GS Issue 006 - Credits
Cover Design: Antony McGarry-Thickitt Designer: Antony McGarry-Thickitt Editors: Barry Nugent Antony McGarry-Thickitt Contributors: Antony McGarry-Thickitt Barry Nugent Christophe Montoya Darkphoenix1701 The Dixon Boys Ian Simpson JMS1701 Karl Byrne Leo Johnson Luke Halsall Matt Farr Phil Hobden
EDITORIAL
I’m rubbish at editorials. That previous statement was all I had typed out in the last three months since the last issue of the Geek Syndicate magazine came out. Four words that quietly mocked me every time I opened up Word and tried to type something that was witty, sassy and coherent. As the months drew on, I realised I was happy to settle for something that was just coherent. You would think that trying to sum up the sweet smelling concoction of creative juices that the GS team has poured into this issue would be easy. However the fear of the blank page looms large as I sit here. I mean it should be easy to bluff my way through this editorial, just like the Bluffer’s Guide to Kickstarter on page four. Of course failing that my back up plan was to fake an incurable illness with the aid of the Beginners Guide to Viruses on page thirty-three and its discussion of how those pesky germs have tried to get the better of us on the big and small screen as well as books and comics. As the months drew on and the editorial’s deadline loomed I considered more outlandish solutions. One thought was to follow Continuum’s Rachel Nichols example and travel back in time to help my younger self to write the editorial. Unfortu-
nately all Rachel was willing to do was talk to GS about her work on Continuum on page fifty and would not agree to a piggyback through time ... shame. As we hit May I was still struggling to find my geek muse but comforted myself with the knowledge that I could make a last stand on page fifteen with Director Kim-Jee Woon as we discussed him bringing back Arnie to the action film genre. Knowing me however I’ll just follow the example Tony Stark sets in our biography of the man in the metal suit man on page forty-one and turn to the demon bottle. So here we are at the end of this mess of an editorial and I’ve still not told you anything about the magazine, I’ve just rambled on about myself. So just ignore this and go and read some cool features, reviews and stuff in this issue. If anyone wants me I’ll be face down in a pot of cooking fat. Oh I think the reviews start on page fifty-four ... I know some editor right?
Typesetting: GS Banner - Copperplate Bold Cover Text - Century Gothic Main Text - Nobile (Open Font Licence)
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