Crackity Jones' Discovery Of Alpha Flight

[Le Messor]

I will be back to post in here when I have read another issue of AF and have something to say about it.

I hope it's soon, but you have bigger things on your mind right now.
Again, condolences.

Anything I've been reading has been mainly silver age stuff (so no AF) because I need the goofy nonsense right now.

Y'know, that's what frustrates me so much when people say 'the world has got darker, so we need our fiction to be darker'. I find it's the exact opposite - the worse things are in my life (and the world in general), the lighter I need my fiction to be to compensate.

~ Le Messor

[Crackity Jones]

I hope it's soon, but you have bigger things on your mind right now.
Again, condolences.

Thank you.

Y'know, that's what frustrates me so much when people say 'the world has got darker, so we need our fiction to be darker'. I find it's the exact opposite - the worse things are in my life (and the world in general), the lighter I need my fiction to be to compensate.

~ Le Messor

Exactly.
I have been reading Silver Age Teen Titans which is goofy as Hell (especially The Brave and the Bold stuff), and Stan Lee's Silver Surfer (which is so hilariously melodramatic and fantastic).
It's been like medicine for me.

[Le Messor]

I have been reading Silver Age Teen Titans which is goofy as Hell (especially The Brave and the Bold stuff),

I've been meaning to track those down. The first few are in Archive Editions, and the later ones aren't pricey.

~ Le Messor
"A man's reach should exceed his grasp or what's a heaven for?"
~ Rudyard Kipling

[Crackity Jones]

I've been meaning to track those down. The first few are in Archive Editions, and the later ones aren't pricey.

~ Le Messor
"A man's reach should exceed his grasp or what's a heaven for?"
~ Rudyard Kipling

I have the first two Archives books. I wasn't really anticipating getting into silver age TT when I got them, but it's been working out for me so far.

I started reading Wein and Wrightson's Swamp Thing, which is excellent so far, but it was just too sad for me to read right now.

[Le Messor]

I can imagine something like Swamp Thing would be. I've never really thought about that one, but that's more because it's not on my radar than anything.
Also, an even Moore famous run is by a writer I can't stand (but I'd get kicked out of comics for admitting who).

~ Le Messor
"A mind is a terrible thing to... ugh.. I forgot."
~ Unknown

[Crackity Jones]

I can imagine something like Swamp Thing would be. I've never really thought about that one, but that's more because it's not on my radar than anything.
Also, an even Moore famous run is by a writer I can't stand (but I'd get kicked out of comics for admitting who).

~ Le Messor
"A mind is a terrible thing to ugg.. I forgot."
~ Unknown

hahahaha, It's okay, I caught the clue in there.
And, honestly, the way I look at it is: We all love AF and Byrne has openly admitted he doesn't give a sh*t about his own creation, and he's also been known not to always be the greatest to fans. And I adore Neal Adams' art, and he argued with a friend of mine at a con about the exact geographical location of North Carolina (my friend was born and raised there, and Neal Adams was completely wrong, but of all things to argue about with a fan at a con? really?), and he is known for not being the nicest either.

I try not to let these things bother me or sway me from reading or enjoying their work.

However! I did draw the line with Roc Upchurch's latest stunt. THAT burned me forever on him. And that reminds me: I REALLY need to change my avatar here.

[Le Messor]

hahahaha, It's okay, I caught the clue in there.

... It's his writing I can't stand, though. I don't know enough about the writer to say I can't stand him; only strongly imagine I couldn't if I met him. I don't think I'd like him, but I'd be open to being proven wrong.

However! I did draw the line with Roc Upchurch's latest stunt. THAT burned me forever on him. And that reminds me: I REALLY need to change my avatar here.

I don't know what his latest stunt was; I'm guessing not so much jumping over five sharks on waterskis as something misogynistic?

~ Le Messor
"Success is not forever and failure is not fatal."
~ Don Shula

[Crackity Jones]

GUYS.

Hi.

[Phil]

Helloooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

[Mokole]

Nice to hear from you Crackity

[Le Messor]

It's been so long!

[Crackity Jones]

Helloooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

PHIL.
Hi. <3 How have you been?

Nice to hear from you Crackity

What have you been up to?

It's been so long!

Too long! How has life been?

I know I haven't been here in forever, but I think about you guys a lot.
I have not read a comic in probably...six months.
Honestly, I have had some horrible experiences with fanboys in the past 6-7 months (why's the internet and men so awful?), and it has quite burned me out a bit on comics.

But! You guys. What have you all been up to? Miss me at all? <3

[Le Messor]

Too long! How has life been?

Same ol', same ol'.
How's with you? (In general, apart from the below...)

(why's... men so awful?)

Well, if that's the way you feel about me... :-/

Honestly, I have had some horrible experiences with fanboys in the past 6-7 months, and it has quite burned me out a bit on comics.

I'm sorry to hear that. It really shouldn't affect your comics reading, but I can understand why it would.

Miss me at all? <3

Yep. I was just thinking about you the other day!

[Mokole]

How can people not miss you?

As to what I've been up to, nothing unusual, planning on building a shed when I have time.

[Crackity Jones]

Same ol', same ol'.
How's with you? (In general, apart from the below...)

I have been occupying my time with things outside of comics, for the most part, for now. I still have lots to read, but have taken a small break to catch up on other things.

Well, if that's the way you feel about me... :-/

Not you. lol!
I promise.
Just, wow. When you're a woman, in comic fandom (or...any kind of entertainment fandom, really), and you happen to have an opinion that is not the same of some fanboys?
It gets nasty out there, folks. I can deal, but I wish I didn't have to. lol.

I'm sorry to hear that. It really shouldn't affect your comics reading, but I can understand why it would.

Oh, sorry! I am not gone from reading comics for good. I intend to pick it back up.
But right now, I've reading things like this, this is my current read:

Yep. I was just thinking about you the other day!

Yeah??
Hopefully good thoughts and none of the bad ones!