IAM Marvel Community

[bebopeva88]

Looking for better comic discussion? Did you read something really great, or notice something really cool that you just gotta talk about? Wanna revel in and commiserate in the joys and frustrations of being a Marvel fan? Welcome to the IAM Marvel Community -- a place of general Marvel talk where individual tastes are shared, reviews are given, news is broken, and stances are taken. Named in honor of The Irredeemable Ant-Man, any and all posters are welcome. Tell us your favorites when it comes to comics, get to know us, and join in the fun!

What originally began as a very early preemptive save The Irredeemable Ant-Man thread grew into the largest subforum thread Newsarama had ever seen, eventually outlasting the title, and turning into a community thread. This is an all purpose general Marvel discussion thread where people can hopefully get to know each other and talk not only about Marvel Comics, but anything else that comes up. This thread had 28,508 posts on Newsarama, and then they went and changed, so we set up refugee camp here. The original thread in all its classic goodness may be found here.

Here at CBR, we grew larger than ever, prospered, laughed, cried, bitched, poked fun at, and spoke wisdom for a year and a half, and things were a comic talk utopia of sorts.

Then came...THE SHADOW LOCK. It came in an early morning stealth attack during the Board Memory Crisis that was happening concurrently. In order to spare the body, a really sexy limb had to be severed, though thankfully, benevolent moderator Expletive Deleted allowed said limb to be preserved, where it can be read in all of its 59,971 posts of baffling IAM 2.0 glory (and bathed in formaldehyde), here. Naturally, we neared 5k posts on Versions 3.0-16.0, and then came a new 10k post limit with 17.0, taking things up to IAM 22.0...THEN CAME SHADOW THE GREAT BOARD OVERHAUL/SHADOW LOCK II: LOCK HARDER!!! IAM 22.0, only a scant few weeks old had 664 posts in it, and now we're at the Jordanesque IAM 23.0, making this post #209,564.

GET TO KNOW THE REGULARS -- ORIGINS AND ECCENTRITICITES LISTED BELOW IN EASY TO DIGEST, CONDENSED FORM!

* bebopeva88: Founder, President, dictator, and role model to many. Prone to going stabby when enraged. Has several personas, including, but not limited to bebopstradamus, an eerily accurate comic prophet, and P-bebop and N-bebop, which have been documented by other regulars as an overly positive, almost naive bebop, and a bile spewing negative bebop who will most certainly bring you down. Defends Jim Lee to the death.

Loves: Wolverine, Jim Lee, Bloc Party, Cowboy Bebop, and the Phillies to a shocking degree. Loves Marvel, though it treats him like an abusive spouse, and he's confounded by DC's ineptitude. Word is, he's also responsible for shaping the minds of the current generation, so be afraid, oh yes, be very afraid. Resident comic art and anime guy.

Fan crush: Scarlett Johansson, January Jones, and...Jim Lee.

Pet creators: Jim Lee, Cho, Bachalo, Sean Murphy, Rocafort, Ellis, Charest, and CLAY MANNNNNNNNNNNNN

Particular comic likes: Jim Lee, Warren Ellis, Wolverine, Batman, Cho, Charest, Coipel, McNiven, Bachalo, Jae Lee, Cassaday, Dodson, Cheung, Williams III, the Kubert Bros., Art Adams, Quitely, Yu, Brubaker, Aaron, crime & noir stories, Noh-Varr, shiny holofoil covers and gatefolds, Eric O'Grady, Black Bolt, CLAY MANN.

Particular comic dislikes: the art of Rob Haynes, Steve Uy, Khoi Pham, Greg Land, Niimura, and Larry Stroman. The writing of nu-Claremont, Way, Austen, Casey and most Pak; Molly Hayes, all Flashes, most GL's, DC continuity, especially the Multiverse and multiple origins, Marvel's recent attempt to put awful creators on things he likes, IGN Comics' stupidity, Pixie, Legion, Wonder Man, Tigra, Daken, Wasp, She Hulk, Aunt May, perpetually stupid and regressing Peter Parker, nu-Deadpool, Loeb's Wolverine, nu-Wolverine origin & continuity

Origin:Stabbed by a radioactive hobo whilst oogling a Jim Lee illustrated X-Men issue, bebop fell into a coma, upon which he awakened weeks later as a stronger, smarter, still very white comic fan dictator. Those who opposed him were crushed, and those who sided with him were permitted to be underlings. Unhappy with the current state of the things, he decided to shape the world into a vision of his own via a most assured method -- by molding the minds of the upcoming generations. Once he deems fit, the bebopocalypse will be unleashed, and once that happens, well...things will go 'slode, that's for sure. And bebop will rule all.


* RedRonin: Leader of a vicious simian army; hates Jim Lee's art despite having otherwise good taste in comics; ignores Booster, calls Kernel retarded every 12.7 minutes; surely doomed during the bebopapocalypse due to his Lee hate; only his Charest love may spare him; warns of impending simian doom, prone to shocking outbursts about his hate for PETA. Likes to be coy about his ethnicity, but we all know he's Samoan. Self proclaimed resident a-hole (except when it's Hurnslice, as seen in the "Staples Incident"). Butcher of the English language. :wink:

Fan crush: Alison Brie, Katy Perry, Christina Hendricks' boobs...and Stuart Immonen.

Pet creators: Immonen, Charest, Hickman, the Knaufs, Sean Murphy, Skottie Young

Particular comic likes: Iron Man, Black Panther, Warren Ellis, Travis Charest, Yu, Aja, Disco Dazzler, Coipel, Immonen, Lark, dreaming of Larroca's departure from IM, Jason Aaron, Medusa, Darkhawk, Skottie Young, and Brandon Peterson, despite his blindingly garish colors and shininess.

Particularly dislikes: The art of Jim Lee (I think he's faking it though), Uy, Pham, Stroman, and Land; Amadeus Cho, the creepy RASL guy, most anime, DC's continuity/stupidity, num, Boostered, Twilight, Greg Pak, Legion, IGN Comics' stupidity, Frank Miller, Jubilee, Fraction's butchering of Iron Man...and also the majority of things done to Iron Man over the past decade aside from Extremis.

Origin: Raised by apes, who stole the hairy baby from his unsuspecting mother, RR rose through the ranks to eventually become leader, after being so much of an a-hole to the former leader, that he swallowed his own tongue. Retreating to Samoa to escape large gatherings of people, he eventually came to the US mainland -- California to be exact, a baffling move by non-simian standards. Wielding a mastery of misogyny and racism, he masquerades as a student by day, and presents a danger to all as Simian King. Watch your genitals.


* Sentry/Void aka Kid Impulse aka S/V: Human DCU encyclopedia; thinks being British is an occupation, had horrid taste in art, but is slowly improving. Prone to loving and leaving writers an a regular basis, and also to highly anticipating something, and then quickly hating it. Resident music guy. Has 28 comics that first got him into comics, and gets run over by cars. Provides occasional revelations about his likes, each one more shocking than the last. Largely has abandoned comics for music. Moves a lot.

Fan crush: Kieron Gillen

Pet creators: Kieron Gillen, FVL, JRJR (looks-wise), Skottie Young

Particular comic likes: The Spot, Bart Allen, Umbrella Academy, Scott Pilgrim, Gillen, FVL, speedsters (particularly Bart Allen), Manapul, David Aja, Skottie Young, and smiley heroes, Paul Cornell

Particular comic dislikes: Nighthawk, Longshot, Pixie, Hal Jordan, people messing with Bart Allen, J. Scott Campbell

Origin: Found in a dumpster behind a Manchester club, young S/V was always singing Brit pop, and proclaiming every other comic he got to be the one that got him into the hobby. In an event that has never fully been explained, he somehow downloaded the entire history of the DCU into his brain, most of which fit, but some of which was crowded out due to the resident info related to obscure British bands and break up songs. He serves as a general IAM ambassador overseas, but mostly I think he goes to concerts.




* Kernel: resident thread Butters; enjoys posting seemingly drunken pics of himself; took like a year and 2000+ posts to finally effing read IAM; used to have a mullet; now can drive and has a job, which he doesn't let anyone forget. Likes raping Books-A-Million, and hating on books that are otherwise universally loved. Dungeon master. Questionable taste in women. Dislikes many good comics. Dreaded Chew fan. Makes fantastic videos. Love of FiddleFaddle's life until recently being spurned in favor of RR.

Fan crush: Hayden Panettiere, Kanye West

Pet creators: Marco Checchetto (weird, right?), JRJR, Deodato, Morrison

Particular comic likes: Spider-Man, JRJR, mullets, Deodato, Checchetto, Venom/symbiotes, his Gale hating fetish, Chew, Batman, Grant Morrison

Particular comic dislikes: hardcore Morrison fans (until he became one), Bob Gale & Freak, Criminal, Batwoman

Origin: Birthed in the inbred infested swamps of the backwoods of NC, Kernel emerged from the womb with a mullet and a love for the absurd. Bankrupted due to his mother spending all of the family's savings on what should've been a cheap ebay auction, and losing all of his own personal assets on a Weezer CD, Kernel turned to a life of crime and comics raping in large book stores. After doing hard time, Kernel decided to walk the straight and narrow, and is now a student, with an actual job, and can likely be found discovering bands like Muse in 2009, using cool new terminology from 10 years ago, and listening to Kenye West.

[bebopeva88]

GET TO KNOW THE REGULARS, CONTINUED:

*Hurnslice: Disgraced wannabe TV and film guy, who defends ER in the debate over whether it is superior to The Wire. Consistently watches horrible things, and eschews far superior fare for no good reason. Formerly a mysteriously named old guy, and uber, massive, scary T:SCC fan. Does things that make his nipples bleed, and writes scripts whilst giving play by play updates. Former name dropper. Unleashes the Hurnslicer when angry, cornered, constipated, or overly confused. Has masculine French soapbox posters. Curses Dollhouse's name and all that it stands for. Nearly made a life enemy of Val Staples, before the Staples Armistice of 2009 was arranged. Inexplicably dislikes The Green Mile film. Dreaded Chew fan.

Fan crush: Summer Glau, that awful Jesse devil spawn from T:SCC, BAG

Pet creator: insufficient database

Particular comic likes: Spider-Man, the Umbrella Academy, Bone, BKV, The Escapists, Chew

Particular comic dislikes: Domo, Larry Stroman, JRJR on non Spidey work, I, Zombie

Origin: A fictional creation of 2 television writers, Hurnslice was miraculously and inexplicably brought into physical being at the beginning of the American cinema boom in the 1930's, perhaps even earlier. Dedicating his life to scriptwriting, running, and sneaking onto nearby studio lots, Hurnslice found love in T:SCC before watching it slowly die and have its grave desecrated by his arch enemy, Dollhouse. The trauma caused him to forget nearly all comic creator names. Rumored to be a 3rd Coen brother.





* jlmoor aka Skynet: Midwest mom o' buying any X-comic obsessiveness, she is the female force of the thread, and also a hostile A.I. bent on human enslavement. Despite this, her internet sucks, so we're probably safe for awhile, though she can get the jump on you individually, with her stealth prowess. Resident X-fan. Has dangerous comic reading habits. Isn't allowed within 100 feet of Jason Aaron. Can't drop a comic if she buys it beginning with #1 unless it's Scarlet.

Fan crush: Magneto, Black Bolt

Pet creators: Whedon, Jenkins, Clay Mann

Particular comic likes: X-anything, big event tie ins, Magneto, the Inhumans, particularly Black Bolt & Medusa

Particular comic dislikes: very easy to please...pretty much just anything that makes Magneto look bad, Scarlet, and Chew.

Origin: Her early days are unrecorded due to lack of records kept in the backwoods where she resides. At one point she was thought to be a family woman working in a crazy weird school district, until the ages of her children began to change, at which time it was confirmed that she has wholly transformed into a completely technological construct. Motives unknown, she hordes X-comics, and plots humanity's demise. The machines are coming.



*Skeets : Connoisseur of horrible things and strange taste; believes ER to be a better TV show than The Wire. Got lost, and found his way here after thinking this was a DC thread. Resident legal guru and wine class graduate. Likes DC things that I've purged from my mind, drops minis like they're on fire, and loves him some TV sitcoms and Buffy. Confirmed to be part of a dual entity collective also made up of Booster, this new organism was dubbed Skooster, and shortly after officially being recognized, and having the identity made public, the Booster persona was suppressed, and Skeets fled to Europe, where he was MIA for quite some time. He, or someone posing as him, has returned and is reading lots of law books. Professed Samnee fan who buys none of his work.

Fan crush: Kanye West

Pet creators: Yildiray Cinar, Chris Samnee, Mike Allred, Fabio Moon, Gabriel Ba, Kevin Maguire

Particular comic likes: damn near anything DC, Buffy, Booster Gold, Rucka, Scalped, Darwyn Cooke, The Stand, Mike Allred, Fabio Moon, Gabriel Ba, Kevin Maguire, Nu-New Avengers

Particular comic dislikes: Thor, Wonder Woman (except for the BN tie in mini), Bendis

Origin: Lovechild of an unnamed 49ers benchwarmer, Skeets was abandoned on the steps of the DC NY offices for unknown reasons. They sent him to CA to live with their West coast branch, where he took up law studies, which largely entailed getting to know about fermented grapes. Finding his way into comics, he has been displaying curious taste by dropping quality titles of late, and morphed into Nu-Kernel (though he can see when fingers are clearly broken in an X-ray on a cover, unlike Classic Kernel). He is also prone to becoming a dual entity known collectively as Skooster, this Siamese Twin being is spoken of in hushed tones throughout the Golden State.




*FiddleFaddle: Resident youngster, and purveyor of questionable taste. Prone to posting in strange syntax, using colors and bolding as some form of additional communication compensation. Only one who consistently uses multi quote. Gets off on using phrase abbreviations. Cannot comprehend winky smilies, ie. is winky autistic. Formerly down with the Kernel, now has only eyes for RR.

Fan crush: creamsicles, Paco Medina, Kernel

Particular comic likes: Avengers: The Initiative, Spider-Woman, X-Men Legacy, Niimura's art, New X-Men, Paco Medina

Particular comic dislikes: Generation Hope, Guggenheim, Steve Uy

Origin: a sentient being formed from a bacteria collective on the rim of a creamsicle vat, FF escaped from the Good Humor factory, and soon fell in with the wrong crowd (re: the X-boards). Currently a liaison to that psychotic place, he remains a source of amusement, and occasional confusion and befuddlement for his fellow IAMers.


*RolandJP: longtime lurker, he has decided to emerge from the shadows after learning of his comic creator heritage. Champion of Doctor Voodoo and Black Panther, he fights against KKKernel, his archenemy, and struggles to understand the rapid fire banter and inside jokes that pelt him each time he comes to the thread. Does drive by postings that range from indecipherable, to amusing, to insights into his madness.

Fan crush: ???

Particular comic likes: Black Panther, Doctor Voodoo, all things Wakanda

Particular comic dislikes: things that oppose his likes

Origin: A future host body that Hudlin created for himself, the artist formerly known as Excelsior inexplicably gained sentience, fled, and has since vacillated between being ally and creepy random uncle to the IAMers, both at Newsarama and at CBR.


*Iron Maiden: Elder-stateswoman of the thread, which perhaps hints at a future marriage to Hurnslice. Massive Doom and Thing fan, go-to poster for info about the past, most reserved member of the thread, which hints at either normalcy or quiet insanity.

Fan crush: Alan Davis, Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Gene Colan

Particular comic likes: The FF, particularly The Thing and Doom

Particular comic dislikes: Avengers Disassembled, whippersnappers, Mark Millar

Origin: Unknown; she predates us all, and as such the historical record is unreliable, as it has been compromised through her filter, as all history has come from her hand.


*coveredinbees: largely enigmatic female member; X-fan

Fan crush: Paco Medina; formerly: Marjorie Liu

Particular comic likes: X-Men, Paco Medina, Scarlet Witch...bees.

Particular comic dislikes: ???

Origin: Real life female Swarm, minus the Nazi part. We think.


*Aziz Abbasi: Psychotic foreigner who loves Spider-Man, 2 generation old video games, horrible movies, and genitalia tails

Fan crush: ???

Particular comic likes: Whatever you dislike

Particular comic dislikes: Spider-Man, bad films, porn

Origin: CLASSIFIED


*colossalreign: talented art-dude who acts as official ambassador for all things Colossus and Claudio Castellini; has an unnatural aversion to DeviantArt llamas

Fan crush: CLAUDIO CASTELLINI

Particular comic likes: COLOSSUS

Particular comic dislikes: people who draw Colossus as regular dude size

Origin: He's Claudio Castellini.


*KMACthaKilla: 12 yr. old who really likes zombies. REALLLLLLLLY LIKES ZOMBIES. Ignored by most regulars.

Fan crush: ZOMBIEZZ

Particular comic likes: ZOMBIEZZZ

Particular comic dislikes: NON-ZOMBIEZZZZ

Origin: The product of concentrated teenage male pop culture, ritalin, and poor education, he was developed as a test tube fetus by the Umbrella Corporation, before naturally wreaking havoc, escaping, and plaguing the internet.


*comics91: still hasn't read the last 6 issues of IAM; African-American extra on The Wire due to his Baltimore war zone location; my occasional minion, and Comic News Lad; petulant toddler; posts quarterly

Particularly likes: chillin', The Venture Bros., X-Men, Koi Pham *gasp!*

Particularly dislikes: safe cities; making posts consisting of more than a simple sentence or two

[bebopeva88]

*Count Yoda: Everyone's favorite Madonna-British polite guy, he of the uber descriptive LCS trip report, and Hope obsessiveness.

Fan crush: Ibraim Roberson

Particular comic likes: Hope, Moon Knight, Top Cow, things that make you go, "Huh?!?"

Particular comic dislikes: HE'S TOO DAMN POSITIVE FOR THAT

Origin: Birthed in the bathroom stall of a Houston Rammstein concert, he rapidly aged, emerging from his cocoon as a giant-headed toddler, but maturing into a fully grown CY in the span of less than 25 issues. Whilst politely headbanging and moshing, he inexplicably associated all of the exposed boobies at the concert with Top Cow, and its lascivious logo. He quickly developed a disturbingly strong love for all things Top Cow, and currently may be found going on adventures with his sister, as well as kidnapping various people from his campus and taking them to conventions.


*CTpitch: IDONTEVENKNOWWHATTHECTSTANDSFOR

Fan crush: CT

Particular comic likes: apes, Dave Johnson, checkerboard backgrounds, babes in sunglasses, The Unwritten, Journey Into Mystery, The Sixth Gun, Blue Estate

Particular comic dislikes: THE IMMINENT ENDING OF BLUE ESTATE

Origin: ???????????????????????????


*Blu Berri: We thought BB was a girl, then a guy, then a girl, then a guy, then, strangely, a guy again, then a girl, and now we know he's a guy. UNTIL TOMORROW. He draws manga-y manga of manganess quite well, and he is obsessed with MAN PACKAGES.

Fan crush: Penises. Who they happen to belong to matters not.

Particular comic likes: Psylocke

Particular comic dislikes: whatever the opposite of Sailor Moon is

Origin: Popular belief holds that radioactive materials in and around Japan contributed to the rise of giant monsters, but in reality, that is a myth -- they created Blu Berri. He can read kanji! He can draw the horrific spawn of Sage and Warpath! He can enter a enter into a white run mode and achieve 100% achievements on a game at will! Alas, the people of Japan feared this formidable soul, and only the expansive land of America, with its more varied types of beefcake, could contain him.


Acclaimed creators who post occasionally in this thread:
Phil Hester
Ande Parks
Dan Slott
Troy Hickman
Kurt Busiek
Kieron Gillen
David Yardin
Val Staples
David Gallaher
Gerry Alanguilan
Scott Snyder
Clay Mann
Ibraim Roberson
Christina Strain


The glorious previous iterations of the thread can be found here:

XXII http://oldforums.comicbookresources....rvel-Community
XXI http://forums.comicbookresources.com...rvel-Community
XX http://forums.comicbookresources.com...rvel-Community
XIX http://forums.comicbookresources.com...rvel-Community
XVIII http://forums.comicbookresources.com...rvel-Community
XVII http://forums.comicbookresources.com...rvel-Community
XVI http://forums.comicbookresources.com...d.php?t=385024
XV http://forums.comicbookresources.com...d.php?t=374253
XIV http://forums.comicbookresources.com...d.php?t=367360
XIII http://forums.comicbookresources.com...d.php?t=362166
XII http://forums.comicbookresources.com...d.php?t=358196
XI http://forums.comicbookresources.com...d.php?t=353876
X http://forums.comicbookresources.com...d.php?t=348465
IX http://forums.comicbookresources.com...d.php?t=343222
VIII http://forums.comicbookresources.com...d.php?t=338712
VII http://forums.comicbookresources.com...d.php?t=333405
VI http://forums.comicbookresources.com...d.php?t=327888
V http://forums.comicbookresources.com...d.php?t=321794
IV http://forums.comicbookresources.com...d.php?t=314978
III http://forums.comicbookresources.com...d.php?t=308963
II http://forums.comicbookresources.com...d.php?t=304646

[bebopeva88]

Well...hello there Great Board Overhaul II/Shadow Lock II.

Thankfully, the old forums are up for 2 more weeks and can be found here for anyone looking for them.

All this because of one innocuous Teen Titans cover, heh.

[RedRonin]

So we do have register again? Boo. Oh, well.

[bebopeva88]

So we do have register again? Boo. Oh, well.

Post count reset is go!

"Junior Member". Feh!

Rolandjp is dead. I Superboy punched him and CBR rebooted.

I'm curious to see how many regulars show up with new names.

[Count Yoda]

Ah! I was worried I was going to lose my identity for a second!

[RedRonin]

Ah! I was worried I was going to lose my identity for a second!

Never! You will always be remembered, Andy.

[RedRonin]

Post count reset is go!

"Junior Member". Feh!

I'm going to slightly miss the original join date. That was a nice mark of the mass exodus from Newsarama.

[Count Yoda]

Hm, seems I do not have the file of my old avatar on this laptop....

Quick, to the archives!

Sweet. Managed to get this one to work. MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

You are an evil, evil man.

[bebopeva88]

Sweet. Managed to get this one to work. MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

LOL

I'm surprised it worked/fit size-wise.

I'm going to slightly miss the original join date. That was a nice mark of the mass exodus from Newsarama.

Maybe they'll be updated...

Starting today, we're rebooting the CBR Forums. For the next 14 days, the messages from the old forum will be located here. All threads are locked, no new posts or replies are possible and no ads will be served on those pages. The messages are there for two purposes only -- to let old users access posts they'd like to archive, and for our moderators to reference accounts and posts.

I doubt it's a priority for anyone though, and it's not a big deal either way, really. It'd be nice to have, but I'm not gonna lose sleep over it.

[Iron Maiden]

I'm going to slightly miss the original join date. That was a nice mark of the mass exodus from Newsarama.

Yeah, me too. This is the second time I lost my original join date. There was a server crash back before the 2004 join date I had. I think it was maybe from the year I was laid off and had nothing better too do but play on the very slow internet.

I kept trying to post from work but I usually just jump into the forum and kept getting that "be back soon" message. Then when I did get the forums I couldn't figure out why it would not take my login and I thought I got banned or something. I put in my email on the forgot password link and I kept getting an error message on the email I entered. They really should have made it clear that you had to register all over again. Jonah's Weiland's announcement on the main page had been bumped down by the time I saw it.

I really am going to miss the old thread and I am not sure I like this idea of one Marvel Comics forum. I also lost my Doom appreciation thread. Thankfully someone else started it up again.

They need to bring the Avengers forum back since there's so many different titles. Things are getting bumped off the main page way too fast.

[ImmortalIronFist]

I'm curious to see how many regulars show up with new names.

I thought very seriously about it.

[Hurnslice]

Ugh, I feel violently re-birthed.

[RedRonin]

I thought very seriously about it.

Curious what you would have gone with.