HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: mcollins@nyx.cs.du.edu (Killans - First And Last And Always)
Subject: Re: The Truth about Neil (was: Re: Another Gaiman short story)
X-Disclaimer: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University
	of Denver for the Denver community.  The University has neither
	control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users.
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 93 22:59:29 GMT

In article <1993Jan8.041233.18127@news2.cis.umn.edu> lsmith@deci.cs.umn.edu (Lance "Squiddie" Smith) writes:
>
>Another item we can add to Lucien's library is "Role Playing Games: Satan
>Worshiping, Sex, and Six-Sided Dice" by Neil Gaiman. It was a request for 
>this sort of article that reportedly drove Gaiman to give up his career in 
>journalism. 
>
That certainly makes sense - he (or else someone with the same name) was an
occaisonal contributer to Imagine, the British RPG magazine published by
TSR UK (and IMHO the best RPG magazine ever published). Contributions
included a couple of short stories and at least one book review column
just before the magazine was cancelled, as I remember.

Mike
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From: dvandom@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Dave Van Domelen)
Subject: Antimatter lasers
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 02:52:43 GMT

Brief digression into the Land of Physics.
     Antiparticles only exist for particles made up of charged constituents, 
namely of quarks.  Force carriers like photons are not made up of quarks (or 
really anything but waves of one kind or another).  So you can't have an 
antiphoton, there's nothing for it to be anti to.
     Antimatter is nasty because when two particles are identical except for 
their spin (charge) they annihilate on contact.  Neutrons can do this, since 
they come to zero charge by adding together fractional positive and negative 
charged quarks (and antineutrons have opposite quarks).  Photons have no spin, 
and no antiparticle.
     Now, what the weapon could have been was a coherent beam of positrons or 
antiprotons.  "Lasing" is a relatively generic term often applied to any 
coherence that is like a laser.  I've heard references made to acoustic lasers,
for instance, being coherent sound emissions.  So the "laser" doesn't fire 
antimatter, it is an "antimatter laser" so to speak.
     BTW, on the subject that this was brought up over...you can have clones of
different races.  They won't be EXACT clones, tho.  Cloning is a technique of 
growing something from bits of another, but nothign says you can't tinker with 
it as it grows...look at Lex's hair....
     Dave Van Domelen, sits back and waits for a particle physicist to poke 
holes in my explanation of antimatter....
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From: rosser@kraken.itc.gu.edu.au (Brad Rosser)
Subject: Seeking Jimmy Olsen story
Keywords: Jimmy Olsen, Superman
Reply-To: rosser@kraken.itc.gu.edu.au (Brad Rosser)
Organization: Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 93 11:19:58 GMT

Memories of a Superman story I browsed in a back-issue shop more than ten
years ago have surfaced, and I'd like to track the comic down if I could.

It was a Jimmy Olsen story, where aliens dupe/bribe/force Jimmy into setting
a kryptonite trap for Superman.  However Jimmy "overreacts" and accumulates
an *enormous* quantity of kryptonite, and it turns out that Superman can
survive an "overdose" of the poisonous mineral in the same fashion that 
humans can prove immune to excess viruses/chemicals (???).  I've got to get 
this, if only for the science lesson!

Can anyone give me a reference?  Is my memory more than 50% accurate?

Thanks,

Brad
rosser@kraken.itc.gu.edu.au

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From: 910252m@dragon.acadiau.ca (Dwayne MacKinnon)
Subject: Re: DC: misc stuff
Organization: Acadia University
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 18:07:47 GMT


People,
     Would anyone be so kind to fill me in as to how in the name of time did
Barry Allen return to the real world???

Thanxs,

DMK


--
"Let the foils be brought, the gentlemen willing, and the King hold his
purpose; I will win for him if I can; If not, I will gain nothing but my
shame, and the odd hits." - Puck quoting Shakespeare in The Crossing Line

Dwayne MacKinnon, 910252m@Dragon.acadiau.ca, Acadia University, Wolfville,
Nova Scotia, Canada.

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From: michael@psych.toronto.edu (Michael Gemar)
Subject: Re: SANDMAN:  Bubastis & Bast
Organization: Department of Psychology, University of Toronto
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 18:11:37 GMT

In article <1993Jan9.094739.777@midway.uchicago.edu> lf7z@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
>Lance wrote:
>
>>- Does Dream stop Nuala's dancing because he's not keen on dancing or because 
>>  she is wearing the crystal about her neck? Lucien did tell her not to
>>  let Dream see it.
>
>Gee, I thought it was just because it clashed with his foul mood :^)
>

Well, given what happened at the *last* display of dancing he observed, it's
not surprising Morpheus isn't all that keen on it...

- michael
From: royd@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Roy Daniel)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: Re: What if...
Date: 7 Jan 93 21:44:12 GMT
Organization: Universite de Montreal

In article <1993Jan6.041755.14525@eskimo.com> ntprlr@eskimo.com (NightProwler) writes:
>
>What if....
>
>Sandman was a Marvel title?  
>
>Or beter yet, a healthy dose of Mutant Angst(tm).  X-Men and Sandman team up
>to fight Death and the Beyonder!
>
Why the hell would Sandman fight against his sister?! Oh. Right. In the great 
Marvel tradition: to make money!

Just imagine the starting text (wich features at the very beginning of every 
Marvel issue, and bores me to death...)

"He is a mystical entity, possessing powers beyond human comprehension! His 
family include Death(tm), Destiny(tm), Destruction(tm), Desire(tm), Despair(tm)
and Desire(tm)! Each night, he weaves the dreams of every human being!
	Stan Lee presents...   THE SANDMAN!!!

Wait! The Marvel Sandman already exists!

What do you make of Nightmare?!

He is white, skinny, and is the ruler of the dream dimension. Well, right,
I know that Nightmare existed for far longer than Dream, but I very much doubt
it was a ripoff from Gaiman.
Even then, I would call it a major improvement, and I am understating.

>[oh, I *must* go vomit now....]

Yeah, me too. Nightprowler, you're a sick, disgusting individual to come up 
with sickening ideas like that one! ;)

Daniel Roy,
of the "Voyageurs sans Permis"

-- 
Mr. Cole's axiom:
	"The sum of the intelligence on the planet is a constant;
	 the population is growing."
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From: glocke@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Gord Locke)
Subject: Re: IMAGE: Shadowhawk 2
Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 00:39:15 GMT

	Yayy!!  An excuse to trash this piece of JUNK!  I didn't buy
ShadowHawk #2 (God forbid!!), but I did buy #1 as an investment kinda
thing.  It SUCKED worse than any comic I've ever been within fifty
metres of.  It was so godawful, I was shocked that it ever saw print!
Myself and a couple of my friends would just sit there, staring at the
pages in disbelief.  I'll be happy when I sell it just to be rid of the
thing.  Any excess profit I make will only cover psychiatric care I
needed after reading this utter piece of crap-ola!  The narrative
dialogue is SO BAD!!  If you've read it yourself, you know what I mean.
If not, I can't come close to relating to you the full extent of its ...
awfulness.  And the "ART" -- Pheww-eee!!  Grab the Renuzit and open the
windows!!!  Altogether, this lame excuse for a comic book makes even
Liefeld stuff I've seen look attractive.
	I did look at #2 while in the store, though.  And sure enough,
it sucked too.  The Spawn "appearance" must have made even McFanboy 
cringe.  "If you are the arsonist," get this -- "we will dance."
WHAT??!!  That's an attempt to portray a deep, dark, "spiritual" 
character?!  Lame!
	I never saw any of Jim Valentino's stuff before this, and Craig
Welsh (who you've also seen on this group) used to describe Guardians of
the Galaxy as one of his favorite comics.  Well it had to have been
better than this!  Quite simply -- ShadowHawk STINKS!!!!
	[What do you think the chances are that Jim Valentino will want 
to get a news account after reading this article over at Peter David's 
house?]
-- 
    Gord Locke, a.k.a.    |  It's quite simple:   |        Read: 
 glocke@morgan.ucs.mun.ca | Kate Bush RULES!!!!!! | _Small is Beautiful_
   Newfoundland, Canada   |    Any questions?     |  by E.F. Schumacher
From: jed@matilda.vut.edu.au (Jed Bowtell)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: Hepcats - a clarrifation
Date: 7 Jan 93 11:47:00 GMT
Organization: Victoria University of Technology

What I meant when I asked who knew Martin Wagner obviously
needs to be explained from the mail I've recieved. Who is
the person who often gives information about Hepcats and
Double Diamond? This person recently said that Martin wants
people to subscribe directly to Hepcats and to order
original art. Hope this clears it all up.

Jed
Organization: Valencia Uiversity (Universitat de Valencia) SPAIN
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 16:43:17 EST
From: <ARTIGAS@EVALUN11.BITNET>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: Kyle Baker


  Can anybody send me a list with the comicgraphy of Kyle Baker?
  What is doing now?



                                        Alvaro Pons
                                        ARTIGAS@vm.ci.uv.es
From: burns@thurifer.harvard.edu (John A. Burns)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: Re: Dave Sim and the Comics Journal
Date: 8 Jan 93 12:28:54 GMT
Organization: Chemistry Department, Harvard University

kens@bodwin.ifs.umich.edu (Ken Small) writes:
`I just read the lastest Cerebus, and I finally saw the letter from
`Kim Thompson that was mentioned on the net here.  What's the big deal?
`The only "sneering arrogance" I saw was that Dave couldn't accept that
`someone out there doesn't like Sandman.
`
"I've read Sandman, but I don't much care for it.  Is this a more serious
 or less serious sin?" - Kim Thompson, from letter in Cerebus 165

It's the second part of that that bothers me, not the first.  Thompson
ironically makes liking Sandman part of God's Law, suggesting that
some people who read it are that dogmatic about it, and that he is above
their obsession.  It doesn't bother me that other people have different
tastes, why be a condescending jerk about it?

-- 
John A. Burns (burns@thurifer.harvard.edu)
        "Don't get mad at an elf."
From: mjo@iao.ford.com (Mike O'Connor)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: Re: President at Superman's Funeral
Date: 7 Jan 93 21:58:47 GMT
Reply-To: Mike O'Connor <mjo@fmsrl7.srl.ford.com>
Organization: Not an official spokesperson for Ford Motor Company
NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost

In article <1iab22INNt3e@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu>
albert@chain.ssctr.bcm.tmc.edu (Rick Jones) writes:

:>AP news story said that this issue was the first time since JFK's 
:>administration that a living President was featured in a Superman comic
:>book. 
:	Bulldookie.   Both Reagan and Bush have appeared in Super comics.
:Reagan appeared in the Legends crossovers. (he issued the executive order
:baning heroes) And Bush appeared in the annual with the "slime that ate 
:the city." (Adventures Annual #1)

Heck, sure looked a lot like Reagan talking to Supes in the Batman
Dark Knight way-cool Frank Miller stuff.  :)

-- 
 Michael J. O'Connor           |  Internet:  mjo@fmsrl7.srl.ford.com
 Ford Motor Company, OPEO      |  UUCP:      ...!{backbone}!fmsrl7!mjo
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From: paul.a.webb.10@nd.edu (PW)
Subject: Re: Best Death
Followup-To: rec.arts.comics.misc
Organization: Univ. of Notre Dame
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 22:01:18 GMT

In article <lkvgggINNm0e@appserv.Eng.Sun.COM>, khale@camilla.Eng.Sun.COM
(Abhijit Khale) wrote:
> 
> The best death Marvel ever did was the death of Jean Grey in X-men #137. Of
> course, they had to go and spoil it by bringing her back to life .. 

One of my favorite Marvel deaths is the one of Elektra back in the classic
issue, Daredevil #181.  I liked the way Frank Miller handled it.  She died
violently, the same way she killed her victims. It proved that there is
retribution for hideous villians in the world of comics.  But not only did
her death leave us with a splended issue, it provided material for future
storylines such as Matt Murdoch's agony over the woman he loved and
Elektra's spirit attaining higher elevation.  And the best thing is,
Elektra hasn't come back!  At least I don't think so, I quit reading
Daredevil at #233.

Jean Grey's death was handled well too, but X-Men #137 just doesn't have
the same kind of impact for me anymore because of her resurrection (bleah).
 Marvel (and DC too) should stick to a policy of keeping the dead, dead. 
Even though the deceased may have been popular or writers feel their
presence is essential to sustain a title, I feel a good writer should
already have the creative inspiration to write entertaining stories without
insulting their readers with cop-out resurrections.  I think the formation
of X-Factor, with Jean Grey, betrayed the great Chris Claremont/John Bryne
Phoenix stories.  Although I do realize it was Bryne himself that
resurrected Jean Grey in the pages of the Fantastic Four.  But maybe Marvel
editors pressured him into doing it.

PW
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
From: dvandom@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Dave Van Domelen)
Subject: Sue Richards and the Passive Heroine
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 16:02:53 GMT

Actually, Sue outgrew the "Helpless Woman" phase back in the late Byrne issues 
of FF, when fighting PsychoMan during Cris..er, Secret Wars II.  That's when 
she changed her name from Invisible Girl to Invisible Woman.  And for a while 
she was the ideal female hero, i.e. one free of the passive stereotypes.  Of 
course, DeFalco made her into a mother hen ("Nothing must endanger Franklin!  
Precious HATES anyone who puts him in danger!"), and now is trying Bitchy Mode 
to try and counter the renewed "Helpless Woman" image that has fostered.  Sigh.
     Dave Van Domelen, "From now on you can call me 'Not-So-Helpless Woman'!" -
Helpless Woman in normalman
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From: jordan@castor.cs.uga.edu
Subject: Squiddies re-cap?
Originator: jordan@castor
Organization: University of Georgia
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 04:16:49 GMT


Did anybody ever post a recap of everything that was published in 1992? 
I've been off-line for a while, so if it was posted and I missed it, could
somebody mail me a copy?

It'd be helpful; I can't remember what all was published last year, and
could use something to jog my memory...

Chuck
-- 
                  Chuck Jordan | jordan@castor.cs.uga.edu
      "Oh take me to the magical mushroom castle, my friend booze."
		    -- Mystery Science Theater 3000
From: jml12@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Jonathan M Lennox)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: Re: Best Death? (Was Re: Random thoughts on Supes)
Date: 10 Jan 93 09:43:10 GMT
Reply-To: jml12@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Jonathan M Lennox)
Organization: Columbia University

In article <1993Jan8.214018.27626@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu> dddawson@lpl.arizona.edu (Doug Dawson) writes:
> Also worth mentioning here is that someone
> on GEnie has been writing some amazing post-death stories about
> Cypher...they have to be read to be believed, almost.

  What are the redistribution rights on them like?  Would it be
possible to put them up on an FTP site anyplace?

--
Jonathan Lennox
jml12@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu
From: clive@snoopy.Aus.Sun.COM (Clive Blackmore - IR Australia)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: Re: Action Comics 686 (clones)
Date: 13 Jan 1993 01:32:59 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Distribution: world
Reply-To: clive@snoopy.Aus.Sun.COM
NNTP-Posting-Host: snoopy.aus.sun.com
Summary: Superman -spending

Keywords: Spending 

Well I was looking for ways of cutting down on what I spend on comics, and now it appears I have been saved heavy thought on what to cut out. Looks like my Superman buying will stop if they go ahead with the four clone idea.

Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Clive
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From: Sten M. Drescher <smd@hrt216.brooks.af.mil>
Subject: Re: Punisher 2099 #1
Organization: AL/HRTI, Brooks AFB
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 00:31:51 GMT

On 1 Jan 93 03:22:54 GMT, Thor@lcc.edu ( Thor Odinsblood ) said:

 Thor> 5) Hulk2099:	Check out Perez & PAD's FutureImperfect for a
 Thor> look at one 		futureized version of the Hulkster.  My
 Thor> future version 		would put the green dude as the CEO of
 Thor> his own Corp. from 		which he could strike out at the
 Thor> corperate armies of 		Alchamax & Tyger Wilde (Shade's
 Thor> of X-O's Orb Industries).  		Just picture the hulk in
 Thor> a double-breasted bussiness suit!

	Done!  That's called Joe Fixit.
From: jz1j+@andrew.cmu.edu (James D. Zelenka)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: Re: DC: Scarlett #1
Date: 7 Jan 93 22:08:09 GMT
	<rawdon.726367407@cs.wisc.edu>
Organization: Junior, Math/Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

I think the book has potential, but I coudln't shake the feeling that I
was reading the comic-book adaptation of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."

-jim
jz1j@andrew.cmu.edu
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
From: lf7z@ellis.uchicago.edu (Glenn Carnagey)
Subject: Re: PAD & Pros
Reply-To: lf7z@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 20:12:37 GMT

In article <BzsCuH.MyE@queernet.org> rogerk@queernet.org (Roger B.A. Klorese) writes:
>In article <1hap6vINNm1v@male.EBay.Sun.COM> zombie@EBay.Sun.COM writes:
>>Amen.  PC sucks.
>
>"Political correctness" is the invention of those sufficiently self-centered
>as to dismiss their own responsibility for social change, or sufficiently
>stupid as to fail to understand how changes in language influence changes in
>society in addition to reflecting them.

... and those sufficiently arrogant as to propose the invention of
responsibilities that do not and never will exist.  Assuming the
possibility of understanding the relationship of language, culture and
society, it has nothing at all to do with intelligence and everything
thing to do with desire.  The linguistic development you seek has not
yet occurred, the original poster said absolutely nothing about
gender, but only used a pronoun Chan and yourself happen to dislike or
redefine.  I wish you luck in your pursuit of driving linguistic
evolution, you'll need it.  But this is the wrong newsgroup for any of
this, no wonder PAD hates us :^).

Pax ex machina,
Glenn
......................................................................
"Reality is the only word in the language that should always be used in quotes""I'd like to crawl inside your head and kiss your mind with lips of red"
"Paint me in leather and wrap me up in your sex"
   --- My Life with the Thrill Kill Cult
g-carnagey@uchicago.edu, if you must know
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From: squiddies@queernet.org (Roger B.A. Klorese)
Subject: Squiddies Ballot (re-posting)
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 21:32:45 GMT
Reply-To: squiddies@queernet.org
Organization: QueerNet


Announcing: the 1992 rec.arts.comics.* Awards, or (in honor of our
ten-tentacled mascot) the Squiddies!

The categories are as follows:

1.  Favorite artist

2.  Favorite writer

3.  Favorite creative team (writer/artist/...)

4.  Favorite limited series, 12 or fewer issues

5.  Favorite established continuing series

6.  Favorite new continuing series

7.  Favorite within series (include name of story and comic)

8.  Comeback Award for most improved book

9.  Favorite character
    
10. Favorite team of characters

11. Favorite graphic novel

12. Favorite reprint volume

13. Favorite comic strip or newspaper cartoon

14. Favorite R.A.C.'er 

NOTES:

- Works shipping during 1992 are eligible.

- A "limited series" must have been announced and solicited as a limited
  series; cancellation does not turn an open-ended series onto a limited
  one for the purpose of these awards.

- A "new" series commence publication during 1992.

- Pencillers, inkers, layout or breakdown artists, finishers, full-art
  artists, painters and color artists may be voted for as "artists"

- Vote for one in each category, except for "favorite RAC'er"; vote for
  up to three there.

- Submit ballots to:

	squiddies@queernet.org
	<well-connected-host>!unpc!squiddies (for UUCP-only hosts)

- Ballot deadline is 11:59:59 pm Pacific time on 23 January 1993

- Results will be tallied during that week, and posted the following
  weekend

- Remember, vote early, and (unlike in Richard Daley Sr.'s Chicago)
  *don't* vote often!
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
From: mkelly@happy.helios.nd.edu (michael kelly)
Subject: Re: Vertigo Preview
Reply-To: mkelly@happy.helios.nd.edu (michael kelly)
Organization: University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 17:04:48 GMT


praxis@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Laura L Perkinson) writes:

|> 	Someone PLEASE tell me that the guy who did the art in the Sandman
|> story won't be drawing the comic ever ever again! Lord that was wretched
|> looking stuff.
|> 		Praxis

Hmmm...just another difference of opinion. I liked the art in the Sandman 
portion of the preview. Kent Williams wasn't it? Some of his art you may
like more is his painted covers from various Hellblazer issues.

I was pleasantly surprised to see Dick Foreman will be writing Black Orchid.
He has done a wonderful job (IMHO) with his one-shot issues of Swamp Thing
and Hellblazer. We can expect some good writing from him on this title. If
he stays true to form, this may be the next 'Sandman', at least in terms of
surprising qulaity and eventually collectability.

-- 
+               Mike Kelly, Notre Dame Department of Physics                +
+                                                                           +
+ mkelly@doc.helios.nd.edu          "The more you drive,                    + 
+ mkelly@undhe5.hep.nd.edu                 the less intelligent you are."   +
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
From: markp@microsoft.com (Mark Pennington)
Subject: Re: What if...
Date: 06 Jan 93 16:33:11 GMT
Organization: Somewhere in time and space

Speaking of What if...
In a recent issue, the cover boasted a picture of Ghost Rider with
breasts and was titled, What If (the current Ghost Rider's sister
whatever the heck her name is) Had become Ghost Rider.
 
Ghost Rider with breasts.

Now it's been a while since my college anatomy classes, but I don't seem 
to remember there being any bones in them there naughty bits.
Personal experience would tend to bear me out.
So why does this Ghost Rider have boobs?


-- 
Fun?  You want fun?  Try sending Dan Quayle a Where's Waldo book, sit back
and watch his head explode.  Now THAT'S fun!
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