Let's support Troy! Buy Twilight Guardian!
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BlackSun17,
Posted on: 2011-01-24 18:06 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture
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It has camels!
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Originally Posted by TroyHickman
; it's going to be a lot of fun, in a dramady kind of way.
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Well everytime I go into my comic book store and ask for any of Troy's works, they always give me strange looks.
But I suppose this time I will try wearing pants.
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No way! Don't do it!|
Originally Posted by Nylonus
Well everytime I go into my comic book store and ask for any of Troy's works, they always give me strange looks.
But I suppose this time I will try wearing pants. |
Down with pants!!
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i love ya Troy, but if neil came here, i would be stalking the hell out of him. we need to get adam warren here too.
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Originally Posted by TroyHickman
I love you guys.
And no, I don't think this is advertising. If, say, Neil Gaiman suddenly started playing CoH, I'm pretty sure they wouldn't have to delete all the threads that pertain to his writing. Mr_Ultimate - Bless your heart. You are hereby made an official member of Twilight Guardian's Midnight Squad (check here for further info). And if any of you either can't wait until tomorrow to buy it, or aren't sure if you want to without a "taste," you can check out the first five pages here. Y'know, it occurs to me that I'll be competing with the death of SPOILER in the Fantastic Four... |
I have my friendly local gaming shop setting copies aside for me when it comes in.
I also tried toconvince the shop owner to make Jan 26th "Troy Hickman Day." As part of the promotion, everyone in the shop goes pantsless. He didn't go for it-- he really hates limiting his pantsless time to just one day a year.
Well, I read my copy now, and I loved the @#$% thing!
Troy Hickman - So proud to have contributed to and played in this wonderful CoH universe
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I used Westfield last year for some stuff and they were pretty good. They even send out a paper catalog with new stuffs coming out.|
Originally Posted by Warp_Factor
I don't think Amazon does single issues, but there are online comic shops you can use. I've used Khepri Comics and liked them, but their selection can be a little limited so they may not have it. I've heard good things about Mile High Comics, Westfield Comics, and Midtown Comics, but I haven't used any of them.
Troy, do you know if it'll show up on Comixology in the near future? I'm buying it in print anyway, but it'd be cool to have it on the iPad as well at some point. |
The semi-LCS hadn't even heard of TG when I was in last month. >.<
With the copy Troy bought for himself and the one I just bought, he has sold two comics!
That must be a record for him.
Troy, quit while you're ahead.
Noooo, don't quit Troy! Think of the tens of dollars you'll make!
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So did you find it predictable... like you knew exactly where the story was going before you turned a page, or was it full of suspense and surprise?
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Originally Posted by TroyHickman
Well, I read my copy now, and I loved the @#$% thing!
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I went to the comic shop and asked for the new Hickman comic.
I've never been that into the Fantastic Four but that was awesome.
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Prostituting parrots punctuate the problems with people's perfect personal palaces.
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Originally Posted by TroyHickman
Well, I read my copy now, and I loved the @#$% thing!
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Originally Posted by Tubby
Prostituting parrots punctuate the problems with people's perfect personal palaces.
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Say it, don't spray it!
Troy Hickman - So proud to have contributed to and played in this wonderful CoH universe
WooHoo! Got my copy last night! The LCS didn't put it in my pull - I told them a THIRD time to add it - but there were copies on the shelf. I haven't read it yet...I'm saving it for last of my comics this week!
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Ah, what I like to call "the Chuckles Strategy." When I was a little kid, the guy that owned the diner next door would give me packages of Chuckles candy when I'd go in there. I'd always eat the black ones first, because I didn't care that much for licorice flavor (but I'd still eat 'em because they were candy!), and I'd save the orange or red ones for last, as they were the best.
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Originally Posted by sleestack
WooHoo! Got my copy last night! The LCS didn't put it in my pull - I told them a THIRD time to add it - but there were copies on the shelf. I haven't read it yet...I'm saving it for last of my comics this week!
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Troy Hickman - So proud to have contributed to and played in this wonderful CoH universe
Troy - my pantsless friend your book is in my Stack (mind you I still have a ridiculously huge reading backlog but I was sure to grab it )
Went to my FLGS to buy it. Nearly a block down the street, I said to my stepbrother who was picking up a copy with me "Is somebody overcooking meatloaf nearby??"
Turns out, it was Big Sweaty Tex, our least favorite local Comic Shop Denizen, plopped down in the back secreting his ooze over a table full of warhammer stuff and the leash of his twi'lek slave girl. I am not even kidding about this guy's funk. More than a hundred feet away, and we were upwind of the store! I don't know how that even works, unless he walked there the same way and periodically rubbed up against things.
Anyway, just wanted to make it clear the dangers we braved for you. The store didn't have it in, so we'll have to go back... *cue dramatic music* ... NEXT THURSDAY! THE SUSPENSE!!!
@Eisenzahn
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AIM - Euroclydon23
Email - scorpany@yahoo.com or <sameasmyAIM>@aol.com (for the sheer novelty of an almost 20 year old email address that hasn't been overwhelmed by spambots yet)
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Just for that, he should send you a pair of autographed pants.|
Originally Posted by Eisenzahn
Went to my FLGS to buy it. Nearly a block down the street, I said to my stepbrother who was picking up a copy with me "Is somebody overcooking meatloaf nearby??"
Turns out, it was Big Sweaty Tex, our least favorite local Comic Shop Denizen, plopped down in the back secreting his ooze over a table full of warhammer stuff and the leash of his twi'lek slave girl. I am not even kidding about this guy's funk. More than a hundred feet away, and we were upwind of the store! I don't know how that even works, unless he walked there the same way and periodically rubbed up against things. Anyway, just wanted to make it clear the dangers we braved for you. The store didn't have it in, so we'll have to go back... *cue dramatic music* ... NEXT THURSDAY! THE SUSPENSE!!! |
Also, if it was my shop, I would either stand outside with a firehose whenever he came within spitting distance, or politely suggest that he take his invisible, smelly friend to another shop.
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We've actually talked to the owner about him (and a couple of the other regulars with antisocial traits extraordinary even for Comic Store Denizens), when his presence was an active deterrent to us getting anyone else to show up to a weekly GURPS game. He pointed out that Big Sweaty Tex spends a really ludicrous amount of money there, and that if we wanted to antagonize his cash cow we needed to represent a larger slice of the $$$ pie ourselves. That was the point where we stopped ordering so much online and tried to go through the game shop instead, realizing the horrifying trials the owner was enduring to keep it afloat, but I really don't think we're anywhere close to closing the gap.
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Originally Posted by Dark One
Just for that, he should send you a pair of autographed pants.
Also, if it was my shop, I would either stand outside with a firehose whenever he came within spitting distance, or politely suggest that he take his invisible, smelly friend to another shop. |
@Eisenzahn
GW2 - Melchior.2135
AIM - Euroclydon23
Email - scorpany@yahoo.com or <sameasmyAIM>@aol.com (for the sheer novelty of an almost 20 year old email address that hasn't been overwhelmed by spambots yet)
Had my comic dealer order it for me. After Common Grounds I'll readily support your works! Picked it up Wednesday and really liked it. I even thought the PSA in the back was a nice touch and really fit the rest of the feel of the book. I'd go into more detail about what I liked, but don't want to really give spoilers or pre-bias someone based on what they interperted my opinion as.
I mostly lurk the forums, but I just had to show my support and enjoyment of the first issue and look forward to the rest!
Lyc~ the quietly literate werewolf
"I play characters. I have to have a very strong visual appearance, backstory, name, etc. to get involved with a character, otherwise I simply won't play it very long. I'm not an RPer by any stretch of the imagination, but character concept is very important for me."- Back Alley Brawler
I couldn't agree more.
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Excelsior!
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Originally Posted by Unknown_User
Make mine Hickman
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"A great love is alot like a good memory. When it's there and you know it's there,but it's just out of your reach. It can be all that you think about. You can focus on it and try to force it but the more you do, the more you seem to push it away. But if you're patient and hold still...maybe...just maybe...it will come to you. I just need to be somewhere she can find me" - Church from Red vs Blue
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I appreciate it, Sho, but don't EVER again mention me, pantslessness, "ridiculously huge" and "grab" in the same sentence...
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Originally Posted by ShoNuff
Troy - my pantsless friend your book is in my Stack (mind you I still have a ridiculously huge reading backlog but I was sure to grab it )
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Troy Hickman - So proud to have contributed to and played in this wonderful CoH universe
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Above and beyond the call. That guy, and a couple hundred guys just like him, have been at every comic convention or signing I've ever been at...
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Originally Posted by Eisenzahn
Went to my FLGS to buy it. Nearly a block down the street, I said to my stepbrother who was picking up a copy with me "Is somebody overcooking meatloaf nearby??"
Turns out, it was Big Sweaty Tex, our least favorite local Comic Shop Denizen, plopped down in the back secreting his ooze over a table full of warhammer stuff and the leash of his twi'lek slave girl. I am not even kidding about this guy's funk. More than a hundred feet away, and we were upwind of the store! I don't know how that even works, unless he walked there the same way and periodically rubbed up against things. Anyway, just wanted to make it clear the dangers we braved for you. The store didn't have it in, so we'll have to go back... *cue dramatic music* ... NEXT THURSDAY! THE SUSPENSE!!! |
Troy Hickman - So proud to have contributed to and played in this wonderful CoH universe
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Glad to bring you out of lurking, Lyc. Thanks for the comments. I hope we've got you along for the rest of the series!
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Originally Posted by Lycantropus
Had my comic dealer order it for me. After Common Grounds I'll readily support your works! Picked it up Wednesday and really liked it. I even thought the PSA in the back was a nice touch and really fit the rest of the feel of the book. I'd go into more detail about what I liked, but don't want to really give spoilers or pre-bias someone based on what they interperted my opinion as.
I mostly lurk the forums, but I just had to show my support and enjoyment of the first issue and look forward to the rest! Lyc~ the quietly literate werewolf |
Troy Hickman - So proud to have contributed to and played in this wonderful CoH universe
Still, I'm hopin' to pick up the single if I can find it (and if I haven't been barred from every comic shop in town by now due to aforementioned tendencies!).