Comments on: Q&A #59: Alert Nerd’s True Geek Confessions

By: lilacsigil

lilacsigil — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:29:51 +0000

Jennifer – I also like many parts of the Daredevil movie, but I highly recommend most of Bendis’ run (he wrote it before he got all BENDIS!!!!-y). He writes a totally awesome Foggy, and Maleev’s art is great (Foggy in a bowler hat!). It’s not a good run for picking up single issues, as it has long, long storylines and reads much better in trade.

Sigrid – we are SOUL TWINS, united by intense dislike of Kirk. He’s a prancing, smirking, sleazy fool who never seems to show the awesomeness with which the narrative keeps bashing us over the head.

By: Caroline

Caroline — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:30:12 +0000

@Valhallan — if you like Cable, I’d say to give Cable/Deadpool a shot. It continues the story arc from that Tischmann run on a grander scale — the first couple trades are particularly good, and then the Civil War crossover + the immediate aftermath. After issue 36 or so it becomes mainly a Deadpool book, but prior to that, well worth looking into for the Cable stuff.

By: Valhallahan

Valhallahan — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:35:36 +0000

* The Deadpool character that is.

Oh, and my other confession would be drawing geeky joke cartoons with comic characters.

http://gallery.valhallahan.co.uk/#0.22

By: Valhallahan

Valhallahan — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:32:21 +0000

I recently got that whole Cable in developing countries run from a bargain bin (they were like 10p each) and thought it was excellent.
It made me search out some Soldier X and yeah, Blaquesmith really sucks. I never tried Cable and Deadpool because I really don’t like the character. He’s like that Ker-ray-zee friend-of-a-friend that “you’re just gonna love” who turns out to be really really annoying.

I also totally agree with the Kirk Bashing and Daredevil defending.

I guess my confession would be not liking Neil Gaiman or Grant Morrison’s stories on the whole. This is a cardinal sin for an English comics fan apparently.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:53:57 +0000

Oh, I forgot: I also have to give props to Colin Farrell as Bullseye, because he’s the only one who seemed to know what movie he was in.

By: Monica

Monica — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:27:43 +0000

@Anika – Aww, don’t listen to the haters. I don’t write crossovers, but I get the appeal! I have read a few I like. I tend to skip over them if I don’t know both fandoms, though.

By: Caroline

Caroline — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:07:28 +0000

@Sarah I’m another person who thinks the ‘Daredevil’ movie is boring but kinda digs ‘Elektra.’ It has a lot to do with Garner who’s really good at doing what she does.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:03:10 +0000

As usual, one of the things I love the most is the total diversity of your responses! I will be reading Anika’s fanfic immediately! Caroline, one of the things I love the most about your confession is how you discovered Cable in the first place — there’s something classically geek yet delightfully unexpected about that!

I actually kind of love Jen Garner as Elektra. But I would probably love Jen Garner if she played…anything. (Cable?!)

By: Cash

Cash — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:39:48 +0000

Having already confessed to being a Legion of Super-Heroes fan, I can’t think what’s left to confess.

By: sigrid

sigrid — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:11:05 +0000

@Anika Cavorter likes him. :grins:

@Caroline Here, here!

And just for the record, let me be clear: I have written a metric ton of fanfic, ranging from the canon-compliant general audience, to the raunchiest porn, to absurdist crossovers. Like re-writing scenes from The Thin Man using Tony Stark and Steve Rogers as Nick and Nora Charles.