(bumping this for the morning trade)
― mark s, Tuesday, 2 August 2011 09:05 (twelve years ago) link
Don't have anything to contribute, but that's a lovely idea and I wish you all the best with it.
― Quantum of Pie (NickB), Tuesday, 2 August 2011 09:42 (twelve years ago) link
I am not a great writer by any means so I'm not the ideal contributor, but I am glad this is being put together.
― online pinata store (Nicole), Tuesday, 2 August 2011 13:43 (twelve years ago) link
Just to remind anyone that didn't see it -- email me stories if you don't want to put them up here or on the RIP page
― mark s, Saturday, 6 August 2011 18:41 (twelve years ago) link
It took a bit longer than planned, what with one thing and another, but here is the Freaky Trigger memorial page for Martin.
― mark s, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 10:33 (twelve years ago) link
*sigh*
it's here: http://freakytrigger.co.uk/martin/
― mark s, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 10:34 (twelve years ago) link
You've all done very well!
― Charles Kennedy Jumped Up, He Called 'Oh No'. (Tom D.), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 10:56 (twelve years ago) link
Nice work! I didn't really ever interact with Martin, but I've always enjoyed his writing, very cool to see this. I like the use of the Wu-Tang logo.
― Gonjasufjanstephen O'Malley (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 14:36 (twelve years ago) link
This is so nice, I think he would have loved this.
― Nicole, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 14:38 (twelve years ago) link
once again, the freaky trigger ppl have done martin proud.
― Ward Fowler, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 15:05 (twelve years ago) link
The logo's a brilliant touch. Honored to be one of the linked pieces.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 15:18 (twelve years ago) link
That is wonderful, you guys.
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 15:21 (twelve years ago) link
Very well done, indeed
― le ralliement du doute et de l'erreur (Michael White), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 16:15 (twelve years ago) link
aw
― max buzzword (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 16:22 (twelve years ago) link
it tells me that I am looking for something that isn't there.
― The New Dirty Vicar, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 17:51 (twelve years ago) link
you need to click the second link that mark posted, not the first
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 17:53 (twelve years ago) link
I see that now.
― The New Dirty Vicar, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 17:56 (twelve years ago) link
Wonderful work.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 17:57 (twelve years ago) link
happy birthday martin!
i will always be honored that martin appeared on me and mark s's podcast once. we didn't have a studio so martin came to my apartment. i spread a blanket on the kitchen table to try and muffle the reverb. i think martin was our first guest to say straight out he didn't think much of the story, but he used it as a launching point for one of the best discussions i think we ever had on the show.
http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/04/a-bite-of-stars-a-slug-of-time-and-thou-episode-4/
his knowledge and curiosity and humility were all legendary. i wish i could have shared all the incredible bandes dessinées i've discovered in france. he was always envious of french comics culture.
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 8 June 2017 09:15 (six years ago) link
yes, happy birthday martin! it always amused him there was one day a year he and i were exactly the same age
six years gone just like that :(
― mark s, Thursday, 8 June 2017 09:44 (six years ago) link
Beautifully put, Tracer Hand.
Just the other day I was sorting out some books and wondering why I had two identical paperback copies of Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said by Philip K Dick. I opened one of them and found that it had a bookplate pasted on the first page - it was the book that Martin had chosen for a school prize. I inherited a number of Martin's PKD holdings, never noticed the plate before, and was of course deeply moved.
Hardly a day goes by when I don't think, 'Would love to talk to Skidmore about...'
― Bernie Lugg (Ward Fowler), Thursday, 8 June 2017 09:49 (six years ago) link
He was top notch, then and now.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 June 2017 14:00 (six years ago) link
Happy birthday, Martin!
Another link to the FT memorial page: http://freakytrigger.co.uk/martin/
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 8 June 2018 09:02 (five years ago) link
Thanks for sharing this, Tracer.
I have a big pile of Samuel R Delany books in my bedroom and whenever I see them I think about Martin, and also about H@zel's very touching speech at Martin's memorial service, when she talked about him reading a worn down-copy of Dhalgren for the very final time. Books live on after us - but we live on through them too.
― Ward Fowler, Friday, 8 June 2018 09:32 (five years ago) link
Hadn't seen those photos before - so nice.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 8 June 2018 10:05 (five years ago) link
This page appears to be gone :/ Anybody know how we can get it back?
His birthday today and I'm thinking of him.
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 8 June 2023 20:51 (ten months ago) link
https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2011/07/martin-skidmoreIs this the one, Tracer? Bless Martin.
― Tim, Thursday, 8 June 2023 21:45 (ten months ago) link
I found it on the Wayback Machine:
https://web.archive.org/web/20210624003437/http://freakytrigger.co.uk/martin/
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 8 June 2023 22:14 (ten months ago) link
In particular I was remembering these tremendous photos of him:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/worldofagwu/sets/72157627168828539
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 8 June 2023 22:16 (ten months ago) link
And amid all this remembering I have just noticed: A new post on the site Martin started in 2010!
https://comiczine-fa.com
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 8 June 2023 22:20 (ten months ago) link
Feel like if anyone was the über-ILX0r it was he.
― CeeLô Borges (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 8 June 2023 22:22 (ten months ago) link