Cool Gygax Christmas card...

Treebore · Post by **Treebore** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 5:50 pm

An ENWorld member posted a cool Christmas Card and also copied pasted a e-mail exchange with Gary that he had about who is who in the card.

Anyways, since we all love Gary, Tom Wham, etc.... I thought members here would enjoy checking it out too.
http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rp ... ost4566017
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Joe · Post by **Joe** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 7:04 pm

Can you post it here?
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Treebore · Post by **Treebore** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 7:24 pm

Joe wrote:
Can you post it here?

I don't know. Why? You should be able to read/look at it without being a member. I do it all the time from our College computers.
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gideon_thorne · Post by **gideon_thorne** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 8:12 pm

Treebore wrote:
I don't know. Why? You should be able to read/look at it without being a member. I do it all the time from our College computers.

You have to sign in to see the attached file.
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dachda · Post by **dachda** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 8:13 pm

Treebore wrote:
I don't know. Why? You should be able to read/look at it without being a member. I do it all the time from our College computers.

Nope, EN wants me to be a member to see it. Not interested in doing so. Oh well.
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Treebore · Post by **Treebore** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 8:18 pm

gideon_thorne wrote:
You have to sign in to see the attached file.

Ah! OK, I'll see if I can at least link the file to here.
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Treebore · Post by **Treebore** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 8:21 pm

Its not a true file or link, anyone know how I could copy it (I have copied it to my comp) and then post it to this thread?
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Matthew · Post by **Matthew** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 8:32 pm

Here:

Quote:
Tim Kask is holding the reins, and I am looking back over my shoulder with a smile. Joe Orlowski, RIP, is disappearing head down, Jake Jaquet is sitting calmly, and clinging desperately to a runner Dave Sutherland is looking more upset than is Tom Wham is with his fingers in his beard.

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spak_man · Post by **spak_man** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 8:33 pm

EDIT: Nevermind, Matthew beat me to it
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Treebore · Post by **Treebore** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 8:43 pm

Thanks! How did you do that?
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gideon_thorne · Post by **gideon_thorne** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 9:05 pm

Treebore wrote:
Thanks! How did you do that?

He uploaded it to a photobucket account. This particular card has been floating around for a while. Gary showed it off on DF a couple times.
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JRT · Post by **JRT** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 9:46 pm

That was me that posted the card.

Someone asked what year this card was posted. Gary never told me, but from what I can see, this was early Dragon, and while it's blurry and I can't tell from this scan, it has the Lizard Man Logo from TSR, so this was sent out some Christmas between 1975 and 1978, before the Wizard Logo was put into effect.

Technically, it's not a "Gygax card", it's Dave Trampier Art.

Tim Kask and Gary Gygax look too similar. I thought it was Gary holding the reins until he corrected me.

I didn't realize you had to log in to see attachments on ENWorld. I'll remember that next time.

Matthew · Post by **Matthew** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 11:26 pm

gideon_thorne wrote:
He uploaded it to a photobucket account. This particular card has been floating around for a while. Gary showed it off on DF a couple times.

Yep. No problem.
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Lord Dynel · Post by **Lord Dynel** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 11:37 pm

Thanks for sharing. That's a cool little card.

Maliki · Post by **Maliki** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 1:04 am

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Julian Grimm · Post by **Julian Grimm** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 3:13 am

So who's the guy loosing his hat and the guy with the parachute?
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Matthew · Post by **Matthew** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 3:46 am

Not sure. The parachute guy might be Frank Mentzer, to judge from the old photograph in Dragon magazine.
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JRT · Post by **JRT** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 10:51 am

The cross-poster didn't get my whole quote.

The guy with the hat is Dave Trampier. Rob Kuntz is the guy with the Parachute.

serleran · Post by **serleran** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 12:46 pm

Thank you for posting it here -- I hate ENWorld, for its unbearable slow load times.
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Treebore · Post by **Treebore** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 9:25 pm

serleran wrote:
I hate ENWorld, for its unbearable slow load times.

Still? Its been very quick for me for the last month or two. With me being on DSL.
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Post by **Breakdaddy** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 10:33 pm

Cool little nostalgia trip there. Thanks for posting.

Jyrdan Fairblade · Post by **Jyrdan Fairblade** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 4:38 pm

That's a very cool card.

It makes me miss some of the comic art that TSR used to use - not everything has to be a serious work, blades drawn against grim death, to show imagination.

Jason Vey · Post by **Jason Vey** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 5:33 pm

Excellent.

serleran · Post by **serleran** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 5:52 pm

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Still? Its been very quick for me for the last month or two. With me being on DSL.

Always, for me. Even when I was at GM with their T1 lines, it would take like almost a minute to load, and that's just not serleran-friendly. That's why I rarely visit -- if it takes 1 minute just to load the homepage, it's going to take like a year to load the forums.
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JRT · Post by **JRT** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 2:54 pm

FYI--Tim Kask noted this on the Gygax Games forum.

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Just a cautionary note : That art that you posted is owned by me, as all are rights to usage. Gary was the only other person that had permission to use it.

I have no problem with this usage for the Holidays; I have just shared it on another board.

He also posted a photo of the original he has, along with a contest, on Dragonsfoot.
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JRT · Post by **JRT** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 2:54 pm

Actually Ignore the Triple Post--BB gave me an error but posted it anyway

JRT · Post by **JRT** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 2:55 pm

Ignore the Double Post