Thank you. I was immensely proud of those first two issues of CH magazine. We used most of my contacts from my time at Fire For Effect for a lot of that material.
Unfortunately, those were the only two products I was a part of. Our philosophies were too different. I gave all my FFE contributors t-shirts with the FFE logo to thank them for their work. He wanted (and did) sell the t-shirts instead. I promised subscribers a free updated index. He wanted to charge $5 for it. See where this is going?
He slowly but surely burned all the bridges I had built up with my contributors and many others. Back then he even started using fake names for designers to make it look like we had a diverse group. I am truly surprised Dave Lamb lasted as long as he did, but I’m happy to see he has joined Bounding Fire, so I can now enjoy his work.
You are welcome, and you have much to be proud of. Even now, I remember the excitement of all of those scenarios and articles (thank you, Pete Mudge!!), and I feel the pull to set any one of them up and play. You did a great job.
He really is a piece of work. Delights in sneering at and insulting every one around him, yet, if his ass stops being kissed for one nanosecond,
he goes ballistic, picks up his ball, and runs home.
And, god forbid, one word of criticism... is met with spasmodic reactions that border on hysteria.
His contempt for those who contribute to him is really chilling. Having heard it expressed, directly, is an awful experience.
He absolutely hates, despises and has utter contempt for his customers, as well as for his contributors.
Amazing that anyone buys from him.
I am sorry for your experience with...
that.