Roland Mann

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Ocala, FL

Birthday:

November 1

Which Category best describes you?

Professional Writer

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https://www.rolandmann.me

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Ocala, FL

Area(s) of Interest or Expertise:

writing, editing, teaching

My Testimony: (We encourage members to share briefly about how their faith in Christ has impacted their lives.)

Like many, I walked down that center aisle when I was young. I'm fortunate to have grown up in a Christian household where my family found themselves in church most of the times the doors were open. We were involved in many of the extracurricular activities as well, so many of our friends were from church. In August of 1974, when I was 10, I gave my life to Christ...or thought I did. Until recent years, I thought 1974 was when I'd become a "Christian," but I realize it was an emotional reaction and there really was very little change in my life. For many years, I did little more than pretend to walk with Christ. Obviously, it's easy to see now, but not then. Calling myself a Christian probably kept me out of some things, but not all, because there was no life change. In 1999, God led us to First Baptist Church of Muscle Shoals where we were immediately placed under strong Bible teaching. At first, I was very hesitant because it was such a big church. BJ and I are both accustomed to small to medium sized churches, but this was a big one--probably the biggest in the Muscle Shoals area. I “rededicated” my life in February of 2000. The men of the church went to a men's conference in Jackson, TN where there were several good sessions. I was under the word for two straight days. God really convicted me and showed me what I needed to do: true repentance and salvation. Essentially, I got saved. With salvation came true life changes. The first thing I did was give up secular music. Completely. I was big into music (as a kid I wanted to be a musician) and had a sizeable collection of music on vinyl and a decent cd collection. I got rid of it all. I don't even listen (not by choice, that is) to secular music on the radio anymore. I still enjoy music, and I'm still learning about the Christian artists that have come around the last few years. Then we shut off our cable tv. Yep. Just turned it off. It was difficult for a while, and I especially missed it from September to January (football season), but it caused BJ and I to grow much closer together and closer to God. Something about not having that idiot box on all the time just really worked. Oh, we still have a tv and we watch movies. But we stopped watching rated R movies (the Passion being an exception) as a rule. The kids were still able to watch Veggie Tales and Disney stuff, etc. But it was an incredible gift for us. Since 2000, I’ve been steadily involved in the church. I was recently ordained as a deacon; I’ve taught Sunday School (and even written 13 weeks worth of lessons), sang in the choir, and played drums in the praise band. While I’ve spent most of my career in publishing, I taught at the University level for about four years. Any skills I have come from God, and I feel he has truly blessed me with the ability to write, edit and teach. It is a desire of mine to pass on the skills God blessed me with and to encourage young students not to wait until later in their life to use their skills and talents for God. I love writing and the creative process of writing and believe that my passion is contagious.

Dream Job: (If you could have your dream job in the comics industry, what would it be?)

Avengers writer. :)

Favorite Comic Creators:

Stan Lee, Steve Englehart, Steve Gerber, David Michelenie

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Comments

Lance James October 24, 2007 at 5:04pm

I put up some of my work, you'll have to drop by and check it out.
Bosley October 16, 2007 at 7:36pm

I've got a pic of my character up. Check it out...I'll try an' get shots of the first ish up when I get back from Fall Break.
Roland Mann October 15, 2007 at 5:46am

Reggie, yes, I was a co-creator for C&M. Mitch had done some drawings and a little 4 page sequence of them in action. Said he had in mind for them being theives...We talked for a little while, then I took the concepts and ran with them. Mitch is an incredibly talented visual storyteller. Funny though--he hates superheroes!
Anthony Rodriguez October 14, 2007 at 12:22pm

Tell Me about it. Indie titles are where all the energy is at these days. As for Stephen King, i love all the movies that are based on his stories, but i havn't actually read any of his books. I read the Dark Tower comics but those are just adaptations. I have him on the "fav authors" list because i love him as an idea man. But i am gonna make it a point to read his Dark tower series.
Reggie Byers October 14, 2007 at 2:59am

God Bless, Roland! Iremember CAT & MOUSE! Did you create that?
Roland Mann October 10, 2007 at 7:32am

Yes, that was it. I have a copy packed away somewhere. VERY good read, but very difficult to find. I'd be willing to say it was "rare," but I don't think it has any real monetary value for the collector types.
John G. Pierce October 9, 2007 at 5:41pm

Roland -- I remember an Otto Binder-written Avengers
novel, BATTLE OF THE EARTH-WRECKER, I believe it was. Is that the one you're thinking of?
Roland Mann October 6, 2007 at 9:21am

Well, I DO read comics, but they're all older. I've tried reading some Marvel and DC comics but they just don't appeal to me at all anymore.
I DO read some of the works produced by folks on THIS site! :)
And, I tend to read the classics, still.
In college, I was a fan of small press/independent comics as well. I still think many indies (those that are filled with profanity or soft-porn) are pretty good reads.
Reading your bio, we have a lot of common "fav authors." Of the ones you mentioned, though, I'm just not a Stephen King fan. Tried several of his works, just didn't do it for me. BUT, I do like most of the others mentioned!
Cool that you're going back to school, too! Way to go!
Anthony Rodriguez October 5, 2007 at 6:16am

Great Bio. I think i actually may have read a couple of the books you edited. So, you don't read comics at all anymore?
Roland Mann September 29, 2007 at 7:12pm

William: I must admit that I don't really read comics of today because I really haven't seen anything that draws me. That said, I learned to read on The Avengers, Spider-Man, Captain America, X-Men, etc.
Joe: Yeah, it was great days back then--a LOT of creativity going on. I dream of having that sort of thing only with a Christian atmosphere! All I need is to meet some millionaire who wants to be a publisher! :)
Nice meeting y'all also!

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