TroyHickman

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  1. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Klatteja View Post
    The first reason I came into this thread was to gloat that I'd stolen the name for a future CoH character. Nanny-nanny-boo-boo!

    No, not Twilight Guardian! I'm talking about "Sweet Sassy Molassey." Snagged and reserved on the [redacted] server. Dunno what type of character he or she might possibly be, but I'm all set, name-wise!

    Second reason to come in here was to learn more about this 'Twirly Gumption" character, or whatever the name is. My first dog was named Troy, and I lived on Hickman Boulevard at the time, in [redacted], [redacted]. Great city and state to grow up in. So I have built-in sentimental reasons to check this out.

    Don't fail me, oh Falsettoed-Jabbering One!
    I've had a character named Sweet Sassy Molassey on one of the servers (I forget which) for four or five years now. She's a dark/dark defender, I believe, and she's styled sort of like a Foxy Brown or Christie Love kind of 70s blaxploitation heroine. I think she's up to about level 25 at the moment (altitis, dontcha know).

    And I've had a lot of folks check out my comics, but dog-names and street addresses may be the most unusual. But I'll take it!
  2. Quote:
    Originally Posted by 2short2care View Post
    Thanks for posting that, I knew I wasn't dillusional. Reread it can't wait to see more.
    I'm just glad to know that link is still operational. I'm hoping that if they do a trade of the mini-series that they'll throw the one-shot in there, too.
  3. Mark Gruenwald's Squadron Supreme maxi-series.
  4. That's a hell of a thing.

    Lots of films, and even if she'd never made anything but Silver Streak, I'd want to thank her.

    Godspeed.
  5. That looks very much like the plastic turtle that my red-eared slider, Eastman, is constantly trying to mate with.
  6. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Teldon View Post
    WHich heroes and villians are gonna be in it? I will buy multiples if Disturbing Grandma is in there.
    No, Granny restricts her activities to Paragon City and the Clara Peller Home for Delinquent Octogenarians...
  7. Quote:
    Originally Posted by 2short2care View Post
    Didn't you used to have a link somewhere in the forums a few or a couple years ago to this comic? I could have sworn I read a few pages or more. If so any plans to put a link up or re-link the comicbook so we can read it? Also any plans on making it a webcomic, to be honest I read webcomics and not really comicbook comics.
    Here's a link that I think still works: http://www.newsarama.com/php/multime....php?aid=21907

    That's the one-shot. The series is going to be even better, with some great new artwork, abouit forty new heroes and villains, lots of background on Twilight Guardian, and sammiches.
  8. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Teldon View Post
    Does that include the other winning Pilot Season, Genius, as well?
    I don't think that Genius comes out the same month. It must be soon, though, as Top Cow just ran a preview, I think.
  9. Quote:
    Originally Posted by sleestack View Post
    Troy,

    I just called my FLCS, and they have not heard of Twilight Guardian. What can I tell them that they need to know to get this ordered, e.g., release date, publisher, etc.?
    I'm not surprised. My girlfriend hasn't heard of it, either.

    It's from Top Cow, it comes out January 12, and it's in the latest Previews catalog. Also, it won Pilot Season. If they can't find it from that, they may be aliens in disguise.
  10. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dark One View Post
    Well...I kinda always figured I would have a hand in causing the end of the world...just never thought it would be by having voted for a comic...

    I promise that if this comic causes the end of the world, everyone gets their money back.
  11. It's not the amount of text; it's how well you utilize it.

    I generally think that not only do too many of today's mainstream comics use too LITTLE dialog (thereby making the story move like molasses), but they also have too many characters using dialog that ends up either being pointless or needlessly expository. It's probably a consequence of "decompressing" stories for the trade paperback.

    In my head, I usually think in terms of AVERAGING five panels to a page and three captions or word balloons to a panel.
  12. Quote:
    Originally Posted by MentalMaden View Post
    Your wish is my command!
    Oh, and I don't fry my pb&b!
  13. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Hyperstrike View Post
    If there's even a single reference to protection of glowie vampires, I'm nuking your city from orbit. Then crashing a Buick-sized asteroid into your house just for good measure...

    No, just a woman protecting a nine-block area around her neighborhood. In the real world. And somehow I'm going to work in about three dozen superheroes. Go figure.
  14. Quote:
    Originally Posted by MentalMaden View Post
    Alright! Braunschweiger sandwiches for everyone!
    Nah, it's Twilight Guardian. It has to be peanut butter & bologna.
  15. OK, folks, tons of you have PMed me about it and asked in threads, and here it is: Twilight Guardian (the mini-series) #1!

    Since you guys were so tremendously instrumental in helping us win the Pilot Season competition (and thereby earning this series), I hope you'll check it out! It's featured in the new Previews catalog. Ask your comic shop to order some, spread the word around, and have TG tattooed on your most prominent body parts!

    Thanks, and I hope you dig the comic!

    Troy

  16. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Stalemate View Post
    I invited him personally to the Protector Vigilance channel a few months back, so if he's online (which seems a rare treat these days) we can reach him.

    If you'd like I can talk with him since I ran the auction.

    In any case, if you're not getting what you expected I will be available to do a full refund. I'm holding some inf from that auction still (for N P C / Mentor Project) and can also cover it with my own stash.
    I'm really sorry about that, but there hasn't been a way of doing it. Sooner wanted to be written into a comic in some fashion, and unfortunately I don't get to do them very often (hopefully that will change soon), so there hasn't been an opportunity yet. The next thing I have out is the Twilight Guardian mini-series, but because of the concept, there wasn't really a way to do it there.

    I'm willing to chip in some game moolah for a refund, too, though, or fork over some comics, or work you into an AE adventure (I'm hoping to do some more in the near future, though presumably not as a guest author), or wait for another opportunity, or whatever it takes. I aim to please (you aim, too, please).
  17. Quote:
    Originally Posted by MentalMaden View Post

    I blame Hickman.
    Sounds like a game show. In the lightning round, I take responsibility for the Hindenburg disaster, New Coke, and Halle Berry's Catwoman.
  18. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Kheldarn View Post
    No, but you're not allowed to use real people names. Even if you are said real people. For example, neither Troy Hickman nor Mercedes Lackey could make a character named Troy Hickman or Mercedes Lackey, even though they are Troy Hickman and Mercedes Lackey.
    That doesn't really seem to make sense, though, since almost any name other than stuff like "Lizard-Man" or "Varpo the Power Cowboy" are going to be SOMEONE'S name. If I call my new blaster Dave Johnson, I've used a name shared by thousands, but I'm pretty sure it would never be genericed.
  19. Quote:
    Originally Posted by MentalMaden View Post
    So does that mean we'll have a rolling thread with snarkiness and wit (well ok, snarkiness) while the show is live Tuesdays at 8 EST?
    Is that the regular time? Because I teach Tuesday nights. But if I were to end them a bit early, who would complain?

    (Troy Hickman, previous nominee for his college's Excellence in Teaching award)
  20. Quote:
    Originally Posted by brophog02 View Post
    Which superpower have you had?
    I'd tell you, but then I'd have to use my power on you.
  21. I like it!

    I like the upbeat tone, and the family-friendly quality, and the fact that, yup, superpeople are allowed to fight! Chiklis makes it for me, but I like the rest of the cast, too.

    The daughter has to get over the "I don't want to be different" stuff, though. As other posters have noted, that's trite, and frankly, I rarely ever buy it in comics. Yeah, if you become The Thing or the Acidic Jew, you might sometimes wish it hadn't happened, but most people who gain superpowers would be jumping for joy.

    Anyway, I've got a new show to follow!
  22. For anyone else like me, who missed the pilot, ABC is supposed to be showing it again in about seven minutes (9pm EST).
  23. It's because Glee has become less dependable than it was. For most of the first season, I knew that on most episodes I'd find myself both laughing and crying (what...what...?). The last few have been much more hit and miss, though, and this format of "whose music will we do THIS week" just seems so forced that it leaves me a bit cold. It still has its moments, though.

    So far my least enjoyed show of the season is "The Non-Event."
  24. Quote:
    Originally Posted by MentalMaden View Post
    You have to say his name three times to get him to appear.

    Watch. Hickman. Hickman. Hickman.
    Haven't watched it yet, as I had to record (and therefore watch) Glee. I hope they move one of these @#$% shows.
  25. Quote:
    Originally Posted by MentalMaden View Post
    You are quite wise.
    You both have the Hickman seal of approval.