iG (av) news welcome what is there to say welcome to AV pack numbah 14 yes a LOT of people have completely lost faith in this months guest compiler after all that fuss and bad karma that was brought about by a well-meant promise about 2 months ago lemme do it on time! and it s not on time unlike the ever-so indignant blue apache there is no excuse for the inexcusable lateness however 13-hours a day at work did slightly shift priorities never the less the wait has been worth it as there is some star art in this pack (they all say that but I actually mean it see for yourself ) not that anybody follows av like a rabid dog chasing its tail but as the group with the reputation of fucking around the most we do hope to one day attain the position of the silliest people in the scene one day far in the future now to the pack and more important news and leave behind the trademark arrogance! pikers the following people to my knowledge have piked from AV since the last pack (september 96) for that they will hereforth be cast as villians whose prime aim is to pillage plunder and rape helpless victims including flick s mother not that there s anything wrong with that! seinfeld juice quits saying he no longer cares much for anything including the scene bleh we have seen this before although he wont be back for more like chief wiggum for chocolate he will probably still take an interest a sad loss since juice perfectly fitted the dont care mould of AV Oh well We don t really care! ) Actually he didn t really quit like that it was a lot more amicalble Never the less newman trippah who has moved to that other particular ansi group more on this dastardly show of espionage and covert counter-drawing later however trippah s willingness to draw anything for anybody yes he would even do a closeup of flicks mothers pink bits will be sadly missed Happy drawing trip! suffice to say my memory is short and flawed so you miss out on the other people that either quit or developed a social life since sept 96 synthetic this will be short as the news file is growing longer than I intended but anyway there has been a new group start up called Synthetic at the moment the founding member and head honcho organiser whatever people call the big cheese these days is trippah since this is a former member of AV himself it is rude to say nasty things but i still firmly believe that more ansi groups is bad news for the scene in general and someone should really put the kybosh on this malpractice by would-be experienced ansi artists and other assorted graphicians as soon as possible to prevent another artist shortage and group collapse ie SiCK 95 all over again roughly anyway hmm enough is enough i say! there that WAS short so read on! end of news! hope you enjoy the pack i m not artisically talented so commenting on the actual works themselves leaves me in a rather precarious position and may further damage the tattered reputation of our group personally i think most of the work represents a fine effort by those concerned but ansi & vga are both ever-changing graphic mediums for releasing art so it s hard to keep up never the less i hope the artists are proud of their efforts because I sure am! Enjoy and please send feedback to the artists or myself Addresses are in the member file as well as web pages and other gunk Later! av news file december 1996 design from memberlist insurge (av) content written by fluff (av) iG COMNT