How about a new avatar theme week?

Wannaplan? · Jan 28, 2004

I see Habanero has a comic book character as an avatar: Delirium from the Sandman comics. Someone else also has Cerebus the aaaardvaaaark and another has Buddy from Hate fame.

I'm also partial to Bizarro Superman. ;-)

Shall we usher in a new Avatar Theme week?

If so, I'm thinking about a Blonde Avenger avatar.

Who's game?

donk · Jan 28, 2004

I have been Buddy, Cerebus and Ghost World currently I am Leonard (stinky) Brown from Hate.

Not so comic related I've also been one of the Wild Things.

I get bored.

SlaveToTheGrind · Jan 28, 2004

I'd use this if I could get it to an avatar that is still legible.

Dan · Jan 28, 2004

Cleveland's own.

donk · Jan 28, 2004

Dan said:
Cleveland's own.

I've tried repeatedly to read American Splendour and have missed the point on most issues, until recently. I picked up a 3 issue story arc on an unknown Viet Nam war hero that was really good. I'll be giving it another shot.

Hopefully this is small enough for you.

SlaveToTheGrind · Jan 28, 2004

Thanks, Donk.

SGB · Jan 28, 2004

I got mine!

:-D

JNL · Jan 28, 2004

Can someone help me resize this one?

Who knows who she is?

SGB · Jan 28, 2004

JNL said:
Can someone help me resize this one?

Who knows who she is?

Why, that would be Betty from the Archie comic books!

JNL · Jan 28, 2004

Correct. Looking for an avatar, I read this description of her: "the perfect blonde Barbie doll girl next door" and I thought, perfect!

Plannerbabs · Jan 28, 2004

I was ready for a change anyway.

SkeLeton · Jan 28, 2004

Spaceman Spiff here... I hope mendelman doesn't get mad at me... well, he has Calvin...
Oh and JNL here goes your avatar

JNL · Jan 28, 2004

SkeLeton said:
Oh and JNL here goes your avatar

Thanks SkeL! :-}

FueledByRamen · Jan 28, 2004

who wants to do my resizing?

Pretty Please

Rem · Jan 29, 2004

Resistance is futile.

Michele Zone · Jan 29, 2004

Rem said:
Resistance is futile.

Yea, verily

Doitnow · Jan 29, 2004

I think I just changed my avatar and coincindentally ontime for this thread.
This looks pretty good to me.
Do you find it funny?

donk · Jan 29, 2004

Here you go

Tranplanner · Jan 29, 2004

I'm pretty sure this guy

<<<<<<<<<<

Was in a comic book or two way back when, so I'm not changin' fer nobody!

Wannaplan? · Jan 29, 2004

Is it official?! Are we having an avatar theme week? Okay, it goes from Thursday, January 29, 2004 to Wednesday, February 4, 2004.

I'm going to be Roberta Gregory's Bitchy Bitch. I like her Naughty Bits comic books.

Rumpy Tunanator · Jan 29, 2004

McGuyver should have his own comic book! Allright I'll look for one....

donk · Jan 29, 2004

Wanigas? said:
Is it official?! Are we having an avatar theme week? Okay, it goes from Thursday, January 29, 2004 to Wednesday, February 4, 2004.

I'm going to be Roberta Gregory's Bitchy Bitch. I like her Naughty Bits comic books.

Another book I read, when I can find them.

Anyone want some Terry Laban issues of CUD? I ended up buying a whole run off of EBAY to fill out the 5 or 6 issues needed. Good indie/alternative comic, weird and demented, but in a good sort of way.

And a question for all the Archie fans, what is so great about it? The last few women I've met who say they like comics inevitably say the only one they've ever read is Archie. Am I missing something?

Planner Groupie · Jan 29, 2004

I found one I want to use. Anyone willing to give resizing a shot? It's pretty big.

NHPlanner · Jan 29, 2004

Planner Groupie said:
I found one I want to use. Anyone willing to give resizing a shot? It's pretty big.

Send it over.

mendelman · Jan 29, 2004

I'm ready with mine.

FueledByRamen · Jan 29, 2004

donk said:
Here you go

Thank you

biscuit · Jan 29, 2004

[ot]Maybe we could have a short primer in the help forum on how to resize images. Sometimes I can change the size without problems, other times the byte size is too large even after adjustment. This could be better than having others shrink them for us.[/ot]

Seabishop · Jan 29, 2004

Am I a comic book character?

Planner Groupie · Jan 29, 2004

Thanks NHPlanner ;-)

Got mine!

donk · Jan 29, 2004

biscuit said:
[ot]Maybe we could have a short primer in the help forum on how to resize images. Sometimes I can change the size without problems, other times the byte size is too large even after adjustment. This could be better than having others shrink them for us.[/ot]

Typically, what I do is:
1) save onto my hard drive
2) open the image into photoshop,
3) resize the image/canvas to 69x69,
4) save the image out as a jpeg at a low resolution.

Sometimes I end up having to make the image size smaller to comply with the file limit size. I also try to crop the extra borders images have so that it is mostly image.

Hope that helps.

giff57 · Jan 29, 2004

I like scooby

biscuit · Jan 29, 2004

Thanks donk. I'll give that a shot right now.

Rumpy Tunanator · Jan 29, 2004

Going old school with Rumpy Tuna comic.

Wannaplan? · Jan 29, 2004

donk said:
And a question for all the Archie fans, what is so great about it? The last few women I've met who say they like comics inevitably say the only one they've ever read is Archie. Am I missing something?

I am not an Archie fan. But I think the issue has to do with differences in Wish Fullfillment Fantasies between the genders. If I were a woman, I don't think the adventures of Daredevil or the Flash would be too particularly interesting. Too much guy-macho-macho-homoerotic bullcrap. And the drawings look funny. And they are wearing skintight underwears. Seems to be an aesthetic the ladies find offensive.

Something like Hate or Eightball seems to appeal to both men and women.

I think Naughty Bits is also a good candidate for the ladies - I showed my copies to my sister and an ex-girlfriend and they actually read them and were entertained!!!! I would never share X-Men with them.

I loaned an issue of Eightball to a female classmate - I have yet to see it, and that was two years ago. { oh deep sadness :u: }

Michele Zone · Jan 29, 2004

I am sure I read Archie a zillion year ago cuz, well, I read a lot of stuff as a kid. I don't have a single issue left. Those were "throwaways". I bet I still have some Conans, Red Sonjas, my kids stole my Elf Quest books years ago, and I don't remember the names of all the Hot Babe Adventuresses I collected. Oh, and Warlord.

What kind of weird women are you meeting?

I just don't get the whole Archie thing. Sheesh.

NHPlanner · Jan 29, 2004

Wish I could have gotten the detail of the full pic in my new av....but it'll have to do.....

donk · Jan 29, 2004

Wanigas? said:
I loaned an issue of Eightball to a female classmate - I have yet to see it, and that was two years ago. { oh deep sadness :u: }

All about the HATE, even have an original page of art work from it.

Eightball fan here too. Ghostworld definitely has male/female cross over appeal.

Another good one to share with the GF/SO is Optic Nerve by adrian tomine.

I'd also suggest Will Eisner's graphic novels as being good intros to modern comics (Name of the Game, Fagin the Jew, Contract With God)

Border line GF/SO safe would be Minimum Wage by Bob Fingerman (just got an original page of art work, super cool) and Peepshow by Joe Matt (he is a bit of a self loathing degenerate- not in a bad way).

Just read "I Never Liked You Anyways" by Chester Brown, it was interesting, it is definitely GF/SO safe/friendly.

As always I'll suggest that everyone read Art Spegelman's Maus (Pulitzer Prize Winning). Joe Kubert's Yossel was interesting, but not as good as Maus.

JNL · Jan 29, 2004

donk said:
Typically, what I do is:
1) save onto my hard drive
2) open the image into photoshop,
3) resize the image/canvas to 69x69,
4) save the image out as a jpeg at a low resolution.

donk - can you give a bit more info on step 4? I can get through steps 1-3 fine (although I use MS Photo Editor) and I know how to save as a .jpg, but it's changing the resolution that I sometimes find a problem....?

biscuit · Jan 29, 2004

Calling Photoshop tech support

Is it possible that some images are just to big post at all?
The problem I'm running into with several images is that they still have too many bytes, even after being resized and saved at a low resolution. Any suggestions?

donk · Jan 29, 2004

JNL - The resolution of some images is set higher so that they print better (ie more DPI). In most programs, there should be a command in the "file" menu pull down to adjust it(called something like resolution or file settings) Best i can do without having the program on my computer. OT - If you and your friends want to see lots of fit men this week watch Trust House Tour. Cheer for the Canadians.

Biscuit, I've run in to the same thing also. It maybe fixable by changing the color path settings (RBG vs CY?) or by double cutrting and pasting it out into a a new file to get rid of any file garbage that has snuck in there.

These are my suggestions from fudging with stuff. I am sure there is a proper or easier way to do it.

JNL · Jan 29, 2004

Thanks donk. I think I have the same problem as biscuit - I know how to change the resolution, but often I still have far too many bytes.

Thanks for the tip on the cycle tour... I have volunteered to act as a marshall at an upcoming triathlon. Just to be a good citizen of course

NHPlanner · Jan 29, 2004

I don't know how it works in MS photo editor, but with Photoshop there's a "save for web" feature, which allows you to play with resolutions and preview the file size. This is what I use when making avatars.

JNL · Jan 29, 2004

You learn something every day...

I just went into Photo Editor and found a little button in the 'Save as' menu that had more options, including 'Jpeg quality factor: more - less' and would you believe it, I managed to successfully reduce the file size! :-D

SkeL I won't have to bug you any more!

Gedunker · Jan 29, 2004

Re: You learn something every day

JNL said:
I just went into Photo Editor and found a little button in the 'Save as' menu that had more options, including 'Jpeg quality factor: more - less' and would you believe it, I managed to successfully reduce the file size!

It is posts like these that make me sure that, if my employer ever asks, I can tell them "I learned it on Cyburbia" ;-)

Michele Zone · Jan 29, 2004

You can also do stuff like that in Paint (helps if you are a masochist with loads of time on your hands -- but there are things I can do in Paint that I can't do with any other program that I have and I can be more artistic and change colors and stuff, if I want to) and stuff can be resized in PowerPoint as well. There are plenty of ways to skin this cat, depending upon what programs you have available.

GeogPlanner · Jan 29, 2004

snoogans...bonnnnggggg!

nerudite · Jan 30, 2004

I really tried to put together an avatar for the theme week. But my favorite comic is too hard to make into an avatar (and most of them are too work-questionable). So I think I'll bow out for now.

Quail64 · Jan 30, 2004

If anyone knows mine, I'll give them a big hug.

Michele Zone · Jan 30, 2004

Quail64 said:
If anyone knows mine, I'll give them a big hug.

Lady Subaru?

Seabishop · Jan 30, 2004

Seabishop said:
Am I a comic book character?

By that I mean is my avatar a comic book character?

How about a new avatar theme week?

Bounty Hunter

Cyburbian

Cyburbian

Dear Leader

Cyburbian

Cyburbian

Cyburbian

Cyburbian

Cyburbian

Cyburbian

Cyburbian

Cyburbian

Attachments

Cyburbian

Cyburbian

Attachments

Cyburbian

Cyburbian

Cyburbian

maudit anglais

Bounty Hunter

Cyburbian

Cyburbian

Cyburbian

A shadow of my former self

Unfrozen Caveman Planner

Cyburbian

Cyburbian

Cyburbian

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Cyburbian

Corn Burning Fool

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Bounty Hunter

A shadow of my former self

Attachments

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A shadow of my former self

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Moderating

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Cyburbian