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WELCOME TO REC.ARTS.COMICS (part 6 of 7: email and other net sources)
written by lots of different people
edited by Paul A. Estin 1990-1993
          Tom Galloway  1993-present
[last update: 4/10/94]

6. e-mail and other net.resources for comics information or discussion.

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NEW THIS MONTH:
  Gary Reed's Self Publishing Guide (originally from Cerebus #171)
  Michigan State University Comics Collection Online Catalog
  Comics Trade Service
  Peanuts Bibliography and Character List
  Worldwide Directory of Comic Book Stores
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Various files are available from people via e-mail.  Simply e-mail the
appropriate list-holder, providing them with appropriate supplications,
plus a valid e-mail return address.

If you have any comics-related files you'd be willing to e-mail to
supplicants, please e-mail [e-mail] so I can add you to the list.
(Feel free to e-mail me for any other appropriate changes, too.)

A date in brackets, like [2/92], indicates the most recent month that an
address and file(s) were confirmed/updated as still being valid.  If a [?]
is shown, I have not had a recent confirmation... if anyone can either
confirm or deny a [?]. please email me.  Also, if anyone tries emailing one
of these addresses and gets no response, please email me and I'll try to
check it out.

I attempt to check the current status of one third of these each month.
Thus, validation dates should be at most three months ago, once we complete
the first three month cycle (which started with the previous post)

[2/92]
to post to r.a.c.*, for people with mailing but not posting privileges,
mail your post to the following address (it will be auto-posted):
    [e-mail]
[and similarly for the other r.a.c.* groups.]

to receive r.a.c.* by email in digest form, for people without a
newsreader, contact:
[3/94]    Jimmy Aitken
    [e-mail]
    [e-mail]
    ...!mcsun!ukc!pyrltd!jimmy
[3/93]    MJ Dominus "I don't guarantee anything."
    [e-mail]

[10/93]
results of past years' rec.arts.comics polls of favorites from 1990-2
    Mickey McCarter
    [e-mail]

[3/94]
To Protect and Preserve: how to protect comics from damage
Grading Guide: how to grade comics correctly
        Paul Adams
        [e-mail]

[3/94]
the Legion of Net.Heroes FAQ (LNH) (also available via FTP, see part 5)
        [e-mail]

[3/94]
the rec.arts.comics.marketplace FAQ
    Jim Cowling
    [e-mail]

[3/94]
Canonical List of X-Men and X-Factor Dangling Plotlines
    Robi Karp
    [e-mail]

[2/94]
Star Trek comics checklist, Part 1/6 [Introduction]
Star Trek comics checklist, Part 2/6 [Star Trek comics (1967-1988)]
Star Trek comics checklist, Part 3/6 [Star Trek comics (1989-present)]
Star Trek comics checklist, Part 4/6 [Star Trek: TNG comics]
Star Trek comics checklist, Part 5/6 [Star Trek: DS9 comics]
Star Trek comics checklist, Part 6/6 [Everything else]
Sherlock Holmes Illustrated [Holmes comics and graphic novels]
Peter A. David: The write stuff [comics, novels, and other projects]
    Mark Martinez
    [e-mail]

[3/94]
X-Men History and Character List
    Martin Phipps
        [e-mail]

[3/94]
Hispanic Supers List
  [e-mail] (Jorge DeLaCruz)

[4/94]
lists of Black superheroes, Jewish superheroes
the Claremont files (his plans for X-Men had he continued writing them)
administration of LNH faq and associated lists
    SCAVENGER ([e-mail])

[11/93]
Canonical List of Excalibur Dangling Plotlines
Alan Davis comicography
        NO ACTIVE MAINTAINER: Those wanting to do so contact
    Rich Carreiro
    [e-mail]

[5/92]
Eddie Campbell Index
    Marcus Brazil
    [e-mail]

[11/93]
Cerebus Guide ("appearances and reprints" checklist and other r.a.c info)
(last updated near the end of '91)
    Jim Dean
    [e-mail]

[4/94]
Bill Sienkiewicz comicography (by the way, it's pronounced sin-KEV-itch):
History of Legion of Super-Heroes
History of X-Men #190-present
Politically Correct Definition of "Graphic Novel"
Suggestions on Making Comic Book Submissions
Submission Guidelines: Blue Comet, Caliber, DC, Dark Horse, Eclipse,
  Fantagraphics, Image, Malibu, Marvel, Valiant, Constellation, Freeflight
Submission Guidelines: Ciao! (fanzine)
    Jim Drew
    [e-mail]

[12/93]
Prisoner mini-series archive
    Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer
    INTERNET:     [e-mail]
    UUCP:  {uunet, uw-beaver, sun, microsoft}!fluke!moriarty

[12/93]
list of the episodes of the Flash TV series
    Ernie Oporto
    [e-mail]

[1/94]
James "Starchild" Owen interview
Jeff "Bone" Smith interview
Comic Book company addresses
        Geoffrey R. Mason
        [e-mail]

[4/94]
Gary Reed's Self Publishing Guide (originally from Cerebus #171)
        Glenn Carnegy
        [e-mail]

[4/94]
Michigan State University Comics Collection Online Catalog
        MSU has one of the best publically accessible comics collections in
        the country as part of the Russel B. Nye Popular Culture Collection
        in its library system. The comics contained there are cataloged and
        listed in the online catalog system, which is accessible via telnet.
        Telnet to hermes.merit.edu and you'll get a "Which Host?" prompt.
        Enter "MAGIC" and you'll be connected to the catalog

[4/94]
Peanuts Bibliography and Character List
        Separate Listings of all Peanuts strip collections and books and
        all characters to have appeared in the strip.
        Jym Dyer
        [e-mail]

[4/94]
Worldwide Directory of Comics Stores
        Listing with reviews by r.a.c.ers of comic stores around the world
        in geographic order.
        Jeff Mason
        [e-mail]

[11/93]
What is IRC and what comics related discussion goes on there?

IRC stands for Internet Relay Chat.  It allows large numbers of users to
talk to each other in real time, much like the Unix talk command or the VMS
phone command.  IRC consists of a large number of channels, and users can
join the channel (or channels) that they are interested in and talk to
other people on that channel.  The #comics channel is where r.a.c. types
go to discuss comics.

The best way to get on IRC is to get a program called an IRC client, which
will handle all of the details of connecting you to an IRC server.  Check
with other people at your site to see if anyone else already has an IRC
client, or obtain the source code via anonymous ftp from cs.bu.edu in the
directory /irc/clients.  Or just try typing "irc" at your command prompt.
You can also use the telnet server by typing "telnet tiger.itc.univie.ac.at
6668" at the command prompt; however, please do not use the telnet server
unless it is impossible for you to run a client.  Its resources are very
limited. Please do not mail the FAQ maintainer to ask about how to hook up
your system to IRC; ask your local site administrator.

The anonymous ftp site cs.bu.edu has a lot of information about IRC, as
well as clients for almost every different operating system.  You might
also want the following files:

      /irc/support/alt-irc-faq         Much more extensive information
                                       about IRC and how to use it.

      /irc/support/servers.*           The complete list of publically
                                       accessible IRC servers.

IRC is very extensive and a complete description of all the commands is
beyond the scope of this FAQ.  Use the IRC command /help or read the
alt.irc FAQ (see above).  All new users of IRC should type /help newuser to
get the new user information.  Briefly, all commands in IRC begin with a
slash (/).  Anything you type that doesn't begin with a slash is sent to
your current channel so that other users can read it.  The command /join
<channel> where <channel> is the channel name joins that channel.  The
command /quit will exit from IRC.  Another important command is /ignore,
which will allow you to ignore messages from annoying people (much like a
Usenet killfile).  Type /help ignore to get more information.

If you have questions, just /join #comics and ask someone.  Most people
will be glad to help.  One other note: you will hear about "ops" or
"channel ops" a lot on IRC.  A person who has "ops" on a channel has
control over the way the channel functions.  On #comics, we have found that
ops is too often abused to be useful, so we usually make sure no one on
#comics has ops.

[12/93]

What is LegionMUSH and how do I get on it?

A MUSH is a multi-user online game, a variety of tinymud, which is a
particular type of mud.  The emphasis on MUSHes is roleplaying and
building, over combat. LegionMUSH is based on the comics Legionnaires and
Legion of Super-Heroes, focusing more on the younger Legionnaires and New
Earth, although not exclusively.

To connect to LegionMUSH, issue the Unix telnet command:
telnet 131.215.67.3 2995
The 131.215.67.3 is the machine address, and 2995 is the port number.
Clients such as tinyfugue and tinytalk can be used to connect and make
MUSHing easier. To look around LegionMUSH, use the guest character Protean
Tourist. To do this, when you connect and see the login banner type
"connect guest guest" (only without the "s).

[4/94]
Comics Trade Service

Dominique Dumont has set up a comics trade service via computer. The idea
is that buyers and sellers both send buy and sell lists of comics to
a particular machine. A program compares what's for sale with what's wanted
and will notify potential buyers when a match is found.

To get information about this service, mail to [e-mail]
with the Subject: comic_market and the body of the message consisting of
:HELP: (include the :s and be sure the Subject: is only comic_market and
nothing else). The details of using the service are a bit long to be
included here.

Dumont can be contacted at [e-mail] if there are
any problems.

[end of part 6]

"There are no net.gods, just some people with bigger mouths than others."
  -- Dan'l DanehyOakes, net.roach
tyg   [e-mail]