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About Me

THE ORIGIN OF THE MAN-THING! In his own words...(c) Mark Dundore, 2006One day in 1971, Roy Thomas was in the Marvel Comics Bullpen, trying his best to drink Gerry Conway, Len Wein, and Marv Wolfman under the table. The legendary creator was winning when suddenly, he had an idea and jumped up: "Eureka! OW!@&%$..@!!!!" Thomas cried, hitting his head on the table. Nevertheless, his idea stayed with him. "I'll create a living mass of swampland who burns people with his touch!" Or something like that.And thus, I was born. Who knows how; my origin changes every few appearances (and I mean FEW!), but bear with me here.All through the 70's, I bounced from title to title, often appearing as a backup feature to Dracula (Oh, how original!), Morbius (They already HAD Dracula, dammit!), and Werewolf by Night (I wonder what name his girlfriend yells in the throes of passion). I even got to fight those pesky Micronauts, before they jumped ship to Image, but most notably, I was the star of my own book, aptly titled GIANT-SIZE MAN-THING, in which I had adventures down in the bayou with the lovely Jennifer Kale (Yeah, alright, I would've, but sadly she batted for the other team...no, NOT DC, moron!)And most importantly, I predated Swamp Thing by a month! Suck on that, DC!Anyway, recently I was updated for Marvel's new Ultimate Universe, and let me tell you, I'm lookin' good! I'm a new Man-Thing for the 21st century, and that Bendis guy didn't even have to turn me into Woman-Thing! I mean, he got Gorgon and the Vision, so I was afraid my, uh, "branch" would be on the chopping block, but I turned out to be one of the lucky ones.And I saw this movie about me recently. It looked fun, but I didn't get too much out of it, except for the boobie shots and the scenes where I fry the guy who played Cliegg Lars in "Star Wars Episode II" (the "star attraction" of the film) and waste the two hillbillies who would randomly call each other "scrotum", but I digress.So, anyone out there? If you find me interesting, drop by the swamp and prepare to get hot! Mark Dundore --
[noun]:
A lewd street performer
'How will you be defined in the dictionary?' at QuizGalaxy.com

My Interests

Musicology, Keyboard, Piano, Low Brass, Harmonica, Bassoon and Contrabassoon (that HAS to be my first Messiah elective!), Organ, Orff Schulwerk, Exotica, Space-Age Pop, Tikis, Surf-Rock, Theatre History, Improv, the Meisner Technique, Theatre-In-The-Round, Humanities, Speech, Architecture, Women, World History, Literature, comics...uh, "Graphic Novels".

I'd like to meet:

DEAD: Aeschylus, Aristophanes, Terence, Plautus, Seneca, Chaucer, William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jonson, W.S. Gilbert, Sir Arthur Sullivan, Robert E. Howard, Rod Serling, Charles Beaumont, Thelonious Monk, Charlie Mingus, the Exotica guys (Denny, Baxter, etc.) Sandy Meisner, John Belushi, Phil Hartman, Bones and Scotty from "Star Trek"ALIVE: Jimmy Buffett, Ian Anderson, Dave Pegg, Dave Brubeck, Robert Drasnin, (the only living composer of Exotica?) Conan O'Brien, Andy Richter, Christopher Hampton, David Mamet, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Joe Don Baker

Music:

Jethro Tull (obviously), Queen, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Thelonious Monk, Dave Brubeck, Stan Kenton, Martin Denny, Les Baxter, Arthur Lyman, Herb Alpert, Perez Prado, Henry Mancini, Enoch Light, Ferrante & Teicher, Perrey & Kingsley, Julius Wechter and the Baja Marimba Band, Esquivel, Robert Drasnin, Brian Wilson, Barenaked Ladies, Van Halen with Sammy Hagar (Van Hagar), Styx, Mel Torme, Spike Jones, Pink Floyd, Rick Wakeman, Procul Harum, Roy Orbison, Elvis Costello, The Ventures, The Tornados, Charlie Mingus, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Brian Setzer

Movies:

Evil Dead, Evil Dead II, Army of Darkness, 1941, Mars Attacks!, My Fellow Americans, The Ringer, Waiting For Guffman, Best In Show (AKA, Jill and Lori: The Movie), A Mighty Wind, The Producers (both of them), Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, High Anxiety, History of the World Part I, Spaceballs, Robin Hood: Men In Tights, Dracula: Dead and Loving It, Airplane!, Airplane II: The Sequel, Sin City, Mystery Men, The Impostors, All the Monty Pythons, All the Star Treks, All the Godfathers, etc.

Television:

BOSTON LEGAL!, 24, My Name Is Earl, The Office, Scrubs, 30 Rock, Andy Barker P.I., Raines, Prison Break, The Black Donnellys, Seinfeld, South Park, Match Game

Books:

A Practical Handbook For The Actor, The Great Acting Teachers And Their Methods, Sanford Meisner on Acting, True or False, Dune series, Hitchhiker's Guide series, Discworld series, Robert E. Howard series, and Chronicles of the Lensmen. Plus, I love to read comics by these guys: Art Adams, Ed Brubaker, Kurt Busiek, Peter David, J.M. DeMatteis, Warren Ellis, Neil Gaiman, Dave Gibbons, Keith Giffen, Dick Giordano, Archie Goodwin, Bob Hall, Bruce Jones, Len Kaminski, Robert Kirkman, Bob Layton, Bill Mantlo, David Michelinie, Mike Mignola, Frank Miller, Alan Moore, Steve Moore, Mike Oeming, George Perez, Eric Powell, Christopher Priest, Mark Schultz, Jim Shooter, Walt Simonson, Art Spiegelman, Roy Thomas, Rick Veitch, Mark Waid, Len Wein, Barry Windsor-Smith, and more!

Heroes:

James Tiberius Kirk, T.J. Hooker, Walter Bascom, Denny Crane

My Blog

A certain Golden Globe-winning drama is the subject of this rant...

I hate Grey's Anatomy. I mean, really, what's the point of this show? Doctors in love with each other? Doctors' private lives? I'm sorry, ABC, but we don't NEED another ER; I always ...
Posted by Mark the Man-Thing!!!! on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 07:35:00 PST

Valentine's Day Makes Me Indifferent...

This is called the "VALENTINE'S GAME"You know what to do...I hope...for our sake.Dear _________,I ____ you.You have a nice ______.You make me _______.You should _______.Someday I will ______.You + me ...
Posted by Mark the Man-Thing!!!! on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 06:09:00 PST

Only GREAT MINDS can read this!

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Posted by Mark the Man-Thing!!!! on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 06:47:00 PST

Why am I doing this?

Survey! :) 1. Who are you, what's our relationship?:2. How and where did we meet?:3. What's my middle name?:4. How long have you known me?:5. Tell me one good thing about myself?:6. When you first saw...
Posted by Mark the Man-Thing!!!! on Fri, 29 Sep 2006 08:28:00 PST

The Bedtime Story: Act II, Scene ii (FINALE ULTIMO!)

Finally, we've come to this. After twists, turns, and, well, "Z's", we come to the end of our little bedtime story. What's next, you ask? Well, I've already signed on to write the he...
Posted by Mark the Man-Thing!!!! on Fri, 21 Jul 2006 12:12:00 PST

The Bedtime Story: Act II, Scene i

When we last left our protagonist, Vic, he had just suffered an attack of narcolepsy, much to the shock of his sweet and attractive young paramour, Nellie, who up until this moment was bliss...
Posted by Mark the Man-Thing!!!! on Sat, 15 Jul 2006 08:49:00 PST

The Bedtime Story: Intermission

"THE WORLD IS A STAGE, AND WE ARE THE PLAYERS. SOMETIMES A VILLAIN, AND SOMETIMES A SAVIOR." Just pausing between acts...the rest of the play is on its way, I swear! I'm already thinking about m...
Posted by Mark the Man-Thing!!!! on Fri, 14 Jul 2006 09:05:00 PST

The Bedtime Story: Act I, Scene iii

Scene iii is here, wrapping up the first act. I'd like to thank everyone who I conversed with about this play, and as always, feedback is most appreciated. Read on and have fun! ...
Posted by Mark the Man-Thing!!!! on Mon, 10 Jul 2006 12:11:00 PST

The Bedtime Story: Act I, Scene ii

Here comes Scene ii. As always, feedback is most desired. Have fun! (c) Mark Dundore, 2006 ACT I SCENE ii (The scene opens again on the bed. It is the same bed as before, but the bri...
Posted by Mark the Man-Thing!!!! on Fri, 07 Jul 2006 02:59:00 PST

The Bedtime Story: A Play by Mark Dundore, Act I, Scene i

I've decided to go back to writing plays, and to celebrate, I'm serializing my first semi-serious play (in other words, one that doesn't involve "The Masked Poof") scene by scene on MySpace. Fee...
Posted by Mark the Man-Thing!!!! on Wed, 05 Jul 2006 09:40:00 PST