Stupid question....

[TyVulpine]

Is DCS's nickname "Rain"? (In an issue of the comic "Furrlough", theres a chapter of a story, "Heebas", and one of the characters is named "Sir Ozy", and at the bottom of the page, the author, Scotty Arsenault, had a footnote "Thanks to my friend Rain", and someone told me yesterday, that he was refering to DCS....

[GhostWay]

Yes, D. C. Simpson has indeed been known to go by the nickname of "Rain".<br><br>(The reason for this naming escapes me. Most likely because I've not heard it.)

[TyVulpine]

So, then it is Ozy that makes a "cameo" appearance in Heebas....(albeit a grown-up version of him...)

[Bocaj Claw]

Do you have a link?

[TyVulpine]

no....I have the comic, so that's how I found out about it...It's in Furrlough #56 (I believe it's still for sale on Radio Comix's[Furrlough's publisher] online store...)

[Tom Flapwell]

I read, in one of the many places where DCS writes, that he chose "Rain" as a screen name back when few people trusted the Net with their real names. It is a reference to the weather in the Seattle area. Mainly he thought it sounded cool. (He wasn't alone: check out the purple ninja who premiered in <i>Ultimate Mortal Kombat III</i>.)

[GhostWay]

Hrm, Seattle, yes. It does tend to rain there. Or at least be delightfully overcast.

[Rooster]

Speaking of Scotty Arsenault, when do y'all reckon that Commander Kitty will be back?

[Muninn]

I hope it returns soon, it went down with Yerf though, so it might be a while yet.

[dcsimpson]

<!--QuoteBegin-Tailsthefox+Jun 7 2005, 09:29 PM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Tailsthefox @ Jun 7 2005, 09:29 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Is DCS's nickname "Rain"? (In an issue of the comic "Furrlough", theres a chapter of a story, "Heebas", and one of the characters is named "Sir Ozy", and at the bottom of the page, the author, Scotty Arsenault, had a footnote "Thanks to my friend Rain", and someone told me yesterday, that he was refering to DCS.... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> Yeah, that was me. I'd forgotten all about that cameo. (If memory serves, that was a really long time ago--it may even predate O&M as a regularly updated web strip.)<br><br>I probably have a copy of it somewhere. I'll have to look.<br><br>And yeah, the nickname/web handle "Rain" is a Seattle weather reference. Also sort of a reference to my not-particularly-fun-at-parties personality. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... iggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> (It's self-inflicted, like "Sting.")

[TyVulpine]

yeah, it was issue 56, and theyre around #147 now....so 90 issues....divided by 12/year.... that was about 1998.....just prior to O&M becoming a regular strip....