Hello 'Anon'! Thank you for pointing the subject line mistake out. I'll correct that now.
As Editor of Wossname, I don't think it's my place to judge the quality of fan art. If you are a long-time follower you'll have noticed that I do have my preferences in official Discworld artists - I despise Josh Kirby's covers even though Kirby was a fantastic artist in his non-Discworld work; I adore all of Paul Kidby's and Marc Simonetti's Discworld covers and illustrations; I have mixed feelings about Stephen Player's Discworld work, and so on - but when it comes to fan art I always assume it comes from the heart and judgemental put-downs seem a bit contrary to the spirit of a fanzine :-)
If I'd had a link I would have shared it! I send a lot of time searching the internet for items of interest for every issue, but I also depend on the Wossname Newshounds volunteers for content. In this case the image above was sent to me as a jpeg so I shared it here whilst referencing the credit that was already in the image.
I started out years ago as a Wossname Newshound myself, got pressured into temporary editorship when Editor-and-founder Joe Schaumburger first took ill, and eventually took up the Editor's baton when no-one else came forward to take over after Joe died. Putting out Wossname every month has cost me rather a lot in health and happiness, but I did it out of respect for Joe and out of love for the works of Sir Pterry, and now I continue to do it for the memory of The Author, to help his name to stay forever in the Overhead.
You say you're a 'long time lurker' but you took the trouble to comment here with a correction. That is just the sort of assistance we need! If perchance you'd like to become a Newshound, write to Wossname. The address is at the bottom of every issue...
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Re: Sneezing panda
Date: 2016-01-01 07:43 pm (UTC)As Editor of Wossname, I don't think it's my place to judge the quality of fan art. If you are a long-time follower you'll have noticed that I do have my preferences in official Discworld artists - I despise Josh Kirby's covers even though Kirby was a fantastic artist in his non-Discworld work; I adore all of Paul Kidby's and Marc Simonetti's Discworld covers and illustrations; I have mixed feelings about Stephen Player's Discworld work, and so on - but when it comes to fan art I always assume it comes from the heart and judgemental put-downs seem a bit contrary to the spirit of a fanzine :-)
If I'd had a link I would have shared it! I send a lot of time searching the internet for items of interest for every issue, but I also depend on the Wossname Newshounds volunteers for content. In this case the image above was sent to me as a jpeg so I shared it here whilst referencing the credit that was already in the image.
I started out years ago as a Wossname Newshound myself, got pressured into temporary editorship when Editor-and-founder Joe Schaumburger first took ill, and eventually took up the Editor's baton when no-one else came forward to take over after Joe died. Putting out Wossname every month has cost me rather a lot in health and happiness, but I did it out of respect for Joe and out of love for the works of Sir Pterry, and now I continue to do it for the memory of The Author, to help his name to stay forever in the Overhead.
You say you're a 'long time lurker' but you took the trouble to comment here with a correction. That is just the sort of assistance we need! If perchance you'd like to become a Newshound, write to Wossname. The address is at the bottom of every issue...
Happy Year of the Sneezing Panda to you!