(The following was originally posted on CBR's Community board in reply to a thread asking posters to introduce themselves.)
I'm 33 and mainly a fan of older comicbooks, although I do buy some new ones each month. I've been posting at CBR since early 1997. The boards I usually visit (usually once a day or more) are this one (Community), Classic Comics, and Music.
I've been reading and collecting comics since the late 1970s. It was around 1983 that I first began to try comics other than superheroes, and so I started buying titles by Archie/Red Circle, Charlton, etc. as well as old reprint titles like Marvel's Weird Wonder Tales. If you want to know what kind of comic I like best, check out THE FLY #5-8 (Archie, 1984) or THE BLACK HOOD #2 (Red Circle, 1983).
Around the same time, I learned about old-time radio (OTR) programs like The Shadow and Suspense. From 1992 to 1996, I published a fanzine called Tune In devoted to the topic. I've long thought about trying to put out another issue, but have never quite managed to do so. My enthusiasm for OTR waned in 1997, just as my interest in new comics (which I'd largely stopped buying in 1989) was reborn thanks to the internet and a local comics shop which heavily promoted the concept of pull lists and advance-orders through the Previews catalog. (I've been ordering out of Previews each and every month since April 1997.) Last year, my interest in OTR was reawakened a bit due to learning about shows being stored on CDs in MP3 format, so that one could buy many hours worth of programming for only a few bucks. I occasionally buy such CDs on eBay from dealers like rdalexander and otr_radio.
My all-time favorite TV show is the original B&W Twilight Zone. My favorite episode is probably "Walking Distance." I'm a fan of the old spooky radio shows, and the old spooky comics, so TZ is like a TV version of them for me.
My 2nd all-time favorite TV series is Doctor Who. My favorite Who stories are: "Spearhead from Space," "Terror of the Autons," "Robot," "Genesis of the Daleks," "The Seeds of Doom," and "Kinda."
The only current TV drama that I follow is CBC's This Is Wonderland starring Cara Pifko. I live close enough to Canada that I have grown up with a little exposure to Canadian TV and radio. I have always appreciated that different perspective being there on the dial.
These days when I watch TV, I tend to watch political talking-head shows like Hardball on MSNBC or The McLaughlin Group on PBS. I also like to read books about the history of the American Presidents. I think that I have all of Theodore White's "Making of the President" books, for example. The political websites that I visit the most often include Andrew Sullivan's blog, Townhall's columnists and WorldNetDaily.
My favorite movies are Citizen Kane, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Raiders of the Lost Ark. I'm also interested in the old-time movie stars like Marlene Dietrich, and silent stars like Louise Brooks and Lillian Gish. TCM is one of my favorite TV channels.
My favorite prose writers tend to be old short story writers such as O. Henry and Edgar Allan Poe. My favorite comics creators are Steve Ditko and Jack Kirby. My favorite DC character is Superman (including Superboy).
My favorite Marvel character is Captain America. (I have more issues of Cap than probably any other series, although I haven't bought it since the renumbering, nor the new Cap & Falc series. I'm particular about the art in comics. To me, Dan Jurgens & Bob Layton did the best Cap art since Mike Zeck in the 1980s, so when Marvel let them go to renumber Cap and go in a different direction, they let me go as a reader as well.)
My all-time favorite band is The Beatles. My favorite albums are: The White Album, Revolver, and Magical Mystery Tour in that order. My favorite Beatles songs are "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "I am the Walrus" (tied for #1), "Penny Lane," "Eleanor Rigby," "Helter Skelter," and "Revolution 9" (I love it because it's so weird and different).
Bob Dylan is probably my all-time favorite solo artist. I love 1960s music; I love how it changed and grew from one end of the decade to the other, and how quickly the changes came (in comics, too -- from Dick Sprang's Batman to Neal Adams'). Last year, I got heavily interested in Simon & Garfunkel's 1960s output, when I bought a boxed set of all their albums. Last month, I bought The Who Sell Out from 1967 and have been enjoying its typical 1960s quirkiness and innovations. I love music that's catchy and quirky like that.
My favorite current style of music is contemporary Christian music (CCM) which I've promoted (and defended) many times on the boards in the interests of trying to share this neglected genre. My favorite CCM artists include Miss Angie, Kevin Max, Newsboys, and Rebecca St James. My favorite album of last year was Audio Adrenaline's Worldwide. The only other website that I check more often than CBR is CMCentral.
I'm a member of the Presbyterian Church (USA) denomination, whose official website can be found here. I became a Christian in August 1999, thanks in part to encountering articulate Christians on this very board (several format changes ago).
I'm a Democrat who voted for Howard Dean in the primary this year; originally I supported Gephardt but he dropped out before I could vote for him. In 2000, I voted for Al Gore. In 1992, the first year that I could vote, I voted for Bill Clinton. (I registered too late to vote in 1996 but would have voted for Clinton again.) I'm not sure who I will vote for in this election. Kerry doesn't excite me in the least, although he may help do so if he selects John Edwards or Gephardt for his VP. I have vaguely contemplated writing in Dean's name on the ballot in November.
Regarding political positions: I think abortion should remain legal; I favor affirmative action, animal rights, gun control, which are "liberal" positions. However, I'm personally "conservative" in my lifestyle: don't drink, smoke, swear, etc.
Well, that's my list of likes and so forth. Hope you weren't too bored.
P.S.: I previously posted here under the handle "Rimes."
I've been reading and collecting comics since the late 1970s. It was around 1983 that I first began to try comics other than superheroes, and so I started buying titles by Archie/Red Circle, Charlton, etc. as well as old reprint titles like Marvel's Weird Wonder Tales. If you want to know what kind of comic I like best, check out THE FLY #5-8 (Archie, 1984) or THE BLACK HOOD #2 (Red Circle, 1983).
Around the same time, I learned about old-time radio (OTR) programs like The Shadow and Suspense. From 1992 to 1996, I published a fanzine called Tune In devoted to the topic. I've long thought about trying to put out another issue, but have never quite managed to do so. My enthusiasm for OTR waned in 1997, just as my interest in new comics (which I'd largely stopped buying in 1989) was reborn thanks to the internet and a local comics shop which heavily promoted the concept of pull lists and advance-orders through the Previews catalog. (I've been ordering out of Previews each and every month since April 1997.) Last year, my interest in OTR was reawakened a bit due to learning about shows being stored on CDs in MP3 format, so that one could buy many hours worth of programming for only a few bucks. I occasionally buy such CDs on eBay from dealers like rdalexander and otr_radio.
My all-time favorite TV show is the original B&W Twilight Zone. My favorite episode is probably "Walking Distance." I'm a fan of the old spooky radio shows, and the old spooky comics, so TZ is like a TV version of them for me.
My 2nd all-time favorite TV series is Doctor Who. My favorite Who stories are: "Spearhead from Space," "Terror of the Autons," "Robot," "Genesis of the Daleks," "The Seeds of Doom," and "Kinda."
The only current TV drama that I follow is CBC's This Is Wonderland starring Cara Pifko. I live close enough to Canada that I have grown up with a little exposure to Canadian TV and radio. I have always appreciated that different perspective being there on the dial.
These days when I watch TV, I tend to watch political talking-head shows like Hardball on MSNBC or The McLaughlin Group on PBS. I also like to read books about the history of the American Presidents. I think that I have all of Theodore White's "Making of the President" books, for example. The political websites that I visit the most often include Andrew Sullivan's blog, Townhall's columnists and WorldNetDaily.
My favorite movies are Citizen Kane, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Raiders of the Lost Ark. I'm also interested in the old-time movie stars like Marlene Dietrich, and silent stars like Louise Brooks and Lillian Gish. TCM is one of my favorite TV channels.
My favorite prose writers tend to be old short story writers such as O. Henry and Edgar Allan Poe. My favorite comics creators are Steve Ditko and Jack Kirby. My favorite DC character is Superman (including Superboy).
My favorite Marvel character is Captain America. (I have more issues of Cap than probably any other series, although I haven't bought it since the renumbering, nor the new Cap & Falc series. I'm particular about the art in comics. To me, Dan Jurgens & Bob Layton did the best Cap art since Mike Zeck in the 1980s, so when Marvel let them go to renumber Cap and go in a different direction, they let me go as a reader as well.)
My all-time favorite band is The Beatles. My favorite albums are: The White Album, Revolver, and Magical Mystery Tour in that order. My favorite Beatles songs are "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "I am the Walrus" (tied for #1), "Penny Lane," "Eleanor Rigby," "Helter Skelter," and "Revolution 9" (I love it because it's so weird and different).
Bob Dylan is probably my all-time favorite solo artist. I love 1960s music; I love how it changed and grew from one end of the decade to the other, and how quickly the changes came (in comics, too -- from Dick Sprang's Batman to Neal Adams'). Last year, I got heavily interested in Simon & Garfunkel's 1960s output, when I bought a boxed set of all their albums. Last month, I bought The Who Sell Out from 1967 and have been enjoying its typical 1960s quirkiness and innovations. I love music that's catchy and quirky like that.
My favorite current style of music is contemporary Christian music (CCM) which I've promoted (and defended) many times on the boards in the interests of trying to share this neglected genre. My favorite CCM artists include Miss Angie, Kevin Max, Newsboys, and Rebecca St James. My favorite album of last year was Audio Adrenaline's Worldwide. The only other website that I check more often than CBR is CMCentral.
I'm a member of the Presbyterian Church (USA) denomination, whose official website can be found here. I became a Christian in August 1999, thanks in part to encountering articulate Christians on this very board (several format changes ago).
I'm a Democrat who voted for Howard Dean in the primary this year; originally I supported Gephardt but he dropped out before I could vote for him. In 2000, I voted for Al Gore. In 1992, the first year that I could vote, I voted for Bill Clinton. (I registered too late to vote in 1996 but would have voted for Clinton again.) I'm not sure who I will vote for in this election. Kerry doesn't excite me in the least, although he may help do so if he selects John Edwards or Gephardt for his VP. I have vaguely contemplated writing in Dean's name on the ballot in November.
Regarding political positions: I think abortion should remain legal; I favor affirmative action, animal rights, gun control, which are "liberal" positions. However, I'm personally "conservative" in my lifestyle: don't drink, smoke, swear, etc.
Well, that's my list of likes and so forth. Hope you weren't too bored.
P.S.: I previously posted here under the handle "Rimes."
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