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Not a DREAM! Not an IMAGINARY STORY!
Face front TRUE BELIEVERS! This one's FOR REAL!
Matt M. |
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You'll always be MY spider-man.
KG
Kieron Gillen |
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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.
John Jakala |
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Godspeed, Graeme.
Rasselas |
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*sniffle*
That was beautiful Graeme. Beautiful.
Tuckenie |
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My favorite read of the morning closes the door. Thanks for the ride, Graeme.
Chris Brown |
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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).
Ed Cunard |
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Take care, Graeme. and again, thanks.
Jeff Albertson |
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And The Rampage sails out to sea. 
Enjoy your new insanity-free life, Graeme!
Alex Hopkinson |
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I've enjoyed reading this blog quite a bit. Thanks for the laughs; hopefully someone will step up to fill the snark void.
Matches Malone |
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Goodnight, sweet Rampage.
May a flight of Street Angels floppies sing thee to thy rest.
Andrew Weiss |
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Heh. Warren Ellis ruins everything.
Thanks for everything, Graeme!
Dan Coyle |
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NOW what am I going to do at work?
Best of luck, Graeme, thanks for a short two years.
Douglas Noble |
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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.
Rick Jones, really |
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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)
neil kleid |
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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.
Jordan Ferguson |
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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)
Jake Saint |
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I'm not going to cry, I'm not going to cry, I'm not going to cry!
BeaucoupKevin |
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"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!!
Barry |
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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.
tripartite jamesmith |
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Cheers.
Zohar |
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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...
Shawn Hoke |
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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
Jeff Lester |
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Graeme:
Thanks man.
Darwyn
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10.17.05 - 11:21 am | #
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*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. 
Matthew Fabb |
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Good man yerself, Graeme.
Back to work it is, then.
//Oo/\
Matthew Craig |
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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!
Goodrich |
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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.
Bill |
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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?)
Jim Caldwell |
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See ya around Graeme.
Shane |
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10.17.05 - 11:34 am | #
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So long and thanks for all the snark, Graeme. We'll miss ya.
Steve Pheley |
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10.17.05 - 11:38 am | #
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Ciao Graeme e grazie !
Matteo
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Thanks for all the reads and funnyness, Graeme!
jimbo |
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10.17.05 - 11:47 am | #
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ARRRRG.
Chris Hassiotis |
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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.
Dav |
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Good night, sweet Scottish prince.
Pauly D |
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Sigh, there's a hole in my heart today. Thanks for the memories, FBR.
Jay Jordan, Memphis |
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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!
James Schee |
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And we were just about to start paying you!
Thanks, Webhead.
parker |
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10.17.05 - 11:55 am | #
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As we say in Ireland "Worra fuckin' fader".
Mark |
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10.17.05 - 12:02 pm | #
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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.
Nick H. |
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Fare thee well, Grim....
Joe Rybandt |
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10.17.05 - 12:05 pm | #
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Aw, you'll be back. I give it six months. Who'll hold the money?
Until then, cheers, and it's been great!
Johnny B |
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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.
Mark Fossen |
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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.
Chaz Ervin |
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Thanks for making the productivity rate around the world just a little bit lower for the last two years, sir.
Rob Schamberger |
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10.17.05 - 12:22 pm | #
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The Internet finally split in half.
Good luck, Graeme. Don't ever stop rampaging in your heart.
Steve Mohundro |
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10.17.05 - 12:23 pm | #
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Fare thee well, Rampage!!!
We'll always have Byrne vs. Wikipedia.
The Original Mark |
10.17.05 - 12:23 pm | #
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You have served us well, Mr Rampage. Rest now...
Doctor Sordid |
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10.17.05 - 12:24 pm | #
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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.
rjwhite |
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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.
Nik |
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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.
Anonymous |
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Thanks for countless hours of entertainment and good luck!
Max |
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10.17.05 - 12:34 pm | #
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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?
Bitler |
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I'll miss the laughter most of all . . .
Bill Sherman |
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10.17.05 - 12:38 pm | #
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Thanks for all your hard work, Graeme. And best of luck in your future Bendis-Board-free endeavors.
jdonelson_nyc |
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10.17.05 - 12:39 pm | #
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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!
James Wood |
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I bow to thee, my dark master.
David Campbell |
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10.17.05 - 12:46 pm | #
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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."
Chris Zepeda |
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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.
Nora Lally-Graves |
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And somewhere in the world, Bendis, Millar, and Byrne all finally exhale...
Erech |
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10.17.05 - 12:55 pm | #
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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
Brian Hibbs |
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So any replacement will be Ben Reilly then?
Gonna miss seeing the lunacy at the end of my working day.
Mark Peyton |
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Farewell.
And sorry for not being funny. I always felt bad about that...
Michael Garcia |
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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. 
Diana |
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10.17.05 - 1:07 pm | #
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Thanks for all the Rampage...
tangognat |
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10.17.05 - 1:07 pm | #
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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?
The Amazing David-Man |
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10.17.05 - 1:09 pm | #
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Thanks for the laughs and links for the past 2 years, Graeme.
Ryan Higgins |
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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 . . .
Patrick |
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Anyone who loves CHARADE is a good person. Thanks for the laughs, Graeme!
Ian |
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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!
Tom Spurgeon |
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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.
Eric L |
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You can't leave us alone, Graeme.
Thanks for all, little grasshopper!
Jaume |
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10.17.05 - 1:25 pm | #
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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.
Jeffrey |
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thank you and good luck.
Abhay |
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You've left tiny footprints in our hearts, Graeme.
Thank you.
Mark H. |
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10.17.05 - 1:39 pm | #
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Thank you very much Graeme.
OMAR |
10.17.05 - 1:40 pm | #
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Oh Graeme, where are we now?
Jog |
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10.17.05 - 1:40 pm | #
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So long, and thanks for all the fish.
Scott Ziolko |
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10.17.05 - 1:56 pm | #
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Damn you!
Robbo |
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10.17.05 - 1:56 pm | #
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*cyber hugs Graeme*
Real men cry..
Spencer |
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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!
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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.
Stefan |
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10.17.05 - 2:01 pm | #
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Thanks, Graeme.
Chris |
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Rest easy, soldier.
Alistair Kennedy |
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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.
Monty |
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10.17.05 - 2:12 pm | #
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cheers, Graeme.
-bri
Brian Wood |
10.17.05 - 2:14 pm | #
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(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)
Sylv |
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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.
Ed Cunard |
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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)
Joe Lawler |
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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.
Kirk Boxleitner, a.k.a. K-Box |
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10.17.05 - 2:32 pm | #
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...and STAY out!
Warren Ellis |
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10.17.05 - 2:33 pm | #
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See you next month!
Jim Treacher |
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10.17.05 - 2:34 pm | #
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You were consistently awesome, thank you for everything.
Bambos |
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You always were…a wily old buzzard……
Simon |
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[ 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!
neil kleid |
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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.
Jake Saint |
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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.
Chris Hunter |
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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. 
Kirk Boxleitner, a.k.a. K-Box |
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10.17.05 - 3:21 pm | #
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Fanboys lived, fanboys died, and everything was pretty much the same.
But it was more fun, for a little while.
Michael Pullmann |
10.17.05 - 3:29 pm | #
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Thanks Graeme.
Christopher Jones |
10.17.05 - 3:37 pm | #
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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!
Kitty |
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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."
Kitty |
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10.17.05 - 3:39 pm | #
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ahh...sic transit gloria mundi.
jcrichards |
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10.17.05 - 3:40 pm | #
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thanks for the laughs Graeme!
-Crowlz
Crowlz |
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10.17.05 - 3:49 pm | #
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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.
Mason |
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10.17.05 - 3:53 pm | #
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GAAAAAAAAHHHHH AAAAAH AAAAAGHH
AAAAAAGGGH
GAAAAAAAAAAHHH
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10.17.05 - 3:59 pm | #
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"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.
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I am so getting fired.
Barry |
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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
Chris Galdieri |
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10.17.05 - 4:13 pm | #
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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.
Heidi M. |
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10.17.05 - 4:14 pm | #
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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?
Kirk Boxleitner, a.k.a. K-Box |
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10.17.05 - 4:19 pm | #
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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. 
Ed Cunard |
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10.17.05 - 4:25 pm | #
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Damn. I only found this site a few weeks ago.
*sniff* *sniff*.
snake-eyes |
10.17.05 - 4:34 pm | #
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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!
Arune Singh- Brown CBR Guy |
10.17.05 - 4:34 pm | #
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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.
Jamie Coville |
10.17.05 - 4:59 pm | #
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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. 
Sean Maher |
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10.17.05 - 5:03 pm | #
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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.
Jamie Coville |
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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 .....
Mr. Anonymous |
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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.
Ed Cunard |
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10.17.05 - 5:11 pm | #
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"And this would be different from the way that Mark Bagley draws her ... how, again?"
Not naked?
Barry |
10.17.05 - 5:18 pm | #
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Every time I tell someone I'm buying three copies of something, I'll think of FBR.
It was a good ride.
C. Elam |
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10.17.05 - 5:28 pm | #
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DIE FANBOY RAMPAGE, DIE!
HAHAHAHAHAHA
John L. Byrne |
10.17.05 - 5:31 pm | #
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Now that was funny. But I'm sure it wasn't really him.
Jamie Coville |
10.17.05 - 5:36 pm | #
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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.
Mark |
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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
Skippy P |
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10.17.05 - 6:01 pm | #
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Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooo-urns!
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10.17.05 - 6:05 pm | #
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See you in the next life.
Franklin Harris |
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10.17.05 - 6:11 pm | #
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but now who will put the geek in their place!? who!!!!!!!!!!????
Teddy |
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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.
MarkNP |
10.17.05 - 6:25 pm | #
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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.
Cowardly Anon. Guy |
10.17.05 - 6:27 pm | #
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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.
Jamie Coville |
10.17.05 - 6:34 pm | #
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Thanks for the laughs. Take care!
Jose Mochove |
10.17.05 - 6:36 pm | #
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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.
Joey |
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10.17.05 - 6:38 pm | #
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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
BeaucoupKevin |
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10.17.05 - 6:45 pm | #
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Good luck, and thanks for the laughs.
Pat Loika |
10.17.05 - 6:48 pm | #
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Thanks Graeme for the laughs and the fun, and for getting the word out on GOOD books.
Adrian |
10.17.05 - 6:53 pm | #
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I should restart Journalista, just to fuck with people's heads.
Dirk Deppey |
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10.17.05 - 6:55 pm | #
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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.
Alexandre Gratis |
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10.17.05 - 7:02 pm | #
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Busiek loses! We all lose!
Steve Mohundro |
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10.17.05 - 7:07 pm | #
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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.
Jeff |
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Thanks, Graeme!
Brian Cronin |
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10.17.05 - 7:45 pm | #
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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.
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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.
Mark Cook |
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Graeme left tiny footprints on my brain, like...
Wait.
That's bad, isn't it?
Lea |
10.17.05 - 7:54 pm | #
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... Encore....????
Maybe?
Mike Wieringo |
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10.17.05 - 8:09 pm | #
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Mike! Buddy! While you're here, boy oh boy, have I got an artistic commission for you ... 
Kirk Boxleitner, a.k.a. K-Box |
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10.17.05 - 8:50 pm | #
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Hail and farewell. Thanks for the snark!
John DiBello |
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10.17.05 - 9:14 pm | #
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I never posted here but I read the site almost daily. You will be missed.
thanks
natalie |
10.17.05 - 9:17 pm | #
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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.
Earth-2 Leigh |
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10.17.05 - 9:26 pm | #
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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....
Tom Bondurant |
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10.17.05 - 9:39 pm | #
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I laughed, I cried, it was better than Cats.
Thanks, Graeme.
misha |
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10.17.05 - 9:46 pm | #
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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.
Randall Kirby |
10.17.05 - 10:28 pm | #
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Infinite thank you!
You'll be missed.
Jonathan Kline |
10.17.05 - 10:29 pm | #
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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
Matt M. |
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10.17.05 - 10:34 pm | #
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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.
Robert Dahlen |
10.17.05 - 10:36 pm | #
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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.
mario |
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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.
Tuckenie (Chris Tucker) |
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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.....
Jake W |
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Sorry to see you hang 'em up. But remember, even Spider-Man returned to the hero thing.
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