LSH: AOL Chat for 7/11/96 with McCraw, Stern & Moy
T. Troy McNemar, Esq.
Tom McCraw (LSH/L* co-plotter/colorist), Roger Stern (L* co-
plotter/scripter) and Jeff Moy (L* penciler) were the guests on
America Online's Legionnaires Chat for Thursday July 11, 1996.
Legion of Super-Heroes Chat is held every Tuesday in the DC
Comics Online area of AOL at 6:00 p.m. EST. Legionnaires Chat is
held every Thursday in the same area at 10:00 p.m. EST.
(Keyword: DC CHAT.) Regular guests include Tom Peyer, Tom
McCraw, Roger Stern, Mark Waid, Jeff Moy, Ron Boyd, KC Carlson
and Mike McAvennie.
DISCLAIMER - Information presented herein is not guaranteed to be
reliable. Due to the nature of the chats, misinterpretations of
the creators' comments do occur. No wagering.
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SPECIAL THANKS - To Tom McCraw, Andrew Woodard and Edward Douglas
for providing a copy of the chat log from which this report was
generated.
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The voting deadline for Legion leader was extended due to the
printing error that omitted the lettercol from LSH #83.
Roger states that DC is planning a company wide tribute to Curt
Swan in the books. He wasn't sure if the Legion would be doing
an extra tribute.
Tom reports that he screamed in horror when he saw the cover to
IMPULSE #17.
Roger thought that LSH Archives #6 would include stories from
ADVENTURE COMICS #350 through #358.
Rather than a third title, Roger would prefer to see the Legion
titles return to the newsstand with a $1.75 price tag. Tom
related Paul Levitz's remark at Chicago that the Legion titles
would need to see approximately 25,000 more copies per month to
warrant a third title.
Tom indicated that a little over a year had passed for the Legion
since the reboot. Roger thought that less than a year had
passed.
No word yet on Universo.
Tom thought Tenzil Kem should have his own cooking show. Roger
suggested a Tenzil Kem versus Galactus crossover.
No official founding date has been made canon for the postboot
Legion.
No romance is brewing between R.J. Brande and Winema Wazzo. Or
as Jeff said, "Yuck!"
The creators have plans to address the election depending on
whether a 20th century or 30th century character wins the
election. Tom had not yet seen any of the voting totals. KC was
apparently surprised by the number of votes after the first week.
Tom suggests that Dr. Regulus overloaded Dirk Morgna and caused
him to expel all of his energy.
Tom always thought that Quicksand and Holdur were unique
characters, and that's part of why he used them in SHOWCASE '96
#8.
Tom indicates that we will see both Leviathan and Shrinking
Violet in the next L* issue, but warned not to ask how.
Jeff misses Leviathan. Roger indicates that we're supposed to
miss Leviathan--that means that the creators are doing their job
right. Roger protested that Dr. Regulus killed Leviathan.
Tom indicated that if not for the Emerald Eye that the whole
sequence of events leading to Leviathan's death might have
happened differently.
Tom predicts that fans will be happy with L* #43. Lots of
characters are showing up.
After FINAL NIGHT, the 20th century Legion will meet Deadman and
have a two part crossover in SHOWCASE '96 #11 & #12.
Ferro is Andrew Nolan--not Douglas. Roger hopes that Ferro will
last longer than one month after being reintroduced in
conjunction with FINAL NIGHT.
Roger's favorite character this week is XS, and that's why she's
starring in the L* Annual. He wasn't sure whether she'd keep the
spot after the new Legionnaires joined.
--
T. Troy McNemar, Esq. Tro...@indirect.com
"Have you motivated anybody to become illiterate yet?"
--Dogbert, "Still Pumped From Using The Mouse"
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Michael Klordny Grabois
>The voting deadline for Legion leader was extended due to the
>printing error that omitted the lettercol from LSH #83.
Extended to when?
>Rather than a third title, Roger would prefer to see the Legion
>titles return to the newsstand with a $1.75 price tag. Tom
>related Paul Levitz's remark at Chicago that the Legion titles
>would need to see approximately 25,000 more copies per month to
>warrant a third title.
With sales like they are, we're lucky to still have two titles. It
pays to have Friends in High Places.
>The creators have plans to address the election depending on
>whether a 20th century or 30th century character wins the
>election. Tom had not yet seen any of the voting totals. KC was
>apparently surprised by the number of votes after the first week.
That many or that few?
Michael R. Grabois | http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/mgrabois
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Avedon Carol
>
> >Rather than a third title, Roger would prefer to see the Legion
> >titles return to the newsstand with a $1.75 price tag. Tom
> >related Paul Levitz's remark at Chicago that the Legion titles
> >would need to see approximately 25,000 more copies per month to
> >warrant a third title.
>
> With sales like they are, we're lucky to still have two titles. It
> pays to have Friends in High Places.
>
Too true. Doesn't another 25,000 mean, like, _doubling_ current sales?
_We_ know these are the best mainstream titles on the market, but how do
we convince enough other people?
Rob Hansen <http://www.interedu.com/hansen/default.html>
(Though using Avedon Carol's account, I am not her, nor does she
read this newsgroup. Please watch those automatic attributors.)
"The work of Philip K.Dick seems increasingly to describe our
present world, while the work of Heinlein becomes more than
ever divorced from our contemporary realities." (M.Moorcock, 1993)
WILLIAM H. SUDDERTH
Avedon Carol (ave...@cix.compulink.co.uk) wrote:
: Too true. Doesn't another 25,000 mean, like, _doubling_ current sales?
: we convince enough other people?
Keep pushing DC for trade paperbacks, for starters?
--
William Sudderth
http://www.uncg.edu/~whsudder
Proudly married Shannon W. Sudderth April 20, 1996
Jerry L Franke
Rob Hansen (ave...@cix.compulink.co.uk) wrote:
> >
> Too true. Doesn't another 25,000 mean, like, _doubling_ current sales?
> _We_ know these are the best mainstream titles on the market, but how do
> we convince enough other people?
Hm. Does the phrase "Buy LSH and L* or I'll beat you with a stick." ring a
bell? ;-)
> Rob Hansen <http://www.interedu.com/hansen/default.html>
> (Though using Avedon Carol's account, I am not her, nor does she
> read this newsgroup. Please watch those automatic attributors.)
You could set this yourself and help the rest of us out.
--
Jerry L. Franke fra...@cs.indiana.edu
Computer Science Dept. Indiana University
formerly from Florida State University http://www.cs.fsu.edu/~franke
The Last Defender of Light Lass
Previously on racdl, Jerry L Franke wrote:
>Rob Hansen (ave...@cix.compulink.co.uk) wrote:
>> _We_ know these are the best mainstream titles on the market, but how do
>> we convince enough other people?
>
>Hm. Does the phrase "Buy LSH and L* or I'll beat you with a stick." ring a
>bell? ;-)
And I'd use this phrase religiously if it weren't off-topic in every group
but this ghetto! :(
--
T. Troy McNemar, Esq. Tro...@indirect.com
"Is the chemical aftertaste the reason why people eat hot dogs?
Or is it some kind of a bonus?"
--Death, "Death: The High Cost of Living"
Don Brinker
ave...@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Avedon Carol") wrote:
>>
>> >Rather than a third title, Roger would prefer to see the Legion
>> >titles return to the newsstand with a $1.75 price tag. Tom
>> >related Paul Levitz's remark at Chicago that the Legion titles
>> >would need to see approximately 25,000 more copies per month to
>> >warrant a third title.
>>
>> With sales like they are, we're lucky to still have two titles. It
>> pays to have Friends in High Places.
>>
>Too true. Doesn't another 25,000 mean, like, _doubling_ current sales?
>_We_ know these are the best mainstream titles on the market, but how do
>we convince enough other people?
Simple. Pester comic readers you know until they pick up the books.
Hey I managed to get two people (and maybe three - one's still on the
fence) into the books that way, and none of them have tried to kill me
yet :-)
(Put that gun down, Greg...)
Either that or start crossposting X-Men vs Legion posts to racmx :-)
- Don
Max Chittister
Excerpts from netnews.rec.arts.comics.dc.lsh: 23-Jul-96 Re: LSH: AOL
Chat for 7/11/.. by The L. D. of L. Lass@ind
> but this ghetto! :(
I'm sure you could find a bondage/s&m newsgroup where stick-beating
would be on-topic ;-)
Max
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Avedon Carol
> > Rob Hansen <http://www.interedu.com/hansen/default.html>
> > (Though using Avedon Carol's account, I am not her, nor does she
> > read this newsgroup. Please watch those automatic attributors.)
>
> You could set this yourself and help the rest of us out.
> --
> Jerry L. Franke
As I've explained more than once in the past: no I can't. If I could have
I would have, believe me. Not all newsreaders let you do the same things,
something I'm surprised at having to point out to someone in computer
science.
Rob Hansen <http://www.interedu.com/hansen/default.html>
(Though using Avedon Carol's account, I am not her, nor does she
read this newsgroup. Please watch those automatic attributors.)