Go Back   GameTavern > House Specials > Happy Hour
Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes

If you are not reading this book, you are a big dumb poop head.
Old 08-03-2009, 11:17 AM   #1
Professor S
Devourer of Worlds
 
Professor S's Avatar
 
Professor S is offline
Location: Mount Penn, PA
Now Playing: Team Fortress 2, all day everyday
Posts: 6,608
Default If you are not reading this book, you are a big dumb poop head.

You heard me. Read it. Love it.







http://www.mouseguard.net/
__________________

Last edited by Professor S : 08-03-2009 at 11:34 AM.
  Reply With Quote

Re: If you are not reading this book, you are a big dumb poop head.
Old 08-03-2009, 02:45 PM   #2
Combine 017
Headcrabs!
 
Combine 017's Avatar
 
Combine 017 is offline
Location: City 17
Now Playing: ...Always playing: Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2:Episode One, Half-Life 2:Episode Two, TF2, EVE
Posts: 2,007
Default Re: If you are not reading this book, you are a big dumb poop head.

Well I guess im just a big dumb poop head then.
__________________
  Reply With Quote

Re: If you are not reading this book, you are a big dumb poop head.
Old 08-03-2009, 03:01 PM   #3
Teuthida
A. Naef, 1916b
 
Teuthida's Avatar
 
Teuthida is offline
Location: Sol 3
Now Playing: with power
Posts: 6,460
Default Re: If you are not reading this book, you are a big dumb poop head.

I read part of the first series where they fought the crab. Figured after a crab battle it could only go downhill.
__________________
Doodles
  Reply With Quote

Re: If you are not reading this book, you are a big dumb poop head.
Old 08-03-2009, 04:54 PM   #4
Professor S
Devourer of Worlds
 
Professor S's Avatar
 
Professor S is offline
Location: Mount Penn, PA
Now Playing: Team Fortress 2, all day everyday
Posts: 6,608
Default Re: If you are not reading this book, you are a big dumb poop head.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Combine 017 View Post
Well I guess im just a big dumb poop head then.
Then logic states that if you read it, you won't be a big dumb poop head any longer, and who wants to be that?


Quote:
I read part of the first series where they fought the crab. Figured after a crab battle it could only go downhill.
The second book (Winter) is sooooooo damn good. I actually cried at the end of it, and previously only Big Fish and All Dogs Go to Heaven did that to me (I had a German Shepard when I was a kid).

It's good. REAL good. Highly recommended.
__________________
  Reply With Quote

Re: If you are not reading this book, you are a big dumb poop head.
Old 08-03-2009, 05:34 PM   #5
Angrist
Dutch guy
 
Angrist's Avatar
 
Angrist is offline
Location: Someplace funny
Now Playing:
Posts: 8,638
Default Re: If you are not reading this book, you are a big dumb poop head.

I like the art, but is it in novel or cartoon form?
__________________
It may have other powers than just making you vanish when you wish to... The One Ring
  Reply With Quote

Re: If you are not reading this book, you are a big dumb poop head.
Old 08-03-2009, 05:50 PM   #6
Professor S
Devourer of Worlds
 
Professor S's Avatar
 
Professor S is offline
Location: Mount Penn, PA
Now Playing: Team Fortress 2, all day everyday
Posts: 6,608
Default Re: If you are not reading this book, you are a big dumb poop head.

It's a comic book, but I'd qualify it as sequential art. There is not much in the way of dialogue and the action and emotion play out in detailed illustrations. There are ZERO "talking heads".

I buy the hardcover collections where there are tons of add-ons and mythic writings/background.
__________________
  Reply With Quote

Re: If you are not reading this book, you are a big dumb poop head.
Old 08-04-2009, 01:41 PM   #7
Dylflon
HockeyHockeyHockeyHockey
 
Dylflon's Avatar
 
Dylflon is offline
Location: Hockey Hockey Hockey Hockey Hockey Hockey Hockey Hockey Hockey Hockey Hockey Hockey Hockey Hockey Hockey Hockey Hockey Hockey Hockey Hockey Hockey Hockey Hockey Hockey Hockey Hockey Hockey Hockey Hockey Hockey Hockey Hockey Hockey Hockey Hockey
Now Playing: Mass Effect 3, Skyrim, Civ V, NHL 12
Posts: 5,223
Default Re: If you are not reading this book, you are a big dumb poop head.

I'll read it if you mail it to me.


I'm too broke to buy books.

And I guess I'll mail it back to you.
__________________
Signature
  Reply With Quote

Re: If you are not reading this book, you are a big dumb poop head.
Old 08-04-2009, 04:39 PM   #8
BreakABone
Living Legend
 
BreakABone's Avatar
 
BreakABone is offline
Location: Resident of Alfred.. Yes the town named after Batman's butler
Now Playing:
Posts: 10,317
Default Re: If you are not reading this book, you are a big dumb poop head.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Dylflon View Post
I'll read it if you mail it to me.


I'm too broke to buy books.

And I guess I'll mail it back to you.
Hey, are you back in town?

And why not.. acquire it through other means.
__________________

Dyne on Canada's favorite pasttime,
Quote:
I loved ramming into animals as they ran away
  Reply With Quote

Re: If you are not reading this book, you are a big dumb poop head.
Old 08-04-2009, 05:14 PM   #9
Professor S
Devourer of Worlds
 
Professor S's Avatar
 
Professor S is offline
Location: Mount Penn, PA
Now Playing: Team Fortress 2, all day everyday
Posts: 6,608
Default Re: If you are not reading this book, you are a big dumb poop head.

Hey! He's an independent publisher! No sneaky torrents, please.
__________________
  Reply With Quote

Re: If you are not reading this book, you are a big dumb poop head.
Old 08-04-2009, 05:33 PM   #10
Teuthida
A. Naef, 1916b
 
Teuthida's Avatar
 
Teuthida is offline
Location: Sol 3
Now Playing: with power
Posts: 6,460
Default Re: If you are not reading this book, you are a big dumb poop head.

Sigh, I just wrote another long rant on the state of the comics industry...and deleted it.

Anyway, shall buy the first book (does the story continue directly from one book to the other or would I be fine just getting Winter 1152?) along with the latest Invincible trade and Asterios Polyp next time I buy comics.
__________________
Doodles
  Reply With Quote

Re: If you are not reading this book, you are a big dumb poop head.
Old 08-04-2009, 07:26 PM   #11
Acebot44
Knight
 
Acebot44's Avatar
 
Acebot44 is offline
Location: Los Angeles
Now Playing: Vectorman
Posts: 2,393
Default Re: If you are not reading this book, you are a big dumb poop head.

Read the first book last night, went by quick, but did enjoy it quite a bit.

...now, to look for the second
__________________
"I owe much; I have nothing; the rest I leave to the poor."
~~ François Rabelais
  Reply With Quote

Re: If you are not reading this book, you are a big dumb poop head.
Old 08-05-2009, 09:20 AM   #12
Professor S
Devourer of Worlds
 
Professor S's Avatar
 
Professor S is offline
Location: Mount Penn, PA
Now Playing: Team Fortress 2, all day everyday
Posts: 6,608
Default Re: If you are not reading this book, you are a big dumb poop head.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Teuthida View Post
Sigh, I just wrote another long rant on the state of the comics industry...and deleted it.

Anyway, shall buy the first book (does the story continue directly from one book to the other or would I be fine just getting Winter 1152?) along with the latest Invincible trade and Asterios Polyp next time I buy comics.
The entire second book is set up by the events of the first book, and also, the second book is very "Empire Strikes Back" in that it is superior to the first, but relies on the character development from the first to give weight to the events in the second.

On side note, owls are assholes. Read the second and you'll see what I mean.
__________________
  Reply With Quote

Re: If you are not reading this book, you are a big dumb poop head.
Old 08-05-2009, 09:27 AM   #13
Professor S
Devourer of Worlds
 
Professor S's Avatar
 
Professor S is offline
Location: Mount Penn, PA
Now Playing: Team Fortress 2, all day everyday
Posts: 6,608
Default Re: If you are not reading this book, you are a big dumb poop head.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Teuthida View Post
Sigh, I just wrote another long rant on the state of the comics industry...and deleted it.
Yeah, something needs to be done about comic torrents. Out of curiosity I followed the instructions my buddy gave me to download digital comics (in his defense still pruchases the books but uses the downloads to inform his purchasing habits), and my jaw dropped. I was literally able to download every comic published in a week by DC, Marvel and independents in one fell swoop. This is THOUSANDS of dollars of comics per week for free with a push of the button. I honestly don't know how the industry will survive if nothing is done.
__________________
  Reply With Quote

Re: If you are not reading this book, you are a big dumb poop head.
Old 08-05-2009, 09:44 AM   #14
BreakABone
Living Legend
 
BreakABone's Avatar
 
BreakABone is offline
Location: Resident of Alfred.. Yes the town named after Batman's butler
Now Playing:
Posts: 10,317
Default Re: If you are not reading this book, you are a big dumb poop head.

Its no different than movies, musics or any other business where a bulk of people can download the goods.

You just hope your product is good enough for other people to want to buy.
__________________

Dyne on Canada's favorite pasttime,
Quote:
I loved ramming into animals as they ran away
  Reply With Quote

Re: If you are not reading this book, you are a big dumb poop head.
Old 08-05-2009, 11:52 AM   #15
Professor S
Devourer of Worlds
 
Professor S's Avatar
 
Professor S is offline
Location: Mount Penn, PA
Now Playing: Team Fortress 2, all day everyday
Posts: 6,608
Default Re: If you are not reading this book, you are a big dumb poop head.

Quote:
Originally Posted by BreakABone View Post
Its no different than movies, musics or any other business where a bulk of people can download the goods.

You just hope your product is good enough for other people to want to buy.
Um, so you're putting the onus on the creator to make a product that people will choose not to steal, and not the thief that unlawfully takes property that is not theirs? A creator and owner of property needs to rely on the good nature and approval of the thief to expect a return for providing a product or service? I'm all for competition, but competing with your own free product is absurd on every level.

BTW Earl, this is not aimed specifically at you, this a a universal comment, so please don't take offense as I don't think you mean any harm. I'm going to be letting my friend know my thoughts on this as well. Even though he's spending probably $100 a week in books, it's still not right to steal what you don't buy.

If this is the moral paradigm that the internet is teaching us, I am for creating restrictions on it's use. All "sharing" and torrent sites should be made shut down immediately or esle our artist and creators ill cease to create. We're submarining our own cultural development so we can save a buck.
__________________

Last edited by Professor S : 08-05-2009 at 12:08 PM.
  Reply With Quote
Reply


Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Forum Jump



All times are GMT -4. The time now is 03:25 AM.


vBulletin skin developed by: eXtremepixels
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
GameTavern