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Clem

Apr 9th, 2003, 02:39pm

TaningiaDanae

Apr 9th, 2003, 03:36pm

Greetings,

Mr. Tony Millionaire, artist and creator of "Maakies," has authored a thrilling tale about a shy teuthid with a strange affinity for the moon...

http://www.maakies.com/archive/m123.html

:!:

Clem

@#$%#@%# cartoonist blew my cover! (And stole my line!) Mr. Millionaire had better watch his back from now on or he will end up really looking like a million bucks -- flat, green, and inanimate. I've got my :cyclops: on him.... MWAHAHAHAHAAAA!

Dangerous Danae, the Dreadful and Uncannae
Original Were-Squid of TONMO
(accept no substitutes!)

PS: Fantastic sig, Clem -- wish I'd thought of that! :)

TaningiaDanae

Apr 9th, 2003, 03:41pm

PPS: What is the significance of your avatar? It is beautiful -- looks like a Norse brooch of some kind representing a sea-serpent.

Curious,
Taningia

Clem

Apr 9th, 2003, 03:56pm

Taningia,

I was pretty sure that post would get your attention.

Tony Millionaire was gracious enough to do a drawing for me during a recent book-signing (I didn't even ask him to; he draws as he breathes). He was also quite frank in explaining elements of his work that he'd cribbed from other sources: Melville, Patrick O'Brian and Gustave Dore, to name a few.

Perhaps he'd heard of your alter-ego?

Thanks for the complimentary words about my signature. I considered substituting "Kaikoura Canyon" for "Valley of the Shadow," but it didn't sound right.

I'll go warn Tony. :shock:

Clem

Clem

Apr 9th, 2003, 03:59pm

RE: my avatar, I can only say that it is Norse, and it is a "serpent." Any more information right now will spoil the surprise (it's part of some visual research I'm conducting). :read:

Phil

Apr 9th, 2003, 04:13pm

Clem, please post info on this Norse brooch here, or contact me privately if you are worried that it does not involve cephalopods and don't wish to mention it. I used to study Roman and Saxon archaeology in Britain and would love to know details.

Cheers!

tonmo

Apr 9th, 2003, 04:26pm

I'm not so sure that it does not involve cephalopods (at least in mythological form)... look closely at the head... :wink:

Melissa

Apr 9th, 2003, 05:40pm

Tani, I'm sorry to hear you aren't familiar with Millionaire's work. I could lend you my books from him. Some of it could even be reviewed for TONMO. Clem, was the signing you mention in LA? NYC is somehow less exciting without him. :cry: Of course, I only like the strips with the squids and octos.

Melissa

Clem

Apr 9th, 2003, 05:49pm

Melissa,

Yes, the signing was in Los Angeles, which will be my home no longer, come next week. Suffice it to say that the bright, arid environment suits me about as well as it would an ocean-going cephalopod.

If Millionaire doesn't already know about it, perhaps someone should fire off an introduction to Tonmo for him?

Drinky Clem

Clem

Apr 10th, 2003, 07:23am

TaningiaDanae

Apr 21st, 2003, 04:17pm

Here are some more cephalopod-themed "Maakies:"

http://www.maakies.com/archive/m168.gif
http://www.maakies.com/archive/m183.gif
http://www.maakies.com/archive/mb23b.gif
http://www.maakies.com/archive/m328.gif

And my friends think I'm obsessed with cephs??

"Sometimes a tentacle is just a tentacle." -- Squidmund Freud

8)

Fujisawas Sake

Apr 26th, 2003, 03:07am

"Sometimes a tentacle is just a tentacle." -- Squidmund Freud

8)

Sounds like someone is suffering from "hectocotylus envy" :heee:

Sushi and Sake,

John

Clem

Apr 26th, 2003, 03:10am

Putting the "id" in "squid," and the "ego" in "Loligo."