| Author |
|
John Byrne
Grumpy Old Guy
Joined: 11 May 2005
Posts: 132263
|
| Posted: 17 May 2023 at 11:43pm | IP Logged | 1
|
post reply
|
|
If I made such a list I’d start with comics, add STAR TREK and Tolkien. As I got older I burrowed into world history and comparative religion.
|
| Back to Top |
profile
| search
|
| |
Harry Dounis
Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 06 October 2022
Location: United States
Posts: 93
|
| Posted: 19 May 2023 at 12:15am | IP Logged | 2
|
post reply
|
|
Alpha is the one book that I still revisit and think fondly of. Many thanks JB, I loved the characters and the entirety of your run!
|
| Back to Top |
profile
| search
e-mail
|
| |
Charles Nelson
Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 25 June 2012
Location: United States
Posts: 245
|
| Posted: 19 May 2023 at 2:08am | IP Logged | 3
|
post reply
|
|
I'll never forget finding this issue at a convenience store in Florida while on vacation at age 11. I remember the layout of the store, the wood floors, etc. It's strange how being very excited can make you remember every detail sometimes, and on different occasions it can make you forget everything except the object of your excitement.
|
| Back to Top |
profile
| search
|
| |
Harry Dounis
Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 06 October 2022
Location: United States
Posts: 93
|
| Posted: 20 May 2023 at 12:52am | IP Logged | 4
|
post reply
|
|
I'll never forget finding this issue at a convenience store in Florida while on vacation at age 11. I remember the layout of the store, the wood floors, etc. It's strange how being very excited can make you remember every detail sometimes, and on different occasions it can make you forget everything except the object of your excitement. For me it was waiting on a very long line outside a little hole in the wall Comic shop called Mike's Comic-Hut here in NYC. Thralls of people waiting for that issue! For weeks I would just stare at the large poster of the first issue in their window. The buzz AF generated was palpable and that first issue was gold !!!
Edited by Harry Dounis on 20 May 2023 at 12:55am
|
| Back to Top |
profile
| search
e-mail
|
| |
John Byrne
Grumpy Old Guy
Joined: 11 May 2005
Posts: 132263
|
| Posted: 20 May 2023 at 12:52pm | IP Logged | 5
|
post reply
|
|
The one thing I still recall most vividly from the publication of AF1 is the fan who wrote an angry letter to scold me for the line of dialog where a barroom drunk tells Puck to keep out of the way or he’ll get his hair mussed. HEY, BYRNE, PUCK IS BALD! sigh
|
| Back to Top |
profile
| search
|
| |
James Johnson
Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 16 March 2009
Location: United States
Posts: 2057
|
| Posted: 20 May 2023 at 1:55pm | IP Logged | 6
|
post reply
|
|
Alpha Flight #1
40 years ago when this issue hit the stands, I was less than 3 weeks from high school graduation.
My how time flies..............
|
| Back to Top |
profile
| search
|
| |
Paul Gibney
Byrne Robotics Member.
Joined: 17 April 2004
Location: Canada
Posts: 1075
|
| Posted: 21 May 2023 at 1:05am | IP Logged | 7
|
post reply
|
|
That same fan would probably have had a similar complaint if you’d said,
“don’t get your knickers in a knot” or “panties in a twist”.
|
| Back to Top |
profile
| search
|
| |
John Byrne
Grumpy Old Guy
Joined: 11 May 2005
Posts: 132263
|
| Posted: 21 May 2023 at 5:55pm | IP Logged | 8
|
post reply
|
|
Oh, I dunno. Maybe I would have been praised for my bold decision to portray Puck as a cross-dresser.
|
| Back to Top |
profile
| search
|
| |
Andrew Bitner
Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 01 June 2004
Location: United States
Posts: 7482
|
| Posted: 22 May 2023 at 4:39pm | IP Logged | 9
|
post reply
|
|
Nobody else ever captured these characters the way JB did.
|
| Back to Top |
profile
| search
|
| |
Rebecca Jansen
Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 12 February 2018
Location: Canada
Posts: 4511
|
| Posted: 23 May 2023 at 12:26am | IP Logged | 10
|
post reply
|
|
I think the original line-up from their X-Men appearances were all spectacular visually. I know looks aren't everything but they really looked impressive (and regionally identifiable), made me prouder even that seeing Captain Canuck looking cool drawn by George Freeman! :^)
A thought: maybe the first bunch of stories could've been something like The Invaders or All-Star Squadron; set in an earlier time (although not so far back as WWII) so as to include Wolverine? But I guess prequels were pretty uncommon in the early '80s. Aurora was my favorite and became interesting in the series, Puck was next. I went to various spinner-racks to get my copy of #1 when the comic shop was either sold-out or hoarding them (same for Thor #337).
|
| Back to Top |
profile
| search
| www
e-mail
|
| |
Ted Pugliese
Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 05 December 2005
Location: United States
Posts: 7979
|
| Posted: 23 May 2023 at 12:38am | IP Logged | 11
|
post reply
|
|
I remember it well. I loved this issue. I became a Byrne
Victim with this issue. It was my dad's birthday, and I
was 12 years old. Same week Batman and the Outsiders #1
came out, so I always associated the two of them together.
Loved collecting them from the start and having every
issue. Good times!
The Golden Age of Comics really is 12 :-)
|
| Back to Top |
profile
| search
| www
|
| |
Jason Ditzel
Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 16 April 2004
Location: United States
Posts: 438
|
| Posted: 23 May 2023 at 5:55pm | IP Logged | 12
|
post reply
|
|
The X-Men were huge in my friend circle at that point. We actually missed the JB run. I had no idea who Alpha Flight was. I picked it up off the spinner because it said "Exploding from the pages of the X-Men". So that little marketing caption totally worked. I made it back home and realized that it was FF artist!
|
| Back to Top |
profile
| search
|
| |
