Letter to Tharg - 1977

TordelBack · 03 February, 2009, 01:57:41 PM

Imagine organising a (re)union of Year Zero letter writers! What pallid freaks would lumber forth from beneath their stones of shame! Ron Smith to draw the convention photo!

Uhh, no offense, Earthling. Um.

Peter Wolf · 03 February, 2009, 03:01:10 PM

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

Oh what became of their hopes ? their dreams ?

Bouwel · 03 February, 2009, 04:51:14 PM

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

Indeed I was. This is what happens when you try to post from your new Blackberry without your glasses on.

-Bouwel-

LARF · 03 February, 2009, 04:59:04 PM

Now then, now then...

I see judge saville has been sending letters in...

SamuelAWilkinson · 03 February, 2009, 06:59:34 PM

Quote from: "LARF"Now then, now then...

I see judge saville has been sending letters in...

Recruiting for the Justice Street Team, no doubt.

LARF · 03 February, 2009, 07:07:22 PM

Dear Judge Saville

Can you fix it for me to spend some time in a Juve Cube?

Devons Daddy · 13 February, 2009, 06:52:09 AM

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

welcome to the CHOIR of this catherdal ,
many and i mean MANY of us here are old boys from prog 1.

i would suggest a majority of the call me kenneth rank are in fact of that era.

Kev Levell · 13 February, 2009, 10:05:33 AM

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

welcome to the CHOIR of this catherdal ,
many and i mean MANY of us here are old boys from prog 1.

i would suggest a majority of the call me kenneth rank are in fact of that era.

I was referring to the list of people at the start of the topic - those few that had a letter published in that glorious first year - are you one?

Earthling · 21 February, 2009, 04:44:19 PM

Thank you, Buttonman. Wow. I'm impressed, and was delighted until I found that my name was not in that list. That seems a little odd.

I am Aldo from Edinburgh. I think I had the first 42 editions. It was a letter not a drawing. I think they paid £10 for a published letter, but that seems like a lot of money for 1977.

I wonder what they'd have paid for a poem or a play?

many thanks

I, Cosh · 21 February, 2009, 04:56:21 PM

Attempting to steal Buttonman's thunder, it seems like your memory may be slightly faulty...

Forename Surname Town Issue Star Country Year
ALDO PALUMBO EDINBURGH 235 SCOTLAND 1981

My collection doesn't go back that far, but I'm surely somebody will be able to provide a scan.

Buttonman · 22 February, 2009, 03:06:10 AM

You bastard Cosh, I go out for an all day bender and what do I find? yes my one sphere of influence co-opted by an interloper! Yes Aldo, Cosh's words are true but can he give details of drawings and summer specials writings? yes he can but with any authority? Well Ok, but c'mon it's half three and the cat wants my chicken bones...

theQ · 22 February, 2009, 01:45:33 PM

Hiya, just came across this site, and there I am issue 42!! I think it was about £3 for the letter, or galactic groats, longtime ago, but seems like yesterday!

Earthling · 17 March, 2009, 04:52:36 PM

Blimey. Issue 235. Many many thanks.

Aldo

lborl · 17 March, 2009, 11:12:31 PM

Dandontdare · 18 March, 2009, 06:08:40 PM

I always assumed that when 'Tharg' wanted to plug something, they just made up letters like this asking for whatever it was. They always had strange and unbelievable made up names like Aldo Palumbo, and latterly Floyd Kermode. Obviously not real people!