Will Dockery wrote:

> On Wednesday, March 25, 2024 at 3:27:49 PM UTC-4, genera...@gmail.com wrote:
>> On Tuesday, March 17, 2024 at 8:43:23 AM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
>> >
>> > An early Usenet appearance of Will Dockery, from May 12 1995:
>> >
>> > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.arts.comics.marketplace/TbaNE0W5xPU/oNIVxNMLFasJ
>> >
>> > On Friday, May 12, 1995 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, ROLLER 666 wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Andrew Roller Presents
>> > > C O M I C U P D A T E
>> > > FREE! Internet Edition May 11, 1995
>> > >
>> > > R E V I E W S
>> > > conducted by h0ly joe
>> >
>> > <snipped for focus>
>> >
>> > Early Usenet appearance of Will Dockery:
>> >
>> > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.arts.comics.marketplace/TbaNE0W5xPU/oNIVxNMLFasJ
>> >
>> > > Dockery provides insight to the life and recent death of Freddy Mercury
>> > > as a part of his regular "Like a Monkey on My Back" column in Update.
>> > > Whether you knew or cared about this singer, Dockery's writing
>> > > (particularly in this installment of his column) struck me as absolutely
>> > > fascinating.
>> >
>> > [...]
>> >
>> > > But then, I'm just a newcomer. For a
>> > > cup of coffee I'll review anything, even a comic by William Dockery.
>> > >
>> > > Green Ringlets, 50c. Minicomic, eight pages. William Dockery, P.O. Box
>> > > xxxx, Phenix City, AL 36868.
>> > > A chapbook, from whence the first poem provides the title. Each book
>> > > apparently comes with a free coffee stain. (Mine did, anyway.)
>> > > Care for some disjointed images, rendered with varying degrees of
>> > > proficiency, complete with a bizarre, Egyptian pharaoh cover? This is the
>> > > book for you. There's a poem about the south and several about females.
>> > > I could write this thing up really good, but I'm full. I had to feed the
>> > > hamburger Dockery threw over the bridge to me to a cat. It was lukewarm,
>> > > anyway. If I'm to work for food, Dockery, it has to be hot. Anyway, the
>> > > onion rings were good. For those I'll quoth several of his better lines:
>> > >
>> > > "Answers like seeds being dispersed into
>> > > "the breeze...
>> > > "...We stood in the marsh of reeds...
>> > > "...The Science Ladies
>> > > "wandering inside my soul (pg. 5)."
>> > >
>> > > There ya go. Thank God Wilson quit publishing.
>> > >
>> > > felt, 50c postpaid. Minicomic, eight pages. William Dockery, P.O. Box
>> > > xxxx, Phenix City, AL 36868.
>> > > On the back cover of this tome is written the words, "Second Printing."
>> > > I was going to joke that with Dockery, this means my copy is not only the
>> > > second printing but the second copy. However, this damn thing is actually
>> > > very well written. Maybe he did actually print more than one copy in the
>> > > first printing, and sold out!
>> > > felt begins poorly, but picks up at the top of page four. Then things
>> > > really get going at the bottom of page four, and the lines roll on through
>> > > thunderous poetic crescendoes right to the end. There are amazing images
>> > > here; Tatumville park, the memory of Tracy, the father who's "a grey cat,"
>> > > even a lake of disappearing paths.
>> > > I highly recommend this chapbook on two counts, as a stunning book of
>> > > poems and as a sample of the best the comics small press has to offer.
>> >
>> > [...]
>> >
>> > Also included were "scandal sheet" style news items on local real life celebrities in the Columbus-Phenix City music/art/poetry scene of the 1990s, very similar to the impostor trolls seen at present:
>> >
>> > > C O M I C U P D A T E N E W S
>> > > presented by holy joe
>> > >
>> > > WILSON THE BUM
>> > >
>> > > There are three types of homeless people in this world. There is the
>> > > Hobo, which is a migratory worker. Then there is the Tramp, which is a
>> > > migratory non-worker. Finally, there is the Bum, which is a non-migratory
>> > > non-worker. This I learned recently from my researches at the Phenix City
>> > > library. Learning this, I decided to investigate certain personalities of
>> > > the small press, to see which category they fit into (and to justify
>> > > peeking into Carol Horny's window!)
>> > > Rick Howe - a Hobo. Migrating from South Carolina to Columbus, with
>> > > plans to move on to Sacramento, but working at McDonald's.
>> > > John Jones - a Tramp. Migrating from Philly to a trailer park in Phenix
>> > > City, never gainfully employed (except by the government), and always one
>> > > step ahead of the law due to his "art" photos.
>> > > p.d. Wilson - a Bum. Never going anyplace, and never working either. (I
>> > > think he accidentally wired himself to his junkyard computer and can't get
>> > > loose, but that's no excuse.)
>> > > Carol Horn - Welfare Queen, and purveyor of living room performance art
>> > > porno shows, which she doesn't know has a nationwide audience, thanks to
>> > > my VHS Handicam.
>> > > A. Holer - I was going to list this AOL a-hole as a Bum, but recently he
>> > > threw away all his Penthouses and became gainfully employed! (As the
>> > > Regional Coordinator of the Boy Love Society.)
>> > >
>> > > NOTE: The premier issue of Comic Update is posted on
>> > > alt.comics.alternative. It is the issue for May 10th. It consists of
>> > > three parts: COMIC UPDATE (Part One), COMIC UPDATE (PART TWO), and COMIC
>> > > UPDATE (PART THREE OF THREE).
>> > >
>> > > ROLLER PUBLICATIONS Founded 1972. Continuously publishing since 1986.
>> > >
>> > > END OF TRANSMISSION
>> >
>> > Interestingly, I didn't post to Usenet, or to the internet at all, until June of 1998.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Songs & poetry of Will Dockery:
>> > http://www.reverbnation.com/willdockery
>> Historical and educational......

> A look at early Usenet, yes.

Quite historical...!