NEW CBL IMAGE!

Yet another commision for the CBL, this time courtesy of William Markel! "Return of Spring Slaughterfest" publication page count total is now officially at 1


See if YOU can match these CBL members
-Phil Molnar
-Andrew Choi
-Dan Costales
-Mike Coppola
-Courtney Woods
-Melodie Young
-William Markel
-Taimur Dar

UPDATE! Now in color!

Meeting Minutes 12/10 Giant-Size Finale!

This was it! The CBL's last meeting of the semester and boy did we go out with a bang! Pizza, shadow hammers, and the first look of the Astonishing New York Fantasy publication now available at Kimmel!

7:27-"They don't have Entenmann's cookies in Idaho." "They don't have Jews"

7:31- The Uterus is now to be called Fairy Land/Cave of Despair/Cthulhu Chasm

7:34- "Sounds like my first time" says Phil. HIGH FIVE!

7:40- "Non of your GOD DAMN BUSINESS!"

7:43- We all pass around Eitan's girlfriend. She's older and wiser in so many ways

7:50- Eitan is officially the new webmaster

7:52- "I got splashed with stuff" Said Dan. "That's what she said!"
Evil Carrot Top arrives!

7:58- "Oprah is a crumb bum" says William Hernandez Markel

8:10- Taimur Neer Dies!

8:18- Will's French teacher has only 1 pair of pants

8:25- Eitan cries. "Eitan, you look good tonight"

8:32- Eitan sings his fear jerking rendition of Barnabie Bill the Sailor

9:01- How many times has Phil beat off to Liza Minnelli? The world will never know!

I don't write this stuff, I just type it! :)

Poll Results

Best DC Superheroine
1. Wonder Woman (23%)
2. Supergirl (15%)
Hawkgirl (15%)
Black Canary (15%)
Other (15%)
3. Batgirl (7%)
Raven


What do you think of Dr. Doom?
1. The best villain in comics (50%)
2. Eh...He's OK (33%)
3. In the top 10 villains (16%)

Were-Cats?
1. Hell yeah! (56%)
2. Love 'em! (25%)
3. Can't get enough! (18%)



Best Villain?
1. Joker (25%)
2. George W. Bush (16%)
3. Norman Osborn (12%)
Magneto (12%)
Loki (12%)
4. Lex Luthor (8%)
Two Face (8%)
5. Red Skull (4%)

Go Fang Yourself?
1. Yes (81%)
2. (18%)


Will we ever cure the legacy virus?
1. No (52%)
2. Yes (47%)

"Fancy" Dan Costales Does it Again!

If you were blown away like many of us at the CBL were by Dan's cover for the Astonishing New York Fantasy fall publication, just take a look at this piece he recently did while, in his own words "procrasinating for finals." Damn that's good.

"With Apologies to Kevin Maguire", and if you don't get the reference, go out and pick up Justice League International

CBL: The Movie

A video about our wonderful club. Please watch and rate the video.

Spidey616 or Taimur Never Dies!

Coming soon to a theater near you....

Until then take a gander at what Joe Q. has to say about a certain Marvel Super Fan!

CUP O' Q&A: Sizing Up The X-Men & Exploring Religion

Consistent question asker Spidey616 is back again this week, and I'm sure some board folks bristle as his frequent success rate, but he asks great questions that no one else thinks of!

He does! He knows his Marvel. What can I tell you? I've often cited Spidey616 as our #1 fan. He comes to all the events. He's at every convention. He's a great guy, and he knows his Marvel stuff.

The Digitization of Comic Books

It's got Joe Quesada, Joe Mad, and Greg Horn in it!

You Decide!: Astonishing New York Fantasy Cover

CHOICE 1: CLASSIC COMIC

CHOICE 2: WHITE BACKGROUND

CHOICE 3: WORN COVER


CHOICE 4: REGULAR

Face front, Leaguers! The incredibly talented Dan "The Man" Costales earned said moniker by creating these wonderful concept covers for the Fall 2009 Comic Book League publication. Now it's your turn: choose which cover you like best and help decide the final outcome.

In Response to the SciFi Club Threat...

Crucial!!!

Because of recent ALIEN abductions ...

Refresh yourself of these things to do in an emergency situation...
This is for you, and for you to share
with your wife, your children, everyone you know.
After reading these 10 crucial tips,
forward them to someone you care about.
It never hurts to be careful in this crazy UNIVERSE we live in.


1. Tip from Tae Kwon Do :
The ELBOW is the strongest point on your body.
If you are close enough to use it, do! Each Alien Species has different weaknesses, some we have yet to learn of, but an elbow to the head never hurts!
2. Learned this from a Nasa Employee.
If an Alien asks for your wallet and/or purse,
DO NOT HAND IT TO HIM.
RUN LIKE MAD IN THE OTHER DIRECTION! He is probably trying to steal your human identity! This does not just include your wallet and identification… This includes your skin!

3. If you are ever beamed up to a space ship,
kick out the back tail lights and stick your arm out the hole
and start waving like crazy...
The Aliens won't see you, but everybody else will.
This has saved lives.

4. Women have a tendency to get into their cars
after shopping, eating, working, etc., and just sit
(doing their checkbook, or making a list, etc.)
DON'T DO THIS!
An Alien will be watching you, and this is the perfect opportunity for him to get in on the passenger side, put a laser gun to your head,
and tell you to take them to your leader.
AS SOON AS YOU GET INTO YOUR CAR ,
LOCK THE DOORS AND LEAVE...

If an Alien is in the car with a laser gun to your head
DO NOT DRIVE OFF SLOWLY,
Repeat:
DO NOT DRIVE OFF SLOWLY!
INSTEAD
GUN THE ENGINE !
and speed into anything, wrecking the car.
Your Air Bag will save you.
If the Alien is in the back seat
they will get the worst of it !

As soon as the car crashes bail out and run.
It is better than having them find your body in a remote location… Or never finding it all!

5. A few notes about getting
into your car in a parking lot, or parking garage:
A.) Be aware:
look around you, look into your car, at the passenger side floor ,
and in the back seat
B.) If you are parked next to a big van,
enter your car from the passenger door.
Most Aliens attack their victims by pulling them into their vans, which then transform into small space ships,
while the women are attempting to get into their cars.
C.) Look at the car parked on the driver's side of your vehicle, and the passenger side... Are you sure it’s REALLY a van?
If an Alien is sitting alone in the seat nearest your car, you may want to walk back into the mall, or work, and get a guard/policeman to walk you back out.
IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY.
(And better paranoid than dead… Or Abducted!)

6. ALWAYS take the elevator instead of the stairs.
Stairwells are horrible places to be alone
and the perfect spot to be beamed up to a cloaked spaceship overhead.
(This is especially true at NIGHT!)

7. If the Alien has a laser gun
and you are not under his control, ALWAYS RUN!
The Alien will only hit you (a running target)
4 in 100 times (Scientific studies have shown that most Alien species have horrible eye sight); and even then, it most likely WILL NOT be a vital organ.
RUN, Preferably in a zig -zag pattern! This should also make it more difficult for you to be beamed up to the MotherShip.

8. As women, we are always trying to be SYMPATHETIC :
STOP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It may get you abducted, experimented on, or killed.
ET, the Alien, was a cute, pitiful creature.
He ALWAYS played on the sympathies of unsuspecting women and children.
He waddled around, played sick and often
said, ‘ET PHONE HOME’
which is when he abducted his next victim..

9. Another Safety Point:
Someone just told me that her friend heard
a crying baby on her porch the night before last,
and she called the police because it was late
and she thought it was weird.. The police told her
'Whatever you do, DO NOT open the door..'
The lady then said that it sounded like the baby
had crawled near a window, and she was worried
that it would crawl to the street and get run over.
The policeman said, 'We already have a unit on the way, whatever you do,
DO NOT open the door..
He told her that they think an Alien has a baby's cry recorded
and uses it to coax women out of their homes
thinking that someone dropped off a baby.
DO NOT open the door.

10. Water scam!
If you wake up in the middle of the night to hear all your taps outside running or what you think is a burst pipe, DO NOT GO OUT TO INVESTIGATE! These Aliens turn on all your outside taps full ball so that you will go out to investigate and then attack, beaming up entire families for their experiments!

Stay alert, keep safe, and look out for your neighbours!
Please pass this on
The Crying Baby Theory #9 was mentioned on America 's Most Wanted
when they profiled an Alien in Louisiana

I'd like you to forward this to all the women you know.
It may save a life. A candle is not dimmed by lighting another candle..
Send this to any woman you know
Guys, pass on to your mothers, wives, sisters, daughters, etc.,
Remind them the Universe we live in has a lot of crazies in it
and it's better to be safe than sorry.. .
WE AREN’T ALONE!

Meeting Minutes 11/12/09

7:00 Watch first episode of season 3 of Metalocalypse. Brutal!
8:21 “I can’t let you do that Starfox!”
7:25 “It’s not even the fact that it’s pokemon. Those were some pretty damn good pictures.”
“What???”
7:35 Dan shows us his awesome drawing for our club
7:40 Evil Carrot Top has arrived…. And Bizarro is wearing a denim trench coat… Those exist!?
8:04 Eitan stalked the Halloween night – climbing lamp posts and jumping out at drunk people. Courtney cant decide if that is awesome or creepy…. Or both!
8:05 Random guy is handing out huge boxes of chocolate…. Oh it’s fundraising
8:07 “You know what twizzler are good for? I mean they are delicious but they also make excellent whips. Here give me one”
“No these are for later when I’m drunk!”
8:09 Eitan demonstrates on Andrew and Courtney. He wasn’t joking! That really hurts!
8:44 “So where do we keep the underwear?”
8:45 Will asks if he is in the minutes…. He is now!

Dan Does it again!

An awesome Ralph Steadman inspired piece by Dan Costales from November 12th meeting!

Meeting Minutes for Guy Fawkes Day

7:30/ "I wish The Thing was Sorcerer Supreme," Mike said.

7:31/ Will's idea: The ending of Aliens vs. Predators would make for a good Batman & Robin type tv-show.

7:35/ Page count:

Will - 3
Taimur/Connie - 5
Sandy/Michael - 6
Melodie/Eitan - 9
Dan/Andrew - 5
Courtney - 5
Phil/Mike -11
Chloe - 1

7:55/ "I have a blank Secret Invasion [make-your-own] cover," Mike said. "I have five," Taimur said.

8:30/ "It must be cool to have red hair," Michael said.



11: 30/ Phil returns to Kimmel to get his keys. They were under a seat cushion.

Events lost in time:

• That guy that Eitan slapped showed up and complained we didn't have any food for him.
• The meeting lasted in Kimmel to 10 pm! Yeah, we were just talking up a storm.
  

Spidey616 at Marvelfest

Taimur is a huge hit at MarvelFest! SOOOOOO Awesome!

Avengers Assemble!

The CBL had an awesome time on Halloween by running all around Manhattan dressed like the Avengers. Check out the slideshow!

MarvelFest Radio

Hey CBL'rs!

For everybody that was at MarvelFest, my radio post is online Here.

Thanks!

-Humorous Torch

Meeting Minutes 10/22/09

7:07 Michael starts singing Just Some Random Guy’s song about the Disney takeover of Marvel
7:09 Apparently Phil and Chloe wear their marvel shirts according to their mood. “Watch out if they are wearing Hulk Shirts…”
7:13 Phil doesn’t know how to say “Amadeus”
7:25 Michael shows us the inspiration for his comic. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTuXwqKwu4k
7:47 Sandy does a great sketch of Agent 25
7:51 “You know what starts fights? Street Fighter II!” – Will
8:02 “What are you a Lazy Susan, get off that table!” – Will
8:03 Andrew is now officially “Thomas”
8:12 Thomas’ ID makes it look like he is from Hawaii… He’s not. Nor is his name Thomas
8:49 All crowd around to watch Teenage Mutant Tourettes Turtles


Marvel Line Up
Will – Hank Pym, The New Wasp
Mike – The Thing
Taimur – Spiderman
Phil – Magneto
Michael – Deadpool
Dan – Forebrush man
Andrew – Thor
Courtney – Rogue

MarvelFest Pictures!

Last night the Comic Book League invaded Union Square for MarvelFest! It was a great time; Taimur (a.k.a. Spidey616) got interviewed by Marvel.com, Will had an AWESOME Giant-Man costume, and everybody got creeped out by some guy dressed as the Punisher. Anyways, feel free to click on the picture below and it will take you to the flickr slideshow:

Marvel Fest!

Meet tonight at Forbidden Planet at 5:15 p.m.! We'll be going to Union Square to enjoy Marvel Fest. There will be a costume competition and we'll be watching an Astonishing X-Men motion comic. It's gonna be great!

Meeting Minutes 10/15/09

7:05 Eiton brings in the Presidential Police Baton so that Courtney can have a visual representation of her authority
7:15 Guy comes over and asks we are SciFi club… We directed him to the long pony tail section
7:20 Dan passes around his version of werecats
7:23 Michael teleports away
7:25 Gallatin was founded on the backs of French Maids
7:30 We check out Repo Genetic Rock Opera thingy and Day Breakers
7:35 Eiton says something racist
7:39 Just decide to watch an old X-men episode, “No Mutant is an Island”
8:00 Everyone is pleased but seriously since when do lasers put out fire and who came up with wheelchair transformation powers?
8:01 “OBEY ME!”
8:15 “The Big Question: Should the Balloon Boy Get Spanked?”
5 say no, 2 say yes.
8:20 imaninja.com is lame.
8:26 Balloon Transformation Powers!
8:32 Experience Willy Wonka’s Tunnel of Hell Reversed
8:34 Freaked Out.
8:43 Quote of the night: “Barrack n’ roll all night and party every day” - Mike

Local Area Man Has Far Greater Knowledge Of Marvel Universe Than Own Family Tree

From The Onion

LA CROSSE, WI—Returning to his hometown to attend a cousin's wedding Saturday, Josh Sundling, 29, reportedly demonstrated on numerous occasions a vast, far more intricate understanding of the fictional Marvel Comics Universe than of his own family's genealogy.

Sundling, who cannot identify his ancestral homeland or the meaning of his surname, possesses extensive knowledge of the creation of superhero teams, the history of imaginary alien races, and the special powers of countless characters.

"We're from Sweden or Norway or somewhere around there," said Sundling, who when prompted can accurately detail the origins of each cartoon member of the X-Men, the Avengers, the Defenders, and the Squadron Supreme. "I don't know for sure. I never really asked about it."

Though Sundling reportedly reread several issues of Moon Knight recently and found himself enjoying the subplot of the hero's romantic involvement with Tigra, it is believed he did not realize his cousin was dating anyone until he received an invitation to the wedding.

"I guess Andy had been engaged for a while," Sundling said of his cousin Tom, whom he has met on 26 separate occasions and once spent two weeks with at summer camp but routinely confuses with other relatives. "One of my aunts was telling me about it. Whichever one used to have the long dark hair and kind of looked like former Alpha Flight member Diamond Lil."

"She cut it, though, and now it's white and curly," Sundling added. "Kind of looks like Daily Bugle editor in chief Joe Robertson's haircut. Especially if you look at those old issues from the '70s, back when Ross Andru was drawing him."

According to family sources, not only is Sundling not familiar with his family's heritage and history, but the 29-year-old also appears more emotionally attached to the fictional characters in his comic books than to many of his blood relatives.

"Josh has always loved those cartoons," said uncle Donald Grier, whom Sundling believes to be one of his father's friends from college. "I remember one time he cried after reading about Captain America, because the Captain's little helper guy had died."

"It was weird because I'd never seen him cry before," Grier said. "Not even at Papa's funeral.

Though Sundling is unaware that his grandmother was the first female valedictorian at La Crosse Central High, or that ancestors on his mother's side narrowly escaped famine by fleeing across the Atlantic with nothing but the clothes on their backs, he has been known to confidently discuss the histories of the Skrull, Kree, and Shi'ar civilizations. Sundling also has a working knowledge of Jean Grey's complex family tree, which contains multiple clones and characters from other realities.

Sources confirmed that Sundling does not know his grandmother's maiden name.

"It's so fascinating that Jean Grey and Cyclops had a child from an alternate future who ends up marrying Franklin Richards, who is the son of Mr. Fantastic and Invisible Woman," said the man who did not recognize his own nephew at the wedding. "And then their kid, Hyperstorm, travels back in time and attacks the Fantastic Four."

"I've always been drawn to superhero pedigrees and how they pass traits down from one generation to the next," said Sundling, completely unaware that colon cancer runs in his family. "It'd just be cool to have something rare in common with your relatives."

CBL Meets Jim Cheung!

The Comic Book League at NYU meets Jim Cheung from Phil Molnar on Vimeo.

Big Apple Con: Joe Quesada Q&A

Last weekend October 16-18, various members of the CBL gathered together at Pier 94 located at 55th Street and 12th Avenue for quite a bit of comic related activity. I'll let the others fill you in and some of the stuff that went down, but here's a little report from CBR on the Joe Quesada panel and the questions answered from enigma known only as Spidey616

BACC: Joe Quesada Q&A

Sticking with Hollywood, Quesada offered a brief update on "The First
Avenger: Captain America," with which he's had some involvement. "I've seen a
couple of outlines and an initial screenplay, and it's going to rock everyone's
socks off," he said. "It's very unexpected, the kind of movie it is." Quesada
added that "Captain America" sets up "The Avengers" in "a fantastic way" and
also mentioned that there is an undisclosed wish list of actors to play the
star-spangled superhero.

Quesada said that there are plans for new projects from "Old Man Logan" artist Steve McNiven in the near future, but wouldn't elaborate any further than that. As for his own artistic plans in the near future, he said that he'll be supplying interior art for a secret project coming out in 2010, but would only wind up doing a quarter of the title's interiors due to his commitments as editor-in-chief. "You'll like the rest of it," he told fans.

Meeting Minutes 10/8/09

7:02 CBL is marking their territory lion style in the kimmel Center 7th floor lounge... (Was going to include picture but after seeing a few from google thought it be better left to the imagination)

7:07 Big Turn Out... But where is Spidey?

7:12 Phil just bashed Hawkman... Courtney is enraged.

7:13 Taimur arrives!

7:16 "Blue Lanterns are Obama Lanterns," says Taimur

7:18 Awesome shirt on New Member, Chris - "Magneto was right"

7:19 Werecat is now the CBL mascot.

7:20 "Why aren't there Brown Lanterns?" - Michael "Because that would be shitty" - Chris

7:26 "Children are creepy" - Eiton

7:28 The Penis Game begins and ends suddenly

7:30 The truth comes out that is was Courtney who came up with "werecat" but Mike tells her she will not receive credit... she is not surprised.

7:36 Penis Game begins again, we have now caught the attention of other clubs, including our arch-nemesis, SciFi Club.

7:45 Johnny Quest!

7:50 "I heard 'Tight' and 'Maximum'" - Eiton

7:52 Thinking of starting a war with SciFi club

7:55 Scifi member comes near our area, Will deems him Black Manta and ries to call fish to destroy him.

7:56 Courtney rants about Plastic Man

8:02 Two memebers are setting up a fight for Saturday after Chemistry

8:09 Zing of the night: "You wanna be hot girl?"

8:13 The meeting gets out of hand

8:22 Jean gets slapped by Eiton.

To fight the forces of SciFi darkness some of the members of CBL have become superheroes and formed their own justice league to ensure victory against these dangerous foes.

The Line Up is as follows....
Will - Aquaman
Mike - Green Arrow
Taimur - Captain Marvel
Phil - Manbat
Jean - Creeper
Eiton - Vigilante
Courtney -Hawkgirl
Melodie - Black Canary
Sandy - Zatanna
Dan - Ambush Bug
Michael - Green Lantern
Andrew - Mogo

Thanks to everyone who came out and we hope to see you next week for another exciting chapter of Comic Book League!

The New York Comic Shop

Here, in its complete form, is my first short film. I couldn't have made it without the generous, animated members of the Comic Book League. Thanks so much!

More Cover Work

I didn't want my "sword bullets" to take away from the cover concept, so I redrew it. Of course, I don't know if the Red Eagle or the Clown will be in this issue, but was just showing an idea of what we could do. Also, I don't think we want were-cats on the cover, but that is something we will have to vote on. Excelsior!

Phil & Mike's Cover Idea for Issue #5

Getting October Started Right!

Meeting Minutes for Oct. 1, 2009

7:10/ "Deadpool shines more with other characters," Michael said.

7:15/ Ugh. Low turnout. Only five people

7: 20/ Eiten brings a ton o' graphic novels!

7:40/ Second Nikelodeon reference of the night.

7:41/ A bunch of people show up. Just turns out they were late. Another successful meeting!

7:42/ Tentative publication discussed:

Mike & Phil: 9 pages
Michael: 6 pages
Mike: 4 pages
Eitan & Melodie: 9 pages
Courtney: 5 pages
Taimur and Connie: 5-8 pages
Dan and Andrew: 5 pages

7: 45/ Courtney talks about a porn she has, Paintball Warriors.

7:55/ Phil "loves it"

8:00/ Melodie has great hair.

8:15/ "It reaches inside you on a level only cobra Commander could," Andrew said.

8:16/ "I'm not drawing Were-Cat junk," Phil said.

8:20/ Mike asks Phil to draw golden age Ferocious Fist


8:30/ Came up with publication schedule:

Oct. 26: Scripts due
November: Drawing month
Dec. 3: Finished comic due

9:00-10:00/ After club drinks for legal age members at the KGB bar.

With Apologies to Dan Slott...

One of our ClubFest flyers brilliantly designed by Michael Coppola

Hangin' with the Comic Book League

Meeting Minutes for Sept. 24, 2009

7:20 p.m./ "The Historian" sounds like a good name for a comic book

7:22-7:29/ Favorite comic book characters

Daniel - Marvel Hitler
Phil - Batman & Wolverine
Taimur (Spidey616) - Thor/Cap. America/Iron Man
Mike - The Thing
Dan - Haggard the Horrible
Andrew - Green Lantern
Will - Blue Beetle II, The Thing
Melodie - Various web comics
Eitan - Invincible, Yorick Brown

7:30/ Daniel makes a profound statement.

7:32/ "Piece of Void stuck in her," Eitan said about Emma Frost

7:33/ Mike said Moon Knight was "the Jewish Batman."

7:38/ The Sentry debate rages on.

7:42/ Discussion of Drunken History



7:44/ Sentry & Void debate

7:51/ "Do you know what Wizard magazine is?" Mike said.

7:54/ "Ok, that's anti-Semitic," Taimur said.

7:56/ Will proposes rebooting Moon Knight.

8:07/ Will skipping class revelation!

8:11/ Discussion of Mario Bros. movie.



8:22/ Deadpool joining X-Men!!!



8:3o-9:00/ Phil spends the rest of the meeting interviewing CBL members for his video project. Preview coming in a few days!

First Meeting Minutes

I can tell you all one thing right now, our minds were pretty much blown to gooey pieces because of the incredible turnout for our first meeting of the semester (incredible by our standards, but incredible nonetheless). It got a little out of control, but, well, the minutes will explain...

7:00: A Bags & Boards record! 2, count 'em, 2 tables worth of prospective members! We assembled three round tables together into the shape of Mickey Mouse ears. Conspiracy? I think not.

7:05: Chair madness! Where's Chairface Chipendale when you need him? (+5 brownie points to Taimur for "Tick" reference).

7:07: Taimur is like Rodney Dangerfield. "I'm tellin' ya, I get no respect!"

7:10: "Let's play the game where we learn each others' names!" (+5 brownie points to Mike for "Heavyweights" reference)

7:25: Found out Courtney chose Batgirl logo. She is the bat!

7:30: GAMMA RAYS! aka sorority girls on all sides. Is that Carrie Fisher? That movie looks really bad.

7:35: Mike starts singing the themes from the Incredible Hulk & The Mighty Thor.

7:42: Sororities are outta here! CBL attains full ownership of the 7th floor lounge.

7:50: We form a giant circle of chairs in the middle of the room, consider playing "Extreme Duck-Duck-Goose"

7:52: Everyone reintroduces themselves. "But we already know each others' names" (+5 brownie points to Mike for a 2nd "Heavyweights" reference).

8:00: And the "Zing of the Night" goes to...*drum roll*..."Does that mean your Ph.D. will be in 'Horribleness'?" -Aton.

8:20: Taimur reveals there has been video of his triumph over Jeph Loeb at SDCC '09 this entire time

8:35: Taimur and Mike discuss "To Catch a Predator"...with the Predator.

9:16: "Tiny Titans" discussion. Baby Killer Croc?! Now that's just ridiculous!

9:17: We need more quotes.

There they are, the First Meeting Minutes, artfully crafted by our Club Historian, Taimur Dar, and editied by yours truly. Check in next week for more hilariousness!

Giant-Sized Club Fest Meeting Minutes

Ah, the Fall Club Fest…

It’s got everything you hate about big conventions: it gets hot and stuffy, there’s way too many people shoved into small aisles limiting pedestrian traffic, tons of freebies that end up on the floor or in the trash, and remarkably strange booths manned by aggressive table jockeys.

And yet there’s an unmistakable excitement –a certain magic in the air, if you will –when you’re pressing the flesh at your group’s table, spreading the Gospel of the Comic Book League.

12:17: Phil and Mike start unbuttoning their shirts in the Kimmel Lounge.

12:27: Impromptu photo session.

12:45: A foot race between Superboy (Phil) and Spider-Man (Mike) on the rooftop track of Coles seems like a good publicity stunt at the time. Also, Taimur’s alleged fear of elephants.

1:26: Phil and Mike inconspicuously steal chairs from other tables, thus breaking the Club Fest record for “The Largest Number of People Sitting at One Club’s Table” at 4 people.

2:25: Shattered the previous year’s total of people who signed up.

2:37: Guy wearing “Ghostbusters” t-shirt passes by for the third time. He still ignores Taimur.

2:38: Taimur considers throwing candy bar at him…again.

2:48: “If I didn’t care about the First Days of Animal Man and the Middle Days of Animal Man, why would I care about the Last Days of Animal Man?” –Mike.

2:53: Banana peel guy.

3:03: Finished our first sign-up sheet!

3:10: Met Jack Kirby’s great nephew.

3:16: And then there were 2…

3:43: Taimur is finally recognized…sorta.

3:45: Finished our second sign-up sheet!

4:00: And there was 1…

4:20: We’re at 48 names on the list!

4:25: Taimur and Phil spot a guy with Venom shirt. He signs up.

4:28: What Taimur looks for in a woman…hilarity ensues.

4:30: What Phil looks for in a woman.

4:36: Taimur throws a piece of chocolate at a guy with a Batman shirt on. He was still unresponsive.

4:40: Taimur actually starts reading “DC Superfriends”. Engergy/Excitement levels going down. “It’s what I thought it would be,” Taimur said.

4:45: “Xice” is allegedly the best comic alive, according to one passerby.

5:10: Guy with “X-Men” shirt signs up. Almost simultaneously, Taimur begins talking comics with the guy at the Christian (SEED) table next to us.

5:25: We set up over two tables!

5:26: Courtney’s back!

5:37: Phil leaves.

5:38: Phil pretends to be a potential member.

5:41: Courtney and Taimur think about starting a dance party.

5:43: Successful flag down of guy wearing a Batman hat.

5:55: The Comic Book League is going to help out Homecoming!

5:56: 4th sign-up sheet filled!

6:13: Mike returns. Also tries to be potential member.

6:27: Taimur leaves. Asked him to get 100 Nazi scalps; he got 200.

6:36: In-depth discussion of “Inglourious Basterds”. Conclusion: Christoph Waltz should win an Academy Award for his role as Col. Hans Landa.

7:02: Club Fest Total: 102 prospective members!

WANTED: Spidey616

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CUP O' Q&A: Tim Gunn, X-Factor & More!

Kiel Phegley: You mentioned that frequent Cup O’ questioner
Spidey 616 was there! What was he like? Did he bring a laundry list of questions
about obscure Marvel characters to hold his own private
Q&A?

Joe Quesada: [laughs] Spidey 616 is our number one fan, he rocks and
comes to all of our events. He’s smart as a whip and knows his Marvel. It isn’t
an event if Spidey 616 isn’t there. Good guy, that Spidey 616.

However, he's finally slipped up and left a clue to his civilian identity. It won't be long now until he's finally apprehended

Spider-Office: Letters

Dear Amazing Spidey Crew,

600 issues…a few adjectives come to mind
(all positive BTW), but I’ll just stick with the obvious one- AMAZING! To think
it was only six years ago that I was reading #500, and though both my world and
Spidey’s has changed significantly since then, through it all I can safely say I
get the same amount of joy and excitement with each issue. Perhaps even
more.

Great to see Dan Slott work on Spidey fulltime and for
me the math on #600 was simple: SLOTT + DOC OCK=SOLD! That plus 104 pages all
for the LOW, LOW COST OF $4.99!!!! Kudos all around. Guess I’ll have to return
the favor by buying all the variant covers, won’t I?

Spidey
has always been a huge part of my life and though I can’t recall exactly my
first encounter with the webhead, I do know Spider-Man brought me back into
comics and has kept me in since. After seeing the first Spider-Man movie 3x in
theaters I got a subscription to ASM ASAP starting with #481. I regret not
returning to read the title when Straczynski first took over, but I’m so glad
right now to be able to be part of this new era of Spider-Man.

I’ll
admit that I haven’t loved everything that’s happened in the past 1 ½ year in
ASM and still have some unanswered questions regarding One More Day which I’m
sure you’ve probably heard enough already. Still waiting to hear about
whatever happened to the organic webbing and Spider-Man’s other enhanced powers,
but after everything else that’s been revealed thus far, I can wait a little bit
longer.

Looking forward to see what you guys have planed going
forward A new Sinister Six? Wonder who’s in this roster. Doc Ock? Ana Kraven?
The new Vulture?

I hear that Slott and artist supreme Marcos
Martin will be teaming up again for a Mysterio story (DROOLS). Eagerly waiting
to read it and see who’s under the dome. Quentin Beck, Daniel Berkhart, Francis
Klum, or even…..A NEW MYSTERIO! Could it have anything to do with police
officers: Quentin Palone & Julian Beck?

Curious and curiouser.
Guess we’ll just have to wait and see won’t we? And on the subject of baddies, I
don’t suppose we’ll be seeing the comic debut of Swiss Miss a new villain
created for the stage set to appear in the SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK musical
around the time it opens this February? How’s that for a free plug?

What else can I say but keep up the great work and assuming the
thrice monthly schedule continues I’ll see ya again in May 2012 for #700! So
what are you guys waiting for? Better get a head start on it now. I can wait…

-Taimur Dar

Death Note?

L from Death Note

Jack White from Detroit

Reviews that will change your life!!!!!

Ultimate Comics Avengers #1

Adventure Comics #1

Spidey616 Strikes Again!

Who is This Masked Marvel?!?!?!?

CUP O' Q&A: Spider-Man & The Hulk!

Kiel Phegley: We also got some questions about Spidey's new supporting cast with perpetual question asker Spidey616 wondering: "There's a few new characters we haven't seen in the ASM title for awhile and I was wondering if the Web Heads have plans for them in the next year: Bill Hollister, Paper Doll, Overdrive, and Jackpot?"
Joe Quesada: Yo, Spidey616, great seeing you at the Barnes & Noble signing the other day, thanks for all your support. You'll be seeing most if not all of these characters again; they're all a part of Spidey's world now, so they'll turn up as the occasion demands it. Jackpot will be getting a limited series starting in January, and we've seen Norah Winters relatively consistently since she first appeared.

One of our goals since the end of “One More Day” and the beginnings of Brand New Day was to develop a whole new and large cast of characters for Peter’s world. Outside adding some freshness and a modern sensibility to the title, we felt that our go-to villains and cast members were way too often overused, were dropping like flies and/or moving on with their lives. Now that we’ve built these new cast members, we plan to use them.....

Kiel Phegley: And to wrap on two villain questions, Spidey616 wanted to say, "It seems like forever since Hulk's classics rogues faced off against the Jade Giant. Can we expect some of his classic villains to appear in the not too distant future? In particular The Leader, last seen in Greg Pak's Warbound mini."
Joe Quesada: Spidey616, dude, you are becoming a celebrity. Here’s the skinny, fans of the Hulk’s rogues’ gallery will have some pleasant surprises coming the, just on the horizon, giant, green and red event known as … “WORLD WAR HULKS!!!”

SECRET DAYZ: Mike and Taimur's Excellent Adventure

"Marvelous" Mike Coppola

"Terrific" Taimur Dar

Featuring Capital One Banks

*CBL "Disclaimers Look Cool" Disclaimer*

From the secret files of the C.B.L., finally comes the shocking truth behind the events of June 13th, 2009 –a covert distribution of copies of Bags and Boards Issue #4, “Spring Slaughterfest”, at the Big Apple Con…

Hey Leaguers and Leaguettes!

On a typically unassuming Saturday morning, two members of the group formerly known as Bags and Boards, “Terrific” Taimur the Sub Mariner and the ever lovin’ blue-eyed Mike (yours truly), launched a secret operation to inconspicuously attend the Big Apple Con at the Hotel Pennsylvania, where they would:

Buy comics and comic related merchandise

Meet writers/artists

And most importantly: spread the “word” –the word of “Spring Slaugtherfest”, which is, to date, known as the greatest comic published by the Comic Book League --that is, until the release of the highly anticipated yet-to-be-titled Comic Book League Issue #5 –hitting the greater New York area this December, pre-order now…which essentially boils down to asking the League to hold an issue aside, but that’s beside the point…where was I?

Oh! After investigating the 12th floor and disposing of a focused non-terminal repeating phantasm, or what they refer to as a Class 5 full roaming vapor (real nasty one, too), our heroes tried to gain entrance to the Con, but lo and behold, the dynamic duo were stuck in a rut! What could possibly put the comic-filled extravaganza on hold? Well, since Mike registered for the event late, he would not be allowed admission until after 2:00 –almost 2 hours later, but being men of action (and little patience), our heroes launched into action to correct the egregious error…

And about 10 to 15 minutes later, they found a local Capital One Bank and made their way inside in hopes of finding a copy machine. Using their superior wit, charm, and +10 charisma, the bright young fellows were able to get a pleasantly nice employee of the bank to make a copy of Taimur’s admittance flyer (after she stared at us strangely for a few moments) and things were back on track.

It was time to finally make way and actually enter the convention floor, which was filled with numerous back issues, trade paperbacks, boot leg DVDs, action figures, and whole lot of other stuff that one would usually find at a comic book convention (except for back issues of “Umbrella Academy: Dallas”…hurm).

They quickly made their way into the “Special Guests” room, and nestled in between random independent circuit wrestlers, washed-up reality show stars, and aged actors with past roles as ancillary background figures in science-fiction movies, was Dan Slott…that’s right, Dan Slott, the super talented scribe behind the Mighty Avengers and Amazing Spider-Man (as part of the Spidey-Brain Trust)(not to mention having written the awesomely good Marvel “Ren & Stimpy” comic back in the day…I still cherish those few tattered issues I have…)

Anyway, our heroes talked with Mr. Slott for who knows how long, because he was (and is) so damn interesting and funny, talking about his love of X-Box Live, Canadian snack foods, and sharing numerous anecdotes about his experiences in the comic book industry and working at Marvel.

They even showed Mr. Slott a copy of the “Spring Slaughterfest” and even though he declined to take a photo or endorse the comic (though, he did say this off the record: “Its ink on paper!”) he did praise the League’s efforts and said “This is how JMS writes his dialogue balloons” when reading through “Jack Krieger, Agent of T.O.R.C.H.” (for those few uninformed, JMS is J. Michael Straczynski, the current writer for “Thor” and a major figure in the Marvel bullpen…I won’t go into his Faustian deals with Mephisto and Aunt May today). He even likened “Everybody’s Got a Laughing Place” to one of the very first comics he and a friend put together.

The Leaguers even got a new minute out of their time spent with Mr. Slott:

12:50 Met the TRUE voice of Paris Hilton. “The TRUE voice of Paris Hilton is not a skinny blonde lady, but a forty something angry black male” (This is really quoted from a guy we met while talking with Dan Slott…he is a former colleague of Mr. Slott’s who currently does the design labels for Ms. Hilton’s clothing line).

Then it was time for the panel, which in the interest of simplicity, I’ll just post links to a 7 part series:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsHvQGAy4vw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXaTts_Ls2M&feature=channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mv-znp5SY_Q&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDwhLOisIa0&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIbUOHR5UFI&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khVllWcDF9M&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Yzr9mFEeOY&feature=related

On their way out of the “Guest” area and the panel room, the duo found the perfect place to distribute the “Spring Slaughterfest” –a table filled with free merch. Well, it didn’t take long for our guys to slip in a stack of their own comics on the end of the table and the mission officially became a success when they passed by later and found the issues gone…a clear indication of fan interest.

After spending time perusing the back issues and discussing the finer points of “Doctor Strange” and “Deadpool Vol. 1”, the “Marvelous” team up suddenly turned into a spectacular cross-over event when “Phenomenal” Phil Molnar aka the Humorous Torch entered the fray (bet you didn’t see that plot twist coming, did you?!). Of course, then it was non-stop excitement, thumbing through thousands of back issues, and finding a few diamonds in the rough: “Captain America”, “Ren & Stimpy”, even an old “Marvel Team Up” featuring new Sorcerer Supreme Brother Voodoo and the Thing, and a sweet “Thor” t-shirt. Phil, being amazing as usual, even brought more issues of “Spring Slaughterfest” to put up for distribution.

While not nearly being a massive Herculean effort as the publicly lauded “Publication Dayz”, the “Secret Dayz” project demonstrated the effectiveness of undercover Leaguers in a large public gathering, being able to spread the “word” to big wigs like Dan Slott as well as everyday fans…using a fun day with friends at a comic convention as cover wasn't a bad idea either

And remember Leaguers and Leaguettes:

Every morning, put on a pair of pants and shoes –it helps your work ethic.
Always be kind to bankers –you never know when you’ll need ‘em (besides, y'know, banking). Babies solve all your work problems –ask Sean Chen and Jamal Igle.

And finally, God bless banks, Dan Slott, and pants. *Transmission Closed*

Father's Day for the Ex Men

This strip was by Dan Piraro on his BizarroBlog and I thought went well with our last Father's Day comic related post.

http://bizarrocomic.blogspot.com/2009/06/fathers-day.html

Cap Takes a Crap

I had no idea this was phrase going around regarding Marvel EiC Joe Quesada's Reborn cover, I just had to share after finding out. Joe Q. actually seems to enjoy the reaction



http://comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=21714








Still better than Liefeld's Cap

Happy Father's Day From The Comic Book League!

Today, fearless Comic Book Leaguers, we celebrate the swell guys we call "Dad". Here is a little reminder from your swingin' pal, "Marvelous" Mike, to be thankful for your Pop and that you don't have a father like ol' Superman...echh!
http://superdickery.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29:fathers-day&catid=28:superdickery&Itemid=54

Comic Book Columns

Hey. Some recent comic book related articles/interviews/columns with some creators and a certain name you might recognize ;)

Pak Talks Comics - Super Giant Reader Q&A!

Taimur Dar: Been loving all your recent work lately and can't wait
for what the summer of 2009 brings for Skaar. Speaking of which, I know Hulk's
Warbound allies will be appearing, but what about the forgotten member of the
group Arch-E-5912, last seen with Damage Control? Will he be reuniting with the
Warbound soon?

GP: We definitely haven't forgotten Arch-E. But I can't say just yet when
we might see him again.

Taimur Dar: When you first created SHIELD agent Jake Oh back in
your "Phoenix: Warsong" mini, did you always plan on bringing him back in a
future Marvel project or was it just serendipitous opportunity to use him in
"War Machine"?

GP: I'd hoped to find another place for Jake and "War Machine" just made
sense. Jake was a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent in "Warsong" -- since then, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s
been disbanded, which meant that its various agents would presumably be needing
work. And Eaglestar International, the military contractor featured in "War
Machine" #1 to #5, was hiring! Hope you're enjoying Jake's return. Incidentally,
Jake has a BIG scene in "War Machine" #6, which hits stores today, so check it
out!

Taimur: It also looks like your incredible "Incredible Hercules"
co-writer will be joining you on your return to Hulk with an ongoing Savage
She-Hulk backup. Any chance of the children of Hulk meeting
then?

GP: Seems like that has to happen eventually, huh? You may just have to buy
every single book that Fred and I write in order to see if it does!

X-POSITION: Daniel Way

Taimur Dar realizes that Deadpool can feel “two of a mind,” so he was curious: if Deadpool has two ongoing series, will that make him “four of a mind?”
Your “Deadpool” title continues to rock, but now there’s going to be a new ongoing “Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth” title written by Victor Gischler. I was curious if you have been in contact to coordinate the directions of your separate titles and how your book will differ from Gischler's?
I’ve yet to speak with Victor, but I’d love to. Odds are, I’ll see him in San Diego next month. As far as my involvement with the sister title; there’s none. Since we have a common editor, I don’t foresee any problems with redundancy.

Frankly, I like not knowing what Victor has up his sleeve – it allows me to read the book as a Deadpool fan, like you do.

Any chance of Fantomex or any other Weapon Plus characters showing up in “Wolverine: Origins”?
Nuke. First issue. BOOM!

Will we see Wade's reaction to the death of his beloved Bea Arthur? I don't suppose even Yelena Belova (Black Widow II) can take her place…
Yes. In an upcoming issue, Deadpool will have a taco-induced hallucination, imagining himself to be in Heaven. He’ll meet Bea, and thank her for being a friend. Together, they’ll travel down a road and back again. He’ll tell her that her heart was true, and that he considers her a pal and a confidant.

Hey everyone,

Head over to the Midwest Review to vote on who you think the best Captain America writer is: Click Here

Some of my thoughts:

Mark Waid - Too magical. He might be one of the best Cap writers of all time, but I could do without all the supernatural stuff he throws at Steve Rogers.

Robert Kirkman - Very unambitious. He is a great writer, but he didn't even seem to be trying during his Cap run.

Ed Brubaker - The best of all time. He actually got me, and A LOT of other people, back into the character. Long live Bucky!!!

THE RED HOOD RETURNS....again

Jason?





Looks like the new Batman and Robin have their work cut out for them. This Marvel Zombie couldn't help but pick up the first issue and plans on sticking around for awhile. Whether or not this is indeed Jason Todd remains to be seen. Guess we'll just have to wait.....

It should have been Betty....or....Somebody call Mephisto...

And that's the only "One More Day" reference you'll get out of me-

Phil's Predictions for Battle of the Cowl

• Dick Grayson will become Batman
• Batman's son, Damian, will become Robin
• Robin (Tim Drake) will become Red Robin
• It will turn out the Evil Batman is not Jason Todd, and Todd will kill him. 
• I don't have any idea who the Evil Batman is, but I would guess it is an old Bat-Villian. My guesses are Two-Face, Hush, Ra's al Ghul, or Joe Chill

Publication Dayz: The Movie

On the very humid morning of May 7, A.D. 2009, two young squires trekked the ancient island of Manhattan spreading the gospel: The gospel of comics. 

These two brave souls fought drastically changing weather, an occasional rude person, and, eventually, a downpour of the hardest rain ever seen this side of the Mississippi. 

As fate would have it, the NYU Comic Book League (previously known as Bags n' Boards: Graphic Literature Lovers) made their first official arch-enemy: Referenzo the Terrible. 

At their second stop, the heart of knowledge in the NYU empire, Bobst Library, Phil was viciously attacked by this evil man. Calmly and graciously, Phil approached the reference desk to see if the Comic Book Review Issue #4 could be put somewhere in the library. Then, Referenzo (who looks suspiciously like an older Harold Ramis) yelled at him for wasting his time. 

Referenzo then said to Phil, "judging by the red star on your hat, and your bag, the publication is political." Offended that Referenzo would attack him in such a judgmental way, Phil attempted to walk away, but then this wretched library employee slammed his fist on the desk and yelled, "Wait!" 

Referenzo then told the two kind-hearted NYU CBL creators to take their publication to the seventh floor or some crap. He was ignored, and Mike and Phil found suitable locations all around Bobst library. And so, true believers, is how our fine league got its first enemy. Look out for Referenzo, he is very mean and has no respect for the thousands of workers who died in struggle for better rights, as represented in the red star. 

After the library, things got much better for our two heroes. They met very nice people all over Manhattan, and many smiles and laughs filled their adventure. In particular, the women at the NYU Jeffery S. Gould Welcome Center were quite helpful. 

At the second comic shop visited, St. Mark's Comics, the owner decided he would sell the publication for $1 an issue. NYU CBL is prevented from making money on their work, as established by the New York University OSA guidelines, so Mike and Phil did not make their millions (that would come later) but were happy to have Issue #4 on the shelf of a fine comic shop. 

Traveling the far corners of academia, comic shops, and assorted businesses in the City of New York, Mike and Phil brought the publication to these 22 locations.

Greenwich Village:

1. NYU Kimmel Student Center

2. WSN Newsbox

3. Bobst Library

4. Washington Square Starbucks

5. NYU Gould Welcome Center

6. WSN box in front of Starbucks

7. NYU Bookstore

8. NYU Silver (Surfer) Center

9. NYU Nursing School

10. Kimmel (again) 

11. NYU King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center

12. NYU Middle East Studies Department

13. Thompson Street Comics 

East Village: 

14. Wich' Craft

15. St. Mark's Comics

16. Random magazine store

17. 3rd North NYU Dorm

18. Some supermarket/Deli

19. Forbidden Planet comic shop

Midtown: 

20. NY Post box

21. Times Square

22. Midtown Comics

*   *   *

Handing out the Publication

Mike and I went all over town handing out issues #3 and #4 of the New York University Comic Book Review. A longer video is in production....but here is a sneak peak! 

In this video, Yours' Truly hands out the publication to visitors in Times Square. 

BONER! We're taking it back

What a great way to end the 2009 year of Bags and Boards. Good food, good friends, and Boner jokes from Batman #66. Starting next year-WE'RE TAKING IT BACK!

"The Joker's Comedy of Errors!"

With Apologies to Travis the Chimp...and Obama

Not too long ago during a very special Black History Month, the NY Post published a very controversial cartoon of the death of Travis the Chimp (may he rest in monkey heaven) prompting one of our many meeting discussions
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/18/new-york-post-chimp-carto_n_167841.html

Well this just takes the cake

Meeting Minutes: 4/23/09

In the late hours of last Thursday, the weary Bags & Boards members attempted to finish their most expansive and ambitious publication to date. A three-day flurry of drawing, inking, and computer work finally culminated Friday afternoon with an exhausted Taimur and Phil taking the final publication to the printer. 

That Thursday night, Mike, Courtney, Taimur and Phil sat bleary-eyed on a computer adding in word bubbles. A group of five girls, suspiciously similar to the Spice Girls, danced for, what appeared to be, a talent show. These are the minutes:

10:10: Phil's in love with belt girl

10:23: Phil liked belt girl more with hair up

10:24: "Your eyes are really important," said the bossy dance leader. Mike commented: "Well, that's like a rule of thumb."

10:27: Courtney observed sizing issues with Taimur's Red Eagle comic. "We'll make a note of it," she said. 

10:31: Taimur starts singing again. 

10:33: Taimur's impression of the bumbling NYU Copy Central attendant: "Duh, er, it's my first day."

10:35: Award of excellence = Courtney. Winner of meeting = Taimur

10:42: Mike burns Phil. Phil burns self, subsequently earning the title, "Human Torch."

10:43: Strange guy walking by said, "Put it on the seats of the girls' bathroom..."

10:47: Current events discussion. GM closing plants for 9 weeks. 

10:48: We watched Emoticon War (see below). Taimur laughed so hard that tears came from his eyes. 

Comic Cover of the Week

Our Publication is Done!

To view a slideshow of this semesters new publication click on the image below. 

Thank you everyone for your support!

Ideas for Promoting Bags N' Boards

• Wear costumes at club fair
• Sweatpants
• Mike dresses as Stan Lee and we make a big banner that says, "come get your picture with Stan Lee"
• Members' only jackets
• Make Taimur jump in the pool and then introduce him to everyone as "Taimur the Sub Mariner" 
• Garbage can M.O.D.O.K. costume
• Candy
• Kryptonite cookies. "I wouldn't eat that if I was you..."
• Hulk hands
• Face painting

Next step: World domination! Muhahahaha

Meeting Minutes 4/16.09

7:02: Sorority kicked us out of our spot

7:06: Taimur burns Phil with his own TORCH (Phil's comic series for those unfamiliar)

7:10: SNIKT redesign by Phil (ROB LIEFELD CAN'T DRAW FEET!)

7:12: Toxic Avenger: The Musical discussion since Courtney saw it last week with Cynthia Allen

7:15: Spike Lee/Rob Liefeld Levi's commerical brought up. Check it out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJhoa2SVGNA

7:23: Courtney steps out for a moment. Phil says "Let's get naked". Mike responds "Wait"

7:30: Courtney comes back

7:36 Phil burns self

7:40: The ancient civilization of Bags and Boards discovered

7:42: Club Fest ideas. Cosplay anyone?

7:45: Perz Hilton #1 Blogger, really?

7:57: Mike uses his mathematical skills to deduce that out of the 5 of us, one of us will end up working for SNL

8:02: Sorority leaves

8:04: Phil and his journalism professor problems.

8:09: We find out Phil's going to Africa for the summer for 2 months!

8:17: The case of the mysterious B/B member abroad in Japan rears its head

8:18: Phil burns self again. Threatens to send Taimur to Abu Dabi like Nermal from Garfield.

Meeting Minutes: 4/9/09

7:31: Idea to Photoshop funny pictures of ourselves into the publication seems like a good idea

7:33: Current events discussion. “Current events reflect comic books,” said Mike. We mentioned the earthquake in Italy and pirates.

7:35: Sequel to Dragonball?!

7:37: “Decline of the Western world?” said Mike in reference to Fast & Furious

7: 41 Taimur suggested the Popemobile should be used in our proposed sequel, Fast & Furious: Vatican City Drift de la Italia

7:42 Mike: “The climax will be Pope Benedict propped up against the Plexiglas doing Tokyo drift in the Popemobile.”

7:46: Phil delivers his predictions of the Young Avengers. Taimur said he was wrong.

7:53: Stan Lee’s will, according to Mike, will involve Stan swinging down from the top of Marvel Studios with Spider-Man webbing upon the publication of Amazing Spider-Man #1,000. A bus will then hit him with all the Marvel characters on it (drawn by Alex Ross – a pro-bono job).

8:00: Best idea of the night. Mike wanted to know if we could print the publication in black, white, and RED. Way to go Mike!

8:06: Meeting ends with Mike’s plan to promote club next year by flyering in all of Washington Square Park by throwing leaflets off Bobst. The Washington Square News headline would read, “Bags and Boards litters Washington Square Park. Bloomberg Mad at Sexton. Sexton Mad at Bags and Boards. Bags and Boards Still Angry at Jeph Loeb.”

Snikt!

Concept art by me (Phil) - or the actual art, depending on how lazy am - for a comic written by Taimur. 

Publication Name?

Hi everyone, 

As you know, the publication needs a title. I have come up with the title below, using some of Mike's ideas, but considering I named the last one, we should have someone else come up with it.

My title: 

Bags N' Boards Illustrated Classics Presents

An NYU Comic Book Event: 

"Spring Slaughterfest" 

Please list your suggestions in the comment section. 

2nd POST!

hey!

Great idea Phil for a blog. I like it. Glad to see Courtney and Mike have joined and hope to see more people.

Wonder how many people will vote for the Loeb option in the poll ;)

For those lucky enough to stumble on this blog, the NYU Spring Semester Publication is close at hand and we're always willing to accept new submissions so if you have something you wished published or are interested to drawing something for us email me at tod206@nyu.edu

First Post!

Welcome to the new blog for, quite possibly, the greatest student group at NYU: Bags N' Boards. 

We are a publication club that produces one comic book each semester. 

Anyone that likes comics is welcome to come to our meetings on Thursdays at 7 p.m. at the Kimmel Center. We are real nice.