Re: [SkunkworksAMA] Re: Skunkworks Books
I'm not planning on canning the group - it can exist as long as Y! supports it and there is someone around to moderate it (and approve messages). Without doubt, Y! Groups are not as popular as they were - everything changes, fashions of what people do online are as variable as anything else. This group is a week short of having been on the internet for seventeen (17) years! OMG we've been looking at skunk porn for, errr, ages!!!
Which does come to the other point that was raised in that we all have other things (lives?) that we need to continue living. Many of us have been inspired by Jim's art, either by styling or just to even pick up a pencil and have a go (me included!) - for that we will always remember and be thankful to him. Jim's participation and being reachable by fans was certainly a very appealing aspect of his art.
Most people have other things to do besides logging on, plus knowing the 'action factor' is low tends to not entice you to want to log on twice a day to see what is happening (which is what I used to do back in the early days!). I hadn't logged onto Y! in about two months due to the account only getting movie notifications (which the nearest cinema is an hour drive away for me, plus don't get much spare time with working 7 days a week) and Skunkworks; it was only because I was joining another forum (GMC trucks) I thought I had better check to see how the old Yahoo account was going.
I would have liked to have thought JMH's web page may have been put back up in the most complete form that was had (or would have only taken small work to get it up and complete), with the tribute page incorporated as part of it. Allowing the small amount of hosting required and domain registration costs - a very inexpensive tribute really.
A weird thought I just had (apologies in advance); I wonder how popular it would be if you could buy tiny jars of JMH's ashes... Yeah, sorry, I'll be quiet now...
Scrapper, Black Dragon, who'd settle for a copy of the compiled Skunkworks book.
On Sunday, 16 September 2018, 5:20:00 pm AEST, Alfredo Parada alfredoparada_at_ymail.com [SkunkworksAMA] <SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com> wrote:
There's no denying this group is in a sad state.
Skunkworks was one of the oldest groups which stillregularly got traffic even as the rest of Yahoo Groups withered away. I think thisis a major factor; people have other places to hang out at online.
In fact, I've seen Jim's art on several other sites,even art I never saw here.. I know he was less then enthusiastic about people redistributinghis work, but at least the internet never forgets. In fact, people still talkabout him on other sites, albeit obliquely or in passing. Hell, there’sstill fan art being done, every once in a while. Considering that on average a100 people die every minute and most of us never even notice, I’d say that’s stillan accomplishment. Again, without Jim, I wouldn’t be an artist today.
Yahoo Groups is in decline, and Jim’s death no longercarries that biting sting. But we’re still around, and while we may not do muchabout it, we do remember.
Scrapper, thank you for patience and the efforts you’veput in this group. If you understandably decide to finally end it, give us a heads up. I’dlike to grab a few files and maybe even exchange some contact info with othermembers.
Yours humbly
The Warhound
PS. I'll always be glad to support efforts to have Jims works published, if the opportunity presents itself
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