User:Ibmiller

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1. Likes lists. Obviously.

2. Christian, conservative.

3. English major. Ex-music major.

4. Minnesotan. From large family. Likes snow, ya sure, you betcha. And ketchup is spicy (though I love barbeque sauce).

5. Favorite novels: Emma, by Jane Austen; Till We Have Faces, by C. S. Lewis, The Silmarillion, by J. R. R. Tolkien.

6. Conflicted comics fan. Enjoyed Joss Whedon's Astonishing X-men, hate Frank Miller, Mark Millar, Alan Moore, Garth Ennis, and most of the "serious"/grimdark comic writers, adore Sean McKeever and Takeshi Miyazawa's Spider-man Loves Mary Jane and Bryan Q. Miller's Batgirl and Smallville Season 11, think Bendis's Ultimate Spider-man was great before Ultimatum (especially during Bagley's run), miss the Star Wars: X Wing Rogue Squadron series, reluctant but passionate Greg Rucka fan (Wonder Woman, Batman/Huntress: Cry for Blood, Punisher, Lazarus), and big Birds of Prey fan (only the first Dixon/Simone/McKeever run, excluding Bedard). Hate One More Day/One Moment in Time with a fiery burning passion. Used to hate the New 52 as well, but the resurgance of Steph has softened me a bit. Do like a couple of indie type things - Asterios Polyp by David Mazzucelli and Fun Home by Alison Bechdel (got it signed and told her a conservative Christian loved her book). Currently collecting anything with Steph in it. That means I'm looking forward to Batgirl #50 and Batman and Robin Eternal #26.

7. Huge BBC classic drama fan - from Andrew Davies's Jane Austen and Charles Dickens adaptations (especially Sense and Sensibility 2008 and Litle Dorrit), and Sandy Welch (her Jane Eyre 2006 and Emma 2009 are excellent, though imperfect). Very interested to see what Andrew Davies is doing with War and Peace.

8. Because of personal history with fandom (etc), hates Harry Potter, but quite enjoys Twilight. Don't make any claims of quality for either.

9. Love genre fiction, from military sci-fi (Orson Scott Card, Robert A. Heinlein, John Scalzi, Aaron Allston, Timothy Zahn, Elizabeth Moon) to mystery (Sherlock Holmes - especially the Jeremy Brett series and Elementary, Dorothy Sayers, P. D. James, early Laurie R. King), to fantasy - high, low, and of course urban (Tamora Pierce, Gillian Bradshaw, Ursula LeGuin, Robin McKinley, Mary Robinette Kowal, Seanan McGuire, Megan Whalen Turner, Shannon Hale). Also quite fond of capepunk (Marion G. Harmon, Brandon Sanderson, Steven Gould).

10. Animation snob. It looks like Pixar is finally coming out of their five-year slump with Inside Out, even if The Good Dinosaur was kinda meh. Adored Tangled and Wreck-It Ralph, and thinks Beauty and the Beast is the best animated movie ever. Was disappointed in Frozen, and a bit in Big Hero 6. Miyazaki/Ghibli is fantastic, with Princess Mononoke grabbing my heart after a few others failed to generate more than "pretty." The Incredibles is the best superhero movie ever made. Period.