Freakin' loved Spiderman comics.

Bush Cash

My favorite Spiderman cartoonist was Johnny Romita:

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For those interested, Marvel has almost all of their old comics digitized now. You can see at least a part of these one's Charles has been putting up for free, and all of them for a reasonably small fee.

re: #4 windsagio

For those interested, Marvel has almost all of their old comics digitized now. You can see at least a part of these one's Charles has been putting up for free, and all of them for a reasonably small fee.

Well, there goes the rest of my weekend...

For the geeks: Here's a nifty little flash simulator...
Walkinator

It takes a little trial and error but you make a "creature" of bone and muscle and it will try to teach itself to walk. Hint: start out simple with something like a triangle. What's interesting to me is doing several trials with the same creature and stopping a different points to see it walking differently.
/Well, at least I think its neat.

There's also the Marvel Essentials line that gives you to read a massive amount of original runs of their big titles for cheap (they're printed in B&W and on cheap paper but they're still good). Basically you get 500+ pages per volume for like $10-$12. DC also has they're own version called Showcase Presents. It's a good, cheap way to get Silver Age collections of bit titles for very little money.

re: #6 Killgore Trout

How, Best creature yet: make a cube of muscle, add a node in the middle and connect it to the four corners with bone.

re: #7 UncleMonkey

There's also the Marvel Essentials line that gives you to read a massive amount of original runs of their big titles for cheap (they're printed in B&W and on cheap paper but they're still good). Basically you get 500+ pages per volume for like $10-$12. DC also has they're own version called Showcase Presents. It's a good, cheap way to get Silver Age collections of bit titles for very little money.

I found a DVD at BJs that had all the X-Men in PDF format. No DRM or anything. Love that thing!

Beat Surrender

"The dignified don't even enter in the game."...

re: #8 Killgore Trout

Meat cube... heh.

Spiderman was always one of my favorite 'scaling' Superheroes. As in, the challenge for him was the same no matter who he was facing. If he was up against the Vulture, it'd take him a little planning, a little thinking, some quips, one-liners, and he'd beat him.

If he was up against the entire team of X-men, it'd take the same amount. He just put more into it the more powerful the enemy was, and was very good at kinda hiding just how powerful he was.

Going off topic to say congrats to any Hoosiers on the Butler win!

Hello Hoopster!

re: #11 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I don't know why I find that stupid thing so fascinating. I'm rarely bored but I've been stuck inside with lousy weather for too long. I'm getting loopy.

NGC 602 and Beyond

re: #14 Killgore Trout

Made me think of the "Meat Blob" from Better Off Ted.

"It tastes like despair."

If you have an iPhone, there's a great comic book reader app that lets you buy Marvel titles. Has lots of free comics too:

[Link: itunes.apple.com...]

re: #14 Killgore Trout

I don't know why I find that stupid thing so fascinating. I'm rarely bored but I've been stuck inside with lousy weather for too long. I'm getting loopy.

Crank this up, then:

re: #18 The Sanity Inspector

Crank this up, then:

[Video]

where's my Bic?

Positive Vibration

I used to have that particular comic. I used to have a shitload of what are now considered to be ultra-rare, expensive, out-of-print titles.

And then one year, when I was about 14, my depraved uncle came to stay at my house while I was away at summer camp, and sold every single one of them for money to buy weed.

I still, to this day, 26 years later, have not forgiven him.

High res pic of the cover:

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re: #21 Sigma_x

Some sins are beyond forgiveness.

re: #22 Charles

High res pic of the cover:

Click to display image: X-Men-035-Large.jpg

Wow.
That looks to be exceptionally well-preserved.

That's the one where Banshee finds Factor Three's base, and tries top alert the X-Men, but they only get part of the message ("beware the Spider!) Leading to a misunderstanding with the wall-crawler.

re: #1 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Freakin' loved Spiderman comics.

Suck-up!
/

re: #21 Sigma_x

I used to have that particular comic. I used to have a shitload of what are now considered to be ultra-rare, expensive, out-of-print titles.

And then one year, when I was about 14, my depraved uncle came to stay at my house while I was away at summer camp, and sold every single one of them for money to buy weed.

I still, to this day, 26 years later, have not forgiven him.

What a rotten man. To have stolen someone else's property to buy drugs. What did your parents do about it?

re: #27 Dark_Falcon

Probably smoked it with him, for all I know.

I also remember him using my lego bin as an ashtray all summer long.

re: #26 sattv4u2

well, i did!

OT but awesome (from the gallery posted last thread)

Well that brings up memories!

I never kept any of that collectible stuff - comics, cards, stamps, glasses, promotions, marbles - I bought them, read them, played with them, gambled for them, collected them for a few years and then threw them all away.
Who knew?
Drat.

re: #31 Spare O'Lake

Think of it this way: WIthout people like you (and like me :D) the ones left wouldnt' be worth anything either. We provide a valuable service!

At this point, Duke appears to be a much better team than WV.

I'm reading a novel by Greg Iles that was written about 13 years ago, about the admin of a porno website (not even a website, a very exclusive BBS, jeez) who gets caught up in a serial murder. It's so...quaint, describing the technology of 1997, which Iles thought was "state of the art" back in the day.

Greg Iles must really hate Anne Rice, since a fictionalized version of her (named Karin Wheat) appears as one of the murder victims.

re: #27 Dark_Falcon

What a rotten man. To have stolen someone else's property to buy drugs. What did your parents do about it?

my sister stole, from my grandfather, a pristine WW1 Luger and a 1911 Colt, given to him by his brother, who served with Pershing...it was a well known fact my grandpa was giving them to me eventually, and I'd had them out and apart, cleaned and oiled many times...there were extra mags for each and the 1911 had a cleaning kit...the pistols were sold for drug money by my sisters boyfriend...my sister!...imagine that

re: #34 Alouette

Have you seen this video that's going around from back in 1967, describing what would become the internet. Pretty funny.

1969, excuse me.

re: #36 Sigma_x

Ah women, always spending our hard earned money!!

re: #23 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Some sins are beyond forgiveness.

I really like your new avatar photo.

re: #35 albusteve

my sister stole, from my grandfather, a pristine WW1 Luger and a 1911 Colt, given to him by his brother, who served with Pershing...it was a well known fact my grandpa was giving them to me eventually, and I'd had them out and apart, cleaned and oiled many times...there were extra mags for each and the 1911 had a cleaning kit...the pistols were sold for drug money by my sisters boyfriend...my sister!...imagine that

did your sister apologize honestly in time?

re: #37 Sigma_x

1969, excuse me.

I'm pretty sure that's a spoof.

re: #34 Alouette

I'm reading a novel by Greg Iles that was written about 13 years ago, about the admin of a porno website (not even a website, a very exclusive BBS, jeez) who gets caught up in a serial murder. It's so...quaint, describing the technology of 1997, which Iles thought was "state of the art" back in the day.

Greg Iles must really hate Anne Rice, since a fictionalized version of her (named Karin Wheat) appears as one of the murder victims.

What are you reading, Mortal Fear?

Recommended to me by somebody, but I haven't read it yet.

Fox news speaks with Michio Kaku about the LHC

OT:

Chip off the old block.

re: #42 reine.de.tout

What are you reading, Mortal Fear?

Recommended to me by somebody, but I haven't read it yet.

It's actually very suspenseful, if you can get around the lo-tech without giggling.

re: #45 Alouette

It's actually very suspenseful, if you can get around the lo-tech without giggling.

I'll put it next on my list then!

re: #33 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

At this point, Duke appears to be a much better team than WV.

WV has a habit of stringing 5-6 three pointers in a row just when the other team goes cold for a stretch. They haven't done that yet in this game. Not saying they will, but ,,,

re: #6 Killgore Trout

Thanks, my kids will love it.

re: #34 Alouette

... the admin of a porno website (not even a website, a very exclusive BBS, jeez)...

Any more old school and you're getting into selling Tijuana bibles.

re: #40 Dark_Falcon

did your sister apologize honestly in time?

no, what's worse she denied it...I found out the hard way..I was corrupt myself back then to some degree, but I was never a liar or a thief...the whole incident broke my heart

re: #43 Racer X

Fox news speaks with Michio Kaku about the LHC

[Video]

I found the last minute interesting.

re: #38 windsagio

Ah women, always spending our hard earned money!!

Husband shaking his head.

Love the dials.

It probably is a spoof - there's no mention of porn, and I don't think they had flat screens in '69.

books?...
I just started Stephen Hunter's 'Night of Thunder'...
he's always excellent

re: #50 albusteve

Life is brutal. When it's family it's even worse.

re: #52 Stanley Sea

Stanley, are you a girl?

I'm Home Lizards! What a party! What a victory!
Butler wins! This is great..You could not write a better story...

re: #56 prairiefire

That would be some damn mean parents!

re: #53 Sigma_x

the screens look like old microfiche projectors really.

re: #50 albusteve

no, what's worse she denied it...I found out the hard way..I was corrupt myself back then to some degree, but I was never a liar or a thief...the whole incident broke my heart

I'm sorry to hear that. Do you still keep in contact with her?

re: #55 prairiefire

Life is brutal. When it's family it's even worse.

yeah, watch your back

re: #57 HoosierHoops

I'm Home Lizards! What a party! What a victory!
Butler wins! This is great..You could not write a better story...

Congrats

Thought you had tix for both games though?

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re: #31 Spare O'Lake

Yeah, but that was what we were supposed to do! I've got a couple of early spideys too, but they could hardly be described as 'mint', 'cos I actually READ the things! And doodled in the margins, and read them, and clipped the coupons and - you get the picture. From an investment point of view, should I have put them in a nitrogen-filled plastic bag instead? Maybe, but it kinda misses the point don'tchathink? 8-)

(Though if such a treasure trove as this one emerged, I'd be stoked - but only so I could pore over them all again)

re: #60 Dark_Falcon

I'm sorry to hear that. Do you still keep in contact with her?

of course...she had some hard times, and I forgive her

re: #64 michaelgh

Welcome recent hatchling!

re: #1 Charles

Cool new feature!

re: #56 prairiefire

Yep.

To all of you folks that have lost dear and precious items: We are all made of dust. It is heart breaking, I know, but don't get too attached to the objects and materials. We will be leaving it all behind anyway.

re: #65 albusteve

of course...she had some hard times, and I forgive her

That, I'm glad to hear. Glad it got better. That gives me hope. Thanks for sharing.

re: #51 Racer X

I found the last minute interesting.

/ Wait, you mean spending can lead to good things?

re: #65 albusteve

The best response.

re: #62 sattv4u2

Congrats

Thought you had tix for both games though?

No.. We had a party downtown Indy..I have 4 tickets and free dinner for the Pacers-Houston Game Sunday...My Boss flies in Monday Morning..He will be looking for tickets for the Monday night Championship game..I can't afford it...There will be a million parties in Indy Monday night...I'll be at one of them..I promise.

re: #66 Floral Giraffe

Welcome recent hatchling!

This latest batch of hatchlings is quite a good one, BTW. They're coming out of the woodwork, and talking quite sensibly for the most part.

re: #43 Racer X

Fox news speaks with Michio Kaku about the LHC

[Video]

1. Brilliant!
2. Devil his due, Fox news is showing this while MSNBC is showing prison documentary crap and CNN has some hollywood dufus on Larry King.
3. That part about Texas almost getting a much better SSC, that's all true! It was not outside Dallas, it was like 5 hours north west, iirc, nearer Lubbock. I'm sorry to say this as a Republican, but Gingrich had a part in killing this in his jihad on pork, but not until they had bought all the land and kicked the owners off of it. Gingrich, the intellectual! Gingrich the history professor! He couldn't see pure science as worthy of funding.

re: #71 Uninformed Opinion

/ Wait, you mean spending can lead to good things?

Heh.

No, that the evil creationist Ronald Reagan wanted to build the LHC in Texas, and congress shut it down.

O/T - do any of you think that Victoria Jackson's involvement with the Tea Party is really more along the lines of Andy Kaufman's performance art/comedy? Like when he pretended to be a wrestler?

Or is this chick really serious?

re: #69 prairiefire

To all of you folks that have lost dear and precious items: We are all made of dust. It is heart breaking, I know, but don't get too attached to the objects and materials. We will be leaving it all behind anyway.

Not me. I've already sent most of it ahead. It's good to be a long time Fed Ex customer!

re: #36 Sigma_x

Hard to imagine that, not too many decades ago, one of the ways men reckoned how important they were was by how many telephones they had on their desks.

re: #64 michaelgh

That is why appraisers say to collect what you love. Then, even if it's not that hard to find "mint condition", you'll still enjoy it.

re: #74 SanFranciscoZionist

You are correct. Interesting tags as well.

re: #76 Racer X

Heh.

No, that the evil creationist Ronald Reagan wanted to build the LHC in Texas, and congress shut it down.

the wiki story is slightly different.

re: #68 Stanley Sea

Yep.

...!!!...

I need a scorecard...

re: #40 Dark_Falcon

did your sister apologize honestly in time?

My best friend works at the local pawn shop, and she says that sort of thing daily. I was there one day when a young guys parents showed up to buy all of dad's beloved fishing equipment back after he stole them and sold it for crack.

them win the revolution, them have to win with Rasta
You can’t win other way,
Cause if you win other way, you have fight again
When the Rasta win there’s no more war. Yeah

RastaMan Chant

the 27 Club

Robert Johnson
Brian Jones
Hendrix
Janis
Jim Morrison
Alan Wilson
Pigpen
Kurt Cobain
and others less famous...all dead at 27 years old

re: #82 Uninformed Opinion

the wiki story is slightly different.

I'm still wincing from having that thing shut down. Now the secret of Life, The Universe, and Everything is gonna be discovered by those Swiss guys.

re: #77 Sigma_x

O/T - do any of you think that Victoria Jackson's involvement with the Tea Party is really more along the lines of Andy Kaufman's performance art/comedy? Like when he pretended to be a wrestler?

Or is this chick really serious?

[Video]

Agreement ding. I say performance art, and she may carry on the act for years.

re: #82 Uninformed Opinion

the wiki story is slightly different.

No, it is pretty much right on.

Lottery winner loses most of fortune, is defrauded of the rest, then dies young.

re: #86 albusteve

Image: 27_Club_Poster.jpg

re: #78 sattv4u2

Not me. I've already sent most of it ahead. It's good to be a long time Fed Ex customer!

I sure hope I run into that favorite bong of mine

re: #88 Silvergirl

Agreement ding. I say performance art, and she may carry on the act for years.

You know, I'm almost inclined to agree, but if Victoria Jackson is acting, does it follow then that Sarah Palin is as well?

re: #86 albusteve

I'm guessing the 67 club is a lot bigger.

re: #76 Racer X

Heh.

No, that the evil creationist Ronald Reagan wanted to build the LHC in Texas, and congress shut it down.

I can't imagine Larry Craig and Barney Frank and voting against a HardOn Collidor

ummm,,what's that you say,,, ,,a haDron collidor?,, oh , nevermind !!

re: #85 Bagua

them win the revolution, them have to win with Rasta
You can’t win other way,
Cause if you win other way, you have fight again
When the Rasta win there’s no more war. Yeah

RastaMan Chant

[Video]
- Bob

Bagua's raggae fest!...TOOTS!

re: #84 avanti

My best friend works at the local pawn shop, and she says that sort of thing daily. I was there one day when a young guys parents showed up to buy all of dad's beloved fishing equipment back after he stole them and sold it for crack.

I hate hearing these stories, especially the ones involving crack.

My youngest brother spent 20 in a drug-induced haze of some sort, and cannot figure out why the rest of us now have homes, families, successful lives and he has nothing.

Of course he's still living in a drug-induced haze, the most recent drug of choice being crack.

He stole thousands of dollars from my parents (and by extension, since everything was to be split among all 4 of us, from the rest of us also).

He lied, he cheated, he stole, he lied lied lied lied.

And then blamed (and still blames) the rest of us for not being caring enough to finance his life.

It is awful, awful, awful, what drugs will do to a person and to an entire family.

re: #93 SanFranciscoZionist

You know, I'm almost inclined to agree, but if Victoria Jackson is acting, does it follow then that Sarah Palin is as well?

No.

re: #82 Uninformed Opinion

the wiki story is slightly different.

?! I was sure it was up nearer the Panhandle. Maybe I'm thinking of the secret one they actually built. Never mind. I guess we don't have one at all, nothing to see here. (whistling innocently, backing away)

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re: #94 Escaped Hillbilly

I'm guessing the 67 club is a lot bigger.

you don't find it ironic?

re: #88 Silvergirl

Agreement ding. I say performance art, and she may carry on the act for years.

re: #93 SanFranciscoZionist

You know, I'm almost inclined to agree, but if Victoria Jackson is acting, does it follow then that Sarah Palin is as well?

I was leaning to a put-on, but I'm not sure there's a difference from the external perspective. Her shtick helps or hurts the national dialog, no matter what the motivation.

re: #68 Stanley Sea

{{Stanley}} I thought "that voice is too femme to possibley be a guy", but you had a NAACP bracket!! Ha, I've been seeing you as a very femme straight guy :> The Bride from Cayman. We think quite a bit alike.

re: #84 avanti

Hey Avanti - I'm curious to what happened re: the situation you had with the supremacist on that other board you visit. OK if you don't respond.

So when, Charles, are we gonna start seein' some Mad Magazine covers?

re: #105 Cato the Elder

So when, Charles, are we gonna start seein' some Mad Magazine covers?

like this?
Image: obama-mad-magazine-cover-751229.jpg

Have Faith in Rastafari

re: #87 The Sanity Inspector

I'm still wincing from having that thing shut down. Now the secret of Life, The Universe, and Everything is gonna be discovered by those Swiss guys.

We might get the next one...

re: #103 prairiefire

{{Stanley}} I thought "that voice is too femme to possibley be a guy", but you had a NAACP bracket!! Ha, I've been seeing you as a very femme straight guy :> The Bride from Cayman. We think quite a bit alike.

LOL!!!

re: #106 albusteve

Hoot!

re: #107 Bagua

Have Faith in Rastafari

[Video]
- Phillip Frazer

so far as I know, you, Kieth Richards, me and my exwife Alice are the only people I know that dig that stuff

re: #106 albusteve

like this?
Image: obama-mad-magazine-cover-751229.jpg

Loves it! Obama's face lends itself to the "Newman treatment".

re: #77 Sigma_x
From her website which also features definitions of communism and capitalism on the home page:

Well, I'd feel like we didn't really connect if I didn't tell you about what I really feel is important. I am a genuine true blue believer...not in Kaballah...not in Scientology...not in the New Age movement...not in Mormonism...not in Buddism...not in Hinduism...not in Catholicism...not in Protestantism...but in Jesus Christ. I've studied all those other religions...and as a cynic, and a free spirit...I personally decided to put my faith in Jesus. I've read the Bible all the way through...and I believe it is the Truth...the Word of God. Read John 3:l6, Ephesians 2:8,9, Romans 3:23, and Romans 6:23 and tell me what you think. What do you think? Jesus claimed to be "the Lord"...He was either the "Lord", a liar, or a lunatic. Tell me what you think and why. After all, none of us has died and come back to tell...so we all have our faith in something. What is your faith in? I'm eager to listen and discuss.

re: #101 albusteve
No, just sad.

re: #114 Escaped Hillbilly

I'm shooting for 97. my daughter has already said she would take care of me.
: )

re: #53 Sigma_x

It is real and was produced by Philco Ford. Wink Martindale is the actor playing the father and there is a interview I saw on you-tube with Mr Martindale talking about this prophetic video.

re: #74 SanFranciscoZionist

This latest batch of hatchlings is quite a good one, BTW. They're coming out of the woodwork, and talking quite sensibly for the most part.

I suspect that Charles gets fewer Trolls with "quiet door openings" than announced ones. He also seems to have gotten some nice comic book fans!

Bagua's Roots Reggae Fest™ is moving the Dj upthread.

The mystery of the Mayan calendar revealed:

[Link: twistedphysics.typepad.com...]

Jet: Are you gonna be my girl?

re: #97 reine.de.tout

It is awful, awful, awful, what drugs will do to a person and to an entire family.

Your money went to the black markets to pay for the enormous risk tax which anyone in the business must collect to compensate themselves for the risks posed by misguided law enforcement.

Though, in a free society your brother might still lack the empathy to do his own gardening, or not.