Letter to Tharg - 1977

Earthling · 02 February, 2009, 05:44:56 PM

Hi All

I wrote a letter to Tharg in 1977, and it was published. I no longer have that edition of 2000AD. How would I go about finding out which edition it is, and reading what I wrote?

many tharnks

Earthling

DavidXBrunt · 02 February, 2009, 05:52:14 PM

Well as all the letters published in 1977 were from Earthlings of one sort or another you'll have to help narrow it down. If you let people know your name and what town you lived in back in 1977 I'm fairly sure someone here will be able to find it, possibly even scan it for you. But, you know, you'll have to help refine the search parameters a little.

TordelBack · 02 February, 2009, 05:58:08 PM

Someone will be with you shortly, Earthling.

COMMANDO FORCES · 02 February, 2009, 06:00:39 PM

Buttonman where are you in Earthlings hour of need!

Bouwel · 02 February, 2009, 06:31:50 PM

Any idea what the letter was about? Going by cover dates only if it was printed in 1977 it'll be in a prog between 1 and 45 inclusive.

More details, and I'll see what I can do.

-Bouwel-

Buttonman · 02 February, 2009, 07:11:18 PM

<splutter. sorry I'm late held up with the snow... Anyway 1977 saw 97 readers see their name in print but 42 of them were for drawings. The remaining 55 are listed below - take your pick! The number is the prog and they are out of order due to database peculiarities.

VAUGHN   THOMAS   WOLVERHAMPTON   11
VAUGHN   THOMAS   WOLVERHAMPTON   43
2000AD   READER   SUTTON/LONDON    10
2000AD   READER   SUTTON/LONDON    22
MICHAEL   JAMIESON   INVERNESS    12
S   FOULSER   WESTCLIFFE ON SEA    13
STEVE   ABRAHAR NEW MALDEN    16
CHRIS    CATTO   EDINBURGH    8
JOHNATHAN TASKER   COTTINGHAM   8
IAN   OLSEN   LIVERPOOL   8
G   ASPINALL   PLYMOUTH   8
P   ASPINALL   PLYMOUTH   8
MICHAEL   SHOVLIN   GLENROTHES   10
S   MCMILLAN   DERBY    10
MARK   BARBER   DARTFORD    11
JOHN   HALL   BELFAST    12
FERGUS   BUCHANAN GLASGOW   12
DAVID   IZZARD   BUSHEY    12
BARRY   LONG   MANCHESTER   13
IAN    SHAW   MIDDLETON   13
NIGEL   TOMPKINS   RADLETT     14
PAUL   NEWLAND   COLCHESTER   14
ROBIN   RIGGS   LEWES    16
L   SHUELL   PETERBOROUGH    16
KENNETH   GIBSON   HARTLEPOOL    17
KEVIN   CLARKE   BIRMINGHAM    17
MARK   WOODHOUSE SHEFFIELD    18
KEITH   ARMSRTONG COLCHESTER   21
THEODORE THEODORE      22
STEVE   GOOCH   RUGBY    24
R   TUCKER   LONDON    24
T   CLARKE   GALAXY 3    25
STEPHEN    BATTERS   HUDDERSFIELD   25
SIMON   PITTS   ESSEX    25
RUSSELL   CHILD   LONDON    26
ROBERT   NICOL   COULSDON   28
ANDREW   PETERS   ST IVES    29
CASSIN   CASSIN   LIVERPOOL   31
STEVEN   SMITH   SOUTHAMPTON   31
CHARLES   FOTHERINGHAM   FALKIRK   33
CRAIG   HARDIE   HUNTINGDON   34
CRISPIN   JULIAN   SALTERTON   34
JUDGE   SAVILLE   MEGA CITY ONE   37
BRIAN   RODDEN   TELFORD    39
JL   HOWARD   BLACKROD    41
PETER   NORTHOVER HARROW   41
JULIAN   HOWARTH   CARDIFF    42
CHRISTOPHER   QUINN   MAGHERA   42
GLEN   ALLISON   BELMONT    43
FREDERICK LUNDBER BOURNEMOUTH   43
ANDREW   MEHR   PRESTWICH   44
ANDREW   BURNS   COVENTRY    44
DARA   O'KEARNEY WEXFORD   44

Dandontdare · 02 February, 2009, 07:24:26 PM

Yay, there he is! We were worried about you for a minute there BM -should've known better! Now let's just see if Peterwolf has referenced any racial sterotypes yet to the nice new Swedish lady... ah yes, there we go! All is right in the world.

House of Usher · 02 February, 2009, 08:00:30 PM

Swedish lady??

Where??

Oh, okay - found her.

Kev Levell · 02 February, 2009, 11:09:03 PM

How many of these luminous few from that seminal year are still reading? Do any of you post here?

I, Cosh · 02 February, 2009, 11:13:30 PM

Quote from: "kevlev"How many of these luminous few from that seminal year are still reading? Do any of you post here?

Ha. Buttonman's next challenge should be a Dave Gorman style quest to meet every published letter writer. Or at least visit all their country's or something.

He's got at least three in the bag already.

Buttonman · 02 February, 2009, 11:32:19 PM

If I can secure the necessary lottery funding I'll begin the quest Tuesday week. Oh to meet the famous Vaughn Thomas of Wolverhampton, the first man to get two in. Spookily when my team got beaten on schools quiz 'First Class' when I was captain and answerer of the losing question the opponents were form Regis School, Wolverhampton.

...

I'm off to Friend Reunited!

Bouwel · 03 February, 2009, 10:33:02 AM

QuoteHow many of these luminous few from that seminal year are still reading? Do any of you post here?

Yup, I started at prog #1. Went a bit wobbly in the 90's when things went a bit pear-shaped but back now.

-Bouwel-

Proudhuff · 03 February, 2009, 10:55:56 AM

But are you on that list?

Well done buttonman, we also serve who fill in spreadsheets!

Buttonman · 03 February, 2009, 10:58:30 AM

I think Bouwel is claiming to have read from the start rather than be one of the inaugral lettersmiths.

Proudhuff · 03 February, 2009, 11:18:21 AM

I'm seeing Buttonman as the demeted killer stalking each of these characters down and killing each in the style a famous 2K death , while DI Morgan Freeman and his side kick david Tennent try and figure it all out before the next Xmas Issue!