Forum | njerry | Activity https://thecarrier.net/members/njerry/activity/ Activity feed for njerry. Tue, 14 Jul 2026 01:59:40 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 ad7fe6618ced095678c2c003dcadbd1e njerry replied to the topic Weird News Thread in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/weird-news-thread/page/8/#post-148944 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 17:39:44 +0000 Is this one of those Golden-Age-versus-Silver-Age things?

]]> 9c388d26c944c2511863bfc81ee36f0a njerry replied to the topic The Trades Thread: Collected Editions in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-trades-thread-collected-editions/page/7/#post-148943 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 17:20:37 +0000 I’m not worried; Remender did the same thing with A RIGHTEOUS THIRST FOR VENGEANCE, collecting the full story in two TPBs followed by one beautiful oversized hardcover. I’m confident he will do the same thing here. I mean, I hope so. I mean, I pray so… I mean, it would be great to have an overside hardcover of ESCAPE to put next to…Read more

]]> f341f32d09ce62d611619cd20bacaa45 njerry replied to the topic The Obituary Column in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-obituary-column/page/6/#post-148890 Fri, 10 Jul 2026 14:16:50 +0000 Louise Lasser, star of cult sitcom Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman and Woody Allen comedies, dies aged 87

]]> eca7801074061ccacfffd9a16c76ba54 njerry replied to the topic The Obituary Column in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-obituary-column/page/6/#post-148889 Fri, 10 Jul 2026 14:14:43 +0000 Louise Lasser, star of cult sitcom Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman and Woody Allen comedies, dies aged 87

]]> ac91b760ec9e9c83ee68fe0d4054c0b8 njerry replied to the topic Movie News & Trailers: Coming Attractions in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/movie-news-trailers-coming-attractions/page/3/#post-148855 Wed, 08 Jul 2026 20:54:23 +0000 Yeah, that is a great trailer! If the movie is as good, Villanueva’s trilogy will be part of the cinematic Pantheon.

]]> d9023597b3ff43d07efa43fb40a4a366 njerry replied to the topic Random Comics-Related Stuff in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/random-comics-related-stuff/page/10/#post-148854 Wed, 08 Jul 2026 20:50:25 +0000 Umm…next Thursday is July 16th….unless Canada uses a different calendar? :-)

Are you planning to go to San Diego, Sean?

]]> b3bd65581d5bbbdd9d91b613b9d8f64c njerry replied to the topic The Random Thread Of Randomosity in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-random-thread-of-randomosity/page/11/#post-148596 Mon, 29 Jun 2026 20:58:57 +0000 After decades of being a comic book fan in a vaccuum, without a support group with whom to discuss this hobby, discovering the WildStorm boards on the larger DC website was a wonderful discovery. “Meeting” Frank D’Agostino on the boards led to me actually meeting him in person at a drink-up with writer Brian K. Vaughan in a bar in Greenwich…Read more

]]> ca990ad35cf20ba83573a1a883a906e5 njerry replied to the topic Funny pictures, images and the like in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/funny-pictures-images-and-the-like/page/27/#post-148591 Mon, 29 Jun 2026 20:25:38 +0000 I saw a news story talking about how, if AOC and Mamdani were European politicians, they would be considered “centrist” based on their platforms. Mamdani in particular wasn’t elected because of his trans or LGBTQ or immigration positions; he was elected on the platform of working to provide affordable housing, affordable childcare, affordable…Read more

]]> 350593bfc86135374a21bae7c004a6df njerry replied to the topic Funny pictures, images and the like in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/funny-pictures-images-and-the-like/page/27/#post-148589 Mon, 29 Jun 2026 17:37:04 +0000 And the status quo Democrats’ solution to the wave of DSA primary winners is not to embrace these new candidates, nor to do some serious soul-searching to figure out where they might have lost sight of the needs and wants of their voters; instead, it’s to run ad campaigns against these upstart Socialists who dare to challenge Chuck Schumer and…Read more

]]> 49efa0520327af7e37db2ed8ddf0dd94 njerry replied to the topic You Have Been Watching in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/you-have-been-watching-2/page/15/#post-148540 Fri, 26 Jun 2026 19:50:51 +0000 Is it part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe? :-)

]]> d52d9f17eadadee19581ba346f46a7aa njerry replied to the topic Politics and Current Affairs in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/politics-and-current-affairs/page/33/#post-148533 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 21:48:07 +0000 The news coverage I see states that he was beaten/kicked to death by 5 young men, the youngest of whom was 16 and the oldest 19. No mention of any of them being migrants (except on a questionable Instagram post), only that the victim and his killers may have known each other through child welfare homes, and that the attack was premeditated, not…Read more

]]> 9c05d6d72824d510e9ce7df4a9812ec6 njerry replied to the topic DC Movies & TV - The Gunn Show in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/dc-movies-tv-the-gunn-show/page/3/#post-148479 Tue, 23 Jun 2026 14:19:20 +0000 I’m SHOCKED! Shocked, I tell you!!

]]> b25ba20b3633a0184761b91aa9fca138 njerry replied to the topic The Obituary Column in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-obituary-column/page/6/#post-148466 Mon, 22 Jun 2026 19:02:35 +0000 Wow. Clive Davis was already part of the music business when I first started buying singles and albums, when he signed acts like Santana and Pink Floyd to Columbia Records over 55 years ago. There aren’t too many people who were as influential to modern rock and pop music as Davis was. Thank you, Clive, and Rest In Peace.

]]> 7f190c4a68ad7d20eb0351da8345097c njerry replied to the topic Funny pictures, images and the like in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/funny-pictures-images-and-the-like/page/27/#post-148379 Fri, 19 Jun 2026 22:58:05 +0000 You brought a tear to my eye, Dave.
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]]> 7c1d1d046ec3b4ca47a940c3c10a2559 njerry replied to the topic You Have Been Watching in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/you-have-been-watching-2/page/15/#post-148378 Fri, 19 Jun 2026 22:52:39 +0000 Yeah, the unnecessarily dark scenes have been my only complaint about this series.

]]> ee76356dd9627ea00e2fb26f68807344 njerry replied to the topic Funny pictures, images and the like in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/funny-pictures-images-and-the-like/page/27/#post-148285 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 10:13:22 +0000 I hope that is a real thing!!

I would never buy it, I just want to know that such a thing exists in this universe.

]]> 60d8adcfb1c9c4e97ee4dce2aed138b8 njerry replied to the topic Sports discussion in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/sports-discussion/page/5/#post-148264 Sun, 14 Jun 2026 10:10:39 +0000 Knicks win it in 5!! And New York City will now be more insane than it already is.

]]> 6a95b71983fb8d8732ee236b70ef26ba njerry replied to the topic Movie News & Trailers: Coming Attractions in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/movie-news-trailers-coming-attractions/page/3/#post-148256 Fri, 12 Jun 2026 22:24:27 +0000 Did Tim Robbins have a crossbow in that? I forget…

]]> 8f7f8911a261a271dc413de3c95831e1 njerry replied to the topic Movie News & Trailers: Coming Attractions in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/movie-news-trailers-coming-attractions/page/3/#post-148251 Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:05:07 +0000 I’d rather see a contemporary movie where Robin Hood is a used car salesmen working for an unscrupulous boss who pushes his staff to lie to customers in order to make a huge profit selling defective piece-of-shit vehicles to old ladies and naive young couples. Sort of like Glengarry Glen Ross, but with bows and arrows.

]]> 95bf773793501483517429ffb3d02140 njerry replied to the topic Sports discussion in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/sports-discussion/page/5/#post-148240 Thu, 11 Jun 2026 16:26:19 +0000 …except for a relatively small group of fans who decided the best way to celebrate the Knicks victory was to destroy property and trash a taxi cab. 14 jailed and 45 ticketed. Maybe they should move to Philadelphia.

]]> ae01cd329510f0480265d4e88526a7a3 njerry replied to the topic Random Comics-Related Stuff in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/random-comics-related-stuff/page/10/#post-148146 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:58:14 +0000 So I looked up Mark Millar’s bibliography and, yes, his last book that I LOVED was the first Huck series from 2015. There were, however, later books that I liked, including Empress and Reborn (both 2016), Magic Order (2018 through 2025) and Ambassadors (2023).

]]> 67068e80342b9cf13f9c081e8de760ee njerry replied to the topic The Random Thread Of Randomosity in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-random-thread-of-randomosity/page/11/#post-148127 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:58:42 +0000 Now do you understand why Trump wants to make Canada our 51st state? You guys have all that space ripe for exploitation!!

]]> 22e0a8e86f8f899cb5de1c814db125d7 njerry replied to the topic Random Comics-Related Stuff in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/random-comics-related-stuff/page/10/#post-148126 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:41:03 +0000 It’s no secret that when Marvel Studios began creating a unified Cinematic Universe, they leaned heavily on the ideas that Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch introduced in The Ultimates rather than the universe that Stan and Jack and Steve Ditko created. When he left DC/WildStorm, he greenlighted the creation of the MillarWorld online forum to keep in…Read more

]]> 06ed71940ce282558b86aa5f1a954caf njerry replied to the topic Random Comics-Related Stuff in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/random-comics-related-stuff/page/10/#post-148124 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:19:20 +0000 I wonder whether this ties directly to Mike Richardson’s recent departure from Dark Horse.

]]> 251b0e183013c89b0dd83ba3cdf09980 njerry replied to the topic Marjane Satrapi RIP in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/marjane-satrapi-rip/#post-148123 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:16:47 +0000 The first Persepolis was an amazing book, not just for the story but because it was written and drawn by a person who actually lived through those disturbing and brutal events. According to her Wiki page, Satrapi’s family said in a statement that she had “died of sadness” over her husband’s death.

RIP, Marjane.

]]> 4b66a85aababa0ab47fc8d2ec8d47577 njerry replied to the topic Box Office Mojo - The Business of Hollywood Thread in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/box-office-mojo-the-business-of-hollywood-thread/page/8/#post-148047 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 10:02:11 +0000 The best thing about falling off a cliff is the view on the way down.

]]> c15c1352e1d65a6e3385c7458400270d njerry replied to the topic What Is Going On In Your Life? in the forum Treehousery https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/what-is-going-on-in-your-life/page/6/#post-148005 Sun, 31 May 2026 18:33:30 +0000 Happy Birthday, Ben!!

]]> fe6daffe6fb57a3888dfc2a07b0f62ba njerry replied to the topic Sports discussion in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/sports-discussion/page/5/#post-147987 Sat, 30 May 2026 12:35:07 +0000 Coupla comments on the NHL finals:

First, how is it possible that there are no Canadian teams in the finals?! It just doesn’t seem right.

Second, how is it possible that the final two teams are from cities where the temperatures in January rarely dip below freezing? I mean, ice is not normal in Raleigh, North Carolina, let alone steamy Las Vegas.

]]> 4c5a72987e18b6317c12ca376d2a802b njerry replied to the topic Comics shipping April, May, and June 2026 in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/comics-shipping-april-may-and-june-2026/#post-147978 Fri, 29 May 2026 10:00:10 +0000 And he was really funny in My Cousin Vinny. :-)

]]> 9602ff9949cd768b25c23fe3ddc794d5 njerry replied to the topic News thread in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/news-thread/page/8/#post-147947 Wed, 27 May 2026 18:59:01 +0000 Actually, the UK is not the first: Maldives first country to impose generational smoking ban</a>

]]> cb5f2960e0d9c38ce93a308596beda90 njerry replied to the topic Sports discussion in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/sports-discussion/page/5/#post-147930 Tue, 26 May 2026 22:17:07 +0000 Yes! I’ve been a long-suffering Knicks fan since the early 1970s, when the juggernaut of Willis Reed, Walt Frazier, Earl Monroe, Dave DeBusschere and Bill Bradley won the 1973 NBA Championship. I was a season ticket holder in 1999 when the team of Patrick Ewing, Allan Houston, Latrell Sprewell, Chris Childs and Marcus Camby made it to the…Read more

]]> 19e258a8eb8be8b6de71a8607bf8fa43 njerry replied to the topic News thread in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/news-thread/page/8/#post-147908 Tue, 26 May 2026 10:48:05 +0000 Ironically, in the 1930s tobacco companies used to advertise the health benefits of smoking cigarettes. In the 1950s, after scientific studies began noting the damage that smoking did to our bodies (not just our lungs), those companies doubled down, getting endorsements from “doctors” stating that their brand is healthier than its competitors…Read more

]]> 85ec56cd137b0531038e3568751be558 njerry replied to the topic The Random Thread Of Randomosity in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-random-thread-of-randomosity/page/11/#post-147870 Sun, 24 May 2026 22:06:03 +0000 You’re right, of course.

]]> c24537e838dfe4d80c818dd0a2294ad2 njerry replied to the topic The Random Thread Of Randomosity in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-random-thread-of-randomosity/page/11/#post-147857 Sun, 24 May 2026 13:22:30 +0000 Ah, the Authority forum: it was part of the WildStorm subforum on the DC Comics interactive site. Mark Millar was just one of the WildStorm creators who regularly posted there, along with Doselle Young (who wrote The Establishment), Micah Ian Wright (who wrote StormWatch: Team Achilles until a scandal caused DC/WS to cancel the series before the…Read more

]]> 06ac5a301ada3cbf8fcb9c3b530dc20f njerry replied to the topic DC Movies & TV - The Gunn Show in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/dc-movies-tv-the-gunn-show/page/3/#post-147823 Sat, 23 May 2026 20:04:48 +0000 And?

]]> 9a3ef5c446c9f5a3580a174b0368577e njerry replied to the topic Independent Comics Thread in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/independent-comics-thread/page/10/#post-147766 Thu, 21 May 2026 21:18:11 +0000 This sounds awesome!!

Even though Hellboy’s timeline ended abruptly 10 years ago, Mike Mignola and his collaborators have spent the last decade filling in the blanks in HB’s long career as well as the activities of his fellow BPRD agents. This one sounds like a lot of fun!

]]> 03acf8c0060867c0cd9b8e875eb58331 njerry replied to the topic The Random Thread Of Randomosity in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-random-thread-of-randomosity/page/11/#post-147721 Tue, 19 May 2026 21:32:29 +0000 Arjan, you’ll be happy to know that we hit 35 Celsius today!! That’s 95 degrees Fahrenheit, which is crazy for mid-May!!

]]> a95863b4b83d089d7ce83f270beed558 njerry replied to the topic The Random Thread Of Randomosity in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-random-thread-of-randomosity/page/11/#post-147683 Mon, 18 May 2026 16:33:59 +0000 I don’t know about 36, but we currently have 31 in the NYC area and I’m loving it!!

]]> a26b227448a651d2ae33502e0af4a258 njerry replied to the topic The Trades Thread: Collected Editions in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-trades-thread-collected-editions/page/7/#post-147682 Mon, 18 May 2026 16:17:52 +0000 Y’know, I wondered why you had posted TWO reviews of New Mutants Omnibus #1, each with different contents; now it makes sense!

(from May 16) New Mutants Omnibus 1: Marvel Team-up 100, Marvel GN 4: The New Mutants, New Mutants 1-13

(from May 17) New Mutants Omnibus 1: The New Mutants 13-25, New Mutants Annual 1, Marvel Team-up 149

I suspect…Read more

]]> 199c840cf3f868107283656d0746895b njerry replied to the topic Quotes; also featuring lyrics, sayings and catchphrases in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/quotes-also-featuring-lyrics-sayings-and-catchphrases/page/4/#post-147454 Fri, 08 May 2026 10:07:56 +0000 It’s great to live free of the other sheep, until you hear the wolves howl.

— Max Brooks, “Devolution”

]]> 43e7f89c0b89a358ea40818e4baab8c8 njerry replied to the topic Old Comics Thread in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/old-comics-thread/page/3/#post-147369 Sun, 03 May 2026 12:50:03 +0000 Yeah, I bought a couple of Hellboy-themed Humble Bundles so that I could have a digital copy of every TPB and one-shot to read on my iPad, even though I own all this stuff in print.

]]> 69c17932bcd01ed4c2353d8421ca18bd njerry replied to the topic The Random Thread Of Randomosity in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-random-thread-of-randomosity/page/11/#post-147347 Fri, 01 May 2026 17:15:08 +0000 That’s great, Arjan!! I hope you keep doing it; exercise and a change of scenery are a wonderful, physically and mentally healthy combination!

]]> e92c018445847f0d68f64bebc4320a5e njerry replied to the topic DC Movies & TV - The Gunn Show in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/dc-movies-tv-the-gunn-show/page/3/#post-147343 Fri, 01 May 2026 15:18:50 +0000 Agreed. The Authority fit in the context of the WildStorm Universe; they don’t belong in a universe where Superman should be the strongest hero, Batman the smartest strategist, Flash the fastest, etc. Putting Apollo and Midnighter alongside Superman and Batman makes no sense in the comics, and makes worse sense on the big screen.

]]> c6a5ca5f75c5bb7c223e78cc4530a8bd njerry replied to the topic RIP Gerry Conway in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/rip-gerry-conway/#post-147274 Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:15:37 +0000 As a Marvelite circa 1970, Roy Thomas was my favorite writer, followed closely by Gerry Conway. His run on The Amazing Spider-Man included the death of Gwen Stacy and the introduction of the Punisher. Thank you, Mr. Conway, for so many years of entertainment. RIP

]]> 162971fb3e2e184d567df4f7bfc4ed3e njerry replied to the topic Random Comics-Related Stuff in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/random-comics-related-stuff/page/10/#post-147269 Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:43:42 +0000 The primary reason that the Marvel Unlimited costs subscriptions are relatively inexpensive is that they are subsidized by the sale of print copies at the local comics shops. If the majority of fans go digital, Marvel would have to increase the subscription fees and/or drastically reduce their output of monthly books; and those comics shops that…Read more

]]> f54db514af13dcf4e0c46444c8226b55 njerry replied to the topic News thread in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/news-thread/page/8/#post-147220 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:46:10 +0000 I guess profiting from insider information is okay only if you’re a member of Congress or a member of Trump’s family.

]]> 937722ae43261d9f3588527f7cc1556d njerry replied to the topic Quotes; also featuring lyrics, sayings and catchphrases in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/quotes-also-featuring-lyrics-sayings-and-catchphrases/page/4/#post-147198 Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:41:26 +0000 Great song from a great album; thanks for the reminder, Todd.

]]> f161776cc0f27f97f11557adfeb090e2 njerry replied to the topic The Obituary Column in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-obituary-column/page/6/#post-147197 Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:39:37 +0000 Rock legend Dave Mason has passed

Every time I read about the death of one of my music heroes, I’m transported back to the bedroom in my parents’ house where I first listened to their albums on my turntable. Dave Mason is one of those heroes.

]]> fd6fdc1469174f7d0d9fa47637e6dee8 njerry replied to the topic News thread in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/news-thread/page/8/#post-147177 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:22:01 +0000 This is probably my fault; just the other day I saw a cigarette display in some shop and said to my UK cousin “I’m surprised people still smoke, knowing what we know about the health risks.” Maybe my cousin has a connection with the NHS. :-)

]]> d413b44ee98d97b35c6b57debe880ae6 njerry replied to the topic Marvel Comics Thread in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/marvel-comics-thread/page/12/#post-147176 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:10:27 +0000 No worries, Todd; 12 months from now things will go back to the status quo and all will be normal again. Until the next major shock-event. And so on and so on and….

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