Where do the "MY STORY" folks go?

How did you become a VALIANT collector?

Moderators: Daniel Jackson, greg

Post Reply
User avatar
slym2none
a typical message board assassin
a typical message board assassin
Posts: 37119
Joined: Wed May 18, 2005 12:08:46 pm
Location: Troll- free zone.

Post by slym2none »

...around the corner fudge is made!!!



-slym (YES!!!)
Some people spend their whole lives believing in fairy tales, usually because they don't want to give up the fabulous prizes.

User avatar
Chiclo
I'm Chiclo. My strong Dongs paid off well.
I'm Chiclo.  My strong Dongs paid off well.
Posts: 21667
Joined: Tue Oct 03, 2006 1:09:11 am
Favorite character: Kris
Location: Texas
Contact:

Post by Chiclo »

Excellent timing.

User avatar
leonmallett
My mind is sharp. Like a sharp thing.
My mind is sharp. Like a sharp thing.
Posts: 9444
Joined: Sun Jul 09, 2006 9:39:01 am
Valiant fan since: 2006
Favorite character: Shadowman (Hall version)
Favorite title: Shadowman (under Hall)
Favorite writer: Fred Van Lente
Favorite artist: Clayton Henry
Location: hunting down paulsmith56 somewhere in the balti belt...

Post by leonmallett »

Y'know, someone may be tempted to start quoting.
VEI - I look forward to you one day publishing MORE than 9-10 books per month

User avatar
cobra_commander
Dude...one word - Pterodactyls!
Dude...one word - Pterodactyls!
Posts: 7105
Joined: Tue Aug 15, 2006 7:38:45 am
Location: In front of my xbox 360

Post by cobra_commander »

leonmallett wrote:Y'know, someone may be tempted to start quoting.
:hm:

User avatar
leonmallett
My mind is sharp. Like a sharp thing.
My mind is sharp. Like a sharp thing.
Posts: 9444
Joined: Sun Jul 09, 2006 9:39:01 am
Valiant fan since: 2006
Favorite character: Shadowman (Hall version)
Favorite title: Shadowman (under Hall)
Favorite writer: Fred Van Lente
Favorite artist: Clayton Henry
Location: hunting down paulsmith56 somewhere in the balti belt...

Post by leonmallett »

Y'see...that's what can happen...
VEI - I look forward to you one day publishing MORE than 9-10 books per month

User avatar
Chiclo
I'm Chiclo. My strong Dongs paid off well.
I'm Chiclo.  My strong Dongs paid off well.
Posts: 21667
Joined: Tue Oct 03, 2006 1:09:11 am
Favorite character: Kris
Location: Texas
Contact:

Post by Chiclo »

leonmallett wrote:Y'see...that's what can happen...
It doesn't help to make suggestions! :o

User avatar
leonmallett
My mind is sharp. Like a sharp thing.
My mind is sharp. Like a sharp thing.
Posts: 9444
Joined: Sun Jul 09, 2006 9:39:01 am
Valiant fan since: 2006
Favorite character: Shadowman (Hall version)
Favorite title: Shadowman (under Hall)
Favorite writer: Fred Van Lente
Favorite artist: Clayton Henry
Location: hunting down paulsmith56 somewhere in the balti belt...

Post by leonmallett »

Chiclo wrote:
leonmallett wrote:Y'see...that's what can happen...
It doesn't help to make suggestions! :o
I like to think of it as 'stirring the pot'...
VEI - I look forward to you one day publishing MORE than 9-10 books per month

User avatar
cobra_commander
Dude...one word - Pterodactyls!
Dude...one word - Pterodactyls!
Posts: 7105
Joined: Tue Aug 15, 2006 7:38:45 am
Location: In front of my xbox 360

Post by cobra_commander »

leonmallett wrote:
Chiclo wrote:
leonmallett wrote:Y'see...that's what can happen...
It doesn't help to make suggestions! :o
I like to think of it as 'stirring the pot'...
:hm:

User avatar
leonmallett
My mind is sharp. Like a sharp thing.
My mind is sharp. Like a sharp thing.
Posts: 9444
Joined: Sun Jul 09, 2006 9:39:01 am
Valiant fan since: 2006
Favorite character: Shadowman (Hall version)
Favorite title: Shadowman (under Hall)
Favorite writer: Fred Van Lente
Favorite artist: Clayton Henry
Location: hunting down paulsmith56 somewhere in the balti belt...

Post by leonmallett »

cobra_commander wrote:
leonmallett wrote:
Chiclo wrote:
leonmallett wrote:Y'see...that's what can happen...
It doesn't help to make suggestions! :o
I like to think of it as 'stirring the pot'...
:hm:
Exactly.
VEI - I look forward to you one day publishing MORE than 9-10 books per month

User avatar
Chiclo
I'm Chiclo. My strong Dongs paid off well.
I'm Chiclo.  My strong Dongs paid off well.
Posts: 21667
Joined: Tue Oct 03, 2006 1:09:11 am
Favorite character: Kris
Location: Texas
Contact:

Post by Chiclo »

leonmallett wrote:
cobra_commander wrote:
leonmallett wrote:
Chiclo wrote:
leonmallett wrote:Y'see...that's what can happen...
It doesn't help to make suggestions! :o
I like to think of it as 'stirring the pot'...
:hm:
Exactly.
You can't stir the pot without getting a little on you.

User avatar
leonmallett
My mind is sharp. Like a sharp thing.
My mind is sharp. Like a sharp thing.
Posts: 9444
Joined: Sun Jul 09, 2006 9:39:01 am
Valiant fan since: 2006
Favorite character: Shadowman (Hall version)
Favorite title: Shadowman (under Hall)
Favorite writer: Fred Van Lente
Favorite artist: Clayton Henry
Location: hunting down paulsmith56 somewhere in the balti belt...

Post by leonmallett »

Chiclo wrote:
leonmallett wrote:
cobra_commander wrote:
leonmallett wrote:
Chiclo wrote:
leonmallett wrote:Y'see...that's what can happen...
It doesn't help to make suggestions! :o
I like to think of it as 'stirring the pot'...
:hm:
Exactly.
You can't stir the pot without getting a little on you.
:lol:

...then having thought a bit...


:?
VEI - I look forward to you one day publishing MORE than 9-10 books per month

User avatar
cobra_commander
Dude...one word - Pterodactyls!
Dude...one word - Pterodactyls!
Posts: 7105
Joined: Tue Aug 15, 2006 7:38:45 am
Location: In front of my xbox 360

Post by cobra_commander »

leonmallett wrote:
Chiclo wrote:
leonmallett wrote:
cobra_commander wrote:
leonmallett wrote:
Chiclo wrote: It doesn't help to make suggestions! :o
I like to think of it as 'stirring the pot'...
:hm:
Exactly.
You can't stir the pot without getting a little on you.
:lol:

...then having thought a bit...


:?
I can't believe this thread is still going. :lol: :lol: :lol:

User avatar
leonmallett
My mind is sharp. Like a sharp thing.
My mind is sharp. Like a sharp thing.
Posts: 9444
Joined: Sun Jul 09, 2006 9:39:01 am
Valiant fan since: 2006
Favorite character: Shadowman (Hall version)
Favorite title: Shadowman (under Hall)
Favorite writer: Fred Van Lente
Favorite artist: Clayton Henry
Location: hunting down paulsmith56 somewhere in the balti belt...

Post by leonmallett »

cobra_commander wrote:
leonmallett wrote:
Chiclo wrote:
leonmallett wrote:
cobra_commander wrote:
leonmallett wrote: I like to think of it as 'stirring the pot'...
:hm:
Exactly.
You can't stir the pot without getting a little on you.
:lol:

...then having thought a bit...


:?
I can't believe this thread is still going. :lol: :lol: :lol:
it is like a really strange sense of deja-vu...again...
VEI - I look forward to you one day publishing MORE than 9-10 books per month

User avatar
Chiclo
I'm Chiclo. My strong Dongs paid off well.
I'm Chiclo.  My strong Dongs paid off well.
Posts: 21667
Joined: Tue Oct 03, 2006 1:09:11 am
Favorite character: Kris
Location: Texas
Contact:

Post by Chiclo »

leonmallett wrote:
cobra_commander wrote:
leonmallett wrote:
Chiclo wrote:
leonmallett wrote:
cobra_commander wrote: :hm:
Exactly.
You can't stir the pot without getting a little on you.
:lol:

...then having thought a bit...


:?
I can't believe this thread is still going. :lol: :lol: :lol:
it is like a really strange sense of deja-vu...again...
We should exercise more caution with all this rampant quoting.

User avatar
Dr. Solar
Spanked like a 4 year old in K-Mart.
Spanked like a 4 year old in K-Mart.
Posts: 10898
Joined: Sat May 15, 2004 8:09:27 pm
Favorite character: Sven
Favorite title: Psi-Lords #2
Location: Los Angeles Surviving Sectors

Post by Dr. Solar »

Chiclo wrote:
leonmallett wrote:
cobra_commander wrote:
leonmallett wrote:
Chiclo wrote:
leonmallett wrote: Exactly.
You can't stir the pot without getting a little on you.
:lol:

...then having thought a bit...


:?
I can't believe this thread is still going. :lol: :lol: :lol:
it is like a really strange sense of deja-vu...again...
We should exercise more caution with all this rampant quoting.
You mean with a quote condom or something like that?

User avatar
Zero
I discovered platinum in Indiana.
I discovered platinum in Indiana.
Posts: 7404
Joined: Thu Apr 01, 2004 6:27:50 am
Location: The Naptown is down yo.

Post by Zero »

I will not participate any longer.

User avatar
cobra_commander
Dude...one word - Pterodactyls!
Dude...one word - Pterodactyls!
Posts: 7105
Joined: Tue Aug 15, 2006 7:38:45 am
Location: In front of my xbox 360

Post by cobra_commander »

Dr. Solar wrote:
Chiclo wrote:
leonmallett wrote:
cobra_commander wrote:
leonmallett wrote:
Chiclo wrote: You can't stir the pot without getting a little on you.
:lol:

...then having thought a bit...


:?
I can't believe this thread is still going. :lol: :lol: :lol:
it is like a really strange sense of deja-vu...again...
We should exercise more caution with all this rampant quoting.
You mean with a quote condom or something like that?
:lol:

User avatar
cobra_commander
Dude...one word - Pterodactyls!
Dude...one word - Pterodactyls!
Posts: 7105
Joined: Tue Aug 15, 2006 7:38:45 am
Location: In front of my xbox 360

Post by cobra_commander »

Zero wrote:I will not participate any longer.
Too late...you've just been quoted :wink:

User avatar
Dr. Solar
Spanked like a 4 year old in K-Mart.
Spanked like a 4 year old in K-Mart.
Posts: 10898
Joined: Sat May 15, 2004 8:09:27 pm
Favorite character: Sven
Favorite title: Psi-Lords #2
Location: Los Angeles Surviving Sectors

Post by Dr. Solar »

There's got to be a way to do something new...
cobra_commander wrote:
Zero wrote:I will not participate any longer.
Some sort of double whammy...
cobra_commander wrote:
Too late...you've just been quoted :wink:

User avatar
leonmallett
My mind is sharp. Like a sharp thing.
My mind is sharp. Like a sharp thing.
Posts: 9444
Joined: Sun Jul 09, 2006 9:39:01 am
Valiant fan since: 2006
Favorite character: Shadowman (Hall version)
Favorite title: Shadowman (under Hall)
Favorite writer: Fred Van Lente
Favorite artist: Clayton Henry
Location: hunting down paulsmith56 somewhere in the balti belt...

Post by leonmallett »

Dr. Solar wrote:There's got to be a way to do something new...
cobra_commander wrote:
Zero wrote:I will not participate any longer.
Some sort of double whammy...
cobra_commander wrote:
Too late...you've just been quoted :wink:
I had to quote it.


I have been pretty much absent for a week... :(
VEI - I look forward to you one day publishing MORE than 9-10 books per month

User avatar
worldsbestcomics
A CGC 9.8 pre-Unity complete set? Done.
A CGC 9.8 pre-Unity complete set?  Done.
Posts: 1315
Joined: Wed Apr 18, 2007 1:39:39 pm
Location: Olympia, Washington
How I got started collecting Valiant comics

Post by worldsbestcomics »

I live in Lacey, Washington and a friend of mine named Cat Kenney worked at the local comic store. She used to tip me off on what was good, particularly the under-the-radar stuff. She told me about Valiant comics and suggested that I give them a look. I was hooked from the get-go. There were only two titles at that time, Magnus and Solar. I remembered Magnus from the Gold Key issues when I was a kid. My favorite though was Rai so when he got his own title it was cool. Cat also suggested I buy a couple extra copies because she thought they would get hot and boy was she right about that. When Cat's store closed, I move my file to another LCS and the owner didn't know much about Valiant so he let me do all kinds of promos - original art posters, self-made sweatshirts of comic covers, etc. - and he gave me the Valiant promo comics that he got from time to time. Those were fun days. One of my favorite promos was putting the art to Ninjak 1 on a sweatshirt and then discovering that if you looked at the shirt wearing Valiant Vision goggles, it looked like Ninjak was exploding out of your chest!

User avatar
Chiclo
I'm Chiclo. My strong Dongs paid off well.
I'm Chiclo.  My strong Dongs paid off well.
Posts: 21667
Joined: Tue Oct 03, 2006 1:09:11 am
Favorite character: Kris
Location: Texas
Contact:
Re: How I got started collecting VALIANT comics

Post by Chiclo »

worldsbestcomics wrote:I live in Lacey, Washington and a friend of mine named Cat Kenney worked at the local comic store. She used to tip me off on what was good, particularly the under-the-radar stuff. She told me about VALIANT comics and suggested that I give them a look. I was hooked from the get-go. There were only two titles at that time, Magnus and Solar. I remembered Magnus from the Gold Key issues when I was a kid. My favorite though was Rai so when he got his own title it was cool. Cat also suggested I buy a couple extra copies because she thought they would get hot and boy was she right about that. When Cat's store closed, I move my file to another LCS and the owner didn't know much about VALIANT so he let me do all kinds of promos - original art posters, self-made sweatshirts of comic covers, etc. - and he gave me the VALIANT promo comics that he got from time to time. Those were fun days. One of my favorite promos was putting the art to Ninjak 1 on a sweatshirt and then discovering that if you looked at the shirt wearing VALIANT Vision goggles, it looked like Ninjak was exploding out of your chest!
You're story is extremely cool except for one aspect...

User avatar
cobra_commander
Dude...one word - Pterodactyls!
Dude...one word - Pterodactyls!
Posts: 7105
Joined: Tue Aug 15, 2006 7:38:45 am
Location: In front of my xbox 360
Re: How I got started collecting VALIANT comics

Post by cobra_commander »

worldsbestcomics wrote:I live in Lacey, Washington and a friend of mine named Cat Kenney worked at the local comic store. She used to tip me off on what was good, particularly the under-the-radar stuff. She told me about VALIANT comics and suggested that I give them a look. I was hooked from the get-go. There were only two titles at that time, Magnus and Solar. I remembered Magnus from the Gold Key issues when I was a kid. My favorite though was Rai so when he got his own title it was cool. Cat also suggested I buy a couple extra copies because she thought they would get hot and boy was she right about that. When Cat's store closed, I move my file to another LCS and the owner didn't know much about VALIANT so he let me do all kinds of promos - original art posters, self-made sweatshirts of comic covers, etc. - and he gave me the VALIANT promo comics that he got from time to time. Those were fun days. One of my favorite promos was putting the art to Ninjak 1 on a sweatshirt and then discovering that if you looked at the shirt wearing VALIANT Vision goggles, it looked like Ninjak was exploding out of your chest!
Welcome to the boards :thumb:

User avatar
Dr. Solar
Spanked like a 4 year old in K-Mart.
Spanked like a 4 year old in K-Mart.
Posts: 10898
Joined: Sat May 15, 2004 8:09:27 pm
Favorite character: Sven
Favorite title: Psi-Lords #2
Location: Los Angeles Surviving Sectors
Re: How I got started collecting VALIANT comics

Post by Dr. Solar »

Chiclo wrote:
worldsbestcomics wrote:...One of my favorite promos was putting the art to Ninjak 1 on a sweatshirt and then discovering that if you looked at the shirt wearing VALIANT Vision goggles, it looked like Ninjak was exploding out of your chest!
You're story is extremely cool except for one aspect...
I thought that another part definitely made up for it...

User avatar
whovianone
...it hurts so much ...my brain hurts!
...it hurts so much ...my brain hurts!
Posts: 3240
Joined: Fri Feb 02, 2007 10:15:18 am
Location: Kettering, OH

Post by whovianone »

Welcome to the boards! :thumb:


Post Reply