Randy
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Male
38 years old
AUSTIN, TEXAS
United States
Last Login: 8/23/2009
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Randy's Interests
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| General | Comic Books, Videogames (PS/2 & PC), Gaming (D&D, HERO system, mostly), TV (especially HBO, The Shield, 24 and Lost), Music (a wide variety), Texas Hold 'Em (talented amateur at best) | | Music | Current Favorites: Arctic Monkeys, OK Go, Royal, Dangerdoom, Gnarls Barkley, Office, Cursive
All-Time Favorites: Weezer, Green Day, Beastie Boys, Barenaked Ladies, Oingo Boingo, Prodigy, U2, The Who and no doubt more that I don't remember right now. | | Movies | Directors: Doug Liman (esp. Go & Mr. and Mrs. Smith), David Fincher (esp. Fight Club), Robert Rodriguez (esp. Desperado), Quentin Tarantino (esp. Pulp Fiction), Tony Scott (esp. Last Boy Scout & True Romance), James Cameron (esp. Aliens & T2), M. Night Shyamalan (esp. Unbreakable & Sixth Sense), Stephen Soderbergh (esp. Ocean's 11 & Out of Sight), Mel Brooks (esp. Blazing Saddles & Young Frankenstein)
Movies: Everything Pixar, Big Trouble in Little China, Clear & Present Danger, Crash, Die Hard, Elf, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Fifth Element, Galaxy Quest, Get Shorty, Ghostbusters, Goodfellas, Heat, High Fidelity, Hoodwinked, The Hunt for Red October, Iron Giant, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, L.A. Confidential, Lethal Weapon, Memento, Midnight Run, Million Dollar Baby, Minority Report, Office Space, Patriot Games, Princess Bride, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Shaun of the Dead, Snatch, Untouchables, Unforgiven & Usual Suspects | | Television | 24, Arrested Development, Battlestar Galactica, The Colbert Report, The Daily Show, Lost, Scrubs, The Shield, Veronica Mars, Entourage, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Deadwood, Weeds, Celebrity Poker Showdown... and probably more | | Books | Mostly I read crime, like Elmore Leonard & Richard Stark, but I read a *ton* of comic books.
Favorite Writers: John Ostrander, Gail Simone, Dan Slott, Brian Vaughan, Brian Wood, Grant Morrison, Phil Hester
Favorite Artists: Way too many to name. But off the top of my head, Matt Wagner, Paul Pope, Dave Crosland, Phil Hester, Cameron Stewart, Steve Rolston, Jim Mahfood, Scott Morse, Darwyn Cooke, Ted Naifeh, Dan Brereton, Chris Samnee, Stan Sakai, Eric Powell, Ryan Kelly, Adrian Tomine, Rob Ullman, Igor Kordey, Tim Truman, Guy Davis... the list goes on.
Favorite Comics (Current): She-Hulk, Runaways, All-Star Superman, American Virgin, DMZ, Amazing Joy Buzzards, Local, Polly & The Pirates, Godland, Walking Dead, Y The Last Man, Fables, Fear Agent, Casanova, Birds of Prey, B.P.R.D., Ex Machina, Queen & Country, The Goon and probably a half-dozen more indies I can't remember because they haven't had a new issue in a few months.
Favorite Comics (All Time): Ostrander's Suicide Squad, Grimjack, The Spectre & Hawkworld, Ennis's Preacher & Hitman, Hama's G.I. Joe (you heard me, bitches! ;), Stern's Avengers & Amazing Spider-Man, Miller's Daredevil, Brubaker's Catwoman & Sleeper, Wagner's Sandman Mystery Theatre and no doubt more that I'm forgetting.
Favorite Graphic Novels: Seriously, too many to list. Come over to my house and I'll show you. :) |
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Randy's Details
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| Status: | Married | | Here for: | Networking, Friends | | Orientation: | Straight | | Hometown: | Austin, TX | | Ethnicity: | White / Caucasian | | Religion: | Atheist | | Zodiac Sign: | Aries | | Smoke / Drink: | No / Yes | | Children: | Proud parent | | Education: | College graduate | | Occupation: | Comics Retail |
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Randy's Companies
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Dragon's Lair Comics & Games
Round Rock, Texas US
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Started in 2000
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Randy's Latest Blog Entry
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No more blog here
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The New Fall season - continuing evaluation
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TV Update - Reviews Part 2
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Weekly Comics to Come - September 27, 2006
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Weekly Comics to Come - September 20, 2006
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About me:
I live in Austin, Texas (and I love it here), I have a wife named Suzanne and a 3-year-old daughter named Katy and I adore them both. I work about 40 hours co-managing Dragon's Lair in Round Rock, a comics and game shop that is part of a 3-store chain in this part of Texas. The rest of my time is spent watching TV and DVDs, playing videogames, reading comics and did I mention watching TV already?
I'm a full-on geek, working in a comics shop and doing the weekly D&D group thing with some friends. I also went above and beyond the geek call of duty for the past 10 years or so, running a comic book review website called The Fourth Rail. I quit reviewing in January of 2006, although I'm still doing comics-related writing for Antigravity, a free monthly in New Orleans. Then, in September of 2006, I returned to reviewing with a new site called Comic Pants. Turns out the reviewing bug bites harder than you'd think.
My Other Sites:
Comic Pants
Inside Joke Theatre (My Blog/Homepage)
The Fourth Rail
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Who I'd like to meet:
Actually, if any of my old friends and acquaintances from Colorado are out there on My Space, I'd sure love to get in touch with them. Shane, Doug, Martin, Rick, Robbie, Kurt, etc... you guys out there?
Oh, and Jon Stewart of the Daily Show. Because, y'know, that's likely.
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