Mod Post - Welcome to scans_daily's Tenth Anniversary celebration!

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As some of you may have noticed, scans_daily celebrated it's 10th anniversary last month. Yup, our first iteration came into being in December 2003 and have been going strong ever since.

Take a moment to raise a celebratory glass if such be your preference...



(Look, I'm the one making the post, you must have known the odds were good Dick Grayson would feature in it somewhere.)

The Community has been through a good deal since those early days and three different site hosts in total (at least three that I know of, but I didn't show up until 2007 or so), but have, we hope, remained true to our original desire to, like it says on the heading, "provide an atmosphere which is LGBTQ-friendly, anti-racist, anti-ableist, woman-friendly and otherwise discrimination and harassment free." as well as showcasing some kickass comics and graphic narrative from all sorts of unexpected places and times.

Your lovable Mods (Well, the lovable ones and me) felt that December already had a lot going on in it (both personally and socially) so it would be better to celebrate it in January, where we can have both a celebration of the past and a whole New Year to look forward to. (Look, it's either this story, or "We forgot", you decide which you think makes us seem cooler)

According to wikipedia, the Tenth Anniversary is "Tin" or "Aluminium" (or "Aluminum" to Americans) neither of which are the most exciting elements. Since we couldn't really work a theme out of those, the notion we had for celebrating this event  is a variation on our requests threads, a sort of "Greatest Hits of the Past FIRST 10 years".

Scans_daily is the sum total of everyone who is a member of the board, be they poster, commentator or those who simply choose to lurk and enjoy (Though we always welcome those who choose to de-lurk). So let's make this a group celebration!

Do you have a favourite post that you made? Well, make it again, chances are there are new members who've never see it before.

Do you have a request for a story that you recall seeing before? Well then, ask here and the assembled masses might well be able to post it again.

Please tag your posts with

series: 10th anniversary celebration

so we can keep track of them

Let's celebrate what makes this place so much fun in the first place.

We might also have a few surprises in the weeks ahead, but let's not spoil that right now.

So let the games begin!
 

Comments

[drexer]

Woohoo! Party hats!

Wait, only me and Gar have them? Fine by me then.

It's been only 3 years for me as a not-lurker occasional poster, but there's hardly any other community where I could've found such a mix of clever commentary, differing opinions with a minimum of decorum in discussing them, an ethos that made me both feel like there was something different in here and that I also had much to learn, and a surprising high ratio of beefcake/cheesecake. Specially of the bound robin variety.

Here's to ten more!?

[icon_uk]

It's not so much the party hat sweetie, as the fact you're not wearing anything else!

I knew I had found my spiritual home on scans_daily when I (slightly nervously) posted one of my first bound Robin images and it got fan mail! :)

(Oh, and I hope you mean a either a "minimum of rancor" or "maximum of decorum" because "a minimum of decorum" isn't something we aspire to ;) )

[rainspirit]

Congrats for 10 years. We've had ups and downs but I'm happy with the way the community is right now. :)

I would love to start making regular posts. There's so much I'd like to do, but uploading scans and posting them here is not something I've gotten into the habit of. Let's hope for a change this year!

[shellblade]

Whoot! Congratulations for 10 years and still going strong! :D

[masterdick161]

Just found this sight a few months ago (while avoiding work lol) and I must say I love it here! Congrats on 10th Anniversary!!!

[viridian5]

Congrats on ten years! A friend of mine says she thinks the tenth anniversary is the tentacle anniversary....

[simiansyndicate]

Ten. Years.

Wow.

Y'know, I've been lurking since that December many moons ago, back when I was a freshman in college (now working on my PhD)! I think back to those who have posted and are no longer active...I think of the good ones, the bad ones, and everyone inbetween. I think of the long, drawn-out arguments between people, the bonds that were formed, and the quiet moments where beloved creators are no longer with us. I think of the rules, those added and dropped, and the dedication of the various mods. I can think of the times I laughed, the times I fumed, and the time I participated in the SD! "Boom-de-yada" parody.

Ten. Years.

I don't post often (I never have), I never made any close friends, never met anyone from this community, and maybe I never will. But I likes you guys, and I think I'd be sadder without this place. You all have introduced me to books I later bought, helped me know which ones to avoid, and provided good discussions.

That's really all I have. I'm a quiet, lurking veteran, and I'll still be just that, as long as there is a Scans_Daily.

Here's to US, guys. You, me, everyone. The site is fine, but it is the community that is still going strong.

~Pete Temple!, Master of Science, CRC, AKA The Simian Syndicate.

[cainofdreaming]

So, we're on to our teen years now? Turbulent times ahead, mates. :p It's been a fun ride for me this far, and I don't see that changing. So party on.

*hands out party poppers and horns*

Oh, and tin anniversary is just asking for some Metal Men to be posted. Anyone have some?

[bradygirl_12]

I thought the same thing about Tin and the Metal Men! :) Love Nameless and all the rest of the gang. :)

Happy Anniversary, guys! I'm only a commenter because I don't have means to scan, but I check this comm every day and enjoy it.

I'm going to make a request for a story that was posted here before (or probably was on LJ): Clark and Diana are hit by Eros' arrow and miff Lois and Steve in a major way! I think their Eros-induced romance was waaay better than the current one. ;) The comic might have been DC Presents and was early '80s, I believe. Sorry I can't help more.

[zapbiffpow]

Hey, happy anniversary, you guys! I remember making a Food for Thought post asking when s_d's 10-year anniversary was. Turns out I was off by months.

Also, 10 years is diamond, if I'm not mistaken!

[superfangirl1]

Happy 10th anniversary Scan daily!

[stubbleupdate]

I don't like what you've done with the layout.. Is that also part of the anniversary celebrations?

[salad_barbarian]

Wow I remember back when this was just a more active than average com on my LJ friends list. Then came the panic of the shutdown the resurection on IJ and lastly the move to DW.

I still look back with fondness on the two years I had the DAILIES AWARDS going.

Here's to the place that got me into comics! *raises glass of apple soda*

[leoboiko]

Hey, aluminium is amazing! It's "soft, durable, lightweight, ductile and malleable", vital to industry and modern household, nontoxic, very good for recycling, resists corrosion, doesn't rust or tarnish or gets patina. The only reason aluminium is not "precious" like gold or platinum is that it's incredibly abundant in the Earth crust, which only makes it more amazing in my book (Good Guy Aluminium: is one of the most useful metals ever; is available cheaply for everyone). From the pedia:

>Prior to commercial electrical generation in the early 1880s, and the Hall-Héroult process in the mid 1880s, aluminium was exceedingly difficult to extract from its various ores. This made pure aluminium more valuable than gold.[50] Bars of aluminium were exhibited at the Exposition Universelle of 1855.[51] Napoleon III of France is reputed to have given a banquet where the most honoured guests were given aluminium utensils, while the others made do with gold.

[featheredserpent]

Give Tin a chance!

[lbd_nytetrayn]

Happy tenth anniversary! May there be many more!