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Bill Lukash
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I should probably post this over on his boards, but I thought I'd share with the JBF cuz its kinda funny.
This comic is cover dated January 1983. Roger Stern was signing
stuff at a local comic shop, Star Realm, in Omaha, Nebraska (must have
been Spring 1984). Anyway, I didn't know he was going to be there
and was unprepared. I bought this issue at the suggestion of the
comic shop owner It was Roger's first issue on Avengers. I
asked if I could get his autograph and he said "yes" and grabbed the
comic. Of course at that time marking my comic was out of the
question. Hey, I was 13. I'll never forget the look he gave
me. "You've got to be kidding me, kid" was clearly written on his
face. So anyway, he grabbed a hunk of purple paper and signed
it...and here it is, unseen by me for the last 20 years.
Since there was nobody else in the store, I sorta circled around for a
while, wanting to ask a million questions, and perhaps suggest a few
excellent story ideas I had churning around in my 13 year old
brain. I thought I'd really get his attention if I went for the
big one right away, so I dropped, "what if Galactus met the Shaper of
Worlds?" Well, he responed to my cosmos-shaking query with
"yeah." All my great ideas were dashed on the rocks of rejection,
and I've never truly recovered. :(
Thanks a lot, Roger. :)
Well, I think its funny, anyway.
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James Wright
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Hah. That is a good story!
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Keith Elder
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The name helps the intimidation factor.
"Roger Stern". It's a bit like "Peter Gruff" or "Jim Hardass"
-Keith
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Taavi Suhonen
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Sung to "I'm afraid of Britney Spears":
"I'm afraid of Roger Stern and Joe Straczynski,
Chris Claremont and Stan Lee, I don't know what to feel..."
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John Byrne
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There's no reason to be afraid of Rog -- unless you
piss him off. Then ---- well, inside each of us there
ofttimes dwells a mighty and raging fury!
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Aaron Leach
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Rog smash!?!
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Bill Lukash
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Hey, I've never thought of his name that way...Roger STERN. No wonder I've had an underwhelming fear of him. :)
Edited by Bill Lukash on 16 June 2005 at 7:58am
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Brendan Howard
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Roger Stern did a signing in Omaha when I was 13?
That's what I get for spending all my time at Dragon's Lair...
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Jeff Fettes
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On the topic of Roger Stern -- I picked up his latest novel, Superman : The Never-Ending Battle (Justice League of America), and it's excellent!
If you're a fan of JLA, I highly recommend you pick it up.
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Jason Carpenter
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I will agree, Roger Stern CAN be intimidating. Seriously, I have met the guy several times now and I have yet to figure out how to really talk to the guy about comics... because he is so damn quiet. I think he recognizes me year in and year out but its like, umm, hi. Thanks for the stories. See ya Next Year. ANd off I go.
Jason
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Roger Stern
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Jason Carpenter wrote:
I will agree, Roger Stern CAN be intimidating. |
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Intimidating? Moi?
Edited by Roger Stern on 16 June 2005 at 4:39pm
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Stephen Bergstrom
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So, "left on the cutting room floor" has a different meaning for you than most, huh Roger?
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Jim O'Neill
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Hoping you're still looking...
Thanks for all the great stories over the years, Mr. Stern.
Haven't read any Superman titles at all since your "Swan Song" in issue 700 (that's all changed with Action #827, of course)
Anyway, thanks for the excellent stories and spot-on characterizations.
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Bill Lukash
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As soon as I get out of the fetal position on the floor I will respond to that picture. :)
Edited twice to correct "picture" twice.
Edited by Bill Lukash on 16 June 2005 at 5:46pm
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Jacob P Secrest
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Jim O'Neill wrote:
Hoping you're still looking...
Thanks for all the great stories over the years, Mr. Stern.
Haven't read any Superman titles at all since your "Swan Song" in
issue 700 (that's all changed with Action #827, of course)
Anyway, thanks for the excellent stories and spot-on characterizations. |
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Wait, wait, wait, let me get this straight, you're name is Jim O'Neill.
So now we have a Jim O'Neill and a Tim O'Neill.
Weird.
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Tim O'Neill
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My cousin Slim O'Neill is planning on posting in the near future,
so it might get even more confusing.
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Jacob P Secrest
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Well at least he has four letters, Tim and Jim are one bloody letter off, it's
like you're both the same...
Mario Twins
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Ian Carroll
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Seeing that Avengers cover for the first time in years reminds me of
how nicely Rog set up the redemption of Hank Pym (who had become
a wife-beater under Shooter's pen, if memory serves) with #227
(which featured a fantastic recap of Pym's life) and the trial and
showdown with Egghead and the Masters of Evil that followed.
Excellent work. (I really liked the art combination of Sal Buscema and
Brett Breeding, too.)
Not to forget Monica! #227's connection with Amazing Spider-Man
Annual #16 (the new CM's debut) is exactly how the Marvel Universe
should be used by writers, and is the opposite of what could be
called 'Secret Wars syndrome.' I loved the scene in which Monica
learned about Mar-Vell in the Avengers Mansion computer archives.
I was 10 and 1983 was truly my own "golden age of comics" (as JB
would say). Thanks for the nostagia trip, Bill!
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Keith Elder wrote:
The name helps the intimidation factor.
"Roger Stern". It's a bit like "Peter Gruff" or "Jim Hardass"
-Keith
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Dick Butkis is the ultimate intimidating name.
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Bill Collins
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Watched an episode of Law And Order last week,Gerry Conway in credits as producer or something ,it must be THE Gerry Conway cos the bad guy was called Roger Stern am i right?
It could have been an old episode as we are behind here in the UK
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Bill Collins wrote:
Watched an episode of Law And Order last
week,Gerry Conway in credits as producer or something ,it must be THE
Gerry Conway cos the bad guy was called Roger Stern am i right?
It could have been an old episode as we are behind here in the UK |
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Actually there are several L&W fans on this site and a great story revolves
around one of the episodes where the victum that is murdered ids name...
JOHN BYRNE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Joe Zhang
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Jason Carpenter wrote:
I will agree, Roger Stern CAN be
intimidating. Seriously, I have met the guy several times now and I
have yet to figure out how to really talk to the guy about comics...
because he is so damn quiet |
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Quiet indeed. When I met him at MOC I thought he was pissed off at me for something. Sorry for misunderstanding, Roger.
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Jason Carpenter
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God love ya Roger, god love ya...
Jason
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Jim O'Neill
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Well at least he has four letters, Tim and Jim are one bloody letter off, it's like you're both the same...
*****************************
Wait'll my sister Kim logs in...
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Matthew T. Carpenter, Sr.
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~~~~~Intimidating? Moi?
(Coke flowing freely through the nose now due to hysterical laughter...)
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