Teh Bendis Board is teh classor!
I think it's great that more women are writing comics. Azarath Metreon Zynthos!
Too bad this won't ever happen, huh?
Wow. I feel thirty percent dirtier each and every time I blink after reading that post.
I have to wash my eyes now.
I have to wash off my soul. You got off easy, Steve...
Does Mr. Gregory know, exactly, what ass virginity means?
In case this is just a jestful stunt, someone page Mark Millar. This is right up his alley.
In case this is actually serious, someone page Mark Millar. This is right up his alley.
The funny thing is, if it does break into the Top 100, it'll be a short-lived visit.
And yes, I gave in to the hype and picked it up out of morbid curiousity and was quite underwhelmed. Which was tough considering my low expectations going in.
Between The Gift, Ant and Reggie Hudlin's Marvel work, I just took a moment to thank god for Kyle Baker and Keith Knight.
sigh...
You gotta give it to the guy - I doubt Warren Ellis, Geoff Johns or Brian Bendis would willingly be bummed for comics. They just don't have the commitment this guy has.
If you all push INTIMIDATORS #1 into the top 100, I will take Raven Gregory's anal virginity.
He clearly gave up his mouth virginity just to get The Gift at Image in the first place, I dunno why anyone is acting shocked and disgusted here.
"right up his alley"
"I raise the bet to we will take a vote and do ANYTHING the winning idea is if we break the top 100."
Quit?
Kleid-- when's that coming out, anyway?
The book, I mean.
Luis wins!
James:
December 28th, i believe, and then monthly from then on.
I'm waiting for someone to pledge to rectally romance Raven while dressed as that fin-headed rapey bloke from IDENTITY CRISIS.
I mean, he wants the PR, right?
My fin's at the cleaners.
Sometimes I doubt your commitment to grim fin-headed arserape.
Well, it's not like grim fin-headed arserape and I ever exchanged vows or rings or anything like that, so I'm free for the courting, particularly if grim fin-headed arserape is in another area code from where I am.
Warren, as someone who knows Ed personally, let me assure you that his commitment is stronger than ever.
You gotta give it to the guy - I doubt Warren Ellis, Geoff Johns or Brian Bendis would willingly be bummed for comics. They just don't have the commitment this guy has.
I thought getting bummed was how you made it into the Big Two these days...? I mean, I got still that Spider-man Unlimited gig coming out in January of '06, right?
Has comic selling gone down to the level of prostitution? There is more dignity in a blowjob for crack than giving away buttrcrack to get in the diamond top 100. The world cried a little harder today.
Another area code? Oh, you're so in trouble when I see you again.
We've always been at war with Grim Fin-Headed Arserape.
We weren't at war last night...
Seems to me Raven was making a joke. I think this post was taken out of context, there was a lot more said in the thread.
But if it brings more attention to The Gift, all the better.
Bwt, you're a little late getting on this. The thread you are discussing took place in July.
Best of luck, I return ya'll to whatever it is you do.
That's some coincidence. I also hate Non-Raven Gregory. That guy's a total tool.
"Between The Gift, Ant and Reggie Hudlin's Marvel work, I just took a moment to thank god for Kyle Baker and Keith Knight."
After I read The Gift, I was desperate enough to thank god for Jordan Knight.
I haven't read the gift, but can I thank God for Michael Knight?
and his car?
This is really old, by the way... the thread, I mean. antiquated rampage? zombie rampage? you be the judge.
Life Flashing Before Its Eyes As It Dies Rampage?
Or maybe it was on the front page this morning and I didn't check the dates. U Deci -- Aw, you know by now.
Does the closing of this blog involve shouted commands (in a thick Scots brogue, natch) to grease-stained, jump-suited workers, a multitude of levers and pipes, and the turning of big iron wheels as great gouts of steam erupt from various valves around the internet? I think that would be cool.
Just like that, but with singing and dancing.
If I buy an issue of the Gift, does this entitle me to some kind of personal favor? Nothing homo-erotic, but you know...a good ol' fashion back rub would be nice.
So did #13 ever come out? This book is totally beneath my radar due to general apathy.
Sorry, Ed. But I deleted the original comment, so I'm deleting the quoted version, too. Which makes the following comment more nonsensical, if true in the original context.
Wow. That was low. Like, reprehensibly so.
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should everyone be joking about raping real people like that?
even raven and his ex-wife?
This is the end
Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend, the end
Of our elaborate plans, the end
Of everything that stands, the end
No safety or surprise, the end
I'll never look into your eyes...
Again...
Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill
This is the end
Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend, the end
It hurts to set you free
But you'll never follow me
The end of laughter and soft lies
The end of nights we tried to die
This is the end
Some of ya'll need to grow up. If you met Raven face to face there's no way you'd say this stuff to him. The rape fantasy some of you discussed should warrant a felony arrest.
And to other creators chiming in on this trainwreck: I'm going to think twice about buying your books. If you spent more time creating instead of taking a jab at a man who is clearly down maybe you're books would sell better.
No no, I'm not Books-would-sell-better, I'm Books-would-get-finished, his brother. Half brother.
, The rape fantasy some of you discussed should warrant a felony arrest.
no kidding. I mean, Ravens comic might not be that great, but even joking about assrape?
and Mr Ellis and everyone here have really come down on people for making these sorts of comments. this is very surprising. I guess this is just their way of telling the bendis board that they're sorry and that they're really all alike.
Gabe: That's not cool dude. I'm not pretending we're not jerks here, but there's snarky and then there's inappropriate, yeah?
With that said I feel I have to emphasize that the next part means no disrespect to all parties involved, but just because I love the sound of it can the next Fan Rampage blog's title be "Grim Fin-headed Rampage!!!"
Pretty please?
Mr Ellis and everyone here have really come down on people for making these sorts of comments.
I thought everyone was down on threads (off board, sure) joking about which members of a certain, nameless board they would like to rape at a certain, nameless comics convention.
Specificity goes along way to heighten the creep factor.
But, yeah, Raven's book may well be one of the ten worst comics ever. But the wife comments? Shit, I wouldn't make them, and I mocked the charity issue of his comic.
Wouldn't have been funnier to offer up someone else's mangina as a prize? Maybe a fan of the book or a professional who'd totally against it?
The real question is woul Byrne be grateful for the nomination?
When Raven himself is cracking jokes in the quoted piece like "I would gladly give up my ass virginity for a day in the top 100," I don't feel bad about riffing off of that.
Making cracks about Raven's wife -- and getting away with it, and having the comments remain in the public eye -- is just fucking disgusting, and, I suspect, partly illuminating why FbR is going away.
The offending comments are gone. Yay! Moderation Rampage!
Happy to be giving it all up and considering becoming a hermit Rampage.
I mean, Jesus. Making jokes about someone's wife because said someone is a dick who doesn't know when to stop hyping his comic? Wasn't that the kind of thing I used to make fun of here?
Sorry, Ed. But I deleted the original comment, so I'm deleting the quoted version, too. Which makes the following comment more nonsensical, if true in the original context.
That's ok. Nonsensical is good. I mean, what would "B-Boys Making with the Freak Freak" be without the "If this is gonna be that kinda party I'm gonna stick my dick in the mashed potatoes" line?
My presence is killing FBR. I am cursed in this way. I destroy everything beautiful.
Wasn't that the kind of thing I used to make fun of here?
we're all doomed to become the things we hate, eh?
best laugh I had all day.
Besides the fact that there was NO FUCKING way THE GIFT was making into the top 100...hence the wager that was never going to happen.
get a clue people
Hey look, it's Warren Ellis in a white suit on a plane. Don't trip.
or was that Grant Morrison...eh...oh well.
and the wife shit was uncalled for. But I guess it's to be expected when someone can hide behind a computer.
love ya haters
Ah, hissy fit deleted
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Guys, could you please fight about this on the Bendis Board? That way, we'll have something to talk about tomorrow.
You guys do realize that Raven joked about his wife being a crackwhore slut in his back-up story in PVP. Not too mention the dozen or so threads he's started on the internet talking about it. He's brought all this on himself.
Let the unconvinicing justifications for shoddy behavior commence.
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The actions of others shouldn't be the primary catalyst for your own actions. To allow them to do so is nothing more than the response of a 5-year old who says, "He started it!!"
"Quote of deleted comments"
Well now, we've clearly reached the pinnacle of class.
Why is it that FBR threads always end up worse than the threads that started them?
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To be honest, I think there's a very high probability that these disgusting comments are being made by individuals whose real agenda is to make FBR look bad. I wouldn't be surprised if key Bendis-boarders were involved, this plays right into their hands. Nice try guys!
I wouldn't be surprised if key Bendis-boarders were involved, this plays right into their hands.
and it can't be a coincidence that Warren Ellis has also recently started posting on the Bendis board!
>Making cracks about Raven's wife -- and getting away with it, and having the comments remain in the public eye -- is just fucking disgusting, and, I suspect, partly illuminating why FbR is going away.
I was going to point out that the comment was deleted fairly swiftly and although I've only been here a few months, "Gabe" was a lone troll who wasn't a regular and had posted the worst thing I've ever seen.
The a couple of other trolls popped up and I'm wondering where from because they're not regulars or even semi-regulars. I attributed the first crack about Raven's wife to a lone nut but now there's a bunch of new faces mysteriously appearing.
Why do all you nuts hate the rampage?!
>>I wouldn't be surprised if key Bendis-boarders were involved, this plays right into their hands.
>and it can't be a coincidence that Warren Ellis has also recently started posting on the Bendis board!
Wheels within wheels! (Or pure coincidence)
"I attributed the first crack about Raven's wife to a lone nut but now there's a bunch of new faces mysteriously appearing."
The same thing happened last time word got back to the Bendis board that Raven was the topic of a FBR discussion. Same timeline - right after the FBR entry is mentioned in the thread that's being mocked. The come over here and don't have to risk losing their Bendis Board account so they'e free to heap on the abuse. Last time it was also comments that involved his wife or marital situation or something along those lines. Warren Ellis being so quick to turn it into an anti-FBR thing probably gave these losers a quick thrill, I'd think. Has to be hilarious from their point of view...
[When Raven himself is cracking jokes in the quoted piece like "I would gladly give up my ass virginity for a day in the top 100," I don't feel bad about riffing off of that.]
What he said.
But yeah, the wife thing is pretty uncalled for.
Well, I don't know about that. If a woman made a joke about her willingness to have consensual sex to sell more ccopies of her comic, would that be a license to make jokes about her being raped?!
I wasn't going to contribute to this thread until I spotted someone who's really been getting on my nerves lately. So...
Warren Ellis: Honestly... in your own way you're as bad as John Byrne. "FBR is going away." Is it completely unthinkable to you that people - and by that I mean intelligent, well-spoken people - might actually enjoy being here? And that they're balanced out by a bunch of drooling idiots with keyboards?
Personally, I'm pretty well fed-up with this whole "better than thou" attitude you've developed towards anyone who doesn't fit your criteria of fandom. You have "The Engine" for that, and I have nothing but praise for anyone that can put up with your hypocrisy (tell us again how much you hate superheroes, O Writer of JLA and Ultimate Galactus) and still manage to hold a conversation.
This "channeling Spider Jerusalem" routine of yours used to be charming. Then it became repetitive. Now it's irritating. Do yourself a favor and accept that total conformity to your ideal standards isn't going to happen. Quit harping on people having their fun and try to have some yourself.
Hey! Don't hate on Ellis' Nasty Online Persona. It allows him to creepily flirt with black-rimmed glasses-wearing, fringed emo girls on message boards.
And he's only pissed off with FbR because we all know about a certain chat transcript he doesn't want anyone to know about...
Diana - Erm, did I read a different comment from Warren to you? The comment I read had him pointing out that a now deleted by Graeme, apparently very nasty, comment was probably one of the reasons Graeme was giving up the rampage.
I didn't see that as an attack or anything, just pointing out that Graeme might have got fed up with the more stupid/vile/whatever comments that sometimes come out of FBR threads.
I might be missing something here but I'm a bit baffled at that reaction...
Alex: It's a general reaction to Ellis' comments (or, as Swampy put it, his Nasty Online Persona). He speaks as if those inbred idiots with keyboards are somehow representative of FBR - they most certainly are not. And, based solely on what happened to his own forum, he should know better.
Man, this pie is good. Pie?
Diana, I'd give Ellis more credit than that. He may well be right about why the blog is going tits up--I suppose we'll all find out come Monday. Or not. Graeme may, instead, just post about how much he loves Cary Grant, or something. Who knows?
I hope he posts about pie, personally.
I don't know why you people are so crazy about pie.
Pie rampage? I'd read it.
Wait, Graeme's giving up the Rampage?
BUT I HAVE NO PLACE ELSE TO GO!
I'm sure Knockoff Rampage will end up springing up somewhere, Dan.
"To be honest, I think there's a very high probability that these disgusting comments are being made by individuals whose real agenda is to make FBR look bad. I wouldn't be surprised if key Bendis-boarders were involved, this plays right into their hands. Nice try guys!"
That's really reaching. I visit the Bendis Board every now and then, and it isn't nearly as bad as this place. Hell, Ellis started a thread over there and got a friendly reaction. Look at what he got over here.
It seems like, more often than not, FBR ends being a place that deserves to be rampaged. (Fanboy Rampage-Rampage?) I'm sure it's no more than a few individuals that cause this (it always is), but that doesn't make it any less sad.
[Ellis] speaks as if those inbred idiots with keyboards are somehow representative of FBR - they most certainly are not
That's the same impression I had from Ellis' last post. I also didn't like the "having the comments remain in the public eye -- is just fucking disgusting" shot, since said comment was taken down fairly promptly (as soon as Graeme saw it, I'd wager) and it seems unfair to sling that at a webmaster until you're sure he's seen the offending post.
Anyhow, I like the Rampage and am puzzled/irritated by all the "Man, Rampage SUCKS and our boards are better and looks like we should be rampaging the rampage, LOL!" posts.
I say pass me some of that pie.
And he's only pissed off with FbR because we all know about a certain chat transcript he doesn't want anyone to know about...
Details?
Whenever details are provided, Ellis always insists on them being removed.
Quite right too, wouldn't want his wife and daughter to see it....
Ellis is in a long term relationship, but he isn't married.
Whenever details are provided, Ellis always insists on them being removed.
Quite right too, wouldn't want his wife and daughter to see it....
Warren! You sly dog! Scoring a little bit of 73H H4W7 N37-53XX0RZ on the side with one of your former "filthy assistants" from the WEF?
I'd actually be perversely fascinated with witnessing how Warren might manage to maintain his Nasty Online Persona while concurrently conducting a session of one-handed smutty typing.
I'm suddenly imagining Herr Starr from Garth Ennis' Preacher, except with a beard and an English accent ...
Gud d0g
Is there any of that pie left?
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