Scans Daily Friending Meme!

[aeka]

Been a while since we've done one of these so the mod team decided now was a good time to do one again! :)

To participate, C&P the below questionnaire and post your answers as a comment to this post. SD members will decide your friendship compatibility, based on your responses. So make them good.

All questions are optional!

<strong>Name:</strong> <strong>Blog/Journal/Site:</strong> <strong>Other places we can find you:</strong> <strong>Location/Country of Origin:</strong> <strong>Age:</strong> <strong>Spend the majority of time doing:</strong> <strong>Favourite Writer:</strong> <strong>Favourite Artist:</strong> <strong>Favourite Character:</strong> <strong>Favourite Ship/OTP:</strong> <strong>Favourite Not-in-fandom-but-love-the-story:</strong> <strong>Character Lusted After:</strong> <strong>Desert Island Top Ten Comics (series/issues):</strong> <strong>All time favourite panel/page/scene (scans encouraged):</strong> <strong>How do you feel about DC's New 52?</strong> <strong>Did you have a favourite superhero who was your role model growing up?</strong> <strong>What non-American comics do you read/recommend (i.e., manga, bande dessinée, etc)?</strong> <strong>Other fandoms:</strong> <strong>Fannish activities:</strong> <strong>Political Leaning:</strong> <strong>Favourite Sports Team/Player:</strong> <strong>Favourite Performer:</strong> <strong>Favourite Genre of Music:</strong> <strong>Favourite Actor:</strong> <strong>Favourite Writer (fiction/non fiction):</strong> <strong>Favourite Tumblr Illustrator:</strong> <strong>Someone You Admire:</strong> <strong>First or secondary languages?</strong> <strong>What else are you into?</strong> <strong>What's one awesome thing you did this year?</strong>

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[protogarrett]

Name: Garrett

Blog/Journal/Site: Vanilla Garlic

Other places we can find you: I AM EVERYWHERE.

Location/Country of Origin: USA

Age: 29. Dear god... what happened to my youth?

Spend the majority of time doing: Research or cooking, but they're sort of the same thing in my line of work.

Favourite Writer: Right now? Paul Kindstedt

Favourite Artist: I have Evanescene playing ATM...

Favourite Character: Omega Sentinel

Favourite Ship/OTP: Wolverine and Goku would be hilarious

Favourite Not-in-fandom-but-love-the-story: No idea.

Character Lusted After: Rictor

Desert Island Top Ten Comics (series/issues): Probably most of the X-Men and Avnegers lines. If I get anything else, then Maus, perhaps Sandman.

All time favourite panel/page/scene (scans encouraged): No scanner, but the scene of Cyclops carrying Jean's body.

How do you feel about DC's New 52? Must we speak of this?

Did you have a favourite superhero who was your role model growing up? Cyclops!!!

What non-American comics do you read/recommend (i.e., manga, bande dessinée, etc)? Fairy Tail, One Piece, Naruto


Other fandoms: Final Fantasy

Fannish activities: None

Political Leaning: Very liberal socially, can be moderate fiscally

Favourite Performer: Gaga

Favourite Genre of Music: None

Favourite Actor: Dame Maggie Smith

Someone You Admire: Michael Ruhlman

First or secondary languages? ASL

What else are you into?

What's one awesome thing you did this year? Landed a deal to write a cookbook.

[salinea]

Landed a deal to write a cookbook.
Neat! Congrat :D

Also
Favourite Character: Omega Sentinel
Karima ♥ I do so hope we haven't seen the last of her.

[bluejaybirdie]

Name:Bluejay/Charlette
Blog/Journal/Site:bluejaybirdie.tumblr.com
Location/Country of Origin:Massachusetts, USA (formerly Texas)
Age: 19
Spend the majority of time doing: schoolwork, rugby, ice hockey, watching Korra/GoT/Rizzoli & Isles, tumblring, reading comics

Favourite Writer: Greg Rucka
Favourite Artist: Too many to choose! Nicola Scott, Michael Lark, Marcus To...
Favourite Character:Stephanie Brown, but honestly any and all girl Robins and Batgirls
Favourite Ship/OTP: Oracle/Black Canary, Cass/Steph, Kate Kane/kicking ass
Character Lusted After:Renee Montoya
Desert Island Top Ten Comics (series/issues): Gotham Central, Birds of Prey, Young Justice (PAD), Batwoman, Ultimate Spider-man, Avengers Academy, Batman: NML, Rucka's Wonder Woman run, Star Wars Tales, Alias
All time favourite panel/page/scene (scans encouraged): "Call me Barbara", Steph's run as Robin
How do you feel about DC's New 52? Hate it.
Did you have a favourite superhero who was your role model growing up? I really, really wanted to be Robin. Also Wonder Woman.


Other fandoms: Star Wars, Legend of Korra/AtLA, Game of Thrones, general Sci-Fi (especially terrible B-movies)
Fannish activities: mostly tumblr, some fan art occasionally

Political Leaning: Democrat/liberal
Favourite Sports Team/Player: NBA: Boston Celtics, player: Rondo. NHL: Rangers.

First or secondary languages? English.

What's one awesome thing you did this year? Got a summer job as a research assistant as a rising sophomore.

[greenmask]

What sort of B-movie era do your tastes run to?

[his_spiffynesss]

Name:Jay

Blog/Journal/Site: His-Spiffyness@ LJ

Other places we can find you:Facebook, DeviantArt (fair warning I draw lots of NSFW stuff)

Location/Country of Origin: Mesquite Texas, just outside of Dallas.

Age: 38

Spend the majority of time doing: Drawing comics, working as wage slave for a big box retailer, and trying to keep my 99 Ford Taurus from exploding.

Favourite Writer:Varies on my mood, Gaiman stays pretty high up there, but when Dan Slott , Jeff Parker, or Paul Cornell are doing classic style comic book stuff I can be swayed.

Favourite Artist: Depends on who's style I'm trying to mimic that week. Lately I've come to appreciate the work of Captain Marvel creator CC Beck

Favourite Character: Squirrel Girl

Favourite Ship/OTP: I don't really ship that much.

Favourite Not-in-fandom-but-love-the-story: Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold (well, it is sci-fi but not in comics)

Character Lusted After: Birthday Girl

Desert Island Top Ten Comics (series/issues):Transmetropolitain, Tom Strong, Probably some of the Marvel Star Wars comics (especially the Archie Williams run)
All time favourite panel/page/scene (scans encouraged):

From Sensational She-Hulk #60 Jen defeating the Porcupine with continuity.


How do you feel about DC's New 52? Never been that strong on DC anyway, though I have picked up Wonder Woman semi-regularly. It kind of strikes me as the sort of comic DC did back in the pre-Vertigo days.

Did you have a favourite superhero who was your role model growing up? Not really

What non-American comics do you read/recommend (i.e., manga, bande dessinée, etc)?
Osamu Tezuka's Buddha

Other fandoms: Mostly literary science fiction.

Fannish activities: I've been part of a group that puts on Fencon a Lit Sci-Fi con here in Dallas every Fall.

Political Leaning: Left-Center

<Favourite Performer: Lately I've been big on Kristin Hersh

Favourite Genre of Music: I listen to just about anything.

Favourite Actor: Morgan Freeman

Favourite Writer (fiction/non fiction): Lois McMaster Bujold

First or secondary languages? First


What's one awesome thing you did this year? I have complete a story for one of my comic projects on DA.

[cleome45]

That She-Hulk scan... so close to being a Douglas Adams bit. :D

[cleome45]

Name: Queen of All Procrastinators
Blog/Journal/Site: cleome45.livejournal.com
Other places we can find you: here
Location/Country of Origin: USA
Age: 46, TODAY!
Spend the majority of time doing: Never mind. :/

Favourite Writer: Can't decide
Favourite Artist: Still can't decide
Favourite Character: I'm a Legion of Superheroes fan, so I'll just pass out programs later. How's that?
Favourite Ship/OTP: And the program will have its own program, too. Multi-shipping is my anti-drug. Or something.
Favourite Not-in-fandom-but-love-the-story: I dabble in Trek, but wouldn't call myself a serious enough fan to produce stories or art.
Character Lusted After: Can I expand my above-mentioned program to a 12-issue maxi series? [sigh]
Desert Island Top Ten Comics (series/issues): Zot!, Stuff of Legend, Naughty Bits, Pickle, Palookaville, Tales From the Heart, Box Office Poison, Tricked. (I'd like to list more superheroes, but I'm not sure how well my old favorites have aged. I'd have to read them again.)
All time favourite panel/page/scene (scans encouraged): I should just break down and scan something later, I guess.
How do you feel about DC's New 52? I enjoy the new BoP (never really got to dive into the original) as finances permit. Other than that, I haven't really been able to read many new comics.
Did you have a favourite superhero who was your role model growing up? TV Incredible Hulk. (Hey, whadaya' want? I just told you up above that I'm 46 freakin' years old.)
What non-American comics do you read/recommend (i.e., manga, bande dessinée, etc)? I mostly love the old Drawn & Quarterly anthologies. I think Alan Moore's Halo Jones is one of his more underrated works. Dylan Horrocks Pickle is heaven on paper. Honestly, I didn't even know he worked for DC until I started hanging out here.

Other fandoms: Warner Brothers Cartoons. I met the future mr_cleome goofing of on their Usenet boards. How's that for geeky?
Fannish activities: What do you think this is? :p

Political Leaning: Green (U.S.)
Favourite Sports Team/Player: The New Hampshire Pineapples. (Anyone who gets this reference wins a prize.)
Favourite Performer: My 12-issue maxi series is now up to 18 issues.
Favourite Genre of Music: Jazz
Favourite Actor: William H. Macy (Actress would be Angelica Houston, FTR)
Favourite Writer (fiction/non fiction): James Baldwin, Katherine Ann Porter, Evan S. Connell, Bernard Malmaud, Katherine Mansfield, A.S. Byatt (when she isn't being paid by the word), Margaret Atwood (wildly uneven, but wins at life forever because she wrote Catseye)
Favourite Tumblr Illustrator:n/a
Someone You Admire: Cindy Sheehan. Yeah, she's still out there.

First or secondary languages? I know about twelve words of Spanish and maybe a couple of Yiddish insults.

What else are you into? Wage work/Not being bankrupt. Unfortunately, the universe seems generally disinterested in helping me out with that.

What's one awesome thing you did this year? Made it halfway through without ending up homeless or having a nervous breakdown.

[auggie18]

Happy birthday!

[nezchan]

Name:
nezchan
Blog/Journal/Site:
http://www.tumblr.com/blog/kelseighn
Other places we can find you:
http://kelseighn.blogspot.ca/
http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=121153&page=16
Location/Country of Origin:
Canada
Age:
As old as my gums, and a little bit older than my teeth.\
(by which I mean 45)
Spend the majority of time doing:
Drawing, looking for work, playing games, crochet, fussing with plants, reading S_D
Favourite Writer(s):
No particular favourite, it shifts a lot. Currently I like Georgia Beers, Sheri S. Tepper, Karin Kallmaker, Cordwainer Smith, Gail Simone, Robert A. Heinlein, Ray Bradbury, Jean David Morvan, Tom Siddell
Favourite Artist(s):
Again, it's variable. But I like Jose-Luis Munuera, Dustin Nguyen, Amanda Conner, Bambiii, Tom Siddell, Der-Shing Helmer, Morishima Akiko, Morinaga Milk
Favourite Character(s):
I used to be a big Koriand'r fan, but the character's been changed so much/often I barely know her any more. I like all the Batgirls, and Power Girl is pretty awesome. I also like Swamp Thing. I like Artie from Narbonic/Skin Horse and I like Naoko from Pure Water Adolescence. I also like Kurosaki from Dengeki Daisy a lot.
Favourite Ship/OTP:
Right now I'm pretty into Yuna/Rhyho from Saint Seiya Omega. In regular comics it's the Dibneys for sure. Webcomics, I still hold out hope for Hannelore/Marigold even though I know it's hopeless. Manga, Naoko/Matsumoto is just the sort of pairing I like.
Favourite Not-in-fandom-but-love-the-story:
I'm....not really sure what this question means. Clarification, anyone?
Character Lusted After:
Original Koriand'r, I admit it. I carried SUCH a torch for her as a teenager.
Desert Island Top Ten Comics (series/issues):
(no particular order)

• Amanda Connor's run on Power Girl
  
• Wolfman/Perez's run on New Teen Titans
  
• Pure Water Adolescence
  
• Katsu
  
• Girl Friends
  
• Hanjuku Joshi
  
• Gokujo Drops
  
• The Adventures of Luther Arkwright
  
• Spirou (all creative teams)
  
• Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant
  

All time favourite panel/page/scene (scans encouraged):
Dunno about all time, but lately I love this exchange from Takemiya Jin's Fragments of Love series:

How do you feel about DC's New 52?
I feel they didn't go far enough. I would much rather they have wiped the slate totally clean and started from the ground up rather than "well, we'll keep this bit and that bit, and then change these other bits" piecemeal approach. If they were going to do a reboot, THEN DO A BLOODY REBOOT!
Did you have a favourite superhero who was your role model growing up?
No one specific, really.
What non-American comics do you read/recommend (i.e., manga, bande dessinée, etc)?
Navis/Sillage (BD)
Spirou (BD)
Blacksad (BD)
Luuna (BD)
Pieta (manga)
Ebisu-san and Hotei-san (manga)
Mushishi (manga)
Girl Friends (manga)
Pure Water Adolescence (manga)
Strawberry Shake Sweet (manga)
Prism (manga)
Cat Street (manga)
Lots more, but I'll leave it at that for now.
Other fandoms:
I've been watching a lot of StarCraft replays lately, mostly HuskyStarcraft's eSports stuff, but some Day9 as well. Also, I've gotten into illustration and lesbian romance novels a lot since the beginning of the year.
Fannish activities:
Not a lot these days, largely due to budget. I'll get back to con-going and stuff eventually.
Political Leaning:
Left.
Favourite Sports Team/Player:
Sports?
Favourite Performer(s):
Another hard one, since I'm really bad at choosing favourites. But I love Eliza Gilkyson, Janaelle Monae, Punch Brothers, The Clancey Brothers, Rush, Styx, Larry Gowan, BTO, Adam WarRock, Beefy, MC Milk-Plus, Al Stewart, Frank Thomas, Amon Tobin, Boards of Canada, Buck 65, Deep Forest, The Grammar Club, Jonathan Coulton, Keston Cobblers Club, Poe, Senser, Moxy Fruvous, Mike Doughty and a tonne of others.
Favourite Genre of Music:
Folk mostly, but I'm also into electronica, rock, 70's/80's stuff, indie/alternative, IDM, nerdcore and some blues.
Favourite Actor:
David Niven is awesome
Favourite Writer (fiction/non fiction):
I already rolled some fiction writers into the other writer question.
Favourite Tumblr Illustrator:
Baysalt
Someone You Admire:
Natalie Reed
First or secondary languages?
English, I've never been good at languages.
What else are you into?
Crochet, drawing, illustrating, RPG games, SNES/PSX games (again, mostly RPG), recently got into container gardening.
What's one awesome thing you did this year?
I quit school, is that awesome?

[aeka]

Favourite Not-in-fandom-but-love-the-story:
I'm....not really sure what this question means. Clarification, anyone?

The question is basically asking for a story you enjoyed but aren't active in the fandom. I hope that makes better sense. :)

[auggie18]

Name: Max
Blog/Journal/Site: http://waitingforthetcomic.blogspot.com/
Other places we can find you: Facebook, probably. Also, again: http://waitingforthetcomic.blogspot.com/
Location/Country of Origin: Boston. The Boston in America. North America.
Age: 22
Spend the majority of time doing: Wasting time online/drawing/working. Also, y'know, regular social stuff.

Favourite Writer: Oh, jeez, let's see. Gail Simone, probably. Or Brian K Vaughn. Probably Brian K Vaughn.
Favourite Artist: Francis Manapul. Maaaybe Nicola Scott, but probably Francis Manapul.
Favourite Character: Jean Grey
Favourite Ship/OTP: Dani Moonstar/Nate Grey, Mr Miracle/Big Barda, Jean Grey/Wanda Maximoff. (It's so hard to choose one!)
Favourite Not-in-fandom-but-love-the-story: Stardust. I love the book and the movie.
Character Lusted After: Jean Grey, but also Guy Gardner.
Desert Island Top Ten Comics (series/issues):
The Dark Phoenix Saga
Showcase Presents Shazam!
Shazam/Superman: First Thunder
One of the big Invincible Collections
Various X-men Essentials.

All time favourite panel/page/scene (scans encouraged): The scene in which Wolverine is trying snap Jean Grey out of being mind controlled by Mesmero. He slaps her and she hits him back. With the Phoenix. The 'oh crap' expression on his face when she lights up is freaking hilarious.

Also, Mary Marvel catching bullets out of midair and eating them.
How do you feel about DC's New 52? Aggressively meh. There's some good stories, but overall I'm not really feeling it. Plus, I was a big fan of the Super Marriage.
Did you have a favourite superhero who was your role model growing up? I didn't really get into comics much as a kid. I liked Robin on Batman TAS.
What non-American comics do you read/recommend (i.e., manga, bande dessinée, etc)? None, really. Well, Persepolis.

Other fandoms: I liked Buffy back in the day?
Fannish activities: Getting wasted with friends and MSTing bad movies on Netflix.


First or secondary languages? Pretty much just English.

What else are you into? Animation.

What's one awesome thing you did this year? Got a solid web design job.

[cleome45]

I feel like a dork for forgetting to mention Persepolis myself. Did you ever check out the sequel? I meant to, but I keep forgetting. :o

[crumpetsfortaenia]

Name: Lee
Blog/Journal/Site: Worm Salad (blog), Incautus Futuri (tumblr)
Other places we can find you: twitter/DA/flickr/facebook/other stalkery places
Location/Country of Origin: USA
Age: 25
Spend the majority of time doing: SCIENCE. Well, theoretically.

Favourite Writer: Brubaker, if I have to pick just one. Winter Soldier ♥_____♥
Favourite Artist: Probably Paolo Rivera
Favourite Ship/OTP: Spider-Man/Human Torch brings the crack in the best possible way.
All time favourite panel/page/scene (scans encouraged): Honestly? "Tofurky NOT FUNNY!" from Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk. I crack up every single time I look at it.
How do you feel about DC's New 52? OH GODDDD WHHYYYYYYY
Did you have a favourite superhero who was your role model growing up? I was cliche and boring and totally wanted to be Superman. Because, face it, Supes is awesome.
What non-American comics do you read/recommend (i.e., manga, bande dessinée, etc)? NONE BUT I WOULD LIKE SOME RECOMMENDED TO ME.

Other fandoms: A:TLA/Korra, Star Trek DS9, Stargate SG-1, Lord of the Rings, All the science fiction
Fannish activities: Reblogging things on tumblr?

Political Leaning: Bleeding-Heart liberal.
Favourite Sports Team/Player: Colorado Avalanche
Favourite Writer (fiction/non fiction): /Carl Zimmer
Favourite Tumblr Illustrator: gingerhaze

First or secondary languages? English & French

What else are you into? Bitching about grad school, macro photography, biology

What's one awesome thing you did this year? I got accepted into a Ph.D. program for the fall. :)

[aeka]

Oh hey, fellow biology nerd here. Are you going for a PhD in Bio? :D

[salinea]

Name: Anne-Elisa
Blog/Journal/Site: salinea + abymage for anime review (not updated in a while) + demoiselledefortune on tumblr.
Other places we can find you: RPG.net would be the main one.
Location/Country of Origin: France
Age: 30
Spend the majority of time doing: Wasting time on the internet

Favourite Writer: Greg Rucka, Kieron Gillen, BKV...
Favourite Artist: Mmmm maybe Bachalo
Favourite Character: Deadpool
Favourite Ship/OTP: Xavier/Magneto
Favourite Not-in-fandom-but-love-the-story: Watchmen/
Character Lusted After: Helena Bertinelli
Desert Island Top Ten Comics (series/issues): Gotham Central, Cry for Blood, Incredible Hercules, Sandman, Tokyo Babylon & X, Journey into Mystery, Secret Six, Cable & Deadpool, Puckett's Batgirl, Corto Maltese
All time favourite panel/page/scene (scans encouraged):

How do you feel about DC's New 52? DC hates me.
Did you have a favourite superhero who was your role model growing up? Alas I have always suffered from a dearth of appropriate role model, instead opting for relating with characters of ambiguous morality and dodgy attitudes. I did spend a lot of time while reading Something Positive thinking I wanted to be Aubrey when I grew up. But that was when I was done growing up...
What non-American comics do you read/recommend (i.e., manga, bande dessinée, etc)? Corto Maltese, Tokyo Babylon, Ooku, Fruits Basket, House of the Five Leaves, Fullmetal Alchemist, Natsume Yuujinchou, Emma, Mafalda, Philémon, De Cape & de Croc, Le Chat du Rabin, and so many more...

Other fandoms: I'm very broadly into a lot of stuff like anime & manga, tabletop roleplaying games, science fiction & fantasy books and a variety of geek & non geek TV series, especially if animated, especially if action/historical/noir/LGBT kind of stuff.

Fannish activities: These days, I'm happy to make icons, reblog stuff on tumblr and participate in discussions.

Political Leaning: Very much not on the Right. No very definite affiliation otherwise.
Favourite Performer: Tori Amos
Favourite Genre of Music: Most of them. I don't like metal though.
Favourite Writer (fiction/non fiction): Not sure I have one I can really call that these days... Ursula Leguin maybe.
Favourite Tumblr Illustrator: Busty Girl Comics

First or secondary languages?French and English.

What else are you into? Good food, tea, anti discrimination stuff, sociology & anthropology, poetry, mythology, dark & absurd humour.

What's one awesome thing you did this year? Would... moderating s_d counts? Also the comicstore newsletter? Yeah, okay, it hasn't been a great year in awesomeness.

[aeka]

Favourite Genre of Music: Most of them. I don't like metal though.

*Listening to a dutch metal band right now.* XP

[greenmask]

Fancy Bike Ride sounds neeeeeat

[lucky_gamble]

Name: Tenchi

Other places we can find you: Blind Gossip
Location/Country of Origin: Los Angeles but from Mexico
Age: 22
Spend the majority of time doing: Writing, event planning and interning. Oh and drinking. 

Favourite Writer: Gail Simone and Neil Gaiman
Favourite Artist: N. Scott
Favourite Character: pre-reboot Zatanna and Kurt Hummel
Favourite Ship/OTP:  Daredevil & Spiderman...also Puck/Kurt...ugh I know I'm slightly ashamed of myself
Favourite Not-in-fandom-but-love-the-story:Er what?
Character Lusted After: Thor
Desert Island Top Ten Comics (series/issues): anything Avengers,Sandman,late 90's X Men or Secret Six
All time favourite panel/page/scene (scans encouraged): Banshee Versus Wonder Woman
How do you feel about DC's New 52? The fact that the Secret Six was eliminated made me furious. The fact that Apollo and Midnighter were brought back from limbo made me hyperventilate. 
Did you have a favourite superhero who was your role model growing up? Storm? strong, feminine, takes no guff from no one,etc.
What non-American comics do you read/recommend (i.e., manga, bande dessinée, etc)? Daytripper by Moon and Ba

Other fandoms: Glee and Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Fannish activities: does reading meh fiction from FF.net count?

Political Leaning: liberal
Favourite Sports Team/Player: Mexico in soccer/Jared Borgetti (bless his retired soul)
Favourite Performer: Marylin Manson (cannot for the life of me enjoy his music but the man can put on a concert)
Favourite Genre of Music: Showtunes
Favourite Actor: none
Favourite Writer (fiction/non fiction): Marylin Robinson and Gore Vidal
Someone you admire? fictionally it has to be Kurt Hummel. Real life?a certain family member 

First or secondary languages? Spanish and English 

What else are you into? clothing, shoes, video games and anything geek worthy

What's one awesome thing you did this year? wrote an article for a newspaper about males with eating disorders. It received the attention from several national organizations and even Paula Abdul. Also managed to hold a chocolate event at the Beverly Hilton that ended with me  drunkenly passing out at the foot of the door to hotel room where Whitney Houston died. Yay Vodka.

[shadowpsykie]

SHOWTUNES!!!
KURT!
NEIL AND GAIL!
GLEE!
BUFFY!

[leoboiko]

Name: Boiko, L.
Blog/Journal/Site: http://namakajiri.net
Other places we can find you: http://twitter.com/leoboiko http://www.librarything.com/catalog/eru .
Location/Country of Origin: Brazil
Age: something close to 30.
Spend the majority of time doing: Reading (good books, bad books, comic books, facebooks, shampoo labels, anything)

The following questions are very intimidating for me; I like lots of stuff in different ways, without a clear favourite, and my tastes oscillate. So I’ll just try to focus on American-style comics, and list anything that comes to mind.

A Favourite Writer: Moore. (Alan. Wait, Terry too.)
A Favourite Artist: Kate Beaton? Melinda? The guys on current Daredevil, in the first few volumes of Books of Magic? Mœbius, duh, McKean. Boulet. Lots, really.
A Favourite Character: Loki. Constantine (the 80s one). Orlando. Destruction. Maidman.
A Favourite Ship/OTP: Arthur/Lancelot/Guinevere. Diana/Etta. Hulk/Thing. Constantine/the odd boyfriend (I want to believe!).
A Favourite Not-in-fandom-but-love-the-story: Does this mean, things other than popular culture? Mythology. Helen DeWitt’s The Last Samurai (unrelated to that movie). Ágota Kristóf’s Le grand cahier trilogy. Lots more.
Character Lusted After: Constantine. Orlando. Katchoo. Namor. Felix Harrowgate (from Monette’s Doctrine of Labyrinths). Hermione.
Desert Island Top Ten Comics (series/issues): This would mean comics I enjoy re-reading a lot, not necessarily my favorites (though there’s some overlap, of course). In no particular order: Sandman, Hellblazer, The Books of Magic, Promethea, Strangers in Paradise, Golden Age Wonder Woman, Sin City, The Invisibles, Journey into Mystery, Usagi Yojimbo.
All time favourite panel/page/scene (scans encouraged): This. This one. No harm in consented domination. Constantine hugs some guy. Lots more.
How do you feel about DC's New 52? Violently indifferent.
Did you have a favourite superhero who was your role model growing up? Not strictly superhero, no. Shun, Sailor Mercury, Kurama, Utena.
What non-American comics do you read/recommend (i.e., manga, bande dessinée, etc)? Utena! (Wait, the anime is better.) Everything by Inio Asano. Mostly everything by CLAMP (favourites: Sakura, XxxHolic, Tokyo Babylon, Chobits). Sailor Moon, the first Dragon Ball run, the first few Yuyu Hakusho volumes. Mushishi. Shaman King is underrated, much better than the anime. Fruits Basket. Berserk, with some reservations, Holyland likewise. Historie, Vinland Saga, Otoyomegatari. Death Note (the manga, NOT the movie). Every single thing by Osamu Tezuka, ever. Classic Hakaba no Kitarô/Gegege no Kitarô, if you like folklore and vintage.

Other fandoms: Classic/indie gaming, RPGs, fantasy lit.
Fannish activities: Over-the-top babbling.

Political Leaning: Left if talking to libertarians, and vice-versa.
Favourite Writer (fiction/non fiction): These days, Helen DeWitt. Lots more.
Someone You Admire: Star Wars Kid.

First or secondary languages? 1. Portuguese, 2. English, 3. Japanese. Also Toki Pona, but that doesn’t count (tan ni: ona li toki lili!). Soon will start working to make Icelandic/Old Norse the 4th. Actively interested in: Chinese languages, Classical Chinese, Classical Japanese, Old English.

What else are you into? Linguistics, humanities (literary theory, history, anthropology etc), science, art, academics in general. East Asian calligraphy. Japanese studies. Polyamory. Kinky sex.

What's one awesome thing you did this year? I’m somewhat proud of my tool to search for Chinese character etymology in various sites, though there’s room for improvements. I’m even more proud that I taught my daughter well enough that she just defeated her first Robot Master (Hard Man in Rockman 3).

[nezchan]

Sweet, somebody else who likes Mushishi. I've been watching the anime lately, it's great.

[weber_dubois22]

Name: Sakura
Blog/Journal/Site: weber_dubois22 @DW.org and LJ.org
Other places we can find you: LiveJournal, FF.Net and A03
Location/Country of Origin: N/A
Age: 23
Spend the majority of time doing: Looking for people to talk about Milestone Media and Ultimate Comics Spider-Man; Looking for fans of Sheva Alomar, John Stewart and Rochelle communicate with; Looking for Assassin's Creed fans that are excited about AC 3: Liberation; and someone of a like mind to vent frustrations over how poorly Young Justice is being handled. Looking for a alt. social networking site that doesn't have security issues crawling out of its ass and webmasters that aren't content in leaving you in the dark about them.

Favourite Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Favourite Artist: Jo Chen
Favourite Character: Raquel Ervin
Favourite Relationship: N/A
Favourite Not-in-fandom-but-love-the-story: ???
Character Lusted After: ???
Desert Island Top Ten Comics (series/issues): Static [Shock] (original titles), the Ultimates (Vol 1 and 2), Ultimate Spider-Man (Vol 1 and 2), Nightwing (cira 1998-2009), Ultimate X-Men (Vol 1 and 2), Tomb Raider, Fathom, Astonishing X-Men
All time favourite panel/page/scene (scans encouraged):

How do you feel about DC's New 52? There are so many ways I could describe my dislike for the New 52; It treats POC characters worse than the original mainstream universe did, it doesn't promote the lesser known titles (hello Static Shock), and basically, its just an all-'round steaming pile that I could live without ever hearing about again. Basically, it stinks and I don't like it.
Did you have a favourite superhero who was your role model growing up? The animated Storm from 1993's X-Men cartoon.
What non-American comics do you read/recommend (i.e., manga, bande dessinée, etc)?
Once upon a time it was Yu-Gi-Oh!, Dragon Ball/Dragon Ball Z, the first volume of Bleach before the soul society horseshit and the official mangas for Gundam Wing.

Other fandoms: See Profile @DW or Livejournal account.
Fannish activities: Writing and Icon making.

Political Leaning: N/A
Favourite Sports Team/Player: N/A
Favourite Performer: Boom Boom Satellites
Favourite Genre of Music:
Favourite Actor: Milla Jovovich; Idris Elba
Favourite Writer (fiction/non fiction): Michael Crichton
Favourite Tumblr Illustrator: Don't have one.
Someone You Admire: N/A

First or secondary languages? N/A
What else are you into? N/A
What's one awesome thing you did this year? N/A

[shadowpsykie]

hmmm i;m curious... why that page?

[domino_blue]

Name:David
Blog/Journal/Site:Not a thing
Other places we can find you:Cons I will be visiting Otakon,Baltimore comic con and Magfest
Location/Country of Origin:USA!
Age:24
Spend the majority of time doing:Trying to help friend find apartment right now and looking for things to read and or watch.

Favourite Writer.:It depends but I'm partial to Grant Morrison and Kurt Busiek, but I love Warren Ellis and Gail Simone and Ed Brubaker.
Favourite Artist: for classic comics: Steve Ditko for more modern I love JG Jones, Naoki Urawsawa, John Romita JR.
Favourite Character: Spider-man!
Favourite Ship/OTP:.....I'm a fan of Spider-man/Human Torch/Mary Jane....Daredevil is optional.
Favourite Not-in-fandom-but-love-the-story:oh boy.....I like the Kevin Smith Green Arrow one because of Batman. He is so damn funny!
Character Lusted After:Black Cat
Desert Island Top Ten Comics (series/issues): Secret Six, Watchmen, Amazing Spider-man 1-40, Starman, Doom Patrol Grant Morrison, Monster, ultimate Spider-man, 52, and Transmetropolitan. oh and I know top 10 but Daredevil Born Again
All time favourite panel/page/scene (scans encouraged) Amazing Spider-man 33...you know the one!
How do you feel about DC's New 52?.....WHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......I have very mixed feelings.
Did you have a favourite superhero who was your role model growing up? yeah it was Spider-man. Seeing someone who never gave up like that was really inspiring.
What non-American comics do you read/recommend (i.e., manga, bande dessinée, etc)? Akira but I would do Asterix, Tintin, anything by Naoki Urasawa. Eyeshield 21 and Cross game. Usagi Drop and so much more.

Other fandoms: Anime, Video games, RPG's, and fantasy and sci-fi.
Fannish activities: I go to cons, I try paint figures for fun and also try to give constructive criticism to creators. so far no one has bit my head off.

Political Leaning: Independent who thinks we need to focus on fixing out country.
Favourite Sports Team/Player: I read sports manga and am not that huge a fan.
Favourite Performer:Alice Cooper was really fun when I got the chance to go see him in concert.
Favourite Genre of Music: Rock!
Favourite Actor: Judy Dench
Favourite Writer (fiction/non fiction): Michel Chabon
Someone You Admire: My father
What else are you into? I'm a collector of a lot of things. I love board games, I like exploring where I live to find new places to go. Like new restaurants and looking for obscure stuff.

What's one awesome thing you did this year?
Kept a friend from joining the Military against his will. No slight against people who serve, but not everyone is fit for service and his parent were forcing him. He's didn't want to do it, so I helped him prepare a argument that convinced his parents to let him try and find his own way in life .

[cleome45]

Favourite Ship/OTP:.....I'm a fan of Spider-man/Human Torch/Mary Jane...

Is there fic and/or art for this somewhere? If so, link please!

[shadowpsykie]

Name:Shadowpsykie (louis)
Blog/Journal/Site: http://fanboywatchtower.tumblr.com/
http://shadowpsykie.deviantart.com/
Other places we can find you:twitter- Shadowpsykie
Location/Country of Origin:Los Angeles, Ca
Age: 29 :(
Spend the majority of time doing: Work, school, helping family, reading and writing

Favourite Writer:So many! Gail Simone, Brian Azzarello, Christos Gage, Paul Levitt, Scott Lobdell, Scott Snyder, Bryan Q. Miller. Greg Rucka (just to name a few)
Favourite Artist:Ed Benes (when he has a writer that can reing him in) JH Williams III, Michael Gaydos
Favourite Character:Barbara Gordon, Stephanie Brown, Batwoman, Tim Drake, Supergirl, Bunker, Renee Montoya, The Birds of Prey, Kate Spencer, Emma Frost, Jean Grey, Anole, Pixie
Favourite Ship/OTP:Superboy/Tim Drake, Lois Lane/Clark Kent, Renee Montoya/Kate Kane, Batman/Catwoman, Bunker/Everyone
Favourite Not-in-fandom-but-love-the-story: Ummm... Not really into Adventure time, but the One story where the vampire girl makes the hero into her "minion" only to find out that she's not really a villain, that was cute:
Character Lusted After:Catman, Batman, Beast Boy
Desert Island Top Ten Comics (series/issues):1) Batwoman: Elegy, 2) Batman: The Killing Joke (it's a brilliant story if it were not for the obvious problem with it). 3) Gotham Central: Half a Life, 4) Birds of Prey 5) Manhunter (Kate Spencer) 6) Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes) 7) Teen Titans (Johns-Lobdell) 8) Teen Titans: The Judas Contract 9) Supergirl 10) Batgirl (BQM)
All time favourite panel/page/scene (scans encouraged):






How do you feel about DC's New 52?I don't Hate it... I don't LOVE it, as there are some of my favorite characters that have yet to appear (Cassandra Cain, Renee Montoya, Kate Spencer, Stephanie Brown, to name a few). Even stories that were once... annoying to me (Such as Catwoman's reintroduction) have vastly improved. There is still room for lots of improvement. And i guess I am hopefull that that improvement will occur
Did you have a favourite superhero who was your role model growing up?Well... two... Tim Drake and Supergirl (due to Crisis on Infinite Earths #7)
What non-American comics do you read/recommend (i.e., manga, bande dessinée, etc)? I read Sailor Moon.... some Naruto...

Other fandoms:Doctor Who! Star Trek! Star Wars! Sherlock, Young Justice, Avatar (Airbender/Korra), True Blood, Game of Thrones, Glee, Whedon-verse
Fannish activities:Tumblr, Blogging, Gaming, Drawing, Writing (I seem to have a knack for comedic fan fiction... wrote a fan fic about nevill longbottom once. OH I used to Make Banners for the old Newsarrama Boards (before they dissallowed that:)

Political Leaning:Democratic/Liberal
Favourite Sports Team/Player: ummm... Lakers I Guess, and Dodgers
Favourite Performer: Lady Gaga
Favourite Genre of Music: All kinds really... i don't really like Rap, but even then i always find exceptions.
Favourite Actor:Emma Watson, Michelle Williams, Anne Hathaway, Ewan McGregor, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellan, the Ashmore's, Leonardo Dicaprio, Maggie Smith
Favourite Writer (fiction/non fiction):Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, JKR
Favourite Tumblr Illustrator: NotThisCrap
Someone You Admire: ummm JKR for all her charity work, my older sister, my parents (despite our issues).

First or secondary languages? English and Spanish, and the language of LoVe :D

What else are you into? reading, writing, drawing, work and school are basically my life...

What's one awesome thing you did this year? Well I took a class on Harry Potter this semester, we got divided into Houses, I got sorted into Slytherin and i Won us the house cup :D

[kraesil]

Oracle.. um... "shooing" Brainy out of her head with some of Dinah's help. Awesome :P

I'll have to disagree on the Lady Gaga though.

[medster_comics]

Name: Medy (call me Medster)
Blog/Journal/Site: http://www.medster-art.blogspot.com
Other places we can find you: In my room updating my original character (the one at the end of my third post) or reading comic books
Location/Country of Origin: Montreal, Canada
Age:15...I have a lot of time to become a super duper great artist like Turner or Booth or (Jim)Lee!
Spend the majotity of time doing: Sketches, watch Brett Booth tweet or sometime I'm doing NOTHING....
Favorite Writer: OMG the question for 1K...er-I have a bunch of favorite Writers but the writers I like the most are: Scott Snyder, Scott Lobdell, Kyle Higgin(with a s or no s) and Geoff Johns
Favorite Artist: I said it a lot of time Micheal Turner
Favorite Characters: Bunker and Robin/Damian
Don't know how to a scan in a comment, but my favorite Panel is
Batman, inc: THE BATCOW!!!
How do you feel about DC's New 52? To be honest I feel bad and happy. for one reason We see Wildstorm and some new guys, but we loose character we liked a lot (example for me Wally West)
Did you have a favorite superhero who was your role model growing up? Lara Croft (she's a superheor for me) and Superman
Favourite Performer: Avicii
Favourite Genre of Music: D'n'B
What's one awsome thing you did this year?: Subscribe and do my first ever post on Scan Daily I'm proud of this!! :D
Someone You Admire: All the people who helped me when I did my first post (thanks to all of you) and the Admin. Aeka ( I'll find a reason...oh cause you were the person who helped me the most XD)
First or secondary languages? First: French second English (I began to speak english at 11)

[kraesil]

I've never tried to "scan in a comment", but I'm guessing you can either obtain the HTML or somehow insert it directly via some button I haven't found.

[ensiform]

Name: Ensiform
Blog/Journal/Site: Not currently involved in any
Other places we can find you: The call is coming from inside the house!!
Location/Country of Origin: USA via UK
Age: Older than most.
Spend the majority of time doing: Working.
Favourite Writer: Ed Brubaker
Favourite Artist: Bryan Hitch?
Favourite Character: A great writer can make any character my favorite. Morrison did it with Animal Man. Rucka and Brubaker did it with the Gothan City PD. Ennis did it with Punisher, for heaven's sake.
Favourite Ship/OTP: Buddy and Ellen Baker
Favourite Not-in-fandom-but-love-the-story: I don't know what this means.
Character Lusted After: none.
Desert Island Top Ten Comics (series/issues): Gotham Central, Ennis' Punisher, everyone's Hellblazer, Brubaker's Captain America, Fables, Scalped, Bone, Watchmen, Walking Dead, The Spirit.
All time favourite panel/page/scene (scans encouraged): Dunno. Dream's funeral, near the end of Sandman? Those insane splash pages at the end of Nextwave?
How do you feel about DC's New 52? It means absolutely nothing to me. I'm not against it, and I know new beginnings are fun for the kids, but I like continuity.
Did you have a favourite superhero who was your role model growing up? Role model? Not really? Maybe Green Lantern: "no fear, strong will."
What non-American comics do you read/recommend (i.e., manga, bande dessinée, etc)? I grew up on Tintin, Asterix and Lucky Luke as much as I did on milk and baby food.
Other fandoms: I don't know what this means.
Fannish activities: I went to San Diego Comic Con once.
Political Leaning: Rationality. And reality has a left-wing bias, so...
Favourite Sports Team/Player: George Foreman.
Favourite Performer: The Hold Steady.
Favourite Genre of Music: All.
Favourite Actor: Christian Bale can do no wrong.
Favourite Writer (fiction/non fiction): P.G. Wodehouse. Vladimir Nabokov. A.A. Milne. T.S. Eliot.
Favourite Tumblr Illustrator: None.
Someone You Admire: Barack Obama.
First or secondary languages? English, French.
What else are you into? Music, movies.
What's one awesome thing you did this year? I went to Haiti to help sick people and orphans.

[ensiform]

My oar, stuck in:

What question do you wish we had asked?"What are some of your favorite webcomics?"

Oh, all right then. What are some of your favorite webcomics? PvP, Gunnerkrigg Court, Goblins, Questionable Content, Hark! A Vagrant, Dinosaur Comics, Scenes From a Multiverse, the departed Ozzie and Millie, Out There, Girl Genius, Edmund Finney's Quest, Order of the Stick, Girls with Slingshots.

[marco]

Name:
Marco, from Martina. (And my last name.)

Blog/Journal/Site:
I don't have one. Yet.

Other places we can find you:
Gaming sites?

Location/Country of Origin:
The U.S. of America.

Age:
Twenty-three.

Spend the majority of time doing:
Listening to music, browsing the net, playing video games.


Favourite Writer:
Greg Rucka and Hiromu Arakawa, for right now.

Favourite Artist:
Terry Moore, Gurihiru and Joshua Middleton.

Favourite Character:
The Wondy family, Jason Todd, Gambit.

Favourite Ship/OTP:
Ummm. There are lots. Will an OT3 count~?

Favourite Not-in-fandom-but-love-the-story:
?

Character Lusted After:
A lot. Again. Oscar from Rose of Versailles is too fabulous and amazing not to lust after. (And I haven't even really started to read or watch it myself.)

Desert Island Top Ten Comics (series/issues):
Not sure, actually.

All time favourite panel/page/scene (scans encouraged):
Erghhh. That's really a tough one. There's a few from BSSM and One Piece that'd I choose. I'm sure there were a pair of Wondy ones too. There are plenty of scans that get posted here that I also adore, though.

How do you feel about DC's New 52?
I sometimes pretend it doesn't exist. Somehow, DC gives me more and more to keep pretending. (But, I would love to start picking up Demon Knights soon!)

Did you have a favourite superhero who was your role model growing up?
Does Sailor Moon and all the senshi count? vuv

What non-American comics do you read/recommend (i.e., manga, bande dessinée, etc)?
W.I.T.C.H. (it's been a while though), a lot of manga. Currently, I'm reading Swan, re-reading BSSM, readinh Julietta Suzuki's and Nari Kusakawa's stuff and looking to read some 80s through early 00's manga.


Other fandoms:
Plenty of gaming and manga/anime fandoms. Mostly: BSSM, Star Driver, Utena, Ninty almost anything, PreCure.

Fannish activities:
Nothing much lately, but fanart and fanfiction every once in a while. Maybe some graphic making.
(Oh, and occasionally RPing.)



Favourite Genre of Music:
Classical, most instrumental music, Pop of any language, smooth jazz, bossa nova.
I also love ballads and generally quirky and/or playful tunes.


Favourite Tumblr Illustrator:
Gigidigi, miraongchua, namface (and all linked).


Someone You Admire:
My grandma. Lots of people.

First or secondary languages?
I studied Japanese for a long time, but I'm still crap with it; if that counts for anything. ;u;

What else are you into?
Writing, fashion, ceramics, food + cooking.

What's one awesome thing you did this year?
Got a job! :'D / TTuTT

[greenmask]

excellent tumblr art tips.

[zabilac]

Name: Stephen
Blog/Journal/Site: None
Other places we can find you: I’d rather not tell. >:D
Location/Country of Origin: California
Age: 17. I seem to be the youngest one here…:<
Spend the majority of time doing: Surfing the web, reading, sleeping, watching T.V.
Favourite Writer: Don’t have one.
Favourite Artist: Don’t have one.
Favourite Character: Too many to actually list here.
Favourite Ship/OTP: Barry/Iris, Clark/Lois, Wally/Linda basically almost any (former) marriage in the DC universe.
Favourite Not-in-fandom-but-love-the-story: Don’t have one.
Character Lusted After: None, I know they’re fictional characters.
Desert Island Top Ten Comics (series/issues): Eh, I don’t really have a top ten…
All time favourite panel/page/scene (scans encouraged): Don’t have one.
How do you feel about DC's New 52? I’m really enjoying it.
Did you have a favourite superhero who was your role model growing up? They’re all my heroes (to an extent).
What non-American comics do you read/recommend (i.e., manga, bande dessinée, etc)? Naruto, Katekyo Hitman Reborn, Bleach.
Other fandoms: Way too many to count
Fannish activities: I like to write stories about my fandom
Political Leaning: I’d rather not tell
Favourite Sports Team/Player: I don’t like sports.
Favourite Performer: None.
Favourite Genre of Music: I like almost any music except rap
Favourite Actor: None.
Favourite Writer (fiction/non fiction): None.
Favourite Tumblr Illustrator: None.
Someone You Admire: My mom.
First or secondary languages? English and Mandarian Chinese
What else are you into? Too long to list
What's one awesome thing you did this year? I graduated from high school!

[medster_comics]

NOPE I'm 15 bro :)

[thatnickguy]

Name: Nick. Surprised? =p
Blog/Journal/Site: http://thatnickguy.livejournal.com (though I don't update it much; sometimes, I'll get a surge of postings)
Other places we can find you: http://www.halforums.com/xenforo/ (Really great forum that split off from Scott Kurtz' PVP)
Location/Country of Origin: Canada
Age: 34
Spend the majority of time doing: These days, playing video games, cycling, and doing an online course.

Favourite Writer: Tie between Greg Rucka and Ed Brubaker.
Favourite Artist: David Mack of Stuart Immonen
Favourite Character: Superman
Favourite Ship/OTP: The...Enterprise?
Favourite Not-in-fandom-but-love-the-story: Yeah, I don't get this question and it looks like I'm not alone.
Character Lusted After: Don't have one. I prefer real women.
Desert Island Top Ten Comics (series/issues): Oh geez.
1) Superman: Secret Identity
2) All Star Superman
3) Kirby: King of Comics, by Mark Evanier
4) Starman Omnibus Vol. 2 (that's the absolute best part of the series)
5) Parker, by Darwyn Cooke (either one)
6) Watchmen
7) Sleeper, Season 1 (season 2 is good, too, but man, those first 12 issues...)
8) A volume of Elephantmen
9) Asterios Polyp
10) Blacksad

All time favourite panel/page/scene (scans encouraged): "Ultron! We would have words with thee."

How do you feel about DC's New 52? I'm only following less than half a dozen books. It's great that they're having a sales boom as a result of it and I hope it means new readers. Plus, I really think the majority of the costumes (most designed by Jim Lee) are way over-designed. But my favourite version of the DCU right now is Young Justice, these days, anyway.

Did you have a favourite superhero who was your role model growing up? Superman. Hands down.
What non-American comics do you read/recommend (i.e., manga, bande dessinée, etc)? Not very many. I've read some Japanese, such as Akira, Death Note, and Blade of the Immortal. Aside from Akira, I've just never really dug manga much. Blacksad, I suppose, is translated from French. And I also really liked a Canadian graphic novel called Kenk, about Igor Kenk, the infamous bicycle thief in Toronto.

Other fandoms: Pro-wrestling (off and on), Doctor Who, PS3. Nothing really tops my enjoyment of comics.

Fannish activities: I don't really understand this. Is this like going to cons, writing fanfiction, etc? None of the above for me.

Political Leaning: Liberal, especially a strong support for environmental cause.
Favourite Sports Team/Player: Not into sports.
Favourite Performer: Bryan Adams.
Favourite Genre of Music: Rock & Roll, I guess. I'm not really big into music.
Favourite Actor: Don't know. There's no one actor that I know and think, "OMG! I must see everything they're in!"
Favourite Writer (fiction/non fiction): Simon R. Green
Favourite Tumblr Illustrator: I've never been on Tumblr.
Someone You Admire: My eldest sister. She was a great inspiration for me in wanting to do more with my life, especially getting into teaching.

First or secondary languages? Nope.

What else are you into? Yoga, bicycling, running, writing (had a few short stories published, as well as currently shopping my novel around to publishers), video games.

What's one awesome thing you did this year? Finished my core Education courses in at The University of Maine at Presque Isle. Student teaching hopefully in the fall!

[greenmask]

Bums, that was one I added, so OK - the love-the-story-but-not-in-fandom thing is, like.. I enjoy a lot of franchises but I'm not what I'd call a fandom participant. I don't necessarily care to fall in with people who'll go crazy about king of fighters all the time, but if there's someone who really digs the art or the characters and will be up for going "yeah, that was cool! Auh, I can't believe they DID that!" with me when the mood strikes, then that'd be nice, right?

It's nice to know people who like what one likes, without having to talk about that thing all the time.

[abriel]

Name: Abriel, Abby, Abs, Tracy
Blog/Journal/Site: http://gothicjew.tumblr.com And here of course
Other places we can find you: Facebook, Twitter
Location/Country of Origin: United States, Armpit of the Universe
Age: 33
Spend the majority of time doing: reading, writing, internet, gaming, working out

Favourite Writer: Greg Rucka, Kieran Gillen, Peter David (yeah I know he isn't thought of too fondly here but I like him since I can seperate the art from the artist), Anne Bishop, Kim Harrison, Karen Chance
Favourite Artist: Amanda Conner, J.H. Williams, III, a few others
Favourite Character: Songbird with Carol Danvers a close second
Favourite Ship/OTP: Haven't given a lot of thought to it
Favourite Not-in-fandom-but-love-the-story: Harry Potter
Character Lusted After: Ares from Marvel. I'm weird.
Desert Island Top Ten Comics (series/issues): Batwoman, Darkest Night, Amanda Conner's Power Girl, anything with Songbird in it, Oeming's Ares miniseries, Thunderbolts, Wonder Woman, Batman, X-Factor, Journey Into Mystery
All time favourite panel/page/scene (scans encouraged): just one?
How do you feel about DC's New 52? Mixed feelings. I'm probably in the minority here that I don't totally hate it. There are some problematic things with it but it hasn't been all bad. Although some aspects of it make me feel like I'm back in my teens reading comics in my bedroom in my parents' house again and I sometimes have to check to make sure I haven't fallen into a timewarp back to 1992 (God I'm old)
Did you have a favourite superhero who was your role model growing up? Eh, not really
What non-American comics do you read/recommend (i.e., manga, bande dessinée, etc)? None really

Other fandoms: My Little Pony
Fannish activities: Internet. That's about it

Political Leaning: Leftish
Favourite Sports Team/Player: Don't follow sports
Favourite Performer: Depends on what you mean by perform
Favourite Genre of Music: any except country and rap
Favourite Actor: None
Favourite Writer (fiction/non fiction): Karen Chance
Favourite Tumblr Illustrator: don't have one
Someone You Admire: Too many to name

First or secondary languages? English

What else are you into? Um....

What's one awesome thing you did this year? Nothing. Been a tough year. :P

[lissa_quon]

Name: Lissa
Blog/Journal/Site: Foolish Mortalis my main art page - needs an update and a rebuild
The Livejournal
Other places we can find you: My Facebook
Location/Country of Origin: The miserable humid end of Texas, America
Age: 25 - will be 26 in a month
Spend the majority of time doing: Part time working in a frame shop, drawing, writing, forcing myself to draw some more, net surfing, sometimes I let myself play a computer game
Favourite Writer: For comics? Carla Speed Mc Neil, Neil Gaiman, Warren Ellis
Favourite Artist: Yoshitaka Amano, Horoaki Samura, James Jean, Alphonse Mucha, Edmund Dulac, Edward Gorey - I have tons, I could go on
Favourite Character: John Constantine from Hellblazer or Jaeger from Finder
Favourite Ship/OTP: I don't tend to ship folks.
Favourite Not-in-fandom-but-love-the-story: erm...One Piece? I don't do fandoms that much either. I'm a boring person.
Character Lusted After: not sure actually, I would probably go gay for Integra Hellsing though shes a manga character
Desert Island Top Ten Comics (series/issues): Sandman, Courtney Crumrin and the Coven of Mystics, Finder, Middleman, Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck, Clover, Atomic Robo,
All time favourite panel/page/scene (scans encouraged):

How do you feel about DC's New 52? Poorly handled, over the top and much of it feels to me like DC has put a sign out "Ladies; this isn't FOR YOU go away" - so I have given them wide berth
Did you have a favourite superhero who was your role model growing up? Rogue from the animated series in the 90's
What non-American comics do you read/recommend (i.e., manga, bande dessinée, etc)? Ode to Kirihito, Monster, One Piece, Clover, SkyDoll
Other fandoms: Team Fortress 2, Doctor Who, Game of Thrones, Mass Effect (haven't played 3 yet though)
Fannish activities: I work a lot of comic and anime conventions, I sell artwork and commissions. Not sure if this counts as fannish activities though.I do also collect action figures and do the usual fanfic and fan art. Though neither of those tend to be for Western comics.
Political Leaning: Liberal
Favourite Sports Team/Player: N/A
Favourite Performer: I'm sort of going through a Tom Waits phase, and getting into the Black Keys - I also love Flogging Molly
Favourite Genre of Music: Jazz and Blues, though pretty much anything - short of rap or r&b
Favourite Actor: Not sure actually
Favourite Writer (fiction/non fiction): Douglas Adams, Terry Prachett
Favourite Tumblr Illustrator: Rennerei
Someone You Admire: Ursula Vernon - well most independent creators really
First or secondary languages? English - I'm horrible with pronouncing my own language and my tongue would slaughter any others.
What else are you into? swords, 18th century guns, pirates, computer games (Bioshock, Thief, Civ 5, TF2, Plants vs. Zombie, I have varied tastes) I also collect action figures and was working on modding My Little Ponies until life caught up with me. I also sometimes when I have spare time I do a bit of costuming and jewelry making, mainly steampunk stuff.
What's one awesome thing you did this year? I guess breaking my convention sales records this year. I made more at one con then I normally do all year.

[thefiretonight]

Name: Becky
Blog/Journal/Site:
Other places we can find you: beaschalantasyoulike on tumblrrrrr
Location/Country of Origin: United States
Age: 27
Spend the majority of time doing: working, Disneylanding

Favourite Writer: Mark Waid and Peter David
Favourite Artist:Marcus To, Dustin Nguyen, Rafael Albuquerque
Favourite Character: Terry McGinnis
Favourite Ship/OTP: Batman/JUSTICE
Favourite Not-in-fandom-but-love-the-story:
Character Lusted After: MJ Watson
Desert Island Top Ten Comics (series/issues): Young Justice, David Mack's Daredevil run, Generation X, Spider-Girl [Mayday Parker]
All time favourite panel/page/scene (scans encouraged):
How do you feel about DC's New 52? Some of it is really good, some of it is really bad. Just what I thought about pre boot DCU.
Did you have a favourite superhero who was your role model growing up? Spider-Girl
What non-American comics do you read/recommend (i.e., manga, bande dessinée, etc)?

Other fandoms: Uh, I don't think I'm all the active in fandom?
Fannish activities: I will write once in a blue moon

Political Leaning:
Favourite Sports Team/Player: Anaheim Angels [It is NOT LAA]
Favourite Performer: Currently, Frank Turner
Favourite Genre of Music: All
Favourite Actor: Don't have one
Favourite Writer (fiction/non fiction):
Favourite Tumblr Illustrator: Kaciart
Someone You Admire: fyeahlilbitoeverything on tumblr

First or secondary languages? English, some Spanish, I need to go back and relearn Spanish

What else are you into? Theme parks

What's one awesome thing you did this year? Got my 'real' job

[shadowpsykie]

Beer and comics!

[icon_uk]

Name: icon_uk
Blog/Journal/Site: Not really
Other places we can find you: Rangerboard (Which has an excellent general geek genre TV atmosphere, not just peope in spandex piloting giant robots), DeviantArt, ComicArtFans. Other sites under my own name
Location/Country of Origin: Great Britain (Scotland to be precise)
Age: Over 40.
Spend the majority of time doing: Aside from the full time job. Reading, spending too much time on the computer, watching TV, toys, walking and other thrilling pursuits.

Favourite Writer: Kurt Busiek (Also, Eisner, Moore, Gaiman, Goscinny, Herge, and in their own ways I love old Claremont and Wolfman).
Favourite Artist: George Perez (Also Alan Davis, Don Newton, Herge, Albert Uderzo, Mike Parobeck, Will Eisner, Katie Cook... the list goes on)
Favourite Character: Three way tie; Dick Grayson (for being the hero who grew up as I grew up), Kurt Wagner (for the courage to be different and not caring who knew) and Doug Ramsey (For being a hero not because he had a superpower, but in spite of him having a superpower) (With Superman and Wonder Woman thrown in for good measure just because)
Favourite Ship/OTP:
Character Lusted After: Like you have to ask?
Desert Island Top Ten Comics (series/issues): Astro City, DP7, New Teen Titans, New Mutants, Power Pack, Excalibur, Starman, Sandman
All time favourite panel/page/scene (scans encouraged): VERY hard to choose after all these years and all these comics; I'll exclude my commissions, because I can't pick between my babies like that. You might think I'd pick this one, but no. I'd be tempted to pick this one, or even this one but I might actually go for this one, as it's the first piece of art I ever bought and aside from being a terrific piece by a favourite artist, of my favourite character, well, you never forget your first, do you? :)
How do you feel about DC's New 52? Ambivalence tempered by occasional annoyance.
Did you have a favourite superhero who was your role model growing up? Not sure I consider myself grown up, but, though not a superhero, Kermit the Frog was always an idol
What non-American comics do you read/recommend (i.e., manga, bande dessinée, etc)? Asterix, Tintin, Saint Seiya, some random French albums I pick up when I'm visiting there.

Other fandoms: Doctor Who, animation, toys and Scottish country dancing (One of these is untrue, I leave to you to work out which)
Fannish activities: Some fanfic (though not as much as I have meant to write), contributing to s_d probably counts.

Political Leaning: Middle-Left with Liberal leanings.
Favourite Sports Team/Player: Bwah-Ha-Ha-Ha!
Favourite Performer: Tina Turner/Meatloaf/Tom Jones/kd lang (her early country stuff in particular)
Favourite Genre of Music: Rock and pop, with a heavy does of soundtracks and musicals (A cliché I know, but c'est la vie)
Favourite Actor: Peter Cushing, James Cagney, James Stewart, Patrick Stewart
Favourite Writer (fiction/non fiction): Terry Pratchett (Though Issac Asimov and PG Wodehouse are strong contenders).
Someone You Admire: A cliche to say my parents, but that's not going to stop me. If I ever become half the person my Dad was, I'll feel I'll have done all right in the world). Jim Henson remains an idol after lo these man years.

First or secondary languages? English primary, vaguely tolerable French

What else are you into? Family and friends. My church (As a gay Catholic I have issues with some of the issues, as you might imagine, but the faith has been a source of tremendous strength in the past), my job... being the best son, brother and uncle I can be, and trying to be as decent a person as I can (Which is bloody tough given the raw materials!)

What's one awesome thing you did this year? I'm not sure I'd ever be the best person to ask what counts as awesome.

[stubbleupdate]

Name:Stubbleupdate
Other places we can find you: I have a twitter and a tumblr
Location/Country of Origin: The Scottish part of Britain
Age: old enough that thinning hair and growing waistline are a pressing issue
Spend the majority of time doing: Working, and pretending to work

Favourite Writer:I'll pick up most of what Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa writes, and Jonathan Hickman, when he doesn't make me feel like I am stupid, is thrilling
Favourite Artist:Loads. Steve McNiven, Frank Cho, but mainly Phil Noto.
Favourite Character:Ms. Marvel. I identified with her when I was grown up, had finished university and didn't know what to do with myself. But you all know that already.
Desert Island Top Ten Comics (series/issues):I have read Ex Machina: The First Hundred Days about 8 or 9 times and each time I have discovered something new. There are ten volumes in the series.
All time favourite panel/page/scene (scans encouraged):
It’s from Ex Machina #11 and the story that it tells, and the way that it tells that story, is brilliant.
For the uninitiated, Mitchell Hundred is The Great Machine, a man given the ability to speak to machines. In a haze, he builds his own jetpack and decides to be a superhero, and so something useful.
He sucks at being a hero. He’s really bad at it, so he gives up.
Until one day in September…
This page is Mitchell rescuing jumpers from the WTC. When he’s speaking in Green font, he’s talking to his jetpack. He is literally begging his jetpack to give him more speed so that he can catch this woman. This panel was bad enough until somebody pointed out to me that he isn’t just speaking to himself.

How do you feel about DC's New 52? I'm buying no books, instead of 2, and I feel that line-wide the idea of what a reboot is has been handled badly.
Favourite Sports Team/Player:the hockey team that I've captained for the last 5 years
Favourite Writer (fiction/non fiction):Richard Yates. I adore Revolutionary Road and The Easter Parade only suffers by being the book that I read afterwards and not before. His short stories are pretty classy too.
What's one awesome thing you did this year? Coached a team to the 2nd round of the Donald Dewar Debating Championship, and really could have made it to the 3rd round with a different judging decision
What question do you wish we asked? Where did you go?

[stubbleupdate]

As for music, I am currently listening to a song made out of tennis

[greenmask]

I don't use dreamwidth for anything but s_d but it can't hurt to have my facts known. I just like filling these out!

Name: Greenmask, King Mod, Thoroughly Modding Millie, Claire
Blog/Journal/Site: SEKRIT
Other places we can find you: twitter available on request
Location/Country of Origin: England, south to mid
Age: 25
Spend the majority of time doing: Worrying about money, futures / makin' pictures

Favourite Writer: Morrison in comics, problee.
Favourite Artist: Mike Allred, Andy Suriano? Gene Colan when he's not doing racial caricatures. Aaand, I forget her name, but the Unwritten cover artist.
Favourite Character: I dunno, anymore
Favourite Ship/OTP: Take the Rogue/Gambit from my cold dead fingers
Favourite Not-in-fandom-but-love-the-story: Kamen Rider
Character Lusted After: Gambit, of old. It's a stubble thing.
Desert Island Top Ten Comics (series/issues): Unwritten, the Invisibles, Captain Britain & MI:13, Claremont's X-Men, Slaine: The Horned God, any Lee/Bisley Lobo, Tomb of Dracula, COBRA, Tank Girl, Kamen Rider Spirits
All time favourite panel/page/scene (scans encouraged): Maybe Rogue kissing the plane window?
How do you feel about DC's New 52? Let me tell you how many fucks I don't give: all of them.
Did you have a favourite superhero who was your role model growing up? Rogue. SEX ISSUES
What non-American comics do you read/recommend (i.e., manga, bande dessinée, etc)? Cobra is an AWESOME recent manga find - super-sexy bronze ageTotal Recall-style space piracy. I skipped a bunch of college to read Death Note which I don't regret, and I'll spend a day reading Moomins in a vegetable patch any time. Freak Angels and any of John Allison's back catalogue are webcomics definitely worth reading. Lucky Knisley's Stop Paying Attention is perfect, and Emily Carroll is a Great.

Other fandoms: I burnt out of fandoms after spending my formatives sucking Harry Potter through the nose like I was drowning in mud
Fannish activities: Mostly judging things harshly on the ole blog, or being enthusiastic about Kamen Rider costuming to an audience of none

Political Leaning: Up the Greens
Favourite Sports Team/Player: ..Robin.. Hood?
Favourite Performer: I will follow Jerry Only and John Lydon anywhere; currently diggin' Lana & Florence
Favourite Genre of Music: Melodic punk, funk metal, etc?
Favourite Actor: Ummmmm Kristen Stewart? AS A PERSON
Favourite Writer (fiction/non fiction): Scarlett Thomas, Lev Grossman, Haruki Murakami
Favourite Tumblr Illustrator: gingerhaze is preddy coo'
Someone You Admire: A bunch of against-the-stream "women's frivolity issues" bloggers, tbh

First or secondary languages? Only English, which I am embarrassed about.

What else are you into? Food & physical tasks

What's one awesome thing you did this year? learnt to ride a motorcycle + bought a motorcycle + rode my motorcycle

[icon_uk]

after spending my formatives sucking Harry Potter through the nose like I was drowning in mud

Well, THERE'S a mental image of Daniel Radcliffe I didn't need! O_o