Not a DREAM! Not an IMAGINARY STORY!
Face front TRUE BELIEVERS! This one's FOR REAL!
You'll always be MY spider-man.
KG
So if we judge by the covers you've selected, does this mean you'll not only be back in action soon but you'll have four blogs coming out every day? And then when Bendis writes you, you'll even join a group blog?
Thanks for all the blogging, Graeme - it was a fun two years.
Godspeed, Graeme.
*sniffle*
That was beautiful Graeme. Beautiful.
My favorite read of the morning closes the door. Thanks for the ride, Graeme.
Dirk inspires John. Dirk and John inspire you. You and John force me to do it.
Dirk leaves.
John leaves.
You leave.
Shit. I'm next, aren't I?
Fond farewells, Graeme. We'll follow you whatever you end up doing (and maybe you'll let more of a peek behind the curtain so we can see the soft, mushy, CHARADE-loving core to the snarky shell).
Take care, Graeme. and again, thanks.
And The Rampage sails out to sea. 
Enjoy your new insanity-free life, Graeme!
I've enjoyed reading this blog quite a bit. Thanks for the laughs; hopefully someone will step up to fill the snark void.
Goodnight, sweet Rampage.
May a flight of Street Angels floppies sing thee to thy rest.
Heh. Warren Ellis ruins everything.
Thanks for everything, Graeme!
NOW what am I going to do at work?
Best of luck, Graeme, thanks for a short two years.
And you leave us with Ultimate Aunt May porn?
Dude, that is just not right.
Fitting, but not right.
Best of luck. To you in the non-blogging life and me in trying to get my eyes to work right again.
Oh, god I'm in tears. That was a beautiful final plug for my new Image book, THE INTIMIDATORS, debuting December 28th in finer comic shops everywhere.
Oh, right. And, uh, thanks for the blog thing, Spiderman. I mean, Graeme. Whatever.
...
(BUY THE INTIMIDATORS)
Mornings will be a little less sweet without my morning Cup o'Rampage.
Thanks to Graeme, as well as all the other regulars who left their comments, specifically the individual who introduced the phrase 'mindwipe assrape' into my personal lexicon.
I wish it hadn't taken me until now to join your ranks. Maybe, just maybe, I could have gotten some pie.
Thanks again.
So the clock's hit triple-4's in the a.m. and the good after-hours is breaking up and we have to go to that obnoxious tweeker's house, scratching at carpet fleas and watching a porno with the faces blurred BUT YOU CAN TELL THAT IT'S HIM?
keee-rap.
This is the only place I've posted regularly for more than a year and now I have to MOVE?
feee-uck.
Graeme, at a time in my life when everything was pretty okay and I had little to bitch about, you gave me a place to go and watch people freak out.
Thank you.
Come in a volvo, Graeme. Come in a volvo.
hey, guys! where're you going? (fades) wait up! you got some snark? (and out)
I'm not going to cry, I'm not going to cry, I'm not going to cry!
"And you leave us with Ultimate Aunt May porn?"
Is it a bad thing that those Ultimate Aunt May sketches turned me on in a Demi Moore/Joan Collins kinda way?
What?
No, YOU'RE a pervert!!
Um. GoodluckandsolongGraeme!!
Ellis was just trying to snag your hit-count.
I've got plenty of other blogs to read, of course, but no one else will let me act like quite such a dick over there. So, thanks for that.
Cheers.
Even though I knew this day was coming it still stings a little.
I will miss the Rampage. Just like I did with Journalista! and Grotesque Anatomy, I'll probably keep hitting that link every morning, forgetting that there won't be any updates.
Sigh...
Graeme:
You are awesome. My hope is you are able to conquer the rest of the comics universe with as much charm and grace and wit as you did the comics blogoverse.
Cheers!
-jeff
Graeme:
Thanks man.
Darwyn
*sigh*
Journalista, then Thought Ballons and now Fanboy Rampage. All my favorite comic blogs keep dying. At least the Beat is still around kicking.
I would say thanks for a great two years, but I was never around from the begining so thank you Graeme for a great year and a bit. 
Good man yerself, Graeme.
Back to work it is, then.
//Oo/\
I'll miss ya Graeme. Please feel free to lurk the Barement forums if you ever feel like snarking us for kicks. Be well, fair blogger!
Was it something I said?
Ah well, thanks Graeme. It was a good ride while it lasted, and I finally found someone else who liked Green Lantern: Mosaic.
I'll miss this site.
I'm just sorry your meme for calling trade paperbacks "stiffies" (as opposed to "floppies") never caught on...
(Well, that, and now who'll Read The Byrne Forum So I Don't Have To?)
See ya around Graeme.
So long and thanks for all the snark, Graeme. We'll miss ya.
Ciao Graeme e grazie !
Matteo
Thanks for all the reads and funnyness, Graeme!
ARRRRG.
Cheers to Graeme, and everyone here who made me laugh out loud. The people who post at FBR are some of the funniest bastards I've ever encountered. No other forum I've come across is as consistently entertaining; well, not intentionally anyways. I really am going to miss this place.
Good night, sweet Scottish prince.
Sigh, there's a hole in my heart today. Thanks for the memories, FBR.
I'll miss the blog as it was fun. Plus a great example to show people when they asked "Comic fans aren't really as weird as they show in movies right?"
Good luck man!
And we were just about to start paying you!
Thanks, Webhead.
As we say in Ireland "Worra fuckin' fader".
Thanks for a fun two years, Graeme. Even though I've never commented much, Fanboy Rampage was always my first stop when checking blogs.
Here's wishing you all the best for the future, whatever that may hold.
Fare thee well, Grim....
Aw, you'll be back. I give it six months. Who'll hold the money?
Until then, cheers, and it's been great!
Well, that sucks.
I was holding out some hope that it was a hoax of "Sentry" proportions .... except one that actually had a shred of believability.
I've only been around a few months, and never commented much. But the Rampage will be missed, oh yes it will.
Thanks, Graeme, and do take care of yourself. You should be proud of what you've done here but enjoy your new free time.
At the risk of being melodramatic, I do have fond memories of this place and I will really miss it, especially the comments threads. My wife looks at me funny when I make jokes about F/M/K and brain footprints.
Thanks for making the productivity rate around the world just a little bit lower for the last two years, sir.
The Internet finally split in half.
Good luck, Graeme. Don't ever stop rampaging in your heart.
Fare thee well, Rampage!!!
We'll always have Byrne vs. Wikipedia.
You have served us well, Mr Rampage. Rest now...
Thanks for giving me plenty to read on a regular basis rather than actually doing work. Also, quite a bit of therapy in the form of "Sure I read overpriced four-color pamphlets about guys in tights, but thank freaking god I'm not that guy."
Wish I'd posted more.
Infinite suckage. The blogosphere may not be dead, but it's mortally wounded.
Thanks for all the rampage, Graeme -- you were always my favorite stop on the ride.
Damn.
Your blog was my only must-read every day comic book site.
Your selection of links was, by far, the best of the comic blogosphere.
And the snarky asides in the comments section were a welcome daily opiate.
I will miss the Rampage. And I will remember the rampage, me and the Psycho Pirate.
Thanks for countless hours of entertainment and good luck!
Never commented before, but I visited the Rampage at least twice daily for over a year. Thanks for offering this free service for so long. You have fans. Can't wait for the All New, All Different Rampage to emerge from the ashes?
I'll miss the laughter most of all . . .
Thanks for all your hard work, Graeme. And best of luck in your future Bendis-Board-free endeavors.
Thanks Graeme! I have not been here long but FBR was my one source for comics news. Thank you for suffering the slings and arrows of the boards for me!
I bow to thee, my dark master.
I first became aware of you as "Grim" on the old Newsarama boards. Chris Hunter came into the store and announced that he was having an awesome battle with some guy in one of the forums. I went and read the comments and wondered why I couldn't have more customers like you and fewer like Chris. Now the Rampage is gone and Hunter still darkens my doorstep.
"Burn the land, boil the sea, you can't take the sky from me."
Thanks, you.
I'm half sad that I won't be able to frolic around here anymore, and half excited at what you'll be doing next.
Oh, and half pissed about the fact that I have to reorganize my blog bookmarks now. Damn you. Damn you for inconveniencing me and making me bad at math.
And somewhere in the world, Bendis, Millar, and Byrne all finally exhale...
Fare you well, my honey, fare you well my only true one.
All the birds that were singing are flown, except you alone.
Going to leave this brokedown palace,
On my hand and knees, I will roll, roll, roll.
-B
So any replacement will be Ben Reilly then?
Gonna miss seeing the lunacy at the end of my working day.
Farewell.
And sorry for not being funny. I always felt bad about that...
I can't believe it's over. The comics industry was our theatre and we were Waldorf and Statler. The emperor was posing nude and we were taking the polaroids to prove it. And now it's all gone, while Byrne Idiotics endures and Millarworlders continue to drown in their liquor.
There is no justice in this world.
Thank you, Graeme, for two years of laughter and smiles. And damn you for making me miss the Rampage already.
Thanks for all the Rampage...
So the internet really did crack in half. Friggin' Bendis.
Rampage will be missed. Already I'm thinking of throwing out my computer. Ah well. Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on, right?
Thanks for the laughs and links for the past 2 years, Graeme.
We'll meet again, don't know where, don't know when,
but I know we'll meet again some sunny day!
Keep smiling through, just like you always do,
'till the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away!
So, will you please say hello to the folks that I know?
Tell them I won't be long!
They'll be happy to know that as you saw me go,
I was singin' this song:
We'll meet again, don't know where, don't know when,
but I know we'll meet again some sunny day!
So, will you please say hello to the folks that I know?
Tell them I won't be long!
They'll be happy to know that as you saw me go . . .
I was singin' this song:
We'll meet again, don't know where, don't know when,
but I know we'll meet again some sunny day!
We'll meet again, we'll meet again . . .
Anyone who loves CHARADE is a good person. Thanks for the laughs, Graeme!
Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto,
Mata ah-oo hima de
Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto,
Himitsu wo shiri tai
You're wondering who I am -- machine or mannequin
With parts made in Japan, I am the modren man
I've got a secret I've been hiding under my skin
My heart is human, my blood is boiling, my brain I.B.M.
So if you see me acting strangely, don't be surprised
I'm just a man who needed someone, and somewhere to hide
To keep me alive -- just keep me alive
Somewhere to hide to keep me alive
I'm not a robot without emotions -- I'm not what you see
I've come to help you with your problems, so we can be free
I'm not a hero, I'm not a saviour, forget what you know
I'm just a man whose circumstances went beyond his control
Beyond my control -- we all need control
I need control -- we all need control
I am the modern man, who hides behind a mask
So no one else can see my true identity
Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto, domo...domo
Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto, domo...domo
Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto, domo...domo
Thank you very much, Mr. Roboto
For doing the jobs that nobody wants to
And thank you very much, Mr. Roboto
For helping me escape just when I needed to
Thank you -- thank you, thank you
I want to thank you, please, thank you
The problem's plain to see: too much technology
Machines to save our lives. Machines dehumanize.
The time has come at last
To throw away this mask
So everyone can see
My true identity...
I'm Kilroy! Kilroy! Kilroy! Kilroy!
This was easily my favorite comics blog out there. There are others that will fill the gap but it saddens me to know that the next time John Byren says something insanely stupid I might not know about it. Good luck with whatever you do next.
You can't leave us alone, Graeme.
Thanks for all, little grasshopper!
Easily my favourite blog, just as I first started getting into comics back in 2003/4, don't really recall myself. I'm genuinely saddened to see it end now.
Though I've rarely commented here, you've brought a lot of people together through this blog, fans and pros alike. And we thank you for that.
Take care.
thank you and good luck.
You've left tiny footprints in our hearts, Graeme.
Thank you.
Thank you very much Graeme.
Oh Graeme, where are we now?
So long, and thanks for all the fish.
Damn you!
*cyber hugs Graeme*
Real men cry..
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur,
cum puella incedit minore medio corpore
sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos
virtute praestare ut velitis, notantes bracas eius
clunibus profunde fartas esse
a! captus sum, nec desinere intueri possum.
o dominola mea, volo tecum congredi
pingereque picturam tui.
familiares mei me monebant
sed clunes istae libidinem in me concitant.
o! cutis rugosa glabraque!
dixistine te in meum vehiculum intrare velle?
in arbitrio tuo totus veni
quia non es mediocris adsecula.
vidi illam saltantem.
obliviscere igitur blanditiarum!
tantus sudor! tantus umor!
vehor quasi in curru quadrigarum!
taedet me in diurnis legendi
planas clunes gratiores iudicari.
rogate quoslibet Aethiopes: responsum erit
se libentius expletiores anteponere.
o consortes (quid est?) o consortes (quid est?)
habent amicae vestrae magnas clunes? (certe habent!)
hortamini igitur ut eas quatiant (ut quatiant!)
ut quatiant! (ut quatiant!)
ut quatiant illas clunes sanas!
domina mea exstat a tergo!
Sigh...I only discovered this place fairly recently and now it goes away.
Thanks for such a fun place to waste my time with. As a bad blooger I fuully understand how it catches up with you. For me it comes about after a single long posting. You put in a lot of hard work and it was obviously appreciated.
I guess it's time to start my own comic blog now.
Take care.
Thanks, Graeme.
Rest easy, soldier.
Now I am sad. Does this mean I'll have to read the actual news sites to find out what's happening in comics? It was so much more fun to only read people commenting about other people freaking out about the news.
cheers, Graeme.
-bri
(Cries)
Goodbye and goodluck, Rampage. If I had been around even longer, gotten a chance to form even more of an attachment, I'd probably be eveb more devestated.
(Blows nose noisily)
Folks who will miss other people and who think this is somewhat like a message board--let us know where people can find you if you like.
Graeme, I hate you... for making me love you!
If anyone needs me, I'll be in the fridge (not in a superhero's girlfriend way)
Thanks, Graeme. And not just for linking to my Ultimate Aunt May porn. Like John Stewart on The Daily Show, you did a far better job of reporting the news than the news itself did. This is a valuable community service.
...and STAY out!
See you next month!
You were consistently awesome, thank you for everything.
You always were…a wily old buzzard……
[ Folks who will miss other people and who think this is somewhat like a message board--let us know where people can find you if you like.]
I'll be appearing at Yuk Yuks in Ottowa on the 29th and 30th, opening for Randy "The King of the Insults" Geronowski. Try the veal and don't forget to tip your waitress!
I thought I was done posting, but I did want to comment that those Aunt May drawings look NOTHING like the old bitties at the home that I service with my meatnourmous wang.
I don't know who did this but I BLAME YOU ALL!
FBR will be missed.
As Martha Stewart once said, "It's a good thing."
Oh, Zepeda? Expect your ass to be kicked VERY soon.
I thought I was done posting, but I did want to comment that those Aunt May drawings look NOTHING like the old bitties at the home that I service with my meatnourmous wang.
You laugh, but Marvel itself has already tried at least once to sell its audience on the idea that Aunt May can be hot (see also: Jemas and Millar's Trouble miniseries), and if the sales figures on Ultimate Spider-Man decline too much further, I wouldn't put it past Bendis and Quesada to launch a second mini, this time set in Ultimate continuity, about the sexual adventures of May, illustrated by either Frank Cho or the Dodsons.
Fanboys lived, fanboys died, and everything was pretty much the same.
But it was more fun, for a little while.
Thanks Graeme.
Saddest Kitty possible!
I haven't been up to speed on the comics blogs lately due to work, but I always made a point to check Fanboy Rampage every day. I'm gonna need a snark substitute stat.
Thanks for all of the hilariousness, Graeme!
Damn, I wish that Haloscan's emoticon icons didn't look so angry. That last one there should have been more "sad and mournful" and less "I'm gonna git you sucka."
ahh...sic transit gloria mundi.
thanks for the laughs Graeme!
-Crowlz
Seems pretty obvious to me that Graeme wins. And we're all the poorer for it.
Thanks for a thousand smirks, chuckles, guffaws and even a few dozen belly laughs.
GAAAAAAAAHHHHH AAAAAH AAAAAGHH
AAAAAAGGGH
GAAAAAAAAAAHHH
"I thought I was done posting, but I did want to comment that those Aunt May drawings look NOTHING like the old bitties at the home that I service with my meatnourmous wang."
The problem with those drawings is that the bodies are that of a hot 21 year old and the head is of a kinda-hot 55-60 year old.
..
I am so getting fired.
As Jimmy Buffett put it (and as long as people are quoting lyrics):
Drink it up
This ones for you
It's been a lovely cruise
I'm sorry it's ended
It's sad but it's true
Honey it's been a lovely cruise
These moments were left with
May you always remember
These moments are shared by few
There's wind in our hair
And there's water in our shoes
Honey, it's been a lovely cruise
These moments we're left with
May you always remember
These moments are shared by few
And those harbor lights
Aw they're coming into view
We bid our farewell much too soon
So drink it up
This one's for you
Honey, it's been a lovely cruise
Yea baby, it's been a lovely cruise
Oh darlin' it's been a lovely cruise
I said it all on The Beat today.
But basicaly, all of us lasy asses are just going to have to WORK from here on out.
Thanks again, man.
The problem with those drawings is that the bodies are that of a hot 21 year old and the head is of a kinda-hot 55-60 year old.
And this would be different from the way that Mark Bagley draws her ... how, again?
But basicaly, all of us lasy asses are just going to have to WORK from here on out.
Or just, you know, we could continue being lazy, lassie. 
Damn. I only found this site a few weeks ago.
*sniff* *sniff*.
Dude... is there any way the rest of us could take over the blog? It has to continue, much like the Robin mantle... which would make you the Jason Todd of all this... but FBR can't die!
Thanks for the name check. Seth Cohen 4ever!
I only found this place a month or so ago, but I enjoyed every moment of it.
Thanks for reading all those forums and reading what all the dipshits were going on about for us.
The prettiest girl
In all the world
Is in a little Spanish town
But I left her for a bonnie lass
And I told her
I'd see her around
But that bonnie lass
And her heart of glass
Would not hold a candle
To bumming around
So don't cry for me
For I'm going away
And I'll be back some lucky day
God bless, my little Graeme Cracker.
Hey, I have a message board that's pretty much not in use anymore. It runs off behive like Warren's The-Engine.net
It's at http://www.TheGraphicNovels.com (also http://www.TheComicBooks.com)
If anybody wants to go there, pick a forum to watch and post the 'Fanboy Rampage' moments, I'll happily adjust the board for that purpose.
If anybody is up for this, let me know.
Have to say I love the covers you picked for your exit, really fitting. Thanks for the laughs and have a good one!
And I think I'll be unhinged by that Aunt May porn for quite some time .....
Well, if we're just posting song lyrics now...
Everytime we say goodbye, I die a little,
Everytime we say goodbye, I wonder why a little,
Why the Gods above me, who must be in the know.
Think so little of me, they allow you to go.
When you're near, there's such an air of spring about it,
I can hear a lark somewhere, begin to sing about it,
There's no love song finer, but how strange the change from major to
minor,
Everytime we say goodbye.
"And this would be different from the way that Mark Bagley draws her ... how, again?"
Not naked?
Every time I tell someone I'm buying three copies of something, I'll think of FBR.
It was a good ride.
DIE FANBOY RAMPAGE, DIE!
HAHAHAHAHAHA
Now that was funny. But I'm sure it wasn't really him.
Yeah, it was good. So good I was hoping nobody else would post after it, so it could remain as the final Rampage!!! comment.
But you ruined it, Coville.
For everyone.
I'll miss this little blog. Especially since it means I'll actually have to soil myself and visit the Bendis Boards to see what kinda silly crap they're up to each week.
Thanks for all the laughs Graeme
Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooo-urns!
See you in the next life.
but now who will put the geek in their place!? who!!!!!!!!!!????
I've never posted here much, but I've been reading the blog pretty regularly for a good while now, and it's almost always been a bright spot in even the dullest of days. Thanks, Graeme, and good luck with whatever you end up doing next.
So, we'll go no more a roving
So late into the night,
Though the heart be still as loving,
And the moon be still as bright.
For the sword outwears its sheath,
And the soul wears out the breast,
And the heart must pause to breathe,
And Love itself have rest.
Though the night was made for loving,
And the day returns too soon,
Yet we'll go no more a roving
By the light of the moon.
Mark: Sorry, but this place makes me snarky.
And I couldn't let it end with "John L. Byrne" laughing at us.
I mean, that be like Warren Ellis ending his writing career doing ROM.
Thanks for the laughs. Take care!
Rampage, I know we're over, but please don't hate me if I slow down when driving past your (our) URL...
Thanks for the funny, Graeme.
And, at the end, your funny uncle staring
at all your friends with military bearing
And stopped to stand
to smile and speak of you directly
'Good-bye', shake hands
like you did everything correctly
to wipe away the tears
No more pain, no fear
No sorrow or dying
No waiting or crying
These former things have passed away
Another life begins today
Good luck, and thanks for the laughs.
Thanks Graeme for the laughs and the fun, and for getting the word out on GOOD books.
I should restart Journalista, just to fuck with people's heads.
Rampage will live on, wherever there is an irrantional fanboy, there will be a rampage! and on and on and on!
Thanks Graeme for making it count.
Busiek loses! We all lose!
You've left tiny footprints in our hearts, Graeme.
Well said, This was my favorite blog in the whole wide world and am sad to see it go.
Thanks, Graeme!
So long, and thanks for all the snark, Graeme. It was a lot of fun while it lasted.
Luckily, my new job is keeping me so busy that I haven't had much time to follow the comics inter-web lately, so the void won't be as great as it would have been a few months ago, but still, I will dearly miss the Rampage.
Oh, and if anyone's still reading and is interested in one last self-serving plug, I just started a blog at my new job, at the Pensacola News Journal. No comics content there yet, but there will be. Oh, yes, there will be.
http://www.pensacolanewsjournal....gs/culturepops/
You were the master, Graeme. Best wishes to you on whatever you do next.
Graeme, thanks for this; coming to the Rampage was a highlight of my day. And sometimes a hilarious lowlight.
Best wishes for whatever you choose to do next.
Graeme left tiny footprints on my brain, like...
Wait.
That's bad, isn't it?
... Encore....????
Maybe?
Mike! Buddy! While you're here, boy oh boy, have I got an artistic commission for you ...
Hail and farewell. Thanks for the snark!
I never posted here but I read the site almost daily. You will be missed.
thanks
Hey now, hey now
Don't dream it's over
Hey now, hey now
When the world comes in
They come, they come
To build a wall between us
We know they won't win
(Sorry.)
Thank you, Graeme. There's, uh... something in my eye. Yeah, that's it.
This was the Daily Show of the comics blogosphere. I can't think of any higher compliment than that.
(And yes, that means I thought it was a great site -- always funny and informative.)
Now give me one for my baby, and one more for the road....
I laughed, I cried, it was better than Cats.
Thanks, Graeme.
Isn't it rich, are we a pair?
Me here at last on the ground,
You in mid-air.
Send in the clowns.
Isn't it bliss, don't you approve?
One who keeps tearing around
One who can't move
Where are the clowns?
Send in the clowns.
Just when I'd stopped opening doors,
Finally knowing the one that I wanted was yours.
Making my entrance again with my usual flair,
Sure of my lines;
No one is there.
Don't you love farce?
My fault I fear,
I thought that you'd want what I want,
Sorry my dear
But where are the clowns
There ought to be clowns
Quick send in the clowns
What a surprise!
Who could foresee
I'd come to feel about you
What you felt about me?
Why only now when I see
That you've drifted away?
What a surprise...
What a cliche'...
Isn't it rich, isn't it queer
Losing my timing this late in my career
And where are the clowns
Quick send in the clowns
Don't bother, they're here.
Infinite thank you!
You'll be missed.
And they all pretend they're orphans
And their memory's like a train
You can see it getting smaller as it pulls away
And the things you can't remember
Tell the things you can't forget
That history puts a saint in every dream
In the midst of the word he was trying to say,
In the midst of his laughter and glee,
He had softly and suddenly vanished away---
For the Snark *was* McMillen, you see.
From a never-poster and enthusiastic reader, best wishes to Graeme and everyone else who made this so much fun.
wtf! where's the warning? Jesus. It's just a stinkin' blog. Have someone else frakkin' do this for you. It's just webcrawlin'. Good grief. Blogs don't die, they fade away.
See now this is Rampage worthy in itself. We've resorted to desperate pleas to somehow keep the blog going, even without Graeme's magic touch. No my friends this must die now. It we are to evolve to an even BETTER blog/forum in which fandom is comically looked upon by itself then this is the way Rampage!!! must go. Don't torture yourselves by trying to put it on life support and prolonging the agony.
Incidentally, anyone else notice how JesseBaker hasn't made an appearance for any of this mourning yet? He's conspicuous in his absence.
Memories....
Light the corners of my mind...
Misty Water-colored memories...
Of the way we were....
Scattered... pictures...
Of the smiles we left behind
Smiles we gave to one another
For the way we were...
Can it be that it was all so simple then?
Or has time rewritten every line?
If we had a chance would we do it all again?
Tell me,
Would we?
Could we?
Memories... may be beautiful and yet
What's too painful to remember
We simply choose to forget...
So it's the laughter
We will remember
WHENEVER WE RE-MEM-BER
The way... we were
The way... we were.....
Sorry to see you hang 'em up. But remember, even Spider-Man returned to the hero thing.
Bye Graeme, thanks.
Tell me where does all the magic go
When the curtain falls to end the show
Do the clowns always cry when they pack up the paper sky?
When the champagne is being poured
And the lock is on the old stage door
Will there still be a clown in the sky for me?
Will there still be a clown in the sky?
...Still be a clown in the sky?
Tell me where is that clown in the sky, for...me?
SO LONG FANBOY RAMPAGE
Are you gonna take me home tonight ?
Ah down beside that red firelight
Are you gonna let it all hang out ?
Fat bottomed girls
You make the rockin' world go round
"There’s a ship lies rigged and ready in the harbor
Tomorrow for old England she sails
Far away from your land of endless sunshine
To my land full of rainy skies and gales
And I shall be aboard that ship tomorrow
Though my heart is full of tears at this farewell
For you are beautiful, and I have loved you dearly
More dearly than the spoken word can --"
No, wait. That's creepy.
Never mind.
kdb
Give him two weeks, and he will be back.
While waiting for that, thanks for the ride, was awesome.
I will miss your cruel words, you magnificent bastard! In all seriousness, you did create and caretake something wonderful, so thank you.
Matt
Thanks graeme-
I'll wait patiently for "ultimate fanboy rampage."
make sure bagley draws it.
When do we all wake up with FBR in the shower? WHEN?!
*sniff*
Thanks dude.
This is so fucking not Airwolf. But I completely understand, sometimes things just run their course.
But thanks everyone for all the snarky goodness I've enjoyed for many months now, and good luck with whatever you guys decide to do next.
I still can't believe it. Guess I will have to work to find those crazy fans. Thanks Graeme!
When you fall asleep,
Before the end of the day,
You start to worry...
Like when the taxi comes,
To take you away,
When you're in no hurry...
Yet as our hair turns white,
All the stars still shine so bright... Above.
At least it's not the end of the world!
We could live it large,
Coz we're only old once,
Let's make a difference...
Turn all the hate in the world,
Into a mockingbird,
Make it fly away...
Yet as our hair turns grey,
Everything is far from A-OK!
At least it's not the end of the world!
No...
No, no, no!
At least it's not the end of the world!
You rawked my world, FBR!
You guys realize that FBR will continue...as long as this comment thread stays alive!
We may not be able to crack the internet apart, but Haloscan...now there's something else again...
Its the day after Rampage died.
I have nowhere to go on the interweb. All I can do is stand here, at the edge of the smoldering crater, gazing sadly at the ruins.
I keep coming back here in case there's an update; old habits die hard.
I'm so alone.
Indeed...
Indeed old habits die hard. But I too feel alone without FBR darn it!
Every breath you take
Every move you make
Every bond you break
Every step you take
I’ll be watching you
Every single day
Every word you say
Every game you play
Every night you stay
I’ll be watching you
Oh, can’t you see
You belong to me
How my poor heart aches
With every step you take
Every move you make
Every vow you break
Every smile you fake
Every claim you stake
I’ll be watching you
Since you’ve gone I been lost without a trace
I dream at night I can only see your face
I look around but it’s you I can’t replace
I feel so cold and I long for your embrace
I keep crying baby, baby, please...
Oh, can’t you see
You belong to me
How my poor heart aches
With every breath you take
Every move you make
Every vow you break
Every smile you fake
Every claim you stake
I’ll be watching you
Every move you make
Every step you take
I’ll be watching you
I’ll be watching you
I’ll be watching you
I’ll be watching you
I’ll be watching you...
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO*cough*splutter*OOOOOOOO!
Thanks for all the good stuff!
[i] "There’s a ship lies rigged and ready in the harbor
Tomorrow for old England she sails
Far away from your land of endless sunshine
To my land full of rainy skies and gales
And I shall be aboard that ship tomorrow
Though my heart is full of tears at this farewell
For you are beautiful, and I have loved you dearly
More dearly than the spoken word can --"
No, wait. That's creepy.
Never mind.
kdb[/i]
No. Freakin'. Way. I never thought I'd see a Roger Whittaker reference anywhere, much less here. Kurt even knows obscure music continuity.
Anyway, take care Graeme. I never posted much, but this is the only blog I ever read with any regularity. Sorry to see you go. My workdays will suffer for it.
FBR keeps popping up to the top of the comic weblog update page.
O, comics weblog udpate page, WHY MUST YOU TEASE ME SO?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
So, this is where Patrick Duffy steps out of the shower, right? RIGHT!?
...*sniff*
Thanks for all the laughs to Grim and everybody else. Now I need to find a new place to keep my snarksmanship skills up to snuff.
Can this be... the END of snark??!!
I'm sickened. Only 185 comments up to this point. Geez, Paul O'Brien's crisis of consicience inspired more comments in 24 hours than this...
Now without fanboy rampage to watch me jerk off a rhino on the internet, I should go on a rampage somewhere.
On second thought... That would be so 2004!
Cheers Graeme. Goodluck with everything and I hope that you come back soon. I need a laugh at myself.
Sweet Christmas! Now I can't even find out if the Bendis boarders are celebrating Rampage's demise.
Thanks Graeme for turning me onto stuff I wouldn't normally would have picked up (Demo, Blankets, Y the Last Man, Couriers, etc). I'm a much better comic fan and reader for it.
There's something about bears, woods, and pooping.
Closing time, one last call for alcohol
So finish your whiskey or beer
Closing time, you don't have to go home
But you can't stay here.
I refuse to leave.
I. Refuse.
I'm sorry, Barry. We have to come to grips with it:
Graeme has left the building.
Take my love,
take my land,
take me where I cannot stand.
I don't care,
I'm still free,
You can't take the sky from me!
Take me out, to the Black.
Tell them I ain't commin' back.
Burn the land and boil the sea.
You can't take the sky from me!
There's no place I can be,
since I found Serenity.
But you can't take the sky from me!
Oh wait, this isn't a Firefly board...
Busiek wins?
Greatest. Blog. Ever.
It was good while it lasted.
Long-time lurker, extremely infrequent poster, here.
Thanks for the memories!
Why, oh why did FBR have to end in that exact day?!? It was the worst birthday I've ever had.
I'd invite all you folks to Batman's Shameful Secret, the comics forum at Something Awful, as it's the only place in the intarwebs that can handle all the snark, but unfortunately a) it's actually more well behaved than FBR ever was and b) it costs 10 bucks.
Still, pop up if you can.
WHAT?!??!!?
well shit.
Dammit, and new solicitations are out! Where will I got for my snark?!?
argh!
fuck!
thx!
argh.
OY, WHAT'S GOLDEN?
I feel so utterly alone.
All the heroes were gone from Marvel for a while too and then Busiek helped bring them back... A man can hope.
Do we have to suffer through Lee & Liefeld first? Cause I'm not so sure that it's worth it...
I was driving on the freeway in the fast lane
With a rabid wolverine in my underwear
When suddenly a guy behind me in the back seat
Popped right up and cupped his hands across my eyes
I guessed, "Is it Uncle Frank or Cousin Louie?"
"Is it Bob or Joe or Walter?"
"Could it be Bill or Jim or Ed or Bernie or Steve?"
I probably would have kept on guessing
But about that time we crashed into the truck
And as I'm laying bleeding there on the asphalt
Finally I recognize the face of my hibachi dealer
Who takes off his prosthetic lips and tells me
Everything you know is wrong
Black is white, up is down and short is long
And everything you thought was just so
Important doesn't matter
Everything you know is wrong
Just forget the words and sing along
All you need to understand is
Everything you know is wrong
I was walkin' to the kitchen for some Golden Grahams
When I accidentally stepped into an alternate dimension
And soon I was abducted by some aliens from space
Who kinda looked like Jamie Farr
They sucked out my internal organs
And they took some polaroids
And said I was a darn good sport
And as a way of saying thank you
They offered to transport me back to
Any point in history that I would care to go
And so I had them send me back to last Thursday night
So I could pay my phone bill on time
Just then the floating disembodied head of
Colonel Sanders started yelling
Everything you know is wrong
Black is white, up is down and short is long
And everything you thought was just so
Important doesn't matter
Everything you know is wrong
Just forget the words and sing along
All you need to understand is
Everything you know is wrong
I was just about to mail a letter to my evil twin
When I got a nasty papercut
And, well, to make a long story short
It got infected and I died
So now I'm up in heaven with St. Peter
By the pearly gates
And it's obvious he doesn't like
The Nehru jacket that I'm wearing
He tells me that they've got a dress code
Well, he lets me into heaven anyway
But I get the room next to the noisy ice machine
For all eternity
And every day he runs by screaming
Everything you know is wrong
Black is white, up is down and short is long
And everything you used to think was so important
Doesn't really matter anymore
Because the simple fact remains that
Everything you know is wrong
Just forget the words and sing along
All you need to understand is
Everything you know is wrong
Everything you know is wrong
It's day two with no FBR. I come back to put a rose on the grave, much like Joe DiMaggio did for Marilyn Monroe.
"Do we have to suffer through Lee & Liefeld first? Cause I'm not so sure that it's worth it..."
We are already suffering through Lee and Leifeld on Batman and Teen Titans.
Sorry, I need an outlet for snark.
I think, in times of great sadness, a little Queen is called for:
So dear friends
Your love has gone
Only tears to dwell upon
I dare not say
As the wind must blow
So a love is lost
A love is won
Go to sleep and dream again
Soon your hopes will rise
And then from all this gloom
Life can start anew
And there'll be no crying soon
Dear Friends (from Sheer Heart Attack, 1974)
Words and music by Brian May
The blog that wouldn't die!
kurt busiek wins!
Normally I'd be upset, but I read at LITG that the real fanboy rampage is in suspended animation in a cocoon beneath the atlantic ocean, and we've been reading a clone the whole time and the real rampage will return, only there will be 5 of them and no one will know which is the real one...or something.
Or the real Rampage was kidnapped by Norman Osborne and replaced by an actress who was made up to look like Rampage, or brought back to life by it's 4 friends, one of whom is a wiccan who will turn evil before the end of the season... or something.
In the spirit of undying Rampage: At Newsarama, about five posts down this page, terryj posts:
My brother and I were big fans of John Byrne's
back during his X-men and Avengers runs circa
mid 70's. We also enjoyed his Man of Steel,
and Alpha Flight run.
We met John Byrne when a local comic store
( now defunct, not many are still
running in Oklahoma these days) brought
him down for the day at a mini con they held.
They even interviewed him for the local kids show.
It was nearing my brother's birthday, and I had decided to get
him a Batman sketch from John Byrne...I thought
it would be the greatest ever present I could give a 16 year old,
who was into comics.
( I was 20 at the time).
So were in line behind some lady who brought every Marvel Universe Handbook
( the multicolored 12 issue ones, not the white thicker ones)
and had Byrne autograph all his pages he did.
We then moved up in line and asked John if he would draw
my brother a Batman sketch. He said $25 for it, I got my cash out in hand.
While he's drawing it, he asked us if we had seen his "many Deaths of Batman" storyline, we said we did, and that we also had seen his
"Untold Legends of Batman #1", and a few other things.
Well, drawing is done, and as I reach across to hand John my money,
and my brother's all excited about the drawing, the guy behind me,
who was next in line said [literal quote]:
"Hey John, that kicks ass! I'll give you $35 for it."
I said " Dude, we already bought this one".
John Byrne says " The price is now $35. Do you have it?"
We said, my brother and I, quite astonished " No, you said $25, and we agreed on it."
The guy behind me pushes around us ( he's like in his 30's),
and throws his money on the table. John Byrne hands him the sketch.
Now,
I don't know if it was because;
(a) we are black.
(b.) John is a dick.
(c) john's rent needed to be paid, and $35 was a better deal for him.
But I can tell you what he didn't do:
(a.) apologize, and offer to draw another sketch
(b) turn the guy down.
(c) offer any explanation.
So to this day, neither my brother or I buy anything by John Byrne.
I'm just glad to say it didn't color my or my brother's perceptions
of comic creators in general, as we have met several other creators
who are really great people.
But the more I have read and heard in recent years for John Byrne,
reminds me of my own personal story. And makes me feel sad for the guy,
whateve
Argh. I kept checking in to see if there was at least ONE more post, an encore, as Ringo asked for above.
No luck.
This sucks, it was basically the only comics site I read every day.
Geez, that byrne story is horrible.
There is no outlet for this Bendis Board madness. None.
I feel your pain, to the tune of well over 100,000k spent between my brother and I on Silent Devil over the past 5 years.
The norm for comic companies that want to compete is much higher than 100k.
And then Raven chimes in...
So far I have spent over 200 G's on THE GIFT and everyone on my creative team get's PAID...no back end, no shared property.
I mean, come on, somebody needs to pick up the torch so stuff like this does not go unchecked.
I also posted very little, but visited the site every day.
In tribute, I offer the following:
THE STUPIDEST THINGS FANS HAVE EVER SAID TO ME
(courtesy The Gentle Scent of Pee in Your Longbox)
graeme wins.
Graeme wins.
And in the end, the snark you take is equal to the snark you make.
The Rampage was a pretty nice blog,
And it always had a lot to say
The Rampage was a pretty nice blog,
And it changed from day to day
I want to tell it that I miss it a lot
But I gotta get a bellyful of bile
The Rampage was a pretty nice blog,
Some days it even made me smile, oh yeah,
Some days it even made me smile.
My brother and I were big fans of John Byrne's
back during his X-men and Avengers runs circa
mid 70's.
I'm still a big fan of John Byrne's back. What?
Oh, and as a long-time lurker, infrequent poster, I'll miss the hell out of FBR. Godspeed, Mr. McMillan.
Day Three with no Rampge. I return here, much like a loyal dog visiting the grave of his master. Master? Where are you?
It's so nice to see people picking up the Rampage torch and running with it. That Byrne story was a classic.
This comments thread is the new Fanboy Rampage.
Maybe we should start a blog called John Byrne Rampage.
Here's a choice one: Someone wrote an actual comic strip about the Byrne board:
http://www.drasticcomics.com/
The board's response: "What is this guy's problem?"
http://www.byrnerobotics.com/for...PN=1&
totPosts=7
Huh? Was that thread deleted? The link to the byrne forum doesn't go to a thread.
MILLARWORLD! Mark Millar purchases a Christopher Reeve cape and a stunt cat from the first Superman movie.
http://forums.millarworld.tv/
ind...showtopic=54576
http://forums.millarworld.tv/
ind...showtopic=54658
" Huh? Was that thread deleted? The link to the byrne forum doesn't go to a thread."
Yep, looks like Byrne or one of his minions deleted it. Bastards!
That Byrne thread was deleted while I was logging in to comment on it. When I posted a thread asking nicely what happened to it, that got deleted as well.
I joined the Byrne forum intending to follow the "If you can't say something nice rule", but seeing the iron fist of the "moderaters" first hand like this makes me think I won't be doing much posting there at all.
Far better for you to keep posting here.
Far better for EVERYONE to keep posting here.
HA.
HAHA.
EHEHEHEHEH.
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
*tears streaming down face*
I had heart of the Byrne "signature stamp" before, but the one about handing over a sketch to someone else, saying "the price is now 35 bucks, do you have it" is truly one of the most reprehensible things I've ever heard or read.
The man is a nutjob. Good entertainment value because of that of course, and he draws the occasional pretty picture, but what a despicable human being.
And of course his sycophants are even worse. "What's their problem" indeed.
May Byrne never, ever win.
Would any refugees of this fine place be interested in access to my underused blog, which I am willing to grant access to? Mail me, if you do
"I had heart of the Byrne "signature stamp" before, but the one about handing over a sketch to someone else, saying "the price is now 35 bucks, do you have it" is truly one of the most reprehensible things I've ever heard or read."
While I agree that it was a pretty shitty thing to do, it's really not THAT bad in the scheme of things. I would call 'one of the most reprehensible things I've ever heard or read' to be an exaggeration and a phrase I would use to describe, say, the Holocaust or something similar.
It's just comics, people.
That said, Byrne is still a dick.
Barry, I took the liberty to look up the meaning of the word "reprehensible", because I'm from Belgium so maybe I misapplied the word, but since various dictionaries proclaim it as "deserving blame/censure/rebuke/condemnation", then I actually think that you bringing up the Holocaust is a bit out there, in the sense that the Holocaust was an atrocity ("the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane"), so that calling it merely reprehensible is actually a bit tame.
When it comes to condemning something that just happens in a social environment and doesn't involve, you know, kicking people in the face for fun, I think Byrne's general behavior is pretty damn reprehensible. For me it sorta means "being unable to conduct in a civil manner". In other words, Byrne is the troll he thinks just about everyone else is...
It's all just words though. But Byrne will always be a buffoon to me! ("a rude or vulgar fool"/"a ridiculous but nevertheless amusing person", man I love google :p)
Paty Cockrum:
http://www.screamifyouwantit.com...ent/view/70/27/
"Well… It’s here: The big clue. The most recent Wolverine is the most blatant exercise in anti-Semitism and misinformation about the Holocaust storylines that has ever been printed. And the boys at Marvel knew it, but they allowed it to be printed anyway. And now, seeing it in print, they are beginning to think maybe they have finally shown the world their true colors…if the world is looking! And they are quaking in their shoes and shitting their pants that someone is gonna see what they have so crassly done and call them on it."
There is much, much more.
"Barry, I took the liberty to look up the meaning of the word "reprehensible", because I'm from Belgium so maybe I misapplied the word, but since various dictionaries proclaim it as "deserving blame/censure/rebuke/condemnation", then I actually think that you bringing up the Holocaust is a bit out there, in the sense that the Holocaust was an atrocity ("the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane"), so that calling it merely reprehensible is actually a bit tame.
When it comes to condemning something that just happens in a social environment and doesn't involve, you know, kicking people in the face for fun, I think Byrne's general behavior is pretty damn reprehensible. For me it sorta means "being unable to conduct in a civil manner". In other words, Byrne is the troll he thinks just about everyone else is..."
I don't intend to argue semantics - I believe the Holocaust can be considered both reprehensible and of course, an atrocity. My point is, that while Byrne's behavior is obnoxious and oftentimes downright offensive, I still think it pales in comparison with some truly awful stuff in the world. If anything, it's mostly just pathetic.
"Paty Cockrum:
http://www.screamifyouwantit.com...t/view/70/27/\"
The Byrne board responds:
http://www.byrnerobotics.com/for...8570&PN=1&
TPN=1
She's a loon, the Byrne board are loons and THERE IS NO-ONE TO COMMENT UPON IT!
So are you back yet?
Christ, it's too much Rampage! and no one here to post it! Truly, this is our darkest hour. But it is said, that in time of greatest need, there shall--
Aw, forget my wishful thinking. Thanks to my pining for more FBR, I now know how a fanboy feels when his favorite character (that no one else knows about) is killed.
Earth-2 Leigh is my hero.
You're all at a new, secret Fanboy Rampage page, aren't you? You're laughing at me.
See, we cold really use the Matrix Of Leadership right now. If only Hot Rod hadn't gotten Optimus killed while trying to impress Arcee...
You just crossed the line into the Idiot Zone. I'll not be wasting any more time on you.
See, we cold really use the Matrix Of Leadership right now. If only Hot Rod hadn't gotten Optimus killed while trying to impress Arcee...
He should've known that Arcee was having affairs with Springer, Jazz, and Bumblebee at that time.
You just crossed the line into the Idiot Zone. I'll not be wasting any more time on you.
Crossed it? You charge ground fees and rental every time you open your toothless maw
Why would I want to waste energy fighting that?
[i]He should've known that Arcee was having affairs with Springer, Jazz, and Bumblebee at that time.[/i]
I hear she liked three ways with all the arious twins, especially Sideswipe and Sunstreaker, the best porn star Autobot names besides "Springer" and "Rodimus Prime."
Oh and she THOUGHT she was getting Bumblebee, but got his knockoff, that clone whose name I can't recall.
Oh and she THOUGHT she was getting Bumblebee, but got his knockoff, that clone whose name I can't recall.
Turns out we were both wrong, Arcee was involved in a minibot orgy.
They didn't make her a Headmaster for nothin!
Dear Mr Byrne,
You waste your energy defending your entirely pointless views on what superhero comics should be, when the collective consensus, outside of your message board is that no-one wants you doing superhero comics anymore, because your storytelling is antiquated, clumsy and generic. You're a dinosaur, looking for a tar pit to fall into, and no-one has had the grace to tell you that, not that you would listen in the first place.
Dear Anonymous,
If you look at his homepage, you'll realize that's probably not Byrne.
Why did he end the Rampage again? *jumps the snark*
Anonymous will now look for puppies to kick,and fora on which he can vent his snark in a safe direction
Plus, along with the Not-John-Ness, anyone who thinks that nobody's had the "grace" to tell John he's a dinosaur looking for a tar pit to fall into hasn't been on the internet long.
kdb
Maybe "anonymous" means a tar pit full of chocolate pudding. That'd certainly be different.
And the Rampage continues!
At 300 posts, this Comments board turns into a butterfly!!!
How is it that the InterNet, where everything is in print, seems to have somehow increased the number of misquotes we encounter daily?
How is that anyone could thing that's really John Byrne? Or that he'd link to NAMBLA? And how is this thread still going anyway?
Would anyone like to touch my lucky knee?
If you send it to me, I'll touch it Dirk.
Any scientist worthy of the title will tell you it is most unwise to form a hypothesis based on a single example -- but I make no claim to being a scientist, so I feel free to dispute your statement based on a single example, Chris.
I feel better knowing that Kurt Busiek is still checking this thread, too.
For people looking for a new board to hang out on. Please, come to the John Byrne Forum. We would love to hear your criticism of an old reliable pro like JB first hand. Or come to the the Roger Stern board where we need all the members we can find!
Going from Fanboy Rampage to the Byrne board is like going from "The Sound of Music" to "28 Days Later".
Kurt's refusal to abandon the Rampage does make the rest of us seem slightly less pathetic, doesn't it?
"28 Days Later" was a good movie. I'll take that as a compliment.
I have a question for the group. A retailer recently sent out an email newsletter badmouthing John Byrne to his customers. Is that a good thing for a retailer to do? Is it a good idea to turn away people who want to buy comicbooks?
Joe, Joe, Joe... granted that being obtuse MUST be a requirement for a Byrne Robot, but you really should accept things in the spirit they're delivered. To do otherwise makes you look as silly and as incapable of understanding plain statements as your idol.
As for retailers badmouthing Byrne... they're people, and certainly entitled to their opinion. And really, Byrne dug his own grave there. He has no one to blame for the current state of his reputation save himself.
And contrary to what he would have you believe, there ARE quite a few other writers and artists in the industry at the moment, most of them with far more talent than Byrne had in his prime. It doesn't follow that badmouthing one negligible writer turns a customer away from comics altogether, because outside Byrne Robotics? No one thinks Byrne is that central to the industry anymore, if he ever was.
>> Kurt's refusal to abandon the Rampage does make the rest of us seem slightly less pathetic, doesn't it? >>
Sadly, no.
It just makes me one of the Pathet FRao, along with you.
kdb
>>Is it a good idea to turn away people who want to buy comicbooks? >>
No, but sales figures over the last few years will tell you that next to no one wants to buy Byrne's comics in the first place, so...
Thanks for keeping the faith, Kurt!
STOP IT!
YOU'RE BREAKING THE INTERNET IN HALF!
Fanboy Rampage is supposed to be dead.
But there was no corpse.
THERE. WAS. NO. CORPSE.
Oh wait, here it it.
So... back on Monday, then?
No, but sales figures over the last few years will tell you that next to no one wants to buy Byrne's comics in the first place, so...
****
Simple: no one listened to me.
I listen to you, boss.
I will never turn my back on one of the greatest human beings to ever write and draw comics.
I wish people here would just give you a chance instead of believing internet gossip. Meeting you at MOC was a very emotional experience I wish others could share. I know the "kewl people" mock those who show any positive emotions on the internet but that's the way I feel.
Kepp your Kurt Busieks, Mark Waids and Brian braindead Bendis, I'll take Byrne!
That is so fucked up I don't know whether to laugh or vomit. Seriously - help me out here people, I'm on the horns of a biological dilemma here.
Joe - mouseover the homepage link for 'John Byrne' in this thread.
Newsarama has a nice piece on a painting Joe Quesada did for a local NYC restaurant. It doesn't take too long before Newsarama posters complain that the wrong characters are on the mural, that DC deserves equal time, and that Joe Quesada was the wrong man for the job.
People just like hearing themselves talk, right?
Some people really do like to hear themselves talk. For some, a regular web-site column and blog, and commenting on message boards isn't enough and they actually start doing podcasts.
Boy, those OTHER people on the internet are full of themselves, aren't they?
Ooh, snarky!
Would you please try to be less condescending. With some age you'll come to appreciate that it actually helps to have some life experience to be a forward thinker.
Augie calling someone else snarky? That's a laugh.
Hey Augie, instead of stealth-bashing John Byrne why don't you come over to his board like a man and say it to his face. Don't use that lame CBR column you write, where you do your scary analysis of the monthly Diamond catalog to do it!
>> Seriously - help me out here people, I'm on the horns of a biological dilemma here. >>
Don't worry about it. That's not the real "Joe Zhang," either.
kdb
Awesome. It still lives.
I'm Sparticus!
Well, guys, if you win the gold medal for swimming the fastest thru the sewer, you still come out smelling like shit.
Penis!
Almost there . . .
They're too close!
No, I'm John Byrne!
Putting flowers on the grave of FBR a day late, *sniff* May it rise from the ashes like a Phoenix! (preferably played by Adriana Lima :D)
Don't worry about it. That's not the real "Joe Zhang," either.
Thanks, Kurt -- you are Kurt Busiek, right? Right?
I'm the real John Byrne and now that Doom Patrol is cancelled and my commitment to Action is over I plan on "auditioning" for a chance to draw Astro City.
What do you say Kurt, please, please, please, please let me draw your book. Yes, I think we should reboot it and make the new #1 issue the first appearance of all the characters.
It worked for Doom Patrol!
almost 300! will it be enough to bring graeme back! stay tuned true believers!
"I will stay at this until number 300, and then I will go completely insane."
almost 300! will it be enough to bring graeme back! stay tuned true believers!
*****
Not an assumption I would make.
Nor I.
oh my god... Did someone throw water on Byrne? He's multiplying.
Whatever you do, don't feed him after midnight.
Hurry up, already.
Nicholas just broken one of my "rules" no mention of God in a post. I'M AN ATHEIST YOU DOLT!
I don't believe in pre-emptive locking of threads.
Deleting, sure -- but I don't see a need for that here.
You know . . . the thrill is gone.
sigh...
Look, you don't have to go home, but you can't stay here, people.
It's over.
Get yourselves together and move on.
Off you go...
No one tells John Byrne what to do!
I'll reboot you!
John Byrne always has the last word.
Chris Oakley likes the movie Millennium?
Who pissed in John Byrne's pool!?!
Why hasn't this site updated in like a week?
Jesus H. Bug-Stompin' Christ on a Pogo Stick! Will you people go look in a mirror??? This is, bar none, the most ridiculous, anal, petty, fanboy drivel I have ever had the unfortunate experience of reading.
The faux Byrne killed the joy for me.
Sad thing, that last one was an actual Byrne quote.
A quote that was totally taken out of context.
Next thing you guys will be bringing up the little racist drawing that was found on an old X-Men cover that Byrne drew.
For anyone that still hanging around hereand doesn't know:
Graeme's back at the Savage Critic(s)site!
Thanks, JMD!
So are we done here?
Just alerting whoever is still reading this that I posted my interview with Graeme on my blog. Listen to it and be amazed!
I'm still here . . . . I can't find my way out . . . somebody turned off all the lights or something.
First Post!!!
link:
http://www.comixexperience.com/s...-112-
books.html
Enjoy!
Matteo
What's to enjoy. A blog by that assclown Brian Hibbs? Why did you feel the need to link to that garbage, Matteo!
Hey, what are you kids doing in here? Don't you know you can hurt yourselves by pokin' around ina deserted web site? Go on home!
It's important that these stories be kept in circulation, and embellished as much as possible.
Cheese it! It's old man Albertson!
So are we done here?
Apparently not!
i think someone should bring back the rampage! BRING BACK THE RAMPAGE!
I miss the Rampage.
So, is this back yet?
Oh, it'll be back. But you mustn't go looking for it. I imagine it'll pop up exactly when you're not looking for Fanboy Rampage.
Goes looking for pie...
Pie wins!
Can you see the cover images? Maybe I broke something in my Internet configuration, but the fact is that I *can't* see the cover images...
I LOVED to see those cover images.
They were my friends.
Can I still say penis?
You cannot. But I can.
Penis.
Penis.
Penis.
fanboy rampage going strong 2006! the rampage will never die!
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someone needs to revive the ramapage. graeme, stop being selfish and give it up!
Can't he bring it back just so we can all discuss the new Spider-Man costume and how Peter Parker's own corpse is apparently his new nemesis? There are times when we NEED the Rampage.
are you the Adam Kline from Temple Beth Am in Pinecrest, FL?
Yes, I am. Why do you ask?
Where are my tefillin?
And why are you so stupid all the time? Stop being so stupid, Adam.
OK wtf?? That's like the Earth-2 Dirk Manoj, quite frankly I think the fucker is in cahoots with Man-Man. *mad*
Huh? So you didn't say that? Whatever, stop being a dick.
Eat it, Harvey.
So open up your morning wight
An say a wittle pwayer fow I
You know that if we are to stay awive
And see the peace in evewy I
DOO DOOT DOO DOO DOOO DOO
DOO DOOT DOO DOO DOOO DOO
She had two babies
One was six months one was thwee
In the waw of Fourty-foww....
Evewy tewephone wing
EVEWY heawtbeat stinging
When she thought
it was God cawwing her...
Oh would her son gwow to know his fadder....
I don't wanna wait
For our wives to be over
I want to know wight know
What it wiww be
I don't wanna wait
For our wives to be over
Wiww it be yes or wiww it be
Sowwy....
You're all being fucking retards! Shut up.
Whither Adam D. Kline?
I'm here. You ready to apologize yet?
To which Dirk are you referring? Or are talking to Man-Man?
Huh?
OK Graeme, enough's enough. You can come back now.
Seriously Graeme. You're being a dick. Start this blog back up again already.
I ate Adam D. Kline's spine and laughed about it at JJ's All-American Diner.
The 02.06.06 - 4:41 pm post wasn't from me, by the way.
The 02.07.06 - 4:25 pm post actually wasn't from me, I do think Graeme should stop being a dick and restart his great blog. Dick!
*BURP*
Nice to see this website finally put out of it's misery! All the whining by you babies won't bring it back. YAY!!! Time to slink back to your daddies basements and dream of being half the man John Byrne is.
One by one the negative Byrne-bashing sites bite the dust and the John Byrne Forum is still going strong!
NUFF SAID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wait, I thought of more to say! I like having sex with cows and chickens! Go Byrne!!!!!!
BRING BACK The RAMPAGE~! SO MUCH RAMPAGE WASTED! GRAEME! GRAME! Maybe?
UPDATE: Last night I had sex with my girlfriend's cat.
Okay, I'm lying.
I don't have a girlfriend.
But does she have a cat?
Yes, she does. And I made sweet love to it.
John Byrne rules!
365th post!
The anniversary issue, containing the marriage of Graeme McMillan and Sean Maher, out Wednesday!
Hey everyone!
Good news, Byrne along with writing sensation and beautiful full figured gal, Gail Simone, are now on the All-New Atom!
Can't wait to see how all the naysayers dis this one. Won't happen,Simone is a fan-favorite so we'll see who has the balls to bash her.
Byrne Rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I love you John!
Just to show I love Byrne more, I made love to a rolled up copy of Blood of the Demon #1.
Then I ate it.
Someday I hope to fuck a panda bear!
I'm not a panda bear, Mike but you did fuck me pretty hard last week.
Oh sweet Jesus! Has everyone heard the news??
John Byrne is bringing back his most incredible creations of all-time! Are you ready for this everyone.
NEXT MEN IS COMING BACK!!!!!!!!!!
Mike I can't believe what I'm reading!!
I hope you're not pulling my cock.
There is nothing funny about any of this.
Why doesn't everyone just grow up.
Don't forget to check out all the pencils to comics you don't buy at www.byrnerobotics.com
And when you're done checking out the awesomely awesome pencils, let's all go fuck bunny rabbits!
Byrne fans for bestiality!
What's your obsession with bestiality?
Do you ever say things like that to a persons face?
Somehow I doubt it, coward.
I am shocked. None of these previous statements have been made by me. I was directed here by a friend and am shocked by what has been said (by both sides) in my name. I am no fan of bestiality. Nor am I a raging John Byrne fanboy. You should all be ashamed.
Seriously, OK? Cut the crap. I can understand if Byrne isn't your cup of tea or don't follow his projects or whatever, but enough with bestiality references. Grow up. Get a life. And Byrne is NOT a homosexual even if his cock tastes like shit.
Man-Man is hung like a moose. Does that count?
You better stop posting as me. Even if you're agreeing with me, it's not cool. I don't know if John Byrne likes beastiality or not. I know I don't. That's all I'm saying. Maybe you should grow up.
It's anti-semitism.
I have a confession to make.
There is nothing I love more than a good John Byrne comic and the smell of Mike O'Brien's aftershave when I wake up in the morning.
Please remember to take a look at all the pencils of the most recently cancelled John Byrne book,
BLOOD OF THE DEMON over at www.byrnerobotics.com Thank you.
I can't believe what I am reading.
Everyone knows I'm in love with Roger Stern!
And the lives keep getting smaller............
Holy penis, I got a great idea. But it involves blonde hispanic women and a llama. Any takers?
Forget the llama and blonde hispanic woman, let me do some things with your "Holy Penis", your highness!
The llama would never consent to rough trade, pepperneck!
ROGER STERN! I almost came in my pants when I saw your name!
Why don't you post on my website anymore?
You know, the one I created in your honor!
Don't get any ideas about my favorite Byrnebot, Stern!
I own him, body and soul!
So let me get this straight...
Somebody from the JBF had nothing better to do than to go onto a dead blog and make stupid comments to apparently almost nobody for no apparent reason?
Good job whoever you are! You're keeping the joke alive!
Thank you, idiot!
+++Update++++
John Byrne is NOT drawing the Superman special about the Superman Returns movie. I know everyone is upset aboot this news but DC lied to Byrne and he had to back out because Byrne is a man of principal.
Remember that the next time one of you assclowns praise a no-talent like Brian Michael Bendis!
This shit is wayyyyy out of line!
Jesus H. Bug-Stompin' Christ on a Pogo Stick! Will you people go look in a mirror??? This is, bar none, the most ridiculous, anal, petty, fanboy drivel I have ever had the unfortunate experience of reading.
John Byrne shouldn't be allowed near anything Superman after his loathesome comments over Christopher Reeve. He did us all a favor by backing out. Priciples? Hardly. Coward, more like.
Christopher Reeve was not a hero! How do we know he didn't spend every moment wanting to put a gun to his head and end it all?
Would a coward post a list of 20 things a comic writer shouldn't do? Would a coward post a list of 20 things that say you are to old to read superhero comics? If I was such a coward would I alienate my audience in such a stupid way?
I put forth that I am the only genuine hero in comics. I tell it like it is and let the chips fall where they may. DO I sometimes go overboard to get people to think? HELL YES!
Please remember to buy the new Atom comic coming out in June, by me and full-figured gal Gail Simone.
Done tie my pecker to a tree, to a tree.
Done tie my pecker to a tree.
I thought you tied your pecker to me, Rod?
Helloooooo.....
Has anyone noticed I have left the internet forever!
Please ask me why.
I want to congratulate John Byrne on his 17 issue mini-series BLOOD OF THE DEMON!
Excellent story and art and I can't think of anyone who could pull of such a brilliant mini-series. Can't wait for the Absolute Edition.
Where's all the comments go? Up Mr. Byrne's pooper?
I'd say you people have sad, sad little lives except for (a) what you have don't even constitute "lives", and (b) you mindless cretins hardly even constitute people.
So if you will excuse me, I've got me a Man-Man to hunt. *cocks rifle*
You sound like a made-up person, Adam D. Kline.
Yes, he does. And the lives get smaller..........
I want to know when DC will release Blood of the Demon trade paperbacks?
WHEN!!!!!!!!!!
Please DC Please DC Please DC Please DC
Is this some kind of sick joke? Why would anyone spend so much of their time making fun of a man who is probably the greatest single comic creator of all time!
Not only is John Byrne sweet, kind, just and wise, he also runs the greatest messageboard on the net.
Dave Cockrum will always be my personal savior for creating the luscious Nightcrawler but I can't argue with the fact that Byrne is almost as important to us X-Men fans.
So please, stop with the hate and bring on the love!!!
Yours in Jesus.
I love Byrne more than you, Mary!
So there.
Nobody loves Byrne more than me!
I hope everyone joins us in bowing before the magnifecance of the greatest human to ever walk the Earth, John Byrne!
Hi, I just want everyone to know I'm back!
My sabbatical from the internet has taught me something very special, I'm not nearly as crazy as I thought I was. Byrne really is the best writer-artist who as ever lived.
Hola!
You mean "second best" writer-artist.
After Jesus.
Sorry, Mary. Byrne is the greatest writer/artist of all time!
Jesus is the greatest carpenter of all time.
Byrne is reaching his 20,000 post over at his forum. Is there anything that man can't do?
Thank god the rumors of Byrne going back to Marvel aren't true!
Now we can enjoy more guest shots of the New Gods in every book Byrne works on.
Hmm why is everybody's homepage Byrne Robotics? Seems like infiltration to me, of a most horrid sort.
Oh well. *fires up plasma turbine and puts Adam D. Kline in the crosshairs*
Concerning the rumor that I will be returning to Marvel to write the X-Men.
No one from ^^***** has been in touch with me -- nor I with them -- since HIDDEN YEARS was canceled. This sounds like an editor lying to a freelancer ---- not that such things ever happen, of course!
Thank you for setting us straight, sir.
I think we have all been taught a valuable lesson on internet rumors and I for one will think twice before I believe one again.
Just in case anyone is wondering, I'm back from leaving the internet forever.
Thank you for all the well-meaning emails urging my return.
I promise I'll be around to defend my lord and savior, John Byrne, from all the internet trolls that hound his every move.
Yours in Bono.
May 6th is Free Comic Book Day and the best gift to give anyone is a free issue of John Byrne's Blood of the Demon.
Nobody is buying it, so giving it away might be the only way to get it into people's hands.
You are all losers and will end up with a searing, agonizing outbreak of teh gay.
Fuck you!
Gasp! Shuder, LOL! Oh my God, look at all the interesting posts that are here!
I mean..don't hate me but where is the talk about gasp, Nightcrawler?
Gulp, I hope I didn't annoy anyone!
Anyway, she says as she slowly backs out of the room.......please don't forget to read your bible!!!!
I hope everyone enjoyed FREE COMICBOOK DAY.
I was able to unload 500 various Byrne comics like Lab-Rats, Generations 3, Doom Patrol and Blood of the Demon on unsuspecting civilians who don't understand how bad these comics are!
YAY!!!!!!!
Where is the love for Gail Simone?
That full-figured gal sure can write!
I hope her new Atom book is as good as her other crap. Byrne's crap sadly, is always the same.
If Gail Simone were a young Mexican boy, I'd totally do her.
If she looked like Nightcrawler, I would do things to her NO man could or would do!!!!!!
I LOVE ANTHONY J. LOMBARDI!!!!!!
Gasp! There, I said it! Gulp, can't take it back now!
I bow and flourish in front of all you good people!!
Here, what's all this about?
Only talk aboot John Byrne here.
I love you John!
I know I have taken the position in the past that fans shouldn't buy late books but my book Modern Masters: John Byrne is coming out from Twomorrows in June.
It was supposed to come out in March but please overlook that.
Thank you.
That's ok, sir.
I normally bitch about books coming out late but I'll make an exception in this case because you are so important to the industry and this book must take all the time it needs to be perfect.
Gosh, where is the chatroom on this messageboard?
There are so many men I want to get to know better, gasp,gulp!
I bow and flourish at your feet.LOL!
Dave Cockrum is my main concern, gasp, but I have plenty of room in the batcave for a few more Nightstalkers, SHUDDER!
Hey, has anyone started up a new FR-like blog yet? It's been over half a year since this one died...you would think someone has.
Anyone want to find a new Fanboy Rampage can just go to the Byrne board and interact with true fans.
No growing roses over there.
No *SERIOUSLY*, what's this all about then? Who's this Klein guy?
I have just learned something.
John Byrne is my real father! I guess we were practising incest at the MOC last year!
Oh the pain!!!!!!
ATTENTION ALL COMICBOOK FANS!!!
I need everyone's help on this. As you are all aware X-Men 3 and Superman Returns will be out shortly.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES ARE YOU TO SEE THESE MOVIES IF YOU ARE TRUE COMIC FANS!!!!!
Please join John Byrne and me in boycotting these travesties of the most arrogant kind!
THANK YOU!
I won't ever see these movies!
Just for the simple fact that Superman's hair is parted on the wrong side. I have decided to do everything in my power to get the word out about these travesties!
Thanks, Joe. I knew I could count on you.
I'm going to hold of on my threat of leaving the internet forever until I see what kind of money the X-Men movie makes on it's opening weekend.
Eric Carmen sang "All By Myself" as well as "Hungry Eyes" and "Turn The Radio On".
Comments go away and then come back.
Are these words from the future?
Shut up old man and quit eating your poo, you sucky bastard!
I'm writing the Hulk again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I wrote on a ceral box with crayon.
I clean John Byrne's dirty diapers!
I thought you ate out of his diapers!
Oh sure, ask anyone to name anything I've ever recorded, and 99 times out of 100 it's something off that insipid DIRTY DANCING soundtrack. Assmonkeys.
How lame. That last post wasn't funny at all.
If you're going to play here, come up with something better than that "Eric Carmen".
Where am diaper?
Who dis?
Shut the fuck up, you motherfucking cocksucker!
Hi Sal.
Good News People!!!!
John Byrne has decided to quit the monthly comic grind and focus solely on commissions.
What a great guy. Let the other "kewl" artists and writers bang their heads against the wall writing crap comics while the true heir to Kirby devotes himslef to what he does best, drawing big pictures!
Huzzah for the new King of Comics!!!!!!!!!!
Oh yeah, and fuck you Tuckenie, you lippy little cocksucker!
It's totally not because I've been let go from DC and can't get any other work! It's totally not!
We know it's not, sir
Please continue tracing your old covers for big bucks. That's all we ask of you now, old balls.
I just had the most magical evening.
I was sucking John Byrne's cock, that's right, the legend himself, when he let out a moan that shook the rafters. He pulled my head of his cock just in time to blow the biggest load on my face that I have ever experienced!!
I was drenched in so much of his man-love, it looked like my face was melting. Luckily Mike O'Brien was there to lovingly lick it off my face. I returned the favor by sucking his cock while JB was busy fucking my ass doggy style.
Mike filled my mouth with his tasty jizz while JB blew another load in my ass but the best was yet to come!
As I lay exhausted from the double team I had just been in, both JB and Mike started sucking my cock and balls. They looked like two puppies playing tug of war with my stuff. Not surprisingly I didn't last very long and blew my load right down Mike's beautiful throat.
So, how was everyone else's night?
I may be fat but even I wouldn't fuck John Byrne!
I am so jealous of you right now, Joe!
Don't worry young Chad. I have enough cock for everyone.
Thanks for an incredible evening, Joe!
[Old man peeks head out of cave at devastated landscape and screams:]
I WIN!!!
[Go here, man:
http://www.iamgraememcmillan.com/]
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