moriarty@fluke.UUCP (The Napoleon of Crime) (12/17/85)
Well, I'll bet you're all as busy as me (if not busier), but I wanted to do
something that I've done for the last three years on net.comics -- thank all
of you for making this one of the most civilized, informative and enjoyable
newsgroups on the net. In a year which has seen rampant hostility and net
mis-use to the point of cancelling several newsgroups (net.flame in
particular), it has been a pleasure to note that net.comics rarely features
arguments -- discussion has always been the watchword of this group, with
enthusiasm and humor as foundations. "Rn" always places net.comics first in
my list of newsgroups to read, due to the fact that it almost always the
most enjoyable. Obviously, it's my favorite -- I put more time into it via
Moriarty Reviews and other egotistic ramblings -- but this is due to the
fact that I get more from it than I put into it. Besides, net.comics has
always had a feeling of community -- I identify people behind user IDs,
names behind styles of writing; and it strikes me that it's a pretty good
group. In particular, thanks to:
-- Jerry Boyajian, who, despite an increasing workload, has found time to
answer almost every question posted on net.comics, and also post reviews
and comments so impartial and (to my mind) fair that I often miss his
eloquence. I'm glad someone else is doing new comics reviews besides me,
and I'm VERY glad it's Jerry. I mean, someone's gotta tell *ME* what
I'm missing!
-- Laurie Sefton, for posting some of the most humorous and incisive views
on new comics around.
-- Ellen Eades, who, besides proving "It's A Small World After All" is
often true (in my case), has been feeding her (and our) views of comics
to Marvel. And it would seem that they're listening... Someday, we're
going to have to meet face-to-face...
-- Henry Vogel, for taking time out from his busy publishing schedule to
write about the details inherint in publishing comics, and for
participating in the discussions.
-- To whoever posted those hilarious take-off reviews and Beyonder parodies
that came across about a month or two ago. I haven't laughed that hard
since "Fandom Confidential" disappeared...
-- Bill, Stuart, Mike, Oz, Scott, Carl (both of them!), Henry, Hutch,
Soren, and Bob: all people who deserve more than one line or one name,
but my lunch break is almost over... Folks, thank you for consistently
posting good comics news information, interesting points of view, and
keeping discussions alive with your varied ideas and opinions.
-- Finally, to anyone who has posted a note to net.comics over the last
year and isn't on the list above -- thanks for keeping this one of the
few quality newsgroups. When someone asks me to point to a good example
of what Usenet can accomplish, I often point to net.comics. As a source
of information and a forum for discussion, it shows what a special
interest group bulletin board system can do when people are polite,
enthusiastic and helpful. And you are the people responsible for this.
I hope that the quality of this group continues through the next year -- it
certainly has for the last three. I probably won't be posting as much as I
usually do, due to outside demands for time; but I look forward to another
year of stimulating conversation.
Oh, and before I forget -- Happy Holidays! (Suitably generic, but I'm an
agnostic, after all...)
"And I heard Jeff exclaim,
as they strolled out of sight,
`Merry Christmas to all
-- you take credit cards, right?'"
Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer
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<*> DISCLAIMER: Do what you want with me, but leave my employers alone! <*>scott@hou2g.UUCP (The Brennan Monster) (12/18/85)
Thank YOU, Jeff, for...well...EVERYTHING! (But especially Shooter at the SPC) "Hey, you think this is the Christmas episode?--*I* think it's the Chrismas episode..." Scott J. Berry ihnp4!hou2g!scott