Today, or back in 2016 for that matter, he’s not a creator I feel particularly comfortable being associated with. But is his comment true? Did I, in fact, write Dave Sim a nice letter? I did, over 20 years ago. Here’s how it happened: 13/ - ThreadSky

davidmalki.com • 11 days ago

Today, or back in 2016 for that matter, he’s not a creator I feel particularly comfortable being associated with.

But is his comment true?

Did I, in fact, write Dave Sim a nice letter?

I did, over 20 years ago. Here’s how it happened:

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davidmalki.com•11 days ago

In late 2004, I printed up (“published” would be too strong a word) my first @wondermark.com book, the now-out-of-print THE ANNOTATED WONDERMARK:

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davidmalki.com•11 days ago

It was very early in the life of Wondermark. I was just starting out. I didn’t really know what to do with the book. I mailed copies to a bunch of famous people, https://www.tumblr.com/davidmalki/98761032068/heres-something-i-found-in-a-stack-of-old-mail?source=share:

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davidmalki.com•11 days ago

At the time (late 2004), Neil Gaiman was in regular contact with Dave Sim, who was developing a reputation as, among his other quirks, a sort of Luddite crank. (Sim still communicates with the blog I quoted above by sending them faxes each week.) 16/

davidmalki.com•11 days ago

On Gaiman’s own blog, which I occasionally read, Gaiman posted a challenge he’d received from Sim, in which the latter basically dared people to send him letters:

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davidmalki.com•11 days ago

So of course, I wrote Dave Sim a letter. And I enclosed my book.

Here’s where it gets weird.

The book, brazen young author that I was, contained a challenge of its own, in the introduction that I wrote:

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davidmalki.com•11 days ago

Dave Sim read the book, including my challenge above, and he replied, sending me a quote for the book as I had requested.

Here is his letter to me:

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maijasauna.bsky.social•11 days ago

My level of knowledge of Dave Sim is similar (or even less than) yours but I know enough to read "here's where it gets weird" and fasten my seatbelt.

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