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.