Comics have been around for decades and have a strong, devoted fanbase. Is it any wonder they've accumulated so many Fan Nicknames?
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Independent Comics
- Right Hand of Doom - Hellboy's Red Right Hand
- Helldad - Hellboy's demon father, who is a demon prince, rather than the devil, in the comics. His name is most likely Azzael, but this is not revealed until many issues after his first appearance.
- Phone books - the 2000 AD trade paperbacks published by Rebellion, which have similar physical dimensions to phone books. Also frequently used to describe the trade paperbacks that Cerebus the Aardvark was reprinted in, even by the actual creator.
- Rohmagol - The fan theory that "Rohlan Dyre" in the Knights of the Old Republic comics, starting with issue 14, is actually Demagol in his armor, posing as him.
- Tower Head Girl - the so far nameless super who has a 5-foot cylinder of greebled metal growing out of her head in Empowered.
- The Moose - the monster in the wall in Johnny the Homicidal Maniac. So called because one character says it sounds like either rats in the walls or possibly a moose, and later there's a note saying 'definately not a moose'.
- In Brazil, Michonne from The Walking Dead is often called Machona/Machonna (something like "manly girl").
- Governator: the Governor after coming Back from the Dead.
- The Yellow Bastard of Sin City. In the book, he's only referred to as Junior.
- Lovecats/Luvcats seems to be picking up steam for the cat-like creatures in Issue My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (IDW)#3. Katie Cook apparently just calls them "the cute citizens of wuvy-dovey land."
- Commander Cocoon for the green armored advisor of Queen Chrysalis in that same issue.
- Nightmarity and Night Rare Moon for Nightmare Rarity.
- Vampirella is often called "Vampi" (except by her sidekick Pantha, who calls her "Vamps"). Cue Harris jumping the Anime Bandwagon and call the result "Vampi" too. Confusion ensues.
- Nu252 - the post Sonic the Hedgehog/Mega Man: Worlds Collide universe for Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie Comics), due to the fact that the start of its "reboot" occurred on issue #252, also a play on The New 52.
- Ultimate Lesiban Nicole - Overclocked Nicole the Holo-Lynx from Sonic Universe, thanks to the Ho Yay between Nicole and Sally and the fact that her pink color scheme resembles the Lesbian Pride flag.
- Holy Terror: Due to What Could Have Been.
- The Fixer is Not-Batman.
- Natalie Stack is Not-Catwoman.
- Dan Donagel is Not-Jim Gordon.
- Albedo: Erma Felna EDF:
- Nazi Bunnies, or Communist Bunnies: The Independent Lepine Republic, because they are basically space Nazi rabbits, despite their ideology has nothing to do with communism in the case of the second nickname.
- Dr. K: Dr. Elaki Kalahahaii, because many fans cannot pronounce her name correctly. Even the author himself has used that nickname too for the same reasons.
- Former Boyfriend McAsshole: Tavas Ikalik, who was the titular heroine's former boyfriend and being one hell of a Domestic Abuser.
People/Other
- The Big Two - Marvel and DC.
- The King - Not Elvis, but Jack Kirby, comic book writer and artist who co-created 90% of the Silver Age Marvel Universe with Stan "The Man" Lee, and created Darkseid and the New Gods, along with many other characters and concepts, over in The DCU. Owing to this, many other fan nicknames derive from his name.
- Stan Lee claims to have coined both the "King" nickname as well as "Jolly Jack" for Kirby. He indeed coined many such nicknames, usually of the rhyming or alliterative type to make Marvel's employees more well-known and "accessible" to the fans, and more than a few were taken up by the fans, including "Smilin' Stan" Lee, "Sturdy Steve" Ditko (a nickname Ditko himself disliked), Gene "the Dean" Colan, and "Jazzy Johnny" Romita (Sr., aka John "Ring-a-Ding" Romita).
- Alan Moore's Top 10 referenced Kirby's style several times, as well as referring to a version of him existing within Top 10 continuity known as "King", who painted murals of Science Heroes in a similar manner to Norman Rockwell painting murals of people.
- Kirby hats - Jack Kirby designed a number of characters with weird helmets. Galactus is a good example.
- Kirby tech - Machinery that is covered with a mess of buttons, wires, tubes, and other visually interesting details.
- Kirby Dots - Stylistic manner of depicting energy.
- Also known as "Kirby Krackle".
- D'n'A/DnA - Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning, writing partners for Marvel's cosmic line in the 2000s and (for at least some period time) The Authority.
- Michiyamenotehi Funana - Pat Lee, as a result of some poorly chosen katakana he once used.◊
- Frequently shortened to Superstar Funana, based on Dreamwave hyping him as a "superstar artist".
- "Distinguished Competition" - a phrase occasionally seen in Marvel comics. Guess whom they mean.
- Stan would also refer to his competitors in the '60s as "Brand Echh"
- Marvel artist John Romita Jr. has sometimes been known as JRJR.
- Peter David is sometimes called PAD online. (His middle name is Allen.) To scans_daily, of course, he is now He Who Must Not Be Posted.
- "The American Shirow Masamune" for Steve Gallacci, the creator of Albedo: Erma Felna EDF, Alone, Together and others, partly because both authors have a knack for creating dystopic futuristic stories with lots of interesting background details and lots of beautiful girls.
