Life is sometimes sort of okay because...

[Taryn Tailz]

Received a letter today confirming my first Gender Clinic appointment will be next month.

It's exciting, but it's also scary cos now it's starting to feel real. :0

[Tjm86]

Fantastic news.  Pleased for you.

Fear / nerves / whatever is perfectly natural for any change so go with the flow.  From what you've said previously you have family / friends around who are supportive.  Keep that in mind.

[von Boom]

Crongrats Taryn! It must be scary, but keep in mind you are working towards your real self.

[The Legendary Shark]

I'm at Southport Comic Con - looking after John Wagner's table while he goes for lunch. Woo!

[TordelBack]

I'm at Southport Comic Con - looking after John Wagner's table while he goes for lunch. Woo!

Quick, rifle through his papers for clues to the great questions of our age...!

[Frank]

.
Rearrange the letters in his name display to read John Wanger.

[The Legendary Shark]

Quick, rifle through his papers for clues to the great questions of our age...!

And those answers are:
Yes.
Probably not.
7 and three quarter inches.
Netflix and/or HBO.
Hershey.
Cigarettes.
Certainly, if the money's right.
£3.99.
Potato cakes.
Some chickens.

***

Sad to report, not many Sandgrounders are John Wagner/Dredd/2000AD fans. I could have made a bob or two whilst standing in, though.

"Hey, can I have a photo with you?"

"Actually, I'm not..."

"Give you a fiver?"

"No, no. You see, I'm just..."

"Tenner?"

"Sod it, okay."

Then John came back and Carl Critchlow turned up so I had to leg it.

Tharg - give Carl some work! He's a great artist and a really nice guy. Hell, I'll write the scripts if you can't spare anyone...

[Woolly]

Tharg - give Carl some work!

This has got me thinking - whats the situation regarding classic artists in the prog?
Does Tharg offer them work at all, or do they get in touch with Tharg if/when they fancy the work?
I know page rates can be an issue, as can certain contracts, just wondering if artists have to keep pitching to editorial or not?

Im thinking the Bollands, McMahons, Critchlows, Dillons etc.

[I, Cosh]

Don't know anything about the logistics but Carl had a great run of Dredds and Randoms up to maybe four or five years ago. I went from actively disliking his style to absolutely loving it and it would be great to see him back.

Is that Worley Dredd with the sharks on legs the only thing he's done since Trifecta?

[Taryn Tailz]

Fantastic news.  Pleased for you.

Fear / nerves / whatever is perfectly natural for any change so go with the flow.  From what you've said previously you have family / friends around who are supportive.  Keep that in mind.

I am in a fortunate position, and I am really excited about it. But there is a difference between 'you're on the waiting list for a year' to suddenly 'we'll see you next month'.

[Grugz]

I'm at Southport Comic Con - looking after John Wagner's table while he goes for lunch. Woo!

aaarrrgh forgot this was on, got dragged round blackpool by the family!

[Tjm86]

... there is a difference between 'you're on the waiting list for a year' to suddenly 'we'll see you next month'.

"The murmurs ebb; onto the stage I enter.
I am trying, standing in the door,
To discover in the distant echoes
What the coming years may hold in store.

The nocturnal darkness with a thousand
Binoculars is focused onto me.
Take away this cup, O Abba Father,
Everything is possible to thee.

I am fond of this thy stubborn project,
And to play my part I am content.
But another drama is in progress,
And, this once, O let me be exempt.

But the plan of action is determined,
And the end irrevocably sealed.
I am alone; all round me drowns in falsehood:
Life is not a walk across a field"

Pasternak

(Sorry, massive fan of Soviet era Russian poetry.)

[JayzusB.Christ]

... there is a difference between 'you're on the waiting list for a year' to suddenly 'we'll see you next month'.

"The murmurs ebb; onto the stage I enter.
I am trying, standing in the door,
To discover in the distant echoes
What the coming years may hold in store.

The nocturnal darkness with a thousand
Binoculars is focused onto me.
Take away this cup, O Abba Father,
Everything is possible to thee.

I am fond of this thy stubborn project,
And to play my part I am content.
But another drama is in progress,
And, this once, O let me be exempt.

But the plan of action is determined,
And the end irrevocably sealed.
I am alone; all round me drowns in falsehood:
Life is not a walk across a field"

Pasternak

(Sorry, massive fan of Soviet era Russian poetry.)

That's exactly what I was going to say.

Er, sorry. Fair play, Taryn, that's great news.

Just out of interest, what will happen during the appointment? None of my business of course, and please feel free to tell me to feck off, but I honestly do find the whole thing really interesting, it being a topic I know practically nothing about.

[Frank]

Is that Worley Dredd with the sharks on legs the only thing he's done since Trifecta?

I forgot about that. Critchlow drew Matt Smith's Anderson series for IDW, which is metaphorically working for Tharg:

[Taryn Tailz]

... there is a difference between 'you're on the waiting list for a year' to suddenly 'we'll see you next month'.

"The murmurs ebb; onto the stage I enter.
I am trying, standing in the door,
To discover in the distant echoes
What the coming years may hold in store.

The nocturnal darkness with a thousand
Binoculars is focused onto me.
Take away this cup, O Abba Father,
Everything is possible to thee.

I am fond of this thy stubborn project,
And to play my part I am content.
But another drama is in progress,
And, this once, O let me be exempt.

But the plan of action is determined,
And the end irrevocably sealed.
I am alone; all round me drowns in falsehood:
Life is not a walk across a field"

Pasternak

(Sorry, massive fan of Soviet era Russian poetry.)

I'm delighted to have provided you with the opportunity to present us with some.