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happy birthday martin, you are the space boss.

― di smith (lucylurex), Sunday, 8 June 2003 10:34 (twenty-three years ago)

hope it was a good'un, sorry i didnt make it out

― stevem (blueski), Sunday, 8 June 2003 10:44 (twenty-three years ago)

Hip hip hooray for Martin! On his magical birthing day! (cover version by Willie Nelson)

― jel -- (jel), Sunday, 8 June 2003 11:01 (twenty-three years ago)

HBM!

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Sunday, 8 June 2003 11:58 (twenty-three years ago)

HBMS!

― Cozen (Cozen), Sunday, 8 June 2003 12:26 (twenty-three years ago)

Happy Birthday week Martin!

― Carey (Carey), Sunday, 8 June 2003 13:33 (twenty-three years ago)

Happy happy Birthday Martin!!!

― JuliaA (j_bdules), Sunday, 8 June 2003 15:49 (twenty-three years ago)

have a good 'un, martin!

― mitch lastnamewithheld (mitchlnw), Sunday, 8 June 2003 15:55 (twenty-three years ago)

Happy Birthday, Martin! I hope you have a fantastic day.

― C J (C J), Sunday, 8 June 2003 16:01 (twenty-three years ago)

Here's your present, btw ....

www.kor.dk/borge/happy90.ram

― C J (C J), Sunday, 8 June 2003 16:07 (twenty-three years ago)

H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y ! ! ! :-)

― lyra (lyra), Sunday, 8 June 2003 16:08 (twenty-three years ago)

HBMS!

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 8 June 2003 16:08 (twenty-three years ago)

happy birthday MS

― H (Heruy), Sunday, 8 June 2003 16:12 (twenty-three years ago)

Hop along barnacle day!

― Chris P (Chris P), Sunday, 8 June 2003 16:41 (twenty-three years ago)

Happy birthday Martin - and Goodnight Irene !

― darren (darren), Sunday, 8 June 2003 16:46 (twenty-three years ago)

CJ, I'm nervous about downloading things onto my PC. Can you reassure me?

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 8 June 2003 17:34 (twenty-three years ago)

don't worry, martin, I just checked. it definitely is a virus.

have a happy birthday.

― RJG (RJG), Sunday, 8 June 2003 17:37 (twenty-three years ago)

Did someone say there was cake? Happy birthday! Where's the cake?

― Lara (Lara), Sunday, 8 June 2003 17:44 (twenty-three years ago)

I had to buy cakes at work because it was my birthday. A dud tradition, as discussed elsewhere. Though I enjoyed eating more than my share.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 8 June 2003 17:46 (twenty-three years ago)

That is a shocking tradition. We have to bring treats back if we go on a work trip abroad, which is totally dud as work trips involve being in 'work-android' mode for 16 hours a day when I'm only getting paid for eight. THEY SHOULD BE BUYING ME TREATS.

Hmm... so what presents did you get?

― Lara (Lara), Sunday, 8 June 2003 17:48 (twenty-three years ago)

That sound clip is perfectly safe, Martin. It's never done anything nasty to anyone's computer (as far as I know). It's only a link to the site, anyway - it doesn't load anything onto your machine.

― C J (C J), Sunday, 8 June 2003 17:58 (twenty-three years ago)

Happy birthday Martin, you old battle d'or

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Sunday, 8 June 2003 18:09 (twenty-three years ago)

OK CJ - but when I went to the URL it did start downloading something, and I wasn't sure what.

We have to bring treats back from holidays too at work, but since I've not been on holiday in nearly three years (I brought back turkish delight from Istanbul, but it wasn't proper Turkish Delight like Fry's, they'd taken the chocolate off and covered it with powdery stuff!) it's not much of a problem. I got some CDs and comics, mainly (I was just playing the tATu album), plus a balloon snail (best balloon animal I've ever seen, for what that praise is worth) with 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARTIN' written on the side.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 8 June 2003 19:05 (twenty-three years ago)

happy birthday, mr skidmore & the best balloon animal ever is well-deserved

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Sunday, 8 June 2003 19:18 (twenty-three years ago)

happy birthday

― isadora (isadora), Sunday, 8 June 2003 19:25 (twenty-three years ago)

Happy birthday Martin!!

― rosemary (rosemary), Sunday, 8 June 2003 21:05 (twenty-three years ago)

it WAS the best balloon animal ever!!

― mark s (mark s), Sunday, 8 June 2003 21:28 (twenty-three years ago)

i am a professional critic so i know

― mark s (mark s), Sunday, 8 June 2003 21:29 (twenty-three years ago)

Happy birthday Martin, many apologies for not making it last night but I am less than 48 hours away from my final final. The drinks are on me next FAP.

― Ed (dali), Sunday, 8 June 2003 21:31 (twenty-three years ago)

yay birthdays! Yay Martin!

― That Girl (thatgirl), Sunday, 8 June 2003 22:23 (twenty-three years ago)

Hiya Martin, happy birthday!

― Arthur (Arthur), Sunday, 8 June 2003 23:32 (twenty-three years ago)

Happy birthday sir. Many happy returns and all that jive.

Yeah, it'll post late, but it's still the 8th here...

― Matt Maxwell (Matt M.), Monday, 9 June 2003 00:16 (twenty-three years ago)

oh shit, i missed it... anyway, happy belated birthday martin.

― phil-two (phil-two), Monday, 9 June 2003 01:13 (twenty-three years ago)

Happy Birthday Martin!

― James Blount (James Blount), Monday, 9 June 2003 01:24 (twenty-three years ago)

I am sorry I missed this too...a belated happy birthday Martin!

― Nicole (Nicole), Monday, 9 June 2003 01:26 (twenty-three years ago)

Very happy belated birthday wishes, Martin - I hope your day was delightfully debauched - and I am eagerly anticipating the photos!

― I'm Passing Open Windows (Ms Laura), Monday, 9 June 2003 01:53 (twenty-three years ago)

75. Happy Birthday Martin!

― felicity (felicity), Monday, 9 June 2003 04:16 (twenty-three years ago)

76. (aka the Hard Man of ILE)

― felicity (felicity), Monday, 9 June 2003 04:17 (twenty-three years ago)

happy birthday martin database extravaganza!!

― geeta (geeta), Monday, 9 June 2003 04:20 (twenty-three years ago)

Happy birthday Martin!! Hope the coming year is the best yet!

― luna (luna.c), Monday, 9 June 2003 04:29 (twenty-three years ago)

79. Martin, I'm holding your accountable for the fact that a good chunk of my unemployment funds go towards buying funny books every week. Thanks! Happy birthing! May you never need to compact your DB!

― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 9 June 2003 04:34 (twenty-three years ago)

Happy birthday once again. That balloon snail did indeed r0x0r.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 9 June 2003 08:30 (twenty-three years ago)

Happy belated b'day Martin. You rock our world, gently.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Monday, 9 June 2003 08:42 (twenty-three years ago)

Happy birthday! Been off the interweb all weekend so missed the birfday freds. S x

― suzy (suzy), Monday, 9 June 2003 08:54 (twenty-three years ago)

83. Hi, I'm Grant Morrison, and ... oh wait I'm fooling no-one there.
Happy birthday, man.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Monday, 9 June 2003 09:22 (twenty-three years ago)

Happy late birthday oh wise Martin. Hope you had a good one!

― Archel (Archel), Monday, 9 June 2003 09:46 (twenty-three years ago)

I hope you had a great w/e Martin, can wait to hear all about it. I'll buy u a pint at the first fap i attend!! ;-)

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Monday, 9 June 2003 10:04 (twenty-three years ago)

yay happy birthday martin, sorry im late.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Monday, 9 June 2003 10:16 (twenty-three years ago)

yeah same,

― duane, Monday, 9 June 2003 10:46 (twenty-three years ago)

Thanks a lot, everyone! I'm really smiling at all the good wishes!

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Monday, 9 June 2003 11:42 (twenty-three years ago)

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lol he hated that story

― mark s, Wednesday, 8 June 2022 13:18 (four years ago)

yes :)

― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 8 June 2022 13:28 (four years ago)

Oh I'm glad that recording is still in circulation.

For all the time I knew Martin, I wasn't really into Science Fiction, so rarely talked with him about it. But I was lucky enough to inherit part of his SF book collection, and in the years since his death have made good progress reading those, plus lots more SF. And almost always, I wish I could talk to Martin about what I've just read. That's just one of the many things I miss.

― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 8 June 2022 14:12 (four years ago)

Truly a good fellow. Grateful to have stayed with him that one time, and truly a remarkable collection of many things he had, an ultimate library.

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 8 June 2022 16:17 (four years ago)

two years pass...

Thinking of Martin today.

― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 8 June 2024 08:12 (two years ago)

likewise

― mark s, Saturday, 8 June 2024 09:56 (two years ago)

one year passes...

Still seeing his doughty smile, his wise gruff self deprecation. His vast hinterland of polygamous orgies and science fiction and japanese art.

― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 8 June 2025 10:52 (one year ago)

❤️❤️❤️❤️

― mark s, Sunday, 8 June 2025 10:55 (one year ago)

Very nice way to be remembered :)

― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 8 June 2025 11:20 (one year ago)

There’s a big old school comics fan meet-up at the next London Comic Mart in a couple of weeks where I’m sure a glass and a toast will be raised in Martin’s memory - he is always missed.

― Ward Fowler, Sunday, 8 June 2025 13:02 (one year ago)

Solid guy, a great host when I visited in 2003.

― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 8 June 2025 13:26 (one year ago)

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