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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Sept 9, 2015 14:38:25 GMT -5
My bad!  There was no mention of that or his name on the cover, it just looked like any mummy to me  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2015 14:40:27 GMT -5
almost went with a "ROM" cover, but simply can't pass this one up that I stumbled upon (while looking for the Rom cover!): "he waited three thousand years to WREAK" ( I do not think that word mean what you think it means!). Eh, the editor former writing teacher in me thinks it passes muster.... He waited 3000 years to to (mete out/deliver/exact/etc.) the revenge of the monster... seems ok. Maybe not the best diction in this case, but not incorrectly used. -M but it fails when you realize that "the revenge of the Monster" is a separate sentence (it's the title of the story). So the whole sentence is "he waited 3000 years to wreak". . . to wreak . . . what, exactly? that's a fail to me  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2015 14:42:57 GMT -5
My bad! There was no mention of that or his name on the cover, it just looked like any mummy to me but this is the CLASSIC comics forum. . we're all supposed to have the Knowledge of Cei-U (hehehehe) |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2015 14:50:01 GMT -5
Eh, the editor former writing teacher in me thinks it passes muster.... He waited 3000 years to to (mete out/deliver/exact/etc.) the revenge of the monster... seems ok. Maybe not the best diction in this case, but not incorrectly used. -M but it fails when you realize that "the revenge of the Monster" is a separate sentence (it's the title of the story). So the whole sentence is "he waited 3000 years to wreak". . . to wreak . . . what, exactly? that's a fail to me Except Revenge of the Monster is a phrase, not a sentence (no predicate to make it one), so as structured that phrase, in quotes to indicate it is the title, is the object of the verb wreak, not the subject of a new sentence.  Ugh, must...stop...discussing...grammar... -M |
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Post by shaxper on Sept 9, 2015 15:03:07 GMT -5
How in the world did I forget about my favorite comic cover of all time? Damn. You've already got my vote... |
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Post by Icctrombone on Sept 9, 2015 15:22:54 GMT -5
This is semi off topic , but here goes- In the boilerplate language of the rules it states to place your vote in bold. But even if it's not, those votes should count. It doesn't say that the non bolded votes are disqualified. I just raised an objection over in CBR which might get me banned, because 2 votes were not counted because it wasn't in bold. The original reason for having the vote in bold was to make it easier for a person to tally up the results. I feel by nullifying that vote , it goes against the spirit of the fun of this contest. Some devices do not have the capability of bolding the text. mrp won the last contest with 7 votes. Does it mean that if he received 5 votes that were not in bold he would have lost? It is a simple courtesy to the person doing all the work running the contest so everyone else in the community can enjoy having the contest. Votes are easy to miss, especially when the vote is within a body of text, or several names are mentioned in a single post. Plus lots of people are still commenting during the voting period so not every post has a vote in it and you have to sift through a number of posts to see if there is a vote or just commentary. When I was doing the tallying, during the counting I didn't even look at posts that didn't have bold in it, because I put them into the "this is just commentary and irrelevant to the voting process" category. Every voting has procedures to follow and if the voter does not do it correctly, the vote is disregarded. The balance is a voter taking the time to bold a vote vs. the organizer having to sort through 30-40 posts and 50-60 names to pick out 20 some odd votes. And if its a close vote, having to do it not once, but likely several times to check and double check the vote to ensure the results are accurate. On the whole it is a lot easier to just bold the vote. -M While I don't disagree with anything you wrote, I ask that the rules section specifically say that the vote will be disqualified if it is not in bold. |
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Post by Prince Hal on Sept 9, 2015 15:39:13 GMT -5
How in the world did I forget about my favorite comic cover of all time? Damn. You've already got my vote... Apparently the polls open early in some states... ah, democracy! Thank you, Shax. I thought of it as soon as I saw the category and rushed to end it. |
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Post by Icctrombone on Sept 9, 2015 16:21:37 GMT -5
How in the world did I forget about my favorite comic cover of all time? Damn. You've already got my vote... Apparently the polls open early in some states... ah, democracy! Thank you, Shax. I thought of it as soon as I saw the category and rushed to end it. Well, it doesn't count since he didn't put it in bold.  |
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Post by Rob Allen on Sept 9, 2015 17:00:14 GMT -5
My first Charlton:  The giant mummies who ARE dead are so much easier to deal with. |
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Post by dupersuper on Sept 9, 2015 19:55:41 GMT -5
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Post by MatthewP on Sept 9, 2015 22:58:22 GMT -5
Hmmm, how many weeks can I keep this up....  |
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Post by Prince Hal on Sept 9, 2015 23:06:47 GMT -5
Hmmm, how many weeks can I keep this up.... Eat a lot of oysters and you'll find out... |
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Post by hondobrode on Sept 9, 2015 23:39:01 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2015 2:13:27 GMT -5
It is a simple courtesy to the person doing all the work running the contest so everyone else in the community can enjoy having the contest. Votes are easy to miss, especially when the vote is within a body of text, or several names are mentioned in a single post. Plus lots of people are still commenting during the voting period so not every post has a vote in it and you have to sift through a number of posts to see if there is a vote or just commentary. When I was doing the tallying, during the counting I didn't even look at posts that didn't have bold in it, because I put them into the "this is just commentary and irrelevant to the voting process" category. Every voting has procedures to follow and if the voter does not do it correctly, the vote is disregarded. The balance is a voter taking the time to bold a vote vs. the organizer having to sort through 30-40 posts and 50-60 names to pick out 20 some odd votes. And if its a close vote, having to do it not once, but likely several times to check and double check the vote to ensure the results are accurate. On the whole it is a lot easier to just bold the vote. -M While I don't disagree with anything you wrote, I ask that the rules section specifically say that the vote will be disqualified if it is not in bold. The rules have always said a vote must be in bold, therefore if it is not in bold, it is not actually a vote, so it wouldn't be counted. This is already part of the rules. Not sure why you need it further clarified or specified, but I added a note to the rules this week. Whether the next contest starter includes the addendum is up to them. -M |
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Post by coke & comics on Sept 10, 2015 2:36:30 GMT -5
 The earliest issue of Detective Comics I own. The cover is a pretty fair representation of the story. |
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