6 April 2006
This letter is my most recent; my other letters were all around the same time, about 8, 9 years ago (damn, I feel old …). That was my concentrated letter-writing time, where I was writing pretty regularly to comic books. I don’t think I was a hack – I didn’t write more than around twenty letters all told – although…
5 April 2006
(Apologies for the two images – the letter was printed over two pages, and my limited Photoshop skills couldn’t seamlessly blend them together again, even with help from all the King’s horses AND all the King’s men, useless bastards.) Having a letter printed in a comic book is great, in my opinion. So, all my letters printed are special to…
4 April 2006
Another letter in a comic book, another comic book by Priest. XERØ was a wonderful series that was criminally cut short due to poor sales and woeful treatment by the power people at DC – for a personal reflection on the many travesties poured on this book, read this piece written by Priest, which is depressing but fascinating. Trane Walker,…
3 April 2006
Quantum & Woody was THE most enjoyable thing to come out of Acclaim. Priest wrote some hilarious stuff, MD Bright drew up a storm, and much fun was had by them and the readers, unfortunately not that many. I enjoyed it so much, I bought the trades as well as the singles, which is the highest award I can give…
31 March 2006
Here is a scan of my letter about the end of Stormwatch series 1: If you have read some of this blog, you’ll know that I’m a big fan of Warren Ellis, so I was quite chuffed to get a letter printed in a comic written by him. I don’t have much of a life. This feeling was taken down…
30 March 2006
After all the light negativity of my Trimming the Collection posts, I thought I would let some of my old positivity take centre stage for a bit. Here is a scan of my printed letter in The Challengers of the Unknown of the late ’90s. (Click to enlarge.) As a fan of comics, getting a letter printed was brilliant, and…