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Fencing in comic books A page excerpt (promotional) from an upcoming "Nightcrawler" comic book, one of Marvel's many X-Men titles:
http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0412/02/nc1.htm
And the second page: http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0412/02/nc2.htm
Emma's comment at the bottom of the frame? -- yeah, I get that from my wife, too.
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I always liked Nightcrawler better as a pirate when he's using 3 swords. What kindof parry is that suppose to be in the second page. It looked like he parried a chop into his forehead.
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which salle is that? I WANNA GO THERE!!! "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. And from this side only! The flight of a half-man, half-bird. Dinosaurs nuzzling their young in pastures where strip malls should be. Cookies on dowels. All those moment, lost in time. Gone, like eggs off a hooker's stomach. Time to die" -Phil Ken Sebben
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"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee."
- Muhammad Ali
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 Originally Posted by Phoenix they look like they dont do enough footwork... they really ought to train more. Such spindly legs. "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. And from this side only! The flight of a half-man, half-bird. Dinosaurs nuzzling their young in pastures where strip malls should be. Cookies on dowels. All those moment, lost in time. Gone, like eggs off a hooker's stomach. Time to die" -Phil Ken Sebben
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I saw an Archie comic that showed Betty and Veronica fencing foil in the halls of their school. I want THAT comic!!!
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Originally Posted by D+F+P=Hadouken! they look like they dont do enough footwork... they really ought to train more. Such spindly legs. Funny. That's exactly what they said about you. 
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Originally Posted by Victor Funny. That's exactly what they said about you. Huh? who said that about me? "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. And from this side only! The flight of a half-man, half-bird. Dinosaurs nuzzling their young in pastures where strip malls should be. Cookies on dowels. All those moment, lost in time. Gone, like eggs off a hooker's stomach. Time to die" -Phil Ken Sebben
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Check out the little Nightcrawler patch on the second page. Yeah- I want that patch.
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I take it no one here has read the comic Grendel? We're no threat, people, we're not dirty, we're not mean
We love everybody but we do as we please
When the weather's fine,
We go fishin' or go swimmin' in the sea
We're always happy
Life's for livin', yeah, that's our philosophy
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I used to wonder where Nightcrawler got his fencing equipment (especially gloves and shoes). Then I read in the American Fencers Supply catalogue that purchasers are encouraged to specify particular physical quirks, and they actually list the prehensile tail. So now I know! "Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never . . . never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense." Churchill, 1941
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Originally Posted by achilleus I take it no one here has read the comic Grendel? Grendel? As in Beowulf's monster Grendel?
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Originally Posted by Maeve_Mari Grendel? As in Beowulf's monster Grendel? Kind of, but not really...
The initial story was Devil by the Deed, which took place in current times (roughly the 80's) and was written by Matt Wagner.
The main character was Hunter Rose, who was also a masked villain who went by the name Grendel. In his youth he was a champion fencer, and the big turning point in his life was at a large international event in England when he was 14.
Some of his stories contain some shots of him practicing, and one later story was about the competition in London. It even had drawings of fencers taken from photos (I recognized Ivan Trevejo) complete with details like Adidas socks and shoes...
Anyway, great comic. We're no threat, people, we're not dirty, we're not mean
We love everybody but we do as we please
When the weather's fine,
We go fishin' or go swimmin' in the sea
We're always happy
Life's for livin', yeah, that's our philosophy
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Just noticed, on the second page there--in the top panel Nightcrawler is fencing right-handed, and then he's shown getting the touch left-handed. "Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never . . . never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense." Churchill, 1941
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A trick straight from 'the princess bride'. 
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Originally Posted by JackSparrow A trick straight from 'the princess bride'. And perfectly in character for Nightcrawler.
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more likely an artist mistake
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Look at the second panal on page two, then check out the first result I found on google image search.
http://www.magnesium.net/~sez/fencin...ui_kor_hjp.jpg
Saaaay, this picture on the first page of google image search looks familiar.
http://www.unb.ca/web/bruns/9900/iss...ts/fencing.jpg
Nothing wrong with it I suppose. I guess I spend too much time online looking at fencing photos. I wouldn't be surprised if there's more out there than what I've pointed out. The solution to your problem is to fence another weapon.
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Originally Posted by Katman The first pic is of Fischer fencing against Lee for the bronze medal in Sydney
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