Hi, I’m Eric
We’re still a bit behind this week, and it looks as though my, “See you Thursday,” post may have been inaccurately titled. While conversing with YuriPup in comments below, and thinking about a few others of you whom I know were in New Jersey, Maryland, DC, Connecticut, and other places that were hurricane-effected, I wondered about the rest of you, the thousands of faceless readers who don’t comment on the site and we only know as numbers.
It’s been nine months since the last time we asked, but we are interested in you, who you are, what you do, where you’re from, how you found us, etc.
So please introduce yourself in the comments, especially if you’ve never commented here before. When we think of you, we’d like for you to stop being a number in Google Analytics, and for you to be a real person.
If you told us who you were back in January, check in with us again. Let us know how you’re doing. How’s the job situation? How are the kids? How’s school going? We want to know!
So…I’ve never commented, but love the comic, and since you asked nicely…here goes:
I’m Maggie – I’m a librarian in the DC area (didn’t lose power, just sat in my apartment and ate junk food while cuddling my cat), and I think some friends linked to Lady Sabre RIGHT when it was starting, and I liked the idea of getting in at the beginning of a story.
Sure, I’ll go first, why not?
My name is Adam, and I’m an arts administrator who is from the Pacific Northwest, but currently living in unnaturally sunny Miami. I blog intermittently about fatherhood and such at my site, Adventures in Dad.
I’ve followed Rick’s art since, oh, the Blackhawk serial he did in Action Comics Weekly, and this is the first piece of Greg’s that I’ve read. I am deeply enjoying the comic thus far. There’s nothing about it that is not up my alley. Keep up the excellent work!
Analytics probably show me in Denver, CO, which is ONLY about 300 miles away. I’m actually in Montrose, on the western slope of CO.
I can’t for the life of me remember how I got here! Been reading since late 2011 sometime. Spent a slow afternoon at work busting through the archives and have been subscribed to the RSS ever since.
Felicia Day mentioned you on her YouTube show The Flog recently; hopefully that brought an uptick in visitors.
Good work by all and I’ve really been enjoying it.
I’m a CSET undergrad (this is my sixth and final year) and a bit of a webcomic junkie. I remember first coming here from this plug on Nuklear Power: http://www.nuklearpower.com/2012/02/09/wherein-i-keep-pushing-you-away/.
“I am not a number. I’m a free man!”
(since everyone thought of this one, I’ll just go to my corner after the comment)
My name’s Ander (“Andrew” in Euskara), and I’m from the beautiful land of the Basque Country, north of Spain (note: Spain is a German protectorate or it will be soon, as the crisis goes on and we preserver our useless Government). I studied Spanish Philology, got a Masters degree in Literature Theory and Comparative Literature and I’m workin on my PhD in that same area -focusing on the works of an Argentinian literature genius called Macedonio Fernández-).
Also I run a blog called “WTF? OF THE DEAD”, based upon the lovely works of terrible horror movie films and filmmakers. You can access it from the link in my nick, but if you don’t read Spanish don’t even try.
I got interested in your web-comic following the path of Greg’s recente Punisher run, since this was the complete opposite of that work. I wondered “The same guy that’s telling me a story of a cold-blooded vigilante that has literally no problem with shooting people’s heads off is going to write one about pirates floating in aether and magic? Well, I NEED to see that”. And here I am, in a weekly basis, waiting for your magnificent work.
Anyway, I think that’s all. As I said, I’ll be leaving now to my corner, singing lullabies with a satanic voice. Or at least that is how many people think we talk when we use Euskara (Basque language, btw).
Looks like “horror movie films” are even worse that “plain horror movies”.
(comment editing would be a great improvement for this, thank you…)
So, this is the second time I comment – the first having been nine months ago. I’m not much of a commenter..
Back then, I just started looking for a PhD-position. Took me eight months to find one. It’s not my dream job, but it’s an interesting topic and, better than the position I was hoping to get, it’s not a scholarship (but I get as much money as the one I was hoping to get).
So, this is the first time I get to spend my money (the first two salaries went into repaying depts) – it feels great!
I’m still pretty new to the comic, having only read all the episodes so far a couple of weeks ago, but here goes…
I’m Ben and I live in England. I have recently finished my masters in English Literature at University and am currently looking for a new job. I’m a big fan of both kick ass female characters and Greg’s writing so when I saw a link to this on another site I knew I had to take a look!
Hi, I’m Rhonda and I am an academic librarian in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. I stumbled upon this fantastic webcomic and am glad of the fall. This is a great ride and I can’t wait to see where it goes from here. I recently moved from the panhandle of Oklahoma and have had more tornado warning here than we ever had there lol…like Maggie, I had power during the Sandy onslaught and snuggled with my cat watching old movies!
Hi, another new commenter here. This is Andreas from Germany (the country that’s supposted to rule Spain in the near future if you believe others, even when the actual feeling here is far from it).
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An avid US-comic and rpg reader up from 7th grade, who isn’t that good when it comes to actual english conversation but can swear and knows strange vocabulary like noone else around here
Beside that there’s a PhD in Biology and I’m working as a teacher in a professional school.
Since I can not afford the amount of comics anymore (money- and timewise) I’m glad for every good webcomic I encounter (and since good comic series like Queen and Country are not continued *wink*)…
Hello, I’m still here!
I am a recovering paleontologist and currently barely-employed science teacher living in Brooklyn, just out of the areas seriously affected by Sandy, but I still have to pack for a hike when I go to Manhattan. I graduated from my masters in Museum Education back in May, and now I’m working for the AMNH, teaching after school clubs and camps during school breaks.
I’ve been a fan of Greg’s work since Gotham Central, and have recently finished reading all of the Atticus Kodiak books, and was very pleased to see Rick himself turn up in Fistful of Rain. Now I’m looking for something else to read while I wait for the price to Alpha ebook to come down a little.
Hey guys!
I’ve been a fan of Rick’s since his work on the Batman Adventures comics and of Greg’s since No Man’s Land. Of course, both guys have also created quite a few great comics that have nothing to do with Batman!. I’ve been reading Lady Sabre since the beginning, and though I can’t quite remember, I think I discovered it via an article on Robot6.
I spend my days working for a software company in central Virginia (which is where I normally end up reading the day’s strip), and from time to time I write about comics for Comics Bulletin.
Hi, I’m a hotel Manager in the UK. Can’t remember for sure where I found this site but I think it was a recommendation from io9. Enjoying it a lot!
I live in Texas. I saw a banner ad for the webcomic on another webcomic I read, but I don’t remember which one now. You had just started the story. I liked the artwork on the banner ad and decided to check it out. Sometimes the banner has better artwork than the actual comic, but the quality of the artwork on the banner carried through into the comic, so I decided to stick around and see what developed. I added you to my feed reader, and here I am. I follow Girl Genius, and “Steampunk” intrigues me. I’ll be interested to see where you take this.
G’Day Greg and Rick,
My name is Brett and I live in Perth Western Australia
I work for the Australian Tax Office as a trainer, so I spend my days teaching legislation to staff.
I spend my nights making Lego with my three year old Jamie and “corrupting” my teenage daughter Natasha with comics and cartoons
My wife Sarah is pregnant with our second child, so the nights have been less exciting, as we are both exhausted and go to bed way too early
I have followed Greg’s work for many years, starting with his Smoker novel, so there was no way I would miss his great web comic venture.
Anyway, enough from me. As always, I look forward to the next episode of Lady Sabre, and eagerly await the release of Lazarus and Bravo !!
All the best to you and yours,
Brett
Alive and well in San Diego! Feeling very sorry for everyone back east. I’m a data analyst/programmer/manager for a pharmaceutical company here in town, but I’m a Nebraska farmboy at heart. Found Lady Sabre while flipping through various other webcomics and it quickly became my first love. Hope everyone weathered the storm well and look forward to getting back aboard the Pegasus.
Hello, my name is Brent and I work in an elementary school in Missouri. I started your comic pretty close to the beginning and I was linked from nuklear power’s website. I really enjoy the story and artwork and hate that it is only a twice a week comic as I crave more of it! Looking forward to the next episode!
OK, since you’ve asked… Hi, I’m oliver and i come from the vicinity of Frankfurt, Germany.
And to be honest, I love the comic since the very second i saw the first page. Thanks guy’s and keep up the wonderful work.
Who am I? 2-4-6-0-1!
Couldn’t resist. I’m in the metro Atlanta area and I work as a computer tech and the company blogger. We’re on reduced hours these days, but hopefully things will pick back up. At least I’m not having to look for something else.
I spent a couple years as a firefighter, but got my back screwed up, spent a few years in a holding pattern while I waited to see how well it would or wouldn’t heal. I’m about 85% functional now.
I came to Lady Sabre via TV Tropes. I’d been following links as one does there, and somewhere in steampunk country found a reference to Lady Sabre, checked it out, and now am well and truly hooked.
G’day, I’m a software engineer from Brisbane, Australia. I think I stumbled upon Lady Sabre from Felicia Day’s “The Flog”. I love the artwork, and the characters, and the story. Keep up the good work!
Hailing from the sunny side of Richmond, VA. I’m a student of mechanical engineering, so steampunk has obvious draws for me. I write fantasy stories under the alias “Stephen McNaire” on the side, although school has more or less taken up any free time to do so these days.
I also ran into the comic from a link on Nuklear Power right near the start, so I’ve been floating around in the background for some time. I decided I liked the artwork and stayed around to see if the story was going to complement, which so far it’s doing a fine job.
Hello, my name is Barret, and I am currently living in a dorm in remote Platteville WI. I have only started reading your comics this past summer, after seeing it pop up on a steampunk news site. I have to say you have done some amazing work here and it was very kind of you to ask who your fans are.
I have to say that steampunk is an underappreciated and underdeveloped genre, and I hope it gathers steam in the following years. I have been mainly involved in listening to all the beautiful steampunk music out there, so it’s a welcome change to see a steampunk web comic with such prestigious creators. I wish you guys luck, and you may see me some other day in the comics section.
Hey, I’m Dave, and I’m an IT nerd / writer in Lansing, Michigan. Don’t really remember how I found the comic, but I read through the archives and added you to my RSS feed immediately. I am thoroughly enjoying the interaction between the Captain and the Marshal. Keep up the good work!
Hi, my name is Daniel. I’m a prep cook in Austin, TX, that moonlights as a Rapper/Illustrator/Colorist/Classic Mercedes “Repairman”/Dungeon Master. I can’t recall how I found out about this comic, but I also read such web gems as Deep Dive Daredevils, Nnnewts, Abominable Charles Christopher, and Superfogeys, among many others. Keep up the good work, what you’ve got here is something special and fun. Thank you!
Hey! I hail from New Zealand and found you through a webcomics competition you were running in earlier in the year. I finished voting for the comics I read, and went looking through the other entrants for interesting new material. Yours was the most interesting/longest title on the list and had to check it out. Glad I did! I am *mumblemumble* years old and… yeah, I have a job but off-duty, donwannatalkaboutit.
I actually spend far too much time reading webcomics.
Hey, a fellow Kiwi!
Don’t happen to shop at Gotham Comics, do you?
Unfortunately, my budget doesn’t stretch much to actually *buying* comics, which is why I spend most of my time online or at the library.
But I’ve *heard* of Gotham Comics, if that helps.
It does! Gotham was my regular haunt for years before I shipped of to Canada. Nice to see readers from Aeotearoa
Toowoomba, Australia. IT Manager and Steampunk cosplay in my rare spare time. Follow other web comics for the last two years and found a steampunk reference as you were starting this web comic. Love Lady Sabre, keep it coming!
Hi, I’m Tim from Portland, Oregon. I’m a huge fan of Greg work. Have been for years. I’m a professional geek. I run large trading card game tournaments and convention events for game publishers. I’m also part of a team trying to create the ultimate web comic reading tool – comic-rocket.com
As someone interested in creating web comics I particularly enjoy reading the comic and then reading the script used to create it.
Greetings, all. I’m from Illinois, where I work in tech support for a healthcare company. I’ve stalked Greg at a few Chicago cons, and he’s been friendly and gracious each time. I learned about the site by listening to a WordBalloon podcast when I probably should have been getting more work done. Also thanks to this site, I’ve found Hunter Black and Mark Waid’s Insufferable. Hope everyone is well in Sandy’s aftermath, and look forward to new chapters when life returns to something close to normal.
John from Brisbane, Australia. Good to see a few other Aussies here. I’ve been reading since the beginning (commented a couple of times). I don’t remember where I first came across the comic, but suspect a friend might have put me onto it. And loving it!
I’m Ryan. I think I introduced myself last time. Things have transformed heavily in nine months. I moved back to my parents with my sister because of a lack of funds, I’ve published at least half a dozen books (I don’t feel like looking it up) and I’m working a PT night shift to hopefully gather enough funds to move again.
I’m Julia, a library/editorial assistant from Northern Virginia. Sandy gave us plenty of rain and wind and some minor carpet damage — mostly a nuisance compared to everyone else. I’ve been a fan of Greg Rucka since Gotham Central and Queen and Country. I happen to also love airships and steampunk and pulp adventures, so Lady Sabre sounded right up my alley. I comment every once in a blue moon.
And I’m always glad when you do!
I’m Wendy. I found you in a link from another comic (I’m sorry, don’t remember which one). I live about an hour away from Chicago in northern Illinois, with my husband of 20 yrs, our daughter and shelter pup. My main “job” is that of at-home mom, since our daughter was diagnosed with autism 12 years ago. I am also a mixed-media artist and photographer. The internet is a place to escape into when my life gets a little too heavy to bear, so thanks for giving me a fun place to hide.
I was one of the folks who replied to the request for introductions back in January. At the time I was located in Southwest Ohio, but over the summer took a job opportunity in Philadelphia, PA and relocated my husband and two cats. We fared well through the storm, only losing power for two hours. The new job is going well, and we’re adjusting to city suburb life after having lived all of our lives in rural Ohio.
I think I’ve commented?
I’m Costa, a teacher/writer from NYC. I actually made it out pretty OK during the hurricane. Just a fan in general of the creative team, found the comic spending too much time on Twitter and being a big nerd about comics. I’m currently re-reading THE SIRENS OF TITAN by Vonnegut.
I’m Rich. Another NOVA(Northern Virginia) DC Metro person in Woodbridge, VA specifically. When I hit an LCS, I go to Painted Visions. My Sandy experience was similar to Julia’s. Lots of wind and rain but no real problems to speak of. Love the web comic and I’ve read most of what Greg has published in comics. Looking forward to more.
Hi, I’m Cathi – another from Perth in Western Australia.
Seems you are popular in QLD and WA!
I can’t remember how I came here, but have been floating around for a few months now, though I’m not a big commenter.
With my husband, I run a small transport business. Add in family and their interests, and it can be tough to keep up with everything online, so I’m grateful that most things supply a feed theses days to let you know when to check back in.
Great artwork and an interesting story keep me following along – thanks guys.
Hi. I’m Jen in Greenbelt, MD (a DC suburb). I’m a planner by day and grad student in historic preservation by night. My Sandy experience was much the same as the other folks here from the DC-area, a couple hours without power, but otherwise unaffected.
I’m a fan of Greg’s (particularly of Renee Montoya) which is how I came across this website.
Really amazing to see so many people from all over the world following this comic.
Cheers!
Hi, my name is Maya.
My parents immigrated from India in the late 1950s. I was born & raised in New England but moved to San Francisco 23 years ago after grad school. I’m an electrical engineer. I’ve been married for 20 years. I have two kids (boy & girl) who show a remarkable disinterest in my superhero comics. I think they inherited my husband’s defective gene on that score (kidding!!).
I love comics and wine though not always in that order.
I think I found you through the DC Women Kicking Ass blog but I can’t remember for sure. I read that week’s current installment and was hooked so went back to catch up from the beginning.
I’m really enjoying this story. Thanks for all the hard work. I especially enjoy reading the scripts and behind the scenes nuts and bolts stuff that goes in to putting this all together.
i AM A FAN OF greg rucka’s works at the tops of my favorites is Question the whole run on the character that he did back then at DC and Batwoman.His creator owned stuff Stumptown comes to mind what happen with stumptown anyway ?I how i get CBR help a bit and my own curiosity and last but not least i am a fan of Greg’s works .Here comes my question will you ever post two pages per update that will be uber cool and move the story a bit .Cause i am hungry for more of this world .By the way i think the marshal steels the show right now .I think Marshall Miles Drake i Keyton Drum need there own web comic .What will you say mr.Rucka is it doable or …………….
Hi, Tym from Ohio here, exsoldier, exsailor, excop, embarking on a nursing school career come January. Like the style of the comic, just never posted before, so I guess that makes me an exlurker too.
These are fabulous responses! Thank you everyone who took a moment to introduce (or reintroduce!) yourself!
No mate we have to thank u for the great comics
Hi, I am Christina. I’m a regular poster over on tumblr (danceandmore) and followed your tumblog after someone reblogged your post about the Wonder Woman, Lois and Clark/Superman thing. I’ll admit to knowing your name but not following your comics up to this point but after what I’ve seen here I’ll be going through those back boxes trying to find your work (especially the Superman stories.)
In RL, I’m a docent at a small museum in Cape Girardeau (so if you ever hear about a tornado in SE Mo, ask me how I’m doing.)
I’m Bryan. I develop software in New York. I’m happy to see some new Stumptowns and am hoping Tara Chace whispers a plot into your ear.
I’m Matt from a village named Newton Poppleford in Devon, UK. I’m a web developer and general all round geek, and LS is one of the more recent additions to my regular webcomic reading schedule (others include Sluggy Freelance, Girl Genius, The Abominable Charles Christopher and, for my sins, Little Gamers
). I can’t remember how I found LS, but it’s a great addition to the list!
This is my first comment any where. I was introduced to this comic as well as others an it is cool little bit country little bit rock n roll I’ve read from beginning to presents.awesome
I live outside of Seattle and I work as a trainer in insurance (it’s exciting as it sounds). I really enjoy this web comic and have been fans of Greg and Rick since their Detective Comics run!
Hi, I’m Marko. I live in Belgrade, Serbia (that’s in Europe, for those who wonder
)
First time poster, I came here only recently, having been showed the way by Warren Ellis, though I’ve been Greg’s fan ever since a friend impressed volume one of Queen and Country into my hands. I’ve never seen anything of Rick’s before, but man, your work is awesome.
I’m an acquiring editor and rights manager in a publishing house in Serbia and a comic fan since about age five, when I didn’t know how to read and was trying to get why my mom takes so long to look at every picture on the page
Hi, I’m Deirdre. Living & working in Wexford, Southern Ireland, Europe. I’m a Graphic Designer. Love Comics > Graphic Novels, particularly anything ‘Bat’s family, friends & foes. Really enjoying the show so far. Looking forward to the future.
I arrived originally via a site sharing details on ‘the question’ some time ago promoting a new comic ‘Lady Sabre & the Pirates of the Ineffable Aether’.
Thank you
Hi I’m a chef in training from Finland. I am, like most people here, a fan of Greg’s work especially Queen&Country… I first stumbled on this comic way back in the beginning trough Warren Ellis’s wonderful Freakangels.
Hi, my name is Andy. I’m a Libra who likes long walks on the beach, good old movies and fine scotch. My hobbies inclu- what? This isn’t THAT type of site? Really? Oops…my bad…sorry…
I am 47 years old and I live in Boston with my 20 year-old daughter. I work for Verizon and I am a degree candidate at Harvard University with a concentration in English.
I am an avid reader who enjoys the idea of steampunk but I haven’t found anything that holds my interest for too long. Lady Sabre is hand’s-down the winner in this department.
I think I found my way here through Warren Ellis? I do know that I’ve been here from the very start and I truly love this series.
I’m Jennifer, in Alameda CA. I run a home computer repair business (home in both senses), and read a lot of webcomics. I forget which one led me here – one where the creator does newsposts and mentioned Lady Sabre. I only came recently (the current comic when I arrived was Drake apologizing for grabbing Sabre) but have been through all the archives now. Very much enjoying the story – and the script is a neat idea.
Greetings and Salutations,
I’m a Mechanical Engineer, Dad, nerd, computer geek, steampunker (among a lot of other things) in Tulsa, OK. Stumbled onto this site searching for something else steampunk. Been a regular reader ever since. So glad I found you. Good luck to all rebuilding and recovering from Sandy. We’re all pulling for you.
I’m Joci from Hungary. Probably heard about it from the hungry-hungary jokes…
(Small country in Europe)
Anyway, I’m 22 years old, I study at the University of Szeged, and I love to read. One of my all-time favourite writers are Warren Ellis, and he wrote a review about your new book, Alpha. After it I looked after you on the web, and here am I. And I realised, that I have read some of your previous comics, but never looked who wrote them(It was back then when I started reading comics).
So I’m a new reader, but i caugth up quick, so I’m on board now. Keep up the good work. And sorry for the grammar mistakes, if there are any.
Hi all! I’m 27, currently unemployed living in Texas, but may soon be heading to New York for Grad School. I’ve been reading since darn near the beginning. I think I got here through a link in an interview about the comic. I’m terrible at keeping up with webcomics, but this one helped change that and is one of the first that I’ve actually kept up with as its released rather than forgetting about it for a while and then archive binging. Love the comic and it often inspires me to work more on my own writing! Thanks for all you do!
Hi all. I’m a retired City Planner living in Florida which is my home state BTW. Age 70+, married, an author, gym rat and a USDA Master Gardener. I’ve been following Lady Sabre since it was first posted and think the artwork, storyline, mechanical device design and scripting are among the best I’ve seen in webcomics. As a former draftsman, I really appreciate the weapon schematics.
Well done and keep the strips comin’!
I am a 56 year old Los Angeles programmer. Was wandering the aethernet and found you. Been reading since May. Always fun. Love the graphics. Thanks.
I’ve been following Lady Sabre since about June.
I’m a 49 year old programmer/sysadmin and food science consultant in the Oregon.
I’m from England but I now live in Ontario, Canada and I’ve been following Lady Sabre for over a year now. I really got interested when I knew Greg Rucka was involved as I was a fan of Queen and Country. I love the comic strip – the setting and artwork are awesome and I’d love to run a RPG in the Lady Sabre universe at some point in the future. Keep up the good work guys!
greetings one and all.im from widnes cheshire in the uk
My name is William and I live in Portland, Oregon. And yes, it the bestest place in all the world. Seriously, I’ve been around and can’t find a place more awesome.
I work in government, and I drink way too much coffee.
Hi, all! Been a fan of the Lady since day one. I write, teach, and live in San Francisco. Recently published my first graphic novel – Ultrasylvania – which originated as a webcomic and made it to print thanks to a glorious Kickstarter campaign. Life is good.