I knew them when

[scarfman]

I've mentioned in this space that I was once philfoglio's roommate. Right now Phil and Kaja are serializing Phil's 80s Buck Godot stories, featuring a character based on someone we knew in our Moebius Theatre days. John Buckley was a big Irish cop with a big Irish mustache and Buck Godot is an accurate portrayal of his manner and language usage. Phil actually put people he knew into his professional work fairly often in cameo bits (though if there're any of me I've forgotten). One day during our cohabitation (Don't look at me like that. Phil's girlfirend lived with us too.) while Phil was working on the story Psmith (currently being serialized), one of my roommates from the place I'd lived previously complained of never receiving the same treatment, and was indulged, in, for instance, the last two panels of this page. Prodded by this reminder I googled julia dewey to see whether she'd come up. Today I learned that a former roommate (Don't look at me like that. Julia's fiance lived with us too.) is now Julia Dewey Rupkalvis Dye, Ph.D. and has an IMDB entry.

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[hergrace.livejournal.com]

/me touches Scarfman to get some rub-off of his brushes with the famous.

Actually, I was amazed about Phil Foglio. I had no idea. Did you also, in those olden days, ever know a fellow by the name of Bill Ritch? He knows just about everyone involved in SF and I think is also buddies with Phil. Cool beans!

[scarfman]

The name doesn't ring a bell. Mind you, I only knew Phil from about '85 till about '88. qtrhorserider knew him longer. I'm his second ex-roommate she married. It'll be twenty years in October, however, so Kaja's S.O.L.