o d $$$$ i u m a$$ $$a a$$ $$$$ a$$ $$$$ $$$$ a$$ &aa& $$a $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $ $ $$$$ $ $ $ $ $$$$ $$$$ $ $ $ $ $$$$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ a$$a a$$a a$$a a$$a a$$a a$$a $$$$ a$$a $$$$ $$$$ a$$a a$$a $$$$ $$$$ a$$a $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$a a$$ $$a a$$ $$ $$a a$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ 1d! the odium december 1995 newsletter well this is our first release under the name of odium and it turned out bet- ter than i expected for a first release as you can see by looking at the pack we have some kickass talent in the group so hopefully that will contribute to making this group last i was suprised by all the people applying who wanted a shot at the next bleach fortuantly i didn t have to work very hard at getting people in the group this month s new members well as for this month s new members they can be considered the foundation to the start of this group in this list comes prime who was given the position of co-founder prime has been in a number of other groups as courier such as acid but his position in odium is his first attempt at actually drawing also joining us this month was the silent killer who was formerly a member of haze and fire one of our biggest names this month was unsane who comes over to help run the group as co-founder as well as draw for us his addition to our memberlist will be a huge help in getting the group started! anarchist joins as well coming over from acid to take up a position in drawing ascii for the group for a fairly new artist in the scene his work adds an original touch to odium! otter a very impressive toon artist from his former group toon joins the group this month as well and we will be looking forward to some great work from him water also comes over from the ranks of toon or more recently known as plain and his presence in our memberlist is a good symbol of the talent we have been picking up he is one of the scene s leading toon artists sir death decided to give the group a try this month as well who s name has been in groups such as apathy and trank his work is some of the best around and we looking forward to seeing him release with us! 7degrees is another big name who was added to the list this month formerly known as iridescent who comes over from the recently dying saga hopefully he will be able to stick with us to release some of his work in the months to come fury joins as well who previously released his artwork in solo his addition to odium is another example of the new talent we are picking up! shattered link previously in groups such as shiver and saga as well as one of the leading members of bleach decided to come to odium after saga dropped out of the scene his arrival to the group is a HUGE promise for kickass work in the future blacknight joins the group as our first vga loader artist for odium and we are happy to see him join he will be our leading member in our vga department in the months ahead! another addition to the ranks of our ansi deptartment this month comes blind a fairly new face in the scene bringing with him an incredible style! a big suprise this month is the return of ack! who i personally consider one of the best ascii artists around and having him join this month is a big help to the group we will be looking forward to seeing some nice work from him in the fut- ure! another amazing talent in our ascii department this month comes holocaust who was there to help out bleach and now he is here to help out odium he is one of our leading artists as well as a loyal member! point blank another former member of bleach joins as well his work improves every month and he brings with him a unique style we are happy to have him join! and finally for artists who have layed down the founding staff for the group penguin joins this month as well who will be helping blacknight get our vga deptartment go- ing! as for our courier division the emperor captain hood and fury all applied this month to help spread the packs and pick up work they will be making things alot easier for me in the months to come! want to apply i dont think i have to go into huge detail here to let you guys know what to do if you want to apply as a member of odium just run odium-app exe included in this pack fill it out send it to me with some samples of your work on route 666 at 619-485-6741 or anywhere else you can find me and thats it i ll try to get back to you with 1-2 weeks! finis well thats about it for this months news i just want to get this pack out so i m not going to write a book but to give you a quick and basic idea of what to expect in the months to come for odium look forward to a group which will be pretty much following the same qualities of bleach only this time we plan on sticking around later -lordjazz(odium)