TroyHickman

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alright then, just plz read it, I put alot of work into it, the whole novel spans over a thousand years

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Just like Catcher in the Rye!

The odds of me reading anything online like this are really slim, since (A) I have to read hundreds of pages of stories and papers every week for the teaching gig, and (B) I don't want to risk being accused of "borrowing" an idea somewhere down the line. If I were going to read it, though, there's no way I would do so without paragraph breaks and the dialogue laid out in the proper format. Otherwise it's like trying to read UPC codes or some binary language.

Glad to see you're working on it, though. Keep at it!

As always, I'm an open book (probably one that would be banned from most libraries...).

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And off course you can't go wrong by just checking out the awesome artist we have on the boards. Gill, Psibug, Poison,Troy Hickman, David Nakayama,

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Celty, while I appreciate the support, I can barely draw stick figures. I like to think I can write a pretty good funnybook, but my artwork hasn't progressed much since second grade. David cooks with gas, though, as do a bunch of those others you mentioned.

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I'm just kind of curious as to Sean Michael Fish. Because you generally don't refer to people with three names. We don't say "Troy Montague Hickman" for example. Or "Mercedes Hildegard Lackey". Two names people. Two names.


Yes. For legal reasons, often people need to have themselves referred to by three names so they're not confused with another person with only two names. There is most likely another Sean Fish out there somewhere with his name registered on something. but we all know who we're talking about when we start talking Sean+Fish.

I suppose I'm in a weird mood today. The three name thing always threw me though. I suppose there are a few people who do genuinely want to be called by three names, but I'd wager they were few and far between.

Zeus - god of probability

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Hmmm...John Wayne Gacy...Lee Harvey Oswald...Mark David Chapman...

I think Sean probably just likes his name. Or maybe there IS another Sean Fish out there. My personal favorite is rock speed guitarist Yngwie J. Malmsteen, who apparently thought he needed to add the "J" to distinguish himself from all the other Yngwie Malmsteens in the rock world.

And how the @#$% did you find out my middle name is "Montague"?

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Never felt that this was the case, as Manticore actually does seem to be a "Follow the Rules" kind of guy, most of the time. He only breaks the rules only when his deep personal convictions get in the way.

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Oddly, I never got that impression. From his info (which is, admittedly, ambiguous), I thought that he was the loner who does things His Way. The comics portrayals certainly don't help.

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I dunno, maybe it was Hickman's arc that made me think of him this way. He seemed like a nice, law-abiding guy in Issues 4-6.

HICKMAAAN, where is he, dammit? *shields his eyes and looks around*

edit: Anyhow, personally my opinion as to why he does those wildcard things he does is not because he's a bada** loner who has to do them just for the sake of being a bada** loner stereotype (most badly written cardboard cutout types like these do it just for those reasons as a plot convenience), but he does them because he's a very wily, subtle guy who has a very good insight into psychology, and has plan so complicated, that rely on such veiled levels of trickery, that he can't tell anyone what he's really planning, or they'll ruin his plan somehow just in the knowing of it.

More like the brilliant mastermind who's so brilliant everyone thinks he's crazy if he tells them his ideas, so he just doesn't bother rather than the loner guy with an attitude.

Even in the first arc by Waid, in the end of Issue 3 it seems like he's a nice guy that gets along with Statesman. Specially in the last few pages.

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All right, all right, I'm here.

Look, there are several things to take into consideration here. First of all, there's simply the difference between writers. I tend to be pretty "gosh wow" about superheroes in general. It doesn't mean I can't do dark (eventually, I'll do something along those lines, and people will want to have me committed), but my natural tone is much more "four colored." Now guys like Waid and Jurgens, while still, in my opinion, fairly upbeat in their superhero work, are still probably a shade darker than I am. Then we have David Wohl, who is probably even a shade darker than that overall (as his long stint on Witchblade shows us). It remains to be seen how dark his arc on CoH will be when it's complete, though.

Next, there's the idea that Manticore acts differently in different situations, just like the rest of us. I mean, think about it. If you talked to people who have dealt with me on these boards, most would probably tell you I'm a pretty nice guy, accessible, always eager to "help a brother out." HOWEVER, if you talked to some of the folks I've dealt with on threads involving intellectual property rights, politics, etc., they might well say I'm the biggest horse's [censored] they know.

Now, only Sean Fish probably knows who Manticore is for sure, but here's my take on him. A lot of people have tried to compare him to Batman, or to the post-1960s Green Arrow. I didn't try to write him as being anything like either. For me, he's probably more like the Kurt Busiek rendition of Hawkeye, as far as archers go. Beyond that, I think Manticore is a pretty normal, earthy kind of guy who just happens to be fabulously wealthy, as well. I think he does what he does because he genuinely does want to help the world, not out of any vengeance or bitterness. He does have an impetuous side, though, and it arises out of a sense of frustration when he can't just make everything right all at once. He's a brilliant guy, a great strategist, but it's sometimes a battle for him to keep his emotions from getting the better of his intellect.

Anyway, that's my take. But what the hell do I know?

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The DragonLance series is tied as my favorite set of books.

Drizz't is the other set.

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You lost me, Druid. You mentioned this why?

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He thinks you're Tracy Hickman?

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No one would make that mistake. Tracy Hickman can actually write.

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Geez, you'd think my longtime companion would treat me with a little more compassion...

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The DragonLance series is tied as my favorite set of books.

Drizz't is the other set.

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You lost me, Druid. You mentioned this why?

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I imagine having an original (good) idea in a comic after 100 years of such must be tough.

You know the saying....there is nothing new under the sun.

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Having an original idea in ANYTHING is tough, but also not really all that important. The trick is in what you do with the idea, those elements of yourself and your style that you bring to it that, hopefully, folks will dig. That's why you have nine million people with "fantastic ideas" who think they can come up with the next big blockbuster, but only a handful of them will ever see fruition. Ideas are cheap; characterization, well-developed characters, sharp dialogue, and story pacing are not.

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That's what I said. Statesman has every right to kick Manticore off the team.

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And it beats the heck out of the Freedom Phalanx Spanking Machine...

Dear lord, why would you want to go without pants?


(Heck, it would cause my Mind Control/Emp on Champion, Troy's Pants, to no longer exist!)

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>.>

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*flashes Troy_Hickman, closes his trenchcoat, and scurries back into the alley*

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Wow, that usually costs me at least a twenty...

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If I lived near Austin I'd totally go and pretend I was someone else. Like Anti-Catwhoorg or LiquidX or something, (maybe that Puffyshirt guy I hear mentioned every once in a while).

How would anyone else know the difference? I'm tempted to go just to sew confusion and mayhem! Bwaahahahaaha!

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You could always tell em you're Troy Hickman

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Why would anyone want to do that?!

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It wouldn't work anyway. You can fake my name, but you can't fake the pants...

I like the idea of trenchcoats as an option (though, yeah, I'm sure for a while Paragon City would look like an explosion in a Rick Deckard factory...).

Looking over my characters, of the 30 or so I currently have on the servers, there's only one that I might've put in a trenchcoat if I had the option. More choice in costume design can only be a good thing, though.

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See here's the deal of Trenchcoats..um well Positron he has a problem, he, well err, he has a issue with trenchcoat flashing. And well um the are trying to keep it under control while his therapy sessions are underway. Now once their is a comfortable time of Positron controlling the urge, I am sure the city will have trenchcoats again.

After all nothing says bad image then a radioactive armored guy flashing old ladies in Blyde Square.


Edit: Should also be noted that um Mr. Troy Hickman has the same issue, and that Cuppa's vacation awhile back was due to Troy flash trauma.


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I have radioactive armor?

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My fiance likes it in that she knows where I am. i'm not at the bar, or the strippers, talking to girls or what have you. She knows i'm inthe comptuer room, playing a game with friends.


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So...you haven't shown her where the strippers hang out in Paragon yet, I take it?

Yeah, that's pretty much it for me, too. I guess I could say I have to for business reasons, but the truth is I just really dig the game. No other reason necessary (at least not to the people with whom I care to associate).

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no,it's just a good title for the fanfic version.



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Yeah, I'm obviously fond of it too!

I have to ask...is the name of this thread the same as the title you're going to use?

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Wow....necropost...and all moot after the publication of the Web of Arachnos book...just finished it myself...pretty good...the story arcs in the comics are better though Would have prefered a limited edition comic series to recount the origin than the book, but meh! watcha gonna do....hopefully the next one (Freedom Phalanx) is better....maybe get Hickman to do one?

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Ya sold me...now if we can convince THEM...

Yep, there was a contest for player characters to appear, and that will be happening in issue #5 (out in about a month). And yes, I believe there have already been a few character cameos in the first three issues (and no, I didn't use the opportunity of my arc in #4-6 to shoehorn in any of my PCs... )

Troy

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I highly doubt that the writers of the comic have distain for either the game or you personally, nor are they likely trying to ensure that your ethnicity/religion/creed/sex are marginalized; they are just trying to tell a story that appeals to them and hopefully you as well.


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Personally, the only thing I have disdain for is debt, and it has become my mortal foe...

Troy

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After reading the first 3 issues of Common Grounds, I have to say: I'm really looking forward to 4-6 of the new CoH. Common grounds is what the superhero comic world has desperately needed for years.

The worst part is, I probably would have never read them If I hadn't heard you were going to be writing for the CoH comic. Marketing can be the tool of good after all.

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Thanks, Doc, I really appreciate that. And I hope you'll check out Common Grounds #4-6, as well, as they contain some of my own favorites, including "Glory Days" in #4 (anytime I can work with George Perez, I'm on cloud nine), and "Where Monsters Dine" in #5 (which got one of the two Eisner nominations CG has received). I think you'll dig 'em.

And to DeathSentry, given your concerns and criteria, I hope you'll check out CoH #4-6, and let me know what you think. I'd appreciate it.

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It probably is rushed. I am still waiting on my second ish, so not sure there. I think I read somewhere that Mark Waid is only writing the first three issues. I could easily be mistaken however. If that's the case, he could just be pushing to have his arc done before the next writer comes in.

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Yeah, Mark is doing #1-3 and I'm doing #4-6 (having a ball with it, too).

Troy