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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: 9/19/94]

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

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NEW THIS MONTH: Phantom FAQ, Prince Valiant Index
UPDATED: X-Mush location
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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 tyg@hq.ileaf.com 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)

[9/94]
[Note: UIndiana has discontinued their former post-by-mail service
referenced here]

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):
	rec-arts-comics-misc@cs.utexas.edu
[and similarly for the other r.a.c.* groups. Note that "."s should be
changed to "-"s in the group name for the address]
   
Other sites, with different address formats, are:
        rec.arts.comics.misc-news@newbase.cs.yale.edu
        rec.arts.comics.misc@decwrl.dec.com

to receive r.a.c.* by email in digest form, for people without a
newsreader, contact:
[6/94]	Jimmy Aitken
	jimmy@pyramid.com
	jimmy@pyra.co.uk
[3/93]	MJ Dominus "I don't guarantee anything."
	mjd@saul.cis.upenn.edu

[10/93]
results of past years' rec.arts.comics polls of favorites from 1990-2
	Mickey McCarter
	mickey@bach.udel.edu

[6/94]
To Protect and Preserve: how to protect comics from damage
Grading Guide: how to grade comics correctly
        Paul Adams
        paul@erc.msstate.edu 

[9/94]
the Legion of Net.Heroes FAQ (LNH) (also available via FTP, see part 5)
        barnejd@wkuvx1.wku.edu

[8/94]
the rec.arts.comics.marketplace FAQ
	Jim Cowling
	scowling@angmar.dataflux.bc.ca

[3/94]
Canonical List of X-Men Dangling Plotlines 
        Paul O'Brien
        prob@festival.ed.ac.uk, elfu43@srv0.law.ed.ac.uk

[5/94]
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]
Star Wars comics checklist [Star Wars comics (1977-present)]
	Mark Martinez
	mlbm@lanl.gov

[5/94]
X-Men History and Character List
	Martin Phipps
        cxmp@musica.mcgill.ca

[5/94]
Hispanic Supers List
  jorge@clark.net (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 (scav@eyrie.stanford.edu)

[9/94]
Canonical List of Excalibur Dangling Plotlines
Alan Davis comicography
        Joe Helfrich 
        jbh@eden.rutgers.edu

[5/92]
Eddie Campbell Index
	Marcus Brazil
	matmnb@lure.latrobe.edu.au

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

[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
	jrd@frame.com

[6/94]
Prisoner mini-series archive
	Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer
	INTERNET:     moriarty@tc.fluke.COM
	UUCP:  {uunet, uw-beaver, sun, microsoft}!fluke!moriarty

[9/94]
list of the episodes of the Flash TV series
	Ernie Oporto
        Ernie_Oporto@Warren.MENTORG.COM

[1/94]
James "Starchild" Owen interview
Jeff "Bone" Smith interview
Teri "Wandering Star" Wood interview
Martin "Hepcats" Wagner interview
Comic Book company addresses
USA r.a.c. comics store reviews
non-USA r.a.c. comics store reviews

        Geoffrey R. Mason
        jrm@elm.circa.ufl.edu

[11/94]
Phantom FAQ - Info about the Phantom comic strip & reprints.
Prince Valiant Index - History of the P.V. Sunday strip, excerpted from
  my book "The Prince Valiant Companion."

        Todd Goldberg 
        thg@vm.temple.edu

[4/94]
Gary Reed's Self Publishing Guide (originally from Cerebus #171)
        Glenn Carnegy
        lf7z@midway.uchicago.edu

[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
        jym@remarque.berkeley.edu

[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
        jrm@elm.circa.ufl.edu

[5/94]
Batman: The Animated Series FAQ.
        Contains cast list and credits, episode guide, guide to BTAS comic
        book stories, guide to merchandise, and upcoming episodes and
        scheduling information. 
        Jacob Huebert
        aa363@yfn.ysu.edu

[5/94]
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 #elfquest channel has a fair number of Elfquest
fans.

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-ftp.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-ftp.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.

[5/94]

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 139.78.9.1 2996 
or
telnet muds.okstate.edu 2996
The 139.78.9.1 is the machine address, and 2996 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]
Two Moons Elfquest MUSH

Located at lupine.org 4201 It's suggested you login as "Guest guest" to use
a Guest character at first. There's a mailing list for this MUSH which can
be subscribed to by sending "subscribe twomoons-l <your name>" to
listserv@char.vnet.net To post, email twomoons-l@char.vnet.net And to
unsubscribe, send the message "unsubscribe twomoons-l" from the same address
as your subscription.

[4/94]
Children of the Fall Elfquest MUSH

Located at children.lupine.org 2112 in the US and holly.ludd.luth.se 2222
in Sweden, it is up but as of late April character creation was not
enabled at either site.

[9/94]
X-Men MUSH

X-MUSH is at xmen.esi.com 1994. To apply for a character, write to
x-apps@xmen.esi.com with a brief character description, an overview of the
character (personality, big fights in the past, things like that) and if you
play other MUSHes, a list of your most prominent characters.  There are now
guest characters as well.

[7/94]
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 domi@ss7serv.grenoble.hp.com
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 Dominique_Dumont@grenoble.hp.com if there are
any problems.

[7/94]

Tim Stroup, stroup@univrs.decnet.lockheed.com, is coordinating a grand
online comics database, with help from the Bay Area Comicbook Klub and
APA-Index. Email him for details on the project.

[end of part 6]

"There are no net.gods, just some people with bigger mouths than others."
  -- Dan'l DanehyOakes, net.roach
tyg   tyg@hq.ileaf.com
