Hi, everyone. Thought I should really get round to posting something on this forum, seeing as I finally got round to joining it some time ago.
I think I've probably encountered some posters here before. Many years ago -- more than a decade, in fact -- I created the Usenet newsgroup alt.comics.2000ad. Last time I swung by, it was largely full of spam and velveeta; the fate of much of the Usenet hierarchy, I fear.
I remember some names in particular. Wakefield L. Carter was one of the prolific posters in those early days, along with Barny Shergold. He had an email address made out of sapient pearwood, as I recall.
The third name that really stuck in my mind was Windigo The Feral (NYAR!)/Follower of the Clawed Albino.
Anyway, I know Wakefield is still doing 2000AD-related stuff. Gonna get me one of those Dredd badges at some point.
Came across Barny's name very recently as well, when I bought the latest 4 issues of FutureQuake, and he's listed as the webmaster. I assume it's the same guy; surely there can't be more than one Barny Shergold who's in to comics/2000AD. =) As for Windigo The Feral; no idea!
Somewhere on a hard disk, I've still got the original charter and FAQ for the newsgroup.
I haven't regularly read 2000AD for quite a while. Maybe 7 or 8 years. But I've been in a 2000AD-themed Quake 2 clan since 1998. And as you can see, I still go by my Quake 2 clan name online. Quite annoying when people assume it's Rico from Starship Troopers, rather than Rico Dredd. Ho hum.
Renewing my subscription tomorrow, I think. I can't wait to catch up with all the old characters, and discover some new ones. \o/
I think I've probably encountered some posters here before. Many years ago -- more than a decade, in fact -- I created the Usenet newsgroup alt.comics.2000ad. Last time I swung by, it was largely full of spam and velveeta; the fate of much of the Usenet hierarchy, I fear.
I remember some names in particular. Wakefield L. Carter was one of the prolific posters in those early days, along with Barny Shergold. He had an email address made out of sapient pearwood, as I recall.
The third name that really stuck in my mind was Windigo The Feral (NYAR!)/Follower of the Clawed Albino. Anyway, I know Wakefield is still doing 2000AD-related stuff. Gonna get me one of those Dredd badges at some point.
Came across Barny's name very recently as well, when I bought the latest 4 issues of FutureQuake, and he's listed as the webmaster. I assume it's the same guy; surely there can't be more than one Barny Shergold who's in to comics/2000AD. =) As for Windigo The Feral; no idea!Somewhere on a hard disk, I've still got the original charter and FAQ for the newsgroup.
I haven't regularly read 2000AD for quite a while. Maybe 7 or 8 years. But I've been in a 2000AD-themed Quake 2 clan since 1998. And as you can see, I still go by my Quake 2 clan name online. Quite annoying when people assume it's Rico from Starship Troopers, rather than Rico Dredd. Ho hum.
Renewing my subscription tomorrow, I think. I can't wait to catch up with all the old characters, and discover some new ones. \o/