From: [K E Jones] at [newcastle.ac.uk] (Rich Johnston)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: Read between the Tekno lines
Date: 12 Jun 1995 10:04:30 -0500

This Tekno thread was very interesting and it was a lot of fun, but 
reading between the lines gives an interesting perspective.

Tekno, rightly saw the original anonymous post as a threat and 
wheeled out creators to give themselves net credence. However, they 
were very choosty in the allegations they chose to refute, ignoring
the financial and personal irregularities.

The original Majel Rodennberry post had a couple of flaws when Stone 
posted them, mispelling of Tekno, and the fact that Majel hadn't 
actually written the piece. When it was reposted a week later, these 
had been changed.

Rodennberry didn't write the response, we are told she approved it. 
This does cast doubt on whether this was the case with previous 
creator quotes and we weren't told about it.

Tekno produces some fine comics and some shite comics. However, the 
Tekno morality seems dubious, especially Veitch's "Whoring Rick 
Vietch" comment in the Journal.

Comments?

Rich Johnston  [k e jones] at [ncl.ac.uk]
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