardianX

12-22-2004, 06:24 PM

hi Ben! this is truely a wonderful site, and I was pretty horrified to find out AF was being cancelled, again!thanks for the warm welcome!

"Set in the time around Alpha Flight #1 (VOL. 1).
story so far

What started as a barfight between the hot headed Beta Flight member
Flashback and notorious supervillain Cain "Juggernaut" Marko escalated
to a battle that left a small town devastated, with minimal civilian
casualty. The battle was televised by a local news crew and a media
frenzy is the result. The Canadian Government has denied any
involvement with the super team and funding was immediately cut for
Dept. H.

Team leader James MacDonald Hudson is missing and presumed dead. His
wife, Heather Hudson, is searching Canadian forests for her husband.
She hopes his disapearance was due to attempting a time sync jump. She
will not rest until she has proof of his death or brings him back alive.

Rox/xon Oil, under the direction of Jerome "Jerry" Jax/xon, has made a
bold attempt to contact and hire members of Beta and Gamma through
Delphine Courtney. The company offered large sums of money to Alec
Thorne and Marrina. It is suspected now with the disbanding of Dept. H
program that Rox/xon with make more attempts to contract Alpha members
under their employ.

The various team members are now scattered across Canada, securing
their private lives from ties with Dept. H. What's next for Alpha
Flight?"

the group has been going since Jun of 2002. pretty much all characters are available as the group went through a slow period but i just refuse to let it die!
Thanks for your help and i'll be sure to link this site as well!
-Fritz

oneyoungman

12-23-2004, 07:17 PM

Name: Brandon Kruse
Username: Oneyoungman
Location: Grand Rapids, MI USA
Occupation: Unemployed, sorry to say. Been looking for a few months now. My last job was a night auditor at a hotel.
Interests:Comics (Alpha Flight, Legion and JSA). I enjoy reading, my favorite authors are Anton Checkov, Jean-Paul Sartre, Naguib Mahfouz and Sylvia Plath. I also enjoy learning launguages and am proficient, in varying degrees, in French, Spanish, German and Russian. I'd love to travel if I had the money.
Bio:Single white male. Currently 22. Lived my whole life in Michigan though I long to move just about anywhere else. Moved out pretty young (16) and made my fair share of mistakes.Attended Community College, but screwed around too much and droped out. Planning to go back to school and would like to become a librarian.

Madison

12-27-2004, 11:14 AM

Username: Madison
DOB: 1972
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Occupation: Health care
Bio: Have lived in Nova Scotia and Toronto, mostly. Working on the world record for most years in post-secondary education.
Interests: Comics, movies, travel, food, wine

Looking forward to some good discussion about my favorite comic book, Alpha Flight! I have to say I'm not overly sad to see vol 3 go, but I do hope that means they'll eventually do a version that includes actual Alpha Flight members. A big Canadian "howzit goin', eh?" to all you fellow Alpha Fans.

HappyCanuck

12-27-2004, 12:05 PM

Welcome to our friendly asylum. Please check your sanity at at the gate. The critters in the cupboards tend to enjoy fresh sanity, and you will notice the 'don't feed the inmates' sign in the doors. Also, watch your step. Someone (we're not sure who - although we have our suspicions) has been leaving Ikea catalogues (http://www.furnitureporn.com/) laying around for the inmates to find... *sigh* It's messy, but it keeps them out of more serious trouble...

Now, if you'll follow me, we'll start our tour....

(You can thank Ben for the link :D)

Garry/Al-Fan

03-05-2005, 01:28 PM

NAME: Garry Jones
BIRTHDATE: December 23, 1959
LOCATION: Washington, D.C.
OCCUPATION: Before & After School Group Activity Leader
BIO: Author of "ALPHA FLIGHT: The Super-Team That Never Took Off" which was published in AMAZING HEROES# 117; old-school ALPHA FLIGHT fan; former underpaid government civil servant

HappyCanuck

03-05-2005, 01:54 PM

Tho this should have come awhile ago from me, garry, welcome to the asylum.

Legerd

03-05-2005, 01:58 PM

Welcome to the board Garry/Al-Fan! Could you post your article from Amazing Heroes here for us to read? I for one would love to check it out.

Garry/Al-Fan

03-06-2005, 07:45 PM

Thanks for the welcome!

The article was written in '86 (published in '87) and would entail rewriting the whole thing, more work and time than I have to spare (especially since I'm trying to get my ALPHA FLIGHT story together).

I'm glad someone has an interest in what I've written, though.

Harfang

04-22-2005, 01:31 PM

Ben

04-22-2005, 01:57 PM

Welcome Laurent! Don't worry about your english, I can read your french just fine, I just can't write in french any more, those skills have been lost with the pointless destruction of brain cells. We have a number of francophones here, most are from Quebec. Sylvie actually basically leaned to speak and write english through the Alpha Waves mailing list (now basically merged into the forum) and by reading comics in english. Her boyfriend Bruno is learning fast :)

Enjoy your time here, and we have some lovely french pastries cooling in the cupboard.

Ben

syvalois

04-22-2005, 02:21 PM

Nom/Name: Laurent
Speudo/Username: Harfang (snowbird 's french name)
Residence/Location: sud de la France , europe (south France)
Metier/Occupation: etudiant en litterature , Student
Centre d'interret/Interests: les Comics : Alpha Flight (Division Alpha in French) ) X-Men ... H.P. Lovecraft ; E.A.Poe ; la littÃ©rature en gÃ©nÃ©ral

Special : je suis mauvais en anglais mais je vais faire un effort c'est pas sÃ»r que les anglophones me comprennent :lol: . I speak english very bad sorry ^^ but i'm French :lol:

et surtout je suis un fan de northstar (Vega in french) !!! I love northstar :lol: !!!

Bonjour Harfang,

Je suis Sylvie et je suis QuÃ©bÃ©coise, donc, j'ai pas de problÃ¨me avec ton franÃ§ais, mÃªme, j'adore :twisted: Pour ce qui est de ton anglais, tu n'as qu'Ã* te pratiquer sur ce forum. C'est comme cela que je maintiens un niveau d'anglais Ã©crit raisonnable. C'est un groupe vraiment gentil et ils vont t'aider avec ton anglais et/ou ignorer tes fautes.

Est-ce que tu lis tes comics en anglais ou en franÃ§ais? Moi, j'ai commencÃ© Ã* lire une version traduite ici au QuÃ©bec et ensuite j'ai lu les comics en anglais. Je n'ai jamais lu la traduction franÃ§aise venant de France. Et je dois dire que cette traduction me tombe sur les nerfs quand j'en lis.

Alors, tu viens de qu'elle ville en France? Je sais du sud, mais c'Est gros le sud.

Alors bienvenue sur Alphawaves.

Harfang

04-22-2005, 02:27 PM

Salut sylvie , je savais bien que les quebecois me sauveraient :lol:

J'ai commencÃ© par lire les comics editÃ©s en France ; je comprends que tu n'aimes pas trop etant donnÃ© que leur version n'est pas tres bonne mais le nouvel editeur semble faire quelques efforts pour mieux rapprocher la traduction francaise de l'anglaise . Sinon j'achete de temps en temps quelques versions anglaises , surtout celles qui ne seront jamais editÃ©es en France
Alpha fight s'etant arretÃ© en France il y a plus de 10 ans :cry:

sinon je vis a SÃ¨te au bord de la mer MediterrannÃ©e (si tu connais l'ecrivain Paul Valery ou le chanteur Georges Brassens c'est leur ville natale :) )

bon je vais essaier de parler en anglais maintenant (si j'y arrive :D ) qu'un maximum de personne me comprenne

++ Sylvie , ravi de faire ta connaissance

HappyCanuck

04-22-2005, 02:27 PM

Heh, ton mauvais anglais ne pause pas de problÃ¨mes Harfang (en passant, je pense que c'est un nom pas mal plus cool qu'en anglais), puisque ton anglais est pas mal meilleur que mon franÃ§ais. Bienvenue sur ce forum et fait attention aux gremlins dans le placard. Ils ont dÃ©veloppÃ© une prÃ©fÃ©rence pour la nourriture exotique (Merci Ã* Sylvie pour la traduction, je suis vraiment nul en franÃ§ais) :D

Ben

04-22-2005, 02:43 PM

Wow Allan, yer french has never been better ;)

Ben

Phil

04-22-2005, 02:47 PM

.....

Am just gonna leave it at "Ello" methinks :D

syvalois

04-22-2005, 02:58 PM

J'ai commencÃ© par lire les comics editÃ©s en France ; je comprends que tu n'aimes pas trop etant donnÃ© que leur version n'est pas tres bonne mais le nouvel editeur semble faire quelques efforts pour mieux rapprocher la traduction francaise de l'anglaise .

je dois dire que la traduction des nom de code Ã©tait un de mes pire cauchemars. Surtout Wolverine en Serval. Qu'est-ce qu'un animal du nord Africain Ã* avoir avec un canadien? Ici, on a un terme trÃ¨s joli pour traduire Wolwerine et c'est Carcajou. Et j'ai tjs trouvÃ© cela drÃ´le qu'un personnage QuÃ©bÃ©cois francophone se fasse traduire son nom de code dans la version franÃ§ais, mais bon, il y aurait un histoire Ã* faire sur ce sujet, je pense. Pourquoi choisir un nom de code imprononsable en franÃ§ais quand il est lui-mÃªme francophone et souverainiste?:)

Northstar name is translated in Vega in France, I always find this funny and think there is a story to made out of this. Since in french Northstar is very hard to say and JP been nationalist, I always thought he did that to pissed off QuÃ©bÃ©cois.

Alpha fight s'etant arretÃ© en France il y a plus de 10 ans :cry:

Je sais.

Alpha flight stopped been published 10 years ago un France, for those wanting to know what we are saying

sinon je vis a SÃ¨te au bord de la mer MediterrannÃ©e (si tu connais l'ecrivain Paul Valery ou le chanteur Georges Brassens c'est leur ville natale :) )

Valery, je connais de nom et Bien SÃ»r que je connais Brassens. Quelle merveilleux chanteur! et qu'il Ã©tait polisson. J'aime beaucoups Brassens.

++ Sylvie , ravi de faire ta connaissance

Merci

Harfang

04-22-2005, 03:06 PM

wolverine se traduisant en francais par glouton , les editeurs de l'epoque lui ont prefere serval
maintenant , en france on l'appelle par son nom anglais

Quant a Vega/Northstar , pour un nationaliste quebecois avoir un nom de code anglais c'est assez paradoxal tu trouves pas? :?:

syvalois

04-22-2005, 03:12 PM

wolverine se traduisant en francais par glouton , les editeurs de l'epoque lui ont prefere serval
maintenant , en france on l'appelle par son nom anglais

Bien c'est Ã§a que je veux dire au QuÃ©bec Wolverine se traduit par carcajou. Et c'est un animal Nord-AmÃ©ricain, pas d'europe. On devrait bien le savoir non? Glouton, c'est en Europe Ã§a. C'est comme Skunk, qui n'existe pas vraiment en France. Ici, on appele cela une Mouffette et non un blaireau ou un skonce. Tu peux voir les mots que je te dis dans le dictionnaire Larousse.

Quant a Vega/Northstar , pour un nationaliste quebecois avoir un nom de code anglais c'est assez paradoxal tu trouves pas? :?:

C'est ce que je voulais dire. Je trouve cela trÃ¨s paradoxal.

Legerd

04-22-2005, 08:34 PM

Hey Harfang, bienvenue aux vagues d'alpha! :)

ladymako71

04-23-2005, 07:33 AM

Kia Ora, G'day, Aloha, Salut, Hola, Howzit goin', eh? (=p ben) ...pick one...I can say it in about 30 of them. ^^

Welcome to my favourite lunatic asylum. I'm the resident madwoman (Sylvie is far more sophisticated then myself) of the forum. It may say 'lady' in me handle but that's a ruse at best, flat out lie to be honest...ask the boys, I'm no lady by any stretch of the imagination. Jo works just fine. So does 'Goddess' but the training around here has been lax of late. so Jo will do.

Don't let the slime creatures in the cupboard bother you, we still intend on making them pets.

They're also handy in taking care of the random door to door salesman.

Tom: Go Stillers! (Steelers in Pittsburghese for those going 'huh?'. My dad's from Pitt.)

Fritz: I shall be darkening the streets of your hometown in August on me week off...Unnnnnnn Vegas =)~~~

Brandon: I like MI, my sis lives in Lansing and I adored it there on me trip a few years back...still do because it means my nephews, as cute as they pretend to be, live over 2000 miles AWAY from me and are only seen occasionally.

Madison: Wine hmm? I'm just down the road from Napa and I can tell you that the 'train through the vineyards' is a trip worth taking for the true diehard! Just plan on camping out at the last stop for the night, because they are quite generous with the tastings.

Garry: One of these I am going to visit a little museum in your hometown and never be seen again! lol (I reckon I'll have to be taken out of the Smithsonian feet first)

Laurent: J'admets que je triche ici, mais mon FranÃ§ais est terrible...du manque d'utilisation. J'adore Ã©galement Vega avec une passion... lÃ©gÃ¨rement dÃ©formÃ©e, mais une passion nÃ©anmoins. J'espÃ¨re Ã©galement que ce programme de traduction se comprend. ^^

Luv Jo

Harfang

04-23-2005, 10:07 AM

hi all :D

Legerd : bonjour et merci pour ton accueil (joli tatouage !! :) )

ladymako7 : hi , i understood what u wrote in French thanks for your post :)

syvalois

04-23-2005, 04:15 PM

Harfang

04-24-2005, 11:05 AM

i understand english when i read it but it is hard for me to translate my French thoughts into english when i write .

ladymako71

04-27-2005, 01:51 PM

i understand english when i read it but it is hard for me to translate my French thoughts into english when i write .

HA! See? =p

*runs from Sylvie while she still can*

^^

Harfang

04-29-2005, 03:23 PM

let me show you where i'm livin :D my little town in south of France called SÃ¨te

http://www.ville-sete.fr/squelette7/images/franceb.gif

http://www.ville-sete.fr/IMG/jpg/albumsete001.jpg
http://www.ville-sete.fr/IMG/jpg/albumsete027.jpg
http://www.ville-sete.fr/IMG/jpg/albumsete028.jpg
http://www.ville-sete.fr/IMG/jpg/albumsete045.jpg

pics are taken here
http://www.ville-sete.fr/album.php3

HappyCanuck

04-29-2005, 03:26 PM

I always SAID I was living in the wrong continent...

Mind, not like this area is much to scratch at -- gonna have to prove it to y'all some day...

JohnnyCanuck

04-30-2005, 01:35 AM

Happy your area is not so bad once you take out those unsightly mountains and forests. :lol:

Johnny

ladymako71

04-30-2005, 03:21 AM

Unnnn so pretty! I've never been to Europe...it's on me list of 'must do before I drop dead'

I have the Pacific rim covered though. ^^ Including where I was born on the side of NZ facing Antarctica...

ladymako71

04-30-2005, 03:22 AM

Happy your area is not so bad once you take out those unsightly mountains and forests. :lol:

Johnny

HA! I grew up primarily in the tropics, Allan's neck of the woods is exotic to me.

Phil

04-30-2005, 09:15 AM

I'd show y'all pics of where I live, but then the witless relocation programme would have to move me again.... :cry:

syvalois

04-30-2005, 10:08 AM

C'est Beau ! Moi, je suis allÃ©e Ã* Marseille et Nice et Ã* d'autres endroits en France auyssi, mais c'Est les 2 plus prÃ¨s. Enfin, j'ai des points de repÃ¨res. Si je vois bien SÃ¨te est Ã* l'est de Marseille.

Et le Larousse m'a donner les autres infos sur SÃ¨te. :twisted:

Harfang

04-30-2005, 10:35 AM

Sete est a l'Ouest de Marseilles plutot (a peu pres distant de 200 Km ;vous utilisez les Km au Quebec :?: ) , on est proche de la frontiere espagnole :)

syvalois

04-30-2005, 10:48 AM

Sete est a l'Ouest de Marseilles plutot (a peu pres distant de 200 Km ;vous utilisez les Km au Quebec :?: ) , on est proche de la frontiere espagnole :)

Merci et oui, on utilise le km. On apprend le systÃ¨me mÃ©trique Ã* l'Ã©cole, mais Ã* cause de nos voisins du sud et de quelques vieux bornÃ©s, on est pris avec le systÃ¨me impÃ©rial dans la vie de tous les jours. Vraiment navrant!

Garry/Al-Fan

05-03-2005, 12:19 PM

Beautiful pictures, Harfang.

Welcome, Carlos.

Happy belated birthday wishes, Dana.

New avatar, Legerd? Neat.

Harfang

05-17-2005, 06:29 PM

Hi from France all ! ! My old continent !!

i've been in N.Y city once and i found it very very beautyful !!

si ya bien une ville aux etats unis ou j'aimerai vivre c'est bien labas (surtout manhatan) j'y suis allÃ© avant les attantats de 2001 et je suis meme montÃ© en haut des tours jumelles ! quand j'ai vu leur destruction a la tÃ©lÃ© mon coeur s'est cassÃ© ; j'ai eu mal tres mal meme
en france un journal a mis a sa Une: on est tous Americain je n'ai jamais ete aussi d'accord avec ca ; voir ces tours tombÃ©es j'en ai eu les larmes ausx yeux :cry: !!
L'amerique est un beau pays !! avec des gens de valeurs meme si ...enfin comme dans tous les pays !!
je ne peux pas parler du canada ou du quebec par contre , je n'ai fait que le survoler ! mais comme disait le GÃ©nÃ©ral De Gaule : Vive le quebec libre !! 'c'est peut etre la seule fois qou j'ai ete d'accord avec lui :lol:
E n France on vient de commÃ©morer la fin de la seconde guerre mondiale je tenais juste a remercier les americains , les canadiens et les quebecois qui sont venu dans mon pays nous rendre la libertÃ© .et je voulais juste dire ; surtout aux americains , que la france leur est reconnaissante de tous ce qu'il ont fait ! nous aimons l'amerique quoiqu'en disent les medias americains
seulement alliance ne veut pas dire allegence

++ god bless you !!

je traduirai plus tard mais juste que vous compreniez si cela n'etais pas fait que la france aime l'Amerique ! ne croyez pas vos media (surtout ceux de Murdock !! ) bye all

i would like to thank all American and Canadian (inclued Quebecers) peoples who are dead to free my country :D (i hope you understand what i'm saying)

Phil

06-25-2005, 08:45 PM

Exxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxcellent....

Okay Dude....that scares me. lol

Don't make me retaliate with the dreaded 'Valley Girl'... ;)

I never did call you up on this, did I? :P :twisted:

ladymako71

06-26-2005, 04:37 AM

I never did call you up on this, did I? :P :twisted:

nope...and it isn't pretty.. >=)

Phil

06-26-2005, 04:50 AM

I'll be the judge of that.... :wink:

MistressMerr

07-02-2005, 06:35 PM

Legerd

07-02-2005, 08:28 PM

Hey MistressMerr, welcome to Alpha Waves. :D Band geek, eh? :? Well, I guess we can let that slide. :P

Ben

07-03-2005, 04:09 AM

ladymako71

07-03-2005, 08:38 AM

NAME: Leshia Doucet
BIRTH DATE: January 13th, 1989
LOCATION: Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada
OCCUPATION: High School Student (going into Grade 12)
INTERESTS: Comics, movies, architecture, being a band geek

BIO: I was born in London, Ontario (same as Mac! *dork*), but I've lived here for the large majority of my life. It's pretty cool having forest stretching out to the horizon in every direction. I'm kind of a hick, and whenever I go to Edmonton I catch myself gawking at how big everything is. I've only ever been out of the province three times in my life, and two of those were for band trips. I play the trombone.

G'day Leshia,

lol no worries about gawking at the big city...I lived mostly in remote locals around the Pacific and Indian oceans when I was a kid and I still tend to gawk at the big cities...including the one I now live just down the road from. San Francisco if you ever get the chance, is rather impressive to see...and nowhere near as massive and insane as Los Angeles...which I've also lived in and seen and can pass on thank you very much. =p

I agree with Ben though, if you ever get the chance, you should really get out there and see the world. I had the fortune of being the daughter of a military career bloke and I can honestly say I wouldn't change my childhood for control of the Universe.

As for this lot, they're a good bunch. The boys are in training and I will soon be shipping them off to their new lives... for a price so I can buy Tahiti and retire at the ripe old age of 35... They will still have access though to the net as per my arrangements with their new 'employers'.

A girl can dream can't she? ^^

Legerd

07-04-2005, 03:07 AM

A girl can dream can't she? ^^

Yow, a girl can take her meds too, eh? :lol:

ladymako71

07-04-2005, 04:05 AM

what do you think put the wild ideas into me head in the first place? ^^

Weapon J

07-07-2005, 04:24 AM

NAME: Jason Louis
BIRTH DATE: 3rd May 1975
LOCATION: York, United Kingdom
OCCUPATION: Former Ghosthunter, Former Florist, Former Rogue,
Now trying to break into writing Comicbooks for a living.
INTERESTS: Comics, RPGs, Paranormal, Movies, Sci-Fi, Writing, Muisc.

BIO: Just recently moved to the city of York from down south to live with my Girlfriend, I've had many careers and hobbies over the years including Ghosthunting, working as a florist, working as a security guard and selling suits in a menswear company. My first ever job was to manage a comicbook shop, which was my dream come true. now I'm trying to break into the comic world by creating and writing my first superhero comic with my partner as the artist. Already set up a small publishing company (Jaded Paper(c) ) which I'm planning on expanding in a year's time.

Legerd

07-07-2005, 06:42 AM

Welcome aboard Weapon J! Ghost hunting, eh? I wanted to get into that a few years ago but it didn't seem like there was alot of money in it (which I needed at the time). Care to tell us more about your comic?

shaman

08-01-2005, 02:55 AM

Name: Kevin
Birth Date: 01/04/82
Location: Port Angeles, WA
Occupation:Animator
Interests: comics, movies, drawing, and hanging with friends
Bio: born in the states, gots me a bachelors in animation and visual effects and now I live in the greater vancouver area. got the idea to start drawing an ulimates style AF with Bryan Hitch as referance and would really like to see what Mark Millar could do if he jumped on the bandwagon

Legerd

08-01-2005, 02:57 AM

Welcome to the boards shaman! Would you care to post any of your art?

shaman

08-01-2005, 03:15 AM

I just posted something in the fan art section, if you would like to take a look

Ben

08-01-2005, 03:17 AM

Welcome Kevin! I can attest to Kevin's quality art, and his cool costume ideas. I have a lovely pic in my email :D. You can post it up here in the Photo Album Kevin, and when I get a chance I'll add it to AF.net

Ben

Carlson

10-08-2005, 08:03 AM

NAME: chris carlson
BIRTH DATE: i cant remeber, maybe yesterday, no, it's today! happy birthday!!
LOCATION: las vegas baby (actually in Henderson, the nice part of town)
OCCUPATION: graphic designer, web designer, whatever pays, slave to none feared by some stomped by thousands of screaming girls(daily)
INTERESTS: music: indus; VAC , Front line assem., nin; reading koonz and king, video games, of course, driving fast, cutting off people in hummers and other overpriced cars, and the internet (porn that is), ha, just kiding, maybe

Powersurge

10-08-2005, 12:39 PM

Hmmm. Sorry I didn't fill this out a long time ago. I swore I gave an intro, but maybe that was on another list ... or my profile. Ah well ...

Name: Jamey Martin
Birthdate: November, 1971
Location: Victoria, BC (born in Fredricton, New Brunswick, grew up in Winnipeg)
Occupation: Homewarden, ie. housedad
Interests: family, NW European religion/history, music (singing, strumming, listening), fitness and self-defense, movies, RPGing (Marvel Superheroes, DnD, misc.), drawring, comicboooks.

Cheers!

Spyridona

10-29-2005, 11:42 PM

AME: Spyridona will do. Or Spy.
BIRTH DATE: December 14th, 1982
LOCATION: Saint Augustine Florida
OCCUPATION: College Student, majoring in History; goal History Teacher.
INTERESTS: Comics, history, anime, video games, art, tea.

BIO: Born in Washington DC. Moved to Florida. Decided I was a geek girl and I hated the sand. Florida and me don't get along. :)

Ben

10-30-2005, 08:08 AM

Welcome Spy! I can see you not liking Florida much these days, I here it's been pretty windy! But the beach on the other hand...I love the beach, and was so sad to have been too busy this summer to go myself.
Glad to have you here, pull up a corner in the cupboard, don't worry, that fungus isn't too contageous.

Ben

Legerd

10-31-2005, 05:05 PM

Hiya Spy! Welcome to the boards.

Dalandow

11-02-2005, 07:33 PM

Name: Eric Ross
Birth Date: Feb. 21 1985
Location: Farmington, West Virginia
Occupation: Sheet Metal Worker
Interests: Heroclix, Baseball, Comics, Video Games, Wrestling, Anime

Legerd

11-02-2005, 11:31 PM

Hey Dalandow! Welcome to Alpha Waves.

Ben

11-03-2005, 08:41 AM

Welcome Eric! Always room for more metal workers! :D There's a plasma torch in the cupboard, just don't forget to attach your ground, and don't point it at any of the gremlins.

Ben

Erik Roman

11-06-2005, 10:46 PM

Hi all,

I just discovered this board and, being an Alpha Flight fan since their first introduction in the X-Men, I just had to sign on.

Dalandow

11-06-2005, 11:58 PM

Welcome Eric! Always room for more metal workers! :D There's a plasma torch in the cupboard, just don't forget to attach your ground, and don't point it at any of the gremlins.

Ben

I'm actually not a welder, I'm more of a "stand around for 8 hours, do nothing and get paid for it" type of worker myself. :wink:

Legerd

11-07-2005, 12:59 AM

I'm actually not a welder, I'm more of a "stand around for 8 hours, do nothing and get paid for it" type of worker myself. :wink:

Ah, up here in Canada that would make you a road repair worker.

Legerd

11-07-2005, 01:04 AM

Hi all,

I just discovered this board and, being an Alpha Flight fan since their first introduction in the X-Men, I just had to sign on.

Welcome to Alpha Waves Erik. :) I just took a look at your portfolio, that's some nice work! Maybe you could post some Alpha pics in the Fan Art section here?

Ben

11-07-2005, 10:43 AM

Welcome Eric! That is indeed some fine looking art! Should you have any AF stuff, I'd be more than pleased to find a home for it on AF.net. Just don't leave it in the cupboard where Del can find it and use it for a litter box. He's bad about that kinda thing.

Ben

HappyCanuck

11-07-2005, 01:21 PM

I'm actually not a welder, I'm more of a "stand around for 8 hours, do nothing and get paid for it" type of worker myself. :wink:

Ah, up here in Canada that would make you a road repair worker.

Or a government official...

Erik Roman

11-07-2005, 10:08 PM

Thanks for checking out my work. I'm glad you like it.

I may get around to doing a fan piece, if time allows.

V-MAN

11-19-2005, 01:44 AM

Hello, to my fellow Alpha Fans!.... I thought I was alone in this world.....Boy was I surprised to find this sute ...I Love it....I've been a Alpha Fan since way back...I'm talking Byrne, Vindicator, showing up in X-Men looking for logan. I wnet away for a while, not caring for some of the stuff they did after Bryne left (Puck/supernatural/non Dwarf stuff) and liking some things (Box becoming Jefferies, He still is isn't he?) I have been away for awhile.......My Fav is Vindicator, Mac, James, the original. i know they've done some strange things with him while I was away. Maybe someone could get me up to speed. I'd love that. Huge fan of the original Bryne lineup.....Lets talk...Thanks...

HappyCanuck

11-19-2005, 04:33 AM

welcome to the asylum, V-Man! grab a piece of carpet, but be weary of the cupboard... ya never KNOW what may try to eat you (like that sardine and egg salad sandwhich.... I STILL blame Del for that one...)

zekethegreat

12-21-2005, 11:09 AM

NAME:Ezekiel Phineas
BIRTH DATE: November 2, 1991
LOCATION: Jerusalem, Israel (The Holy Land)
OCCUPATION:I'm in school
INTERESTS:you wouldn't understand, it's Jewish

HappyCanuck

12-21-2005, 11:15 AM

NAME:Ezekiel Phineas
BIRTH DATE: November 2, 1991
LOCATION: Jerusalem, Israel (The Holy Land)
OCCUPATION:I'm in school
INTERESTS:you wouldn't understand, it's Jewish

Welcome and greetings, Zeke (sorry, my Hebrew is VERY rusty, and won't tempt making an ass of myself), welcome to Alpha Waves.

As for your interests, I'm quite interested, regardless of the cultural gap.

zekethegreat

12-21-2005, 11:36 AM

Well, I usually spend my time learning Talmud.
and recently I've started reading Psalms, and it's amazing stuff, eh?

Legerd

12-21-2005, 11:38 AM

Welcome to the boards V-man and Zekethegreat! I'll make an ass of myself if HC won't, Shalom! :D Here's a link to help bring you up to speed on what's happened/happening to Alpha:

http://www.alphaflight.net/

Check out the Alphanex and Latest News links on the right.

Ben

12-21-2005, 11:48 AM

Welcome Ezekiel! Love seeing members from distant lands :) Don't mind the squishy spots in the cupboard, they are just last year's left-over turkey.

Ben

HappyCanuck

12-21-2005, 11:50 AM

Well, I usually spend my time learning Talmud.
and recently I've started reading Psalms, and it's amazing stuff, eh?

heh, yer talking to a guy who studies religions as a hobby, mate, to me it IS amazing. Unfortunately, it's hard as a Western Gentile to get any relevant information on Judaism that's not so drenched in 'pre-Christianity' that it gets undaunting. I was conferring with a Rabbi I knew once, but, sadly, things went down-hill after he passed away.

zekethegreat

12-21-2005, 11:50 AM

Legerd, the thought was nice but:
Nobody says Shalom in Israel!!!
We Boker Tov(Good morning), Tzohoraim Tovim(good afternoon),
Erev Tov (good evening), or if more friendly Ahalan(it basically means hello and its really in arabic but anyways).
anyways I've been too long on the computer and gotta go daven.
C ya'll
Zeke-o

Legerd

12-21-2005, 12:03 PM

Legerd, the thought was nice but:
Nobody says Shalom in Israel!!!

Ah, but I'm not in Israel. :lol: Thanks for the correction, and We Boker Tov Zeke!

(I said I would make an ass of myself didn't I?)

HappyCanuck

12-21-2005, 12:05 PM

(I said I would make an ass of myself didn't I?)

Heh, glad it was you and not me, Legerd :P

Legerd

12-21-2005, 12:08 PM

(I said I would make an ass of myself didn't I?)

Heh, glad it was you and not me, Legerd :P

Ha Ha Ha... hey, I think Beak's looking for you. :P

HappyCanuck

12-21-2005, 12:11 PM

Legerd

12-21-2005, 12:19 PM

:twisted:

Shaman Of The Whills

01-25-2006, 01:32 AM

Hi, I'm new here... I've been a fan of Alpha Flight for most of my comic collecting life, although the comic itself has been alive longer than I have. I've glanced in and out of these boards for around a year or so, but I thought it was finally time to join up and lend my posting support for the team.

Name: Chris Lydo
Birth Date: January 2, 1986
Location: Arkansas, United States
Occupation: College Student and Summer Camp Counselor
Interests: Comics, Star Wars, Anything else qualifying me as a 'geekydorkboy'.
BIO: I was born in the city of Dallas in Texas and lived there for most of my life until I attended boarding school in New Jersey. Following a return home for High School I headed off to college (where I am now) studying as an english major and minor in politics. I spend most of my free time now in pursuit of comic books and the interesting stories they provide, and occasionally right some rather pathetic fanfiction, which has particularly suffered due to my loss of an e key (now copied and pasted, hence my inability to capitalize the letter e in english).

Legerd

01-25-2006, 10:17 AM

Welcome aboard Shaman of The Whills, just shove a few of the coat hangers over make yourself at home. :)

Obsidian3d

01-25-2006, 11:03 AM

I'm new too. I kinda snuck in last week and just started posting like I'd been here all along. Soo uh, hi folks. I'm from Canada but currently living in Japan, so I'll probably do most of my posting when you're all sleeping.

Ben

01-25-2006, 12:19 PM

Welcome to you both! Make yerselves at home in the cupboard, don't mind the cranky OLD british guy, I know he smells funny, but he won't bite (because his teeth all fell out)

Ben

DelBubs

01-25-2006, 04:10 PM

Welcome to you both! Make yerselves at home in the cupboard, don't mind the cranky OLD british guy, I know he smells funny, but he won't bite (because his teeth all fell out)

Ben
Oh, who's a little whit (sp) today, :P :lol:

Ravenheart

02-16-2006, 09:30 PM

-K-M-

02-17-2006, 02:05 AM

I just joined up and wanted to say hi to everyone.I've been a fan of Alpha Flight ever since I first saw Sasquatch way back in Marvel Two in One.I have the entire runs of each volume with Vol.1 definately being the best out of them all.I'm really looking forward to talking Alpha Flight with everyone.

Welcome Ravenheart, you came at a bad time with the aftermath of what happened to AF in New Avengers #16 :( . Anyways welcome to the board and enjoy your stay.

Ravenheart

02-17-2006, 06:59 AM

Yeah I just got that issue the other day.I'm hoping that they're not dead and only injured but it doesn't look good.

Ben

02-17-2006, 11:46 AM

Welcome Ravenheart! Always room in the cupboard for more, just kick the corpses out of the way.

Ben

MrGranger

03-02-2006, 08:24 PM

NAME: Shawn Granger
BIRTH DATE: 1969
LOCATION: Hollywood
OCCUPATION: Film/TV/Comics
INTERESTS: New ways to make my daughter laugh.

I currently have a couple of films in the Hollywood machine, some stuff showing at the Cannes this year, and writing for King Tractor Press (http://www.kingtractorfilms.com) including INNOCENT (The Sword mini-series and the regular OGN series), FAMILY BONES, and will soon launch a daily webcomic.

That's it...mostly. I've been around the Alpha Flight group since the early days. I was still at CNN then...long, long time ago. I kind of got distracted and the lack of AF kind of put me on the lurk mode. But I'm still around.

Ben

03-03-2006, 01:59 AM

Hey Shawn, nice to see you're still around, and under a new handle :) You seem to have a lot of new stuff going on, nice to see life is staying interesting for you!

Ben

TheQuestionMan

03-15-2006, 01:31 PM

NAME: Eddie Blake
BIRTH DATE: June, 22, 1970
LOCATION: Port Moody, BC, Canada
OCCUPATION: Security Specialist
INTERESTS: Comics, Films, RPGs (Superheroes), and Cycling.

BIO:I discovered your website years ago and lurked unitl now. I appreciate the hard work and community you established here. Thanks for having us.

I was a sporadic collector of Alpha Flight. I would read them in store and then buy the ones I liked, which were unfortunately few and far between. I believe that most writers just did not get "IT".

I look foreword to seeing a New Alpha Flight better than before (Not hard in my opinion).

Cheers

QM :?:

Ben

03-15-2006, 02:14 PM

Nice to have you jumping in Eddie! Thanks for the nice comments about the site :)

Ben

Transmetropolitan

03-16-2006, 12:23 AM

Ben

03-16-2006, 12:50 AM

Alpha Flight has the distinction of being a team I love without having ever seriously followed the comic. I was always more of an X-Men reader (a title which has since alienated me, and become incomprehensible to those who haven't been keeping score), but I always loved Alpha Flight when they turned up in Chris Claremont's issues.

Great to have you here Transmetropolitan! If you weren't a big AF collector before, spend a little time around here and you'll wanna get 'em all :D There's plenty of storage space in the cupboard.

Ben

DelBubs

03-16-2006, 03:28 AM

Welcome to all you new members. A quick question for Transmetropolitan (sp). Can I take it from your handle that your a fan of that miserable bastard Spider Jeruselam', if so then you and I are going to get along fine? :-)

Transmetropolitan

03-16-2006, 08:27 AM

Own the entire arc of that wonderful, wonderful series. In collected form, of course.

And yeah... Spider Jerusalem makes me happy.

In a gut-churning, angry, "oh-dear-lord-not-the-face" kind of way. ;)

DelBubs

03-16-2006, 06:44 PM

I have from #8 - 60 and every TPB, most signed by Ellis and Ramos. Pure class and probably, imo, the 'V for Vendetta' of the 90's.

Nanostorm

03-30-2006, 12:47 AM

Hi there everybody, just thought I'd be polite and introduce myself.

I've been a big AF fan since I first saw eyes on them in X-men, and I am currently trying to get hold of all the old issues (not easy here in Norway).

Interests outside comics is RPG's, Music and HeroClix (I have a killer Alpha Flight HC team).

Rune

Ben

03-30-2006, 02:25 AM

Welcome Nanostorm! I saw your post about your heroclix, nice AF collection! You sould photo those rare ones for us to see! Best advice for getting yer hands on back issues is ebay, lots of folks will ship worldwide, and and you can get big collections cheap quite often.

Ben

Nanostorm

03-30-2006, 04:04 AM

Thank you Ben.

I should try to get some pictures up, only problem is I really don't know how to attach them to my posts :oops:

As for acquiring older issues of AF, I have been using ebay yes. There are great holes in my collection - but they are slowly becoming smaller :)

Rune

Ben

03-30-2006, 04:13 AM

Thank you Ben.

I should try to get some pictures up, only problem is I really don't know how to attach them to my posts :oops:

Click on the photo album button towards the top of the page, go into Assorted Alpha Flight Images, and click the upload button, from there you can add the images to the album. then you can just paste the link of the image in the album into a thread. You can't actually embed image from the album into you post for security reasons, but you can certainly put the text link in :)

Ben

Snowsquatch

03-30-2006, 09:56 PM

Hi, I'm Kevin. I'm not really new, as I've been here more than a month.

Anyways, I showed up here after looking up AF at Wikipedia. I used to be a AF critic, mostly because I didn't like the costumes.

I'm not really a big comic book fan. I decided to buy a bunch of the AF comics out of curiousity. Why did AF have so much trouble staying afloat at Marvel? Why couldn't they sustain the success of FF or X-Men? When I read the comics I am really looking for the answer to that question.

In other words: what does the FF have that AF doesn't?

I'm mostly a fan of Byrne's vision now, but some of Mantlo's ideas are great, too (Jeffries' Box looks very cool, Heather as Vindicator was a great idea). I really like the artwork in the "all new, all different" AF (minus the huge forearms), too.

BTW, I have started to like some of the costumes. Whoever re-invented the Guardian suit to look like this really improved the look a lot. http://www.alphaflight.net/character_galleries/team/team_gallery30.jpg That is my favorite look. The original with only the leaf on the left side of the body just looks too uneven.

But the big P in the Puck costume? Two Thumbs-down.

I hope Marvel creates another AF title. If they are smart, they will focus on creating a great new villian (or two), and stick with a small, simple AF made from its classic members.

I really like this board. Many knowledgeable members. Thanks!

Von Allan

04-21-2006, 12:04 PM

Hello all,

I've got a bugger of a cold, this will be a quickie introduction of sorts.

I'm based in Ottawa, Ontario and I'm currently hard at work on my first graphic novel. Been a long time fan of AF, especially the original John Byrne run, and it's nifty to see a strong community like this on the net.

This is a quick sample of my work (and I hope that's ok to post!).

http://www.cyberus.ca/~ec088552/images/Marie_looking_worried.JPG

As I said, I'm fighting through the fog of a head cold so I think I'll leave it at that for right now. :)

Von

Ben

04-21-2006, 01:53 PM

Welome Von Allan! Too bad about the cold, hopefully it'll clear up soon. Nice art, you've got an interesting style from what I can tell. When is your Graphic Novel expected to be out?

Ben

Obsidian3d

04-21-2006, 02:09 PM

Nice work for sure. Always good to have more creatives on the board. :)

DelBubs

04-21-2006, 04:55 PM

Welcome aboard Von Allan. Glad to have you here, nice web site you have there.

Von Allan

04-21-2006, 09:21 PM

Hey all,

First, thanks for the kind words. Much appreciated.

Ben: the book won't be out 'til 2007. Right now I'm about 80 pages drawn with another 70 or so to go, so I'm hoping to have it finished by the end of the summer. When it's finished up, I'll be getting a lot more serious about finding a publisher. I'll self-publish if I have to, but I'd rather (for a whole pile of different reasons) go with a publisher my first time out. We'll see how it goes.

Von