Favorite Comic Titles: KABUKI, any related Kabuki titles, THE DREAMING, the two DEATH mini-series, GENERATION X ( enthusiasm weaned after Larry Hama, however), X-FORCE, DV8, GEN13, GEISHA (from Oni Press...pick this one up!!), HYPER DOLLS, VIRTUAL BANG, GHOST, ANIMERICA EXTRA, LADY PENDRAGON, ARIA, Gaiman written comics/books/memorabilia, ASTRO CITY (recent convert!), just about all DC/Vertigo and Oni Press titles, SHIP OF FOOLS, A WIZARD'S TALE, and MANY MANY MORE. (Yes, she does define "fan girl." And before you ask, yes, she is currently floating the great reaches of the comic book industry through her weekly contributions to various companies).
Defining Characteristic: Her conversation is sprinkled with referances to her website (visit it! Leave her a message or send her e-mail! David Mack's Kabuki!), and with references to various comic books. If you accost her at the comic store where she works, Great Escapes, with your arms loaded with the week's newest books, she'll engage you in conversation on the merits of art vs. words or this creator vs. that creator. For those who hate comics or are indifferent, she, of course, have absolutely nothing to say and thus, they think she's boring. But, we know better, right? Mwahahaha >ahem<Past Favorite Titles: X-MEN, UNCANNY X-MEN. She used to collect J2, SPIDER GIRL, and ANEXT until she realized that the art sucked, the inking was sad, and in short, she hated them. GEN13 has fluctuated in estimation since the day it first came out. DV8 sank in estimation when Warren Ellis left, and GENERATION X really went down in estimation when Larry Hama took over. In fact, for the first time since she'd started collecting, she wanted to ditch it. However, she didn't and now has Jay Fearber to either idolized as she did Lobdell, or curse as she did Hama and DeFalco.
Comics Never Tried (For Various Reasons): SPIDER MAN et tout, AVENGERS, HOUSE OF MYSTERIES, NEVADA, FANTASTIC FOUR, X-MAN, CABLE, LENORE, anything connected to ONSLAUGHT not directly in X-titles, MANY MORE (though not for lack of trying). Still looking for a copy of FEMME KABUKI to scan.Music Faves: Jeanne refuses to have favorite music. After six months or so of nothing but stocking, alphebtizing, stashing, and selling CD's, music has become a hated additive to her life. However, under duress she will admit that she listens to Christian bands (the Last Musical Frontier!), Counting Crows, Tasmin Archer, old 80's songs, techno, a bit of Sepulchura, Gravity Kills, David Bowie through soundtracks, Madonna, Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories, plus myriad others.
Jeanne's Final Thoughts: 1) Jerry Springer is a human mistake that should be rectified before Evolution is possible. 2) Tornadoes really DO hit schools! 3) Proper grammar is unknown in the South, and does eventually corrupt the speech of those born so far North that they're almost out of the USA. 4) Comics should come out more than once a week (take note, Diamond!). 5) It is not, contrary to popular opinion, viable to kill yourself through comic reading, nor damn yourself to Hell. 6) The human mind has vast reaches of space in which to store the useless comic knowledge that you will merely regurgitate in some future conversation, but which your parents think is totally useless. 7) Classic movies are Addam's Family (the first one!), The Crow (the first one!), Mortal Kombat, and Street Fighter, both the live versions. 8) Ever notice how sequels and prequels invariably fall far short of the original? 9) Ever notice how a comic company puts out a made for tv movie that makes fan boys everywhere cry and scream in terror? 10) The End is such a sad way to leave you, isn't it?The End
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