SPLICED Magazine SPLICED Issue 05 June/July 2014 | Page 7

SPLICED MAGAZINE / ED'S NOTE / THE FIFTH ELEMENT ISSUE 05 The fifth element I realised the other day we’re almost a year into the production of Spliced. A year! Can you actually believe it? Our first issue was published in October 2013, and we’re now five issues in with an ever growing fan base and continued support from pretty much everyone – from our readers to the awesome people who give us prizes every issue to give to said readers. Every time I sit down to write my Ed’s note I am suddenly aware that there are so many amazing people who make this happen, and I don’t know if we really acknowledge them enough. To our contributors, who give of their time, talent and energy to turn Spliced into something awesome every single issue, and rarely ask for anything in return – thank you – from the bottom of my heart, thank you for making this magazine what it is. I know sometimes it’s hard to continuously come up with something new and interesting to say (I’ve done this for long enough to have been in this position myself!) but somehow you always manage to do so. This month as always we have some awesome competitions, most of which I would love to win myself, but sadly that would be cheating, and well… yeah I’m too honest for that. Anyway, make sure you look out for them, and enter! You won’t be disappointed! LETTERS We'd love to hear from you, so if you have any comments, ideas or criticisms drop us a mail at [email protected] and we'll feature them in forthcoming issues of Spliced. Who knows, the best letter might even win a prize. Nudge, nudge. Wink wink, say no more, say no more. As I’m sure you’re aware by now if you’ve read our magazine before, every issue we bring on an amazing illustrator to do our chapter art, and this issue is no exception. Designer and illustrator Nikki Meier has created completely custom artwork for every chapter as well as our opening and closing spreads. of reviews from every available geek category we could find, you’ll also f