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This is a hard one to answer. I really love all of the Bruce Timm stuff, but I grew up on Thundercats. I also love a lot of different animes as well.
If I had to pick some favorites I would say Bruce Timm stuff, Thundercats, Cowboy Bebop, Avatar The Last Airbender, and GI Joe: Resolute.
May 2011 you say? Why Marvel you shouldn’t let me know so early what you are getting me for my Birthday.
THOR Comic Con trailer. Enjoy!
FUCK YES
One of my favorite moments at the convention was when Cameron and I were talking to a couple of ladies. One of them answered her phone and said, “Hey guys we have to go our ride is here.”
The look on Cameron’s face: Priceless
It was like that ride went back to the past and punched Cameron in the face when he was a baby. Now it was back to do it again.
Client: ”How much do you charge to install Windows on a computer?”
Me: “$85”
Client: ”Is it going to be legal?”
Me: ”Yes.”
Client: “How much do you charge for a pirated copy?”
Me: ”$10,000 or 10 years in prison.”
Some people have pets, I have a Green Lantern action figure. He likes to surf tumblr.
You’re going to find this sad, but I would have to say Toronto. My trip there was a super long time ago and there’s nothing I can think of since that sticks out in my mind.
ianbrooks asked: Hey man, about the whole spoiler thing, I occasionally post images on Time Travel from new comics I get but typically just single panels and nothing that ever spoils the story for anyone else. I've never once had anyone complain but hopefully I'm not one of the assholes you were talking about because if someone told me I was spoiling a book for them I'd definitely try to be a bit more mindful in the future.
Anyways, if there ever is a problem with images on Time Travel, just let me know.
I can’t think of a time that Time Travel has posted anything that set me off. I genuinely feel that you and pigtailsandcombatboots do a fantastic job with Time Travel. It’s one of my favorite Comic Blogs on Tumblr along with Zatanna, Dc Women Kicking Ass, Pink of the Ink, and Comics Cavern. And if someone posts a page or panel once in a while that’s not spoilerish, I get over it.
The people that are really upsetting me are the ones that posted roughly the last 4 pages of Shadowland. Which came through the Tumblr account I use for The Couch. It seems to be more and more common that people are approaching outright piracy by scanning a majority of a books and posting it to Tumblr. Of course it also had to be a book I mail ordered and don’t receive for another month. A book I was very excited to read.
What sparked me to actually post my rant was a certain X-Men related spoiler. Which did meet my one week rule. I don’t read X-Men, but I thought it was very uncool how it was posted and handled by the people who did it. When a tumblr peep brought up the fact that they were upset with the spoiler (albeit with some F-Bombs and inappropriate behavior) they mentioned unfollowing said person. That Blog turned it back on them and said something to the tune that Unfollowing is an empty threat and unfollowing us in the long run only hurts you. They also added more spoilers in their response and talked about how they were doing everyone a service by saving people money in the long run.
There are ways to write a proper response and being a jerk is not one of them. Hopefully I wasn’t one when I posted my Rant or the revised one on The Couch. I like to think I wasn’t.
Anyways enough of my ramblings, thanks for taking time off from being Batman and reaching out. Keep it classy! O wait… was I suppose to say that last part?
I only have one major gripe with Tumblr’s Comic Community. When Wednesday hits, or sometimes the night before when people get early copies, Tumblr peeps think that it’s fair game to whip out a scanner and start scanning pages.
Why does this seem to be okay on Tumblr and no where else? In fact…
Honestly, unless its a page I’m REALLY excited for… I normally don’t even post spoilers because it seems like it’s a race to do it now. And when I do, I DO try and use my spoiler image.
As I mentioned I know you’re normally really good with spoilers. I think the day I wrote you was the “straw the broke the camel’s back” sort of reaction.
I only have one major gripe with Tumblr’s Comic Community. When Wednesday hits, or sometimes the night before when people get early copies, Tumblr peeps think that it’s fair game to whip out a scanner and start scanning pages.
Why does this seem to be okay on Tumblr and no where else? In fact some weeks it seems to be fairly reblogged. Not too long ago I ragged on Zatanna for doing this, she was very nice in apologizing and even stated that she stopped using her normal spoiler image covers because no one else was. I’m a little upset that others in the Comics Community on Tumblr are polluting one of the best Comics Blogs on Tumblr with their lack of common courtesy.
Seriously I can take Previews spoiling stuff for me, because I still get a chance to read the comic when it comes out. But people who are scanning multiple pages/panels from the current Wednesday’s comics are really starting to piss me off. You’re taking away my enjoyment of reading a comic. Sometimes all I have left as a reader is the story and art.
Before you respond with, “Then you should unfollow us.” I would end up unfollowing some quality comic book tumblr blogs in the Comics Community on Tumblr for myself and Graphic.ly. People who generally post fantastic stuff that I like to share and communicate would be taken out of my stream. I’d rather not do that. All I’m asking is, please wait to turn on the scanners till later if you can’t I have some tips below.
My tips on how this could be best avoided:
Post it as a link. I’ve posted things on The Couch where I only had the link for people to click through. An example that I can think of were pictures from the Green Lantern set. I remember someone sending me a message to thank me for making it a link so I didn’t spoil anything.
Put up a spoiler image to cover what’s there. You can do this by posting a Blurred image and linking back to the real one. It’s simple enough to post the image on Flickr for the link through.
Wait a week, maybe two. I even feel if I haven’t read my books in a week it’s fair game to spoil it for me. The defense of “I posted this and now you can save 3.99 on a shitty book.” is a poor one. Maybe I want to waste that money OR with the rise of people ordering online, maybe I ordered that book a month or two ago. In that case you’ve spoiled money that has already been spent.
I hope that people actually take this to heart and I ask that if you feel the same way to reblog this with any additional comments or advice you have. I know what I have above as far as advice may not be perfect. I’d also like to hear from people who think it’s okay to post things the day they come out and why they think it’s okay. Keep in mind I’ve already mentioned above that saving me money is a poor defense. It’s my money and I’ll spend it whichever way I please.
What are these, song lyrics? *google*
Enrique Iglesias? I’m very confuse about this.
I'm a 26 year old, who is out in the real world trying to survive. Big comic, movie, and computer nerd. Look me up on twitter, flickr, and Facebook. I also routinely write reviews at iFanboy and Murmur.com. You can email me at jon [at] jonstump [dot] net.
