Posted by charltonsect at ucc780.cinbell.com on October 13, 1999 at 17:10:54:
anyway... if you haven't feel free to check out the article @ http://www.popimage.com
here's my response... thank you.
Dear everyone i drove to near insanity,
My name is Charlton. I am a Cincinnati, Ohio resident who works hard for the things he loves. I sing in a band, I write music/movie/book reviews that have been published both locally and as far off as Holland and Australia. I am, in fact, working on my own comic project as we speak. Therefore, it may not surprise you to know that I have friends in the industry.
So when a friend hears that Garth Ennis was killed, and tells me... ofcourse I believe it. It was not my main objective to cause chaos among his fans. Being a fan myself, I was destroyed by the news. As I wrote then, Garth Ennis is the greatest comic writer i've ever had the pleasure of reading. I certainly wouldn't want to cause him or any of his friends any harm. I stated what I believed to be the truth, and sincerely apologized the second the rumor was proven false. Writing is my life. I assume I was fueled by breaking the story and being one of the first to hear the rumor. I shamefully apologize for the stir that I've caused. I'll be sure to think twice before listening to gossip again... as should everyone.
To Mr. Ellis, who said:
"I ever meet you, you'll wish you had been incinerated in a fucking train crash."
Sir, I had no intention of disrupting your morning coffee, but I believed someone very special to me and very important to the comic world had passed on. Given the situation and the many lives that were lost in that accident, I'm shocked that you would even say such a thing. Though I can't say that you haven't influenced my life as a writer, I assumed you would have used better taste and better grammer.
Thank you,
Charlton Sect