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The idea of the Mary Sue in fan fiction has become such a stereotype that, although such characters really do exist (I've even known one in an audio drama!), they are an object of such ridiculosity (words fail me!) that the terrible plot becomes funny in itself. Kevin Bolk and Clare Moseley have decided to have a little fun with the idea with a web comic series entitled...
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Ensign Sue Must Die! The end of an Urban Legend!
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Posted 13 June 2010 - 07:19 AM
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Posted 13 June 2010 - 04:23 PM
This could be quite an amusing little series. I like it!
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Posted 13 June 2010 - 06:43 PM
Kevin (who does the art) and Clare (who plots the storyline and shares the scripting with Kevin) shared a table in the Artist's Alley at Wizard World Philadelphia last weekend at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. I particularly like the way he has lampooned the cast of the new movie, the Spock's in episode 1 and Chris Pine's Cpt Kirk in episode 2!
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Posted 13 June 2010 - 09:42 PM
The first 5 are very funny.
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Member of S.A.N.I.T.Y. (Because explosions are pretty.) The Loyal Counterists who say 'Ni'
"Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought is staggering." -- R. Buckminster Fuller
"The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased, and not impaired, in value." -- Theodore Roosevelt
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Posted 17 June 2010 - 06:57 AM
poko, on 14 June 2010 - 01:42 PM, said:
The first 5 are very funny.
Episode 6 is now out! My thanks to the artist, kevin, for the new sig banner to fit our requirements!
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Posted 30 June 2010 - 05:32 AM
We are up to strip number 10 now. These are great!
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Posted 01 July 2010 - 01:40 AM
Bill, on 30 June 2010 - 09:32 PM, said:
We are up to strip number 10 now. These are great!
Somewhere, I can imagine a fan fiction writer thinking: she's great! I wish I'd written this!
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Posted 01 July 2010 - 07:28 AM
Kirok, on 01 July 2010 - 12:40 AM, said:
Somewhere, I can imagine a fan fiction writer thinking: she's great! I wish I'd written this!
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Sad - but likely true...!
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Posted 29 July 2010 - 05:23 AM
Ok! I was expecting this to be cute but this is getting really good! A Mirror Universe, new movie Kirk? OMG!!! This is priceless!
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Posted 29 July 2010 - 05:46 AM
I just read 17 and 18 a half hour ago. This comic series is so great!
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