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I really like JL8 but I hate suspense. Let me rephrase that...I hate continuing suspense. In small doses it's OK. I can only stand so much parsing a story piece by piece before I go all  . At one a week I'm going to have to lay off until there's a decent chunk of strips to read again. There's always refuge in LnC, though. 
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Originally posted by Shallowford: I really like JL8 but I hate suspense. Let me rephrase that...I hate continuing suspense. In small doses it's OK. I can only stand so much parsing a story piece by piece before I go all .
At one a week I'm going to have to lay off until there's a decent chunk of strips to read again. There's always refuge in LnC, though. Then you'll be happy to note that the artist said he'd be doing more stand alone strips. (Actually, what he said was "more episodic / stand alone strips" which *could* mean more multiple pages on one day. I'd be okay with that too. )
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Virginia,
I hadn't read that. Thanks.
Actually, this brings up a point I'd like to ask in general. I read pretty quickly but I can only keep 3-4 things with "plots" going at any time. I mean, I'm OK reading a long story on the Archive, a (unrelated) novel when I'm away from the computer, maybe some short stories and a few comics. As things become less unrelated I start mixing things up, forgetting character names, have to re-read to get back into the situation and basically it stops being fun. Some of you write multiple stories concurrently, read stories as they're posted, Beta for other stories and keep a shelf full of plot bunnies on the side. HOW?
I'd like to hear everyone's answers--Virginia has copied this question to "Keeping Focus" in the Fanfic Related thread. Please reply there.
Thanks again Virginia.
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Originally posted by Shallowford:
Some of you write multiple stories concurrently, read stories as they're posted, Beta for other stories and keep a shelf full of plot bunnies on the side. HOW? Hi, Shallowford: This seemed like such an in-depth question and topic, I created a new thread for it: Keeping Focus . EDIT:  Ooops. I guess you already noticed that. 
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 Lois has showed up. You can not do a proper story involving Clark Kent unless you have Lois show up. The sooner the better.
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Since Lois is a newspaper obsessed 10-year-old, should we take this to mean reporting is her superpower?
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 That they have not had another strip with Lois yet.
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Originally posted by John Lambert: That they have not had another strip with Lois yet. John, he's only had like 4 strips since introducing Lois. Give him time.
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Deadly Chakram pointed me at this on the Archive/Tumblr about two weeks ago and I read all of them in one sitting. I didn't know who Karen was, either! Yay! Lois!! I had to laugh - they moved into the old Byrne house 
"It's the mythology of a sun god who wished he was a man because he saw something so great in us. It's the story of a hero who could move whole worlds and see through stars and hear a whisper on the other side of the planet... ...and who fell in love with a storyteller." - ashmaht (x)
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In today's comic (#139) is that The Joker (in the Red Hood) and the Toyman?  I love this comic, but sometimes I get lost on who all the characters are.
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Originally posted by VirginiaR: In today's comic (#139) is that The Joker (in the Red Hood) and the Toyman? I love this comic, but sometimes I get lost on who all the characters are. Yes, it's The Joker and Toyman. There's a graphic novel that shows Joker's (possible) origin where he was wearing a red hood while pulling heists as initiation to some mob or something. JL8 #50 also describes the kid in the red hoodie as a clown.
"It is a remarkable dichotomy. In many ways, Clark is the most human of us all. Then...he shoots fire from the skies, and it is difficult not to think of him as a god. And how fortunate we all are that it does not occur to him." -Batman (in Superman/Batman #3 by Jeph Loeb)
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Originally posted by mrsMxyzptlk: Yes, it's The Joker and Toyman. There's a graphic novel that shows Joker's (possible) origin where he was wearing a red hood while pulling heists as initiation to some mob or something. JL8 #50 also describes the kid in the red hoodie as a clown. Thanks, Mrs. M.
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 It's back!
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Woo hoo! Thanks for the heads-up!
"It is a remarkable dichotomy. In many ways, Clark is the most human of us all. Then...he shoots fire from the skies, and it is difficult not to think of him as a god. And how fortunate we all are that it does not occur to him." -Batman (in Superman/Batman #3 by Jeph Loeb)
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Those are cute. I read through all 150 of them.
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Given that I griped about the off again, on again schedule before...I guess it's appropriate that I also say that Yale Stewart's video explanation (of the schedule and hiatus) shows that he seems to have his priorities right.
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I just clicked the link this morning and read all of them before work. I love it!
"Oh, you can’t help that," said the Cat: "we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad."
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![[Linked Image]](https://scontent-sjc.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t31.0-8/1978329_528093087311321_306930873_o.jpg) Lois and Clark. There's another cute image of Lois as Lucy from Peanuts, and Clark as Charlie Brown, but I can't seem to get the link right.
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Awww! That is so cute! Thanks for sharing it with us. (I love Yale's JL8 series.)
If you can get the other URL to work, I'd love to see the Superman/Peanuts strip, too.
Joy,
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Adorable!  Thanks, Virginia. Laura
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"Where's Clark?" "Right here."
...two simple sentences--with so much meaning.
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