The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #35834   Message #492480
Posted By: InOBU
26-Jun-01 - 05:37 PM
Thread Name: Making Mudcat work better for all...
Subject: RE: Making Mudcat work better for all...
I must admit, that when in law school there was a very right wing student paper which REALLY ofended a lot of people, (The West Fourth Street Review). Another student and I created an underground comic paper, greatly sought after, we could not keep up with the demand, as soon as we'd put out one hundred, they'd be scarphed up... but our stated editorial policy was that we'd ignore the issues raised in the West Fourth Street Review and savage the writers. It was called the Dead Cartoonest Society and all the charactors were classic cartoon folks, like the Yellow Kid, the Katzenjammer Kids, Toonerville Trolly, that sort of thing. It was really great fun, and I quietly contacted most of the folks we really hit hard to make sure we didn't touch really personal sore points, especially when one fellow grew quite paranoid about us, and we made fun of ourselves as well. When I went after one of the Florida Cuban crowd, I did get death threats, but well, some folks take jokes better than others. Here, where we can't get together for beer after school, I think we have to stay pretty careful of each other in order to really trade information.
All the best
Larry