Ida, the creator of ANT, unfortunately has been VERY busy with college Chemistry (and in addition, she's one of two Danish representives to the World Cosplay Summit—details here) but though the art is mine, the dialogue is almost ALL hers. It was Ida who proposed this priceless bit of ANT-ese as ANT tries to pick a name for the team.
This reflects something we could never agree on. We could never come up with a NAME for our group. We batted around a hundred or so names. One we particularly liked was “The Crossoverlords” but that would be a better name for a VILLAIN group, than a hero group. So finally, we decided to name the series for the villain they're fighting, a la THE LORD OFTHE RINGS, and give him a title–THE CROSSOVERLORD.
Some of the names we batted around you can see here, especially towards the bottom.
Would you like us to open a “Name that Team” forum thread? Have fun with it–WE have.
By the way, Mindmistress is appearing with another super-team, MAGELLAN, on GRAPHIC SMASH, starting here, just like Dasien is in the current run of HEROES UNITE.
Oh, you can have a lot of fun with this... though probably not as much as ANT already has :P
The Dimensioneers
Reality Riders (can't remember if it was already on the list of suggestions)
Five for Freedom
:p
It's a toughie, I know! I eventually abandoned the idea of having a team name for my group. Given the loose affiliations between the members, I just couldn't imagine anyone in the comic would actually refer to them that way.
They're just friends and acquaintances so, in the same way you wouldn't give a name your own circle of friends, I didn't believe my characters would either.
Of course, the FIMSJFoPaJ does kind of roll off the tongue! ;-)
oh yeah, I remember those logos. I was looking for text, not graphics silly me.
Clown Patrol
Ringoliers
um thats all for now :P Ringoliers is a spion on Ringo and the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Langoliers]Langoliers[/url]. I'm a Steven King fan. ;)
The bottom of the page that I was linking to---in some of the early logos it had various names that had more-or-less been seriously proposed.
BTW, I opened up a forum thread at [url]http://www.drunkduck.com/community/view_topic.php?cid=3334&tid=46006&comic_id=26888[/url] for anyone who'd like to make suggestions, also...although feel free to share them HERE, too.
Al has kind of a funny definition of "fun". We were ready to[b] kill [/b]each other over the comic title and group name. As I recall, Al was the one who pitched "The Crossoverlord[b][i]s[/i][/b]" as a hero team name. I believe the objection was that the term "overlord" seemed more fitting of a villain, and thus the adjustment was made.
CartoonistWill at 10:49AM, Aug. 12, 2009
Defenders of the Multiverse? Actually, I like ANT's answer. I named the JLA parody in my comic something just as ridiculous.
Ozmandious at 5:45PM, Jan. 6, 2009
Smiters of Smiley
Hogan at 11:42AM, Dec. 15, 2008
Oh, you can have a lot of fun with this... though probably not as much as ANT already has :P The Dimensioneers Reality Riders (can't remember if it was already on the list of suggestions) Five for Freedom :p
DAJB at 3:37AM, Dec. 11, 2008
It's a toughie, I know! I eventually abandoned the idea of having a team name for my group. Given the loose affiliations between the members, I just couldn't imagine anyone in the comic would actually refer to them that way. They're just friends and acquaintances so, in the same way you wouldn't give a name your own circle of friends, I didn't believe my characters would either. Of course, the FIMSJFoPaJ does kind of roll off the tongue! ;-)
Xade at 1:20PM, Dec. 9, 2008
oh yeah, I remember those logos. I was looking for text, not graphics silly me. Clown Patrol Ringoliers um thats all for now :P Ringoliers is a spion on Ringo and the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Langoliers]Langoliers[/url]. I'm a Steven King fan. ;)
Neilsama at 11:37AM, Dec. 9, 2008
Oh! And I would like to say in my defense that I never once suggested "Ass Wumpers".
TuuronTour at 9:55AM, Dec. 9, 2008
I'll vote for the Synergic Squabbling Squad ^^
Neilsama at 9:46AM, Dec. 9, 2008
[quote=Al]Misfits of the Multiverse.[/quote] No.
alschroeder at 9:36AM, Dec. 9, 2008
Misfits of the Multiverse.
Neilsama at 6:33AM, Dec. 9, 2008
As of yet, we've still not come up with a proper name for the team. And I doubt we ever will.
krrack_knut at 6:20AM, Dec. 9, 2008
Hahahahaha! Oh, Man. Speaking Of Which, Do You Have A Proper Name For The Team?
alschroeder at 6:19AM, Dec. 9, 2008
The bottom of the page that I was linking to---in some of the early logos it had various names that had more-or-less been seriously proposed. BTW, I opened up a forum thread at [url]http://www.drunkduck.com/community/view_topic.php?cid=3334&tid=46006&comic_id=26888[/url] for anyone who'd like to make suggestions, also...although feel free to share them HERE, too.
Xade at 5:18AM, Dec. 9, 2008
The crossover friends! LMAO ! Last I looked you didnt have anythhing at the bottom of the past logs but random comic space links
Neilsama at 2:37AM, Dec. 9, 2008
Al has kind of a funny definition of "fun". We were ready to[b] kill [/b]each other over the comic title and group name. As I recall, Al was the one who pitched "The Crossoverlord[b][i]s[/i][/b]" as a hero team name. I believe the objection was that the term "overlord" seemed more fitting of a villain, and thus the adjustment was made.