Hey guy's I did this on my friend's G.I.Joe forum and thought it might work here too.
Basically I put together a contest for some of the writers on the board where one person would give a bio of themselves and then one of the resident writers would choose the bio he wanted to use and create a story and filecard for the member's bio in Marvel Comics run G.I.JOE fashion--basically turning that member into a "super hero" of sorts.
When the contest was over I announced a winner and sent a small prize to winning author. In his case I sent him a copy of Alan Moore's Writing For Comics. I let him chose between that and a few select MOC Star Wars figures I had.
So here is what I propose and if we get enough people that want to do it, I'll ask a moderator if it's cool and we'll set a deadline for all the submittals and run a little contest here.
First, post in this thread if you are interested. If you are please state if you are interested in just helping out with a bio about yourself, being an author or both.
Bios are just that. I ask you give a name (you can you use your username here if you aren't comfortable) place of birth and date of birth. Then give me an honest paragraph or 2 about yourself. What do you do for a living? What do you do for fun? Share a cool story about a favorite car, your monster collection or the 1st bone you ever broke. What does a day in your life entail? Any good vacation or holiday stories? Etc...don't go nuts--this is just a bio about who you are.
AUTHORS will come in and claim a bio they like, early bird gets the worm got me? 1 bio per Author and authors can not write about the same bio!! With that authors will then write about 3 good paragraphs that transform that UMA'ers Bio into an awesome monster story. Maybe how one of us were abducted by Saucer Men, bit by Vampires or woke up in in Castle Frankenstein....I ask that you don't make the stories too gory or have any kind of real deep sexual tone. This is monster stuff--let's turn a friend into Frankenstein! Got me?
At the end of the day all the stories will share one thing the UMA'er will start as himself and end up some monster, or monster type thing of epic proportions!
Authors can NOT write about themselves!!!
This thread will be broken up into parts--first I ask for those to post that are interested in leaving a bio or writing the story and let me know what you'd like to do. From there we'll roll with it.
If it all works out, this time in Oct I will announce a winner and send them a small gift, nothing crazy just some kind of small and cool Halloween decoration I see in my travels.
I'm working hard writing fan fiction and practicing my hand with comic books and submitting stuff so I found this to be a good exercise for me, while also bring forum members a bit closer and walking away with a little prize.
Let me know!
Cool idea, Jess. Of course, because of my extreme vanity, I posted first ;D. I'll do a quick bio. Might try to write, also... maybe?
I'm Mark Stamper, also known as Golden Gorilla and Unknown Primate. I was born in Muncie, Indiana on May 29, 1956.
Besides my love for monsters, the most interesting things about me are probably my former professions and my familiarity with injuries and brushes with death. I'm a former professional wrestler, bouncer & railroad laborer. Fell off a 40 foot train trestle in 1976. Hit by a car twice. Thrown off a motorcycle twice. Broke my back twice. Quadruple heart bypass. Pacemaker. ICD. (better living through electricty ;)). Three back surgeries. Well, you get the picture.
I have around 6 feet of surgical (and other) scars on my ape-like body, including a beautiful 20 incher on my back which took 55 staples to close, after the docs had deflated my lung and sawed off one of my ribs! Oh yeah - I wear leg braces, made from leather, stainless steel and high grade aluminum. I'm steam punk! I'm obsessed with King Kong, Bigfoot, Gorillas & Frankenstein.
Hope I didn't overdo it!
Holy crap Mark, Frankenstein lives!!! lol and I thought I had a few sports injuries...wow!!!
You sure can write and I'm glad you're on board bud--we just need other people to write bios so you can claim one and more authors so someone can claim yours!
LOL! Yeah, I just started to post something about being the only one to respond! I thought YIKES - I hope there's more interest in this! There are some great writers and cool imaginations in this bunch.
I just think it's cool creating your own monsters and making up origins for them. I drew my own group of superheroes a LONG time ago. You might get a kick out of the drawings. I might still have the damn things somewhere.
Quote from: Unknown Primate on September 19, 2012, 12:16:14 AM
Cool idea, Jess. Of course, because of my extreme vanity, I posted first ;D. I'll do a quick bio. Might try to write, also... maybe?
I'm Mark Stamper, also known as Golden Gorilla and Unknown Primate. I was born in Muncie, Indiana on May 29, 1956.
Besides my love for monsters, the most interesting things about me are probably my former professions and my familiarity with injuries and brushes with death. I'm a former professional wrestler, bouncer & railroad laborer. Fell off a 40 foot train trestle in 1976. Hit by a car twice. Thrown off a motorcycle twice. Broke my back twice. Quadruple heart bypass. Pacemaker. ICD. (better living through electricty ;)). Three back surgeries. Well, you get the picture.
I have around 6 feet of surgical (and other) scars on my ape-like body, including a beautiful 20 incher on my back which took 55 staples to close, after the docs had deflated my lung and sawed off one of my ribs! Oh yeah - I wear leg braces, made from leather, stainless steel and high grade aluminum. I'm steam punk! I'm obsessed with King Kong, Bigfoot, Gorillas & Frankenstein.
Hope I didn't overdo it!
UNIVERSAL MONSTER ARMY
(http://www.yourprops.com/movieprops/default/yp4f6869a47141d4.04230663/GOING-APE-COLLECTION-FRANKENSTEIN-GORILLA.jpg)
Code Name Primal Ape
Real Name Mark Stamper
Called by the team the Unknown Primate or the Great Golden Gorilla Mark swings his way into action. His hairy corpulent chest is criss crossed with the scars of his adventures and from his unknown origin and maker. Some say he is the missing link, others that he broke it. Primal Ape once wrestled a train into submission before plunging off the trestle to his doom. You can't put a good ape down though and with current acquisitions of Gorilla and Sasquatch body part replacements always in store to repair himself the monster continues to terrorize. When the team needs the strength of Kong they turn to the immortal Primal Ape.
(http://i868.photobucket.com/albums/ab250/hgsimms55/gorilla.gif)
LOL! That is brilliant!! Where in the world did you find that FrankenApe mask/bust? Your storyline is fantastic and ultra cool! Wish I could write like that.
That was awesome, Ghost. Kudos to Jess and Mark for their contributions. 8)
Quote from: BlackLagoon on September 19, 2012, 07:25:15 PM
Holy crap Mark, Frankenstein lives!!! lol and I thought I had a few sports injuries...wow!!!
Well, I
do have quite a few years on you. Give it time, brotha, give it time. Just kidding - May the rest of your years be injury free!
I forgot about my fractured ribs, big toe (twice) & blown disc in my neck (which caused numbness in my hand and a loss of strength in my right tricep!!)