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NAME Rhiannon

COMMENTS

 I just finished 9LMM, I read it all in one sitting. I loved it, very funny at times, quite relevant, well drawn, and the ending- beautiful! Best of luck to you in all your endevours!
DATE Thursday, October 19th 2006 - 07:40:23 PM

NAME White Jade
E-MAIL onewhitejade@aol.com

COMMENTS

 Your comic was referenced in Issue 13 of New Witch. Wonderful grasp of people's earnest silliness and silly earnestness. Thanks for a wonderful comic. Have you thought of collecting it together in paper?
DATE Saturday, October 7th 2006 - 06:21:45 PM

NAME Seraphis
E-MAIL rozakza@yahoo.com
URL http://feltrex.deviantart.com

COMMENTS

 I thoroughly enjoyed the comic - it was inspirational and inspiring, as well as eye-opening. You've explained a very strong and true point about how things are, how they should be and what makes it all tick. Thank you for it and I wish you all the best!
DATE Saturday, September 9th 2006 - 12:54:35 AM

NAME Magenta
E-MAIL magentafrost@ncfreedom.net

COMMENTS

 How in the world did I get so lucky as to stumble over your wonderful cartoon when it was most needed. Words cannot begin to convey how much I appreciate your work.

The Craft has sadly failed to grow and mature through the years and nowadays we have little people wishing to pursue it through the instant gratification route. Hell, they read one book and they think they have really studied. The Witch wars are still raging and there is still craziness around that was so prevalent in the 70's. At one time I had a lot of hope for the Craft, but now I just shake my head in wonder at the craziness. Perhaps there will be a change, but I seriously doubt it.

Your cartoon serves a great purpose in that it uses some humor to drive home pertinent points and gives people insight if they have the mind to begin to understand diddly-squat.

Thanks for all your hard work and may the year be filled with joy and peace.

Blessed Be!!!!!!!!!!
DATE Saturday, June 24th 2006 - 05:32:06 AM

NAME Moloch
E-MAIL moloch@molochsorcery.com
URL http://www.molochsorcery.com

COMMENTS

 Great talent! The humor is cheeky enough to be rib tickling without being scathing. The art is great as it gives the imagination something visually to focus on while pondering the humor. Comic strips are truly something that sociologists & archeologists will enjoy discussing thousands of years from now for nothing else than our own views and opinions of the social order today. Thanks for the laughs. I'll pass long this site.
DATE Sunday, May 14th 2006 - 09:35:18 AM

NAME Boudica

COMMENTS

 Really great series, lots to chew on, and much of it hard to swallow unless you know the inside scoop.

Thanks for the laughs. Hopefully you will start drawing again and bring us more of this merry madness.
DATE Saturday, May 13th 2006 - 05:40:51 PM

NAME Bonnie
E-MAIL summerbrz@aol.com

COMMENTS

 nice site...Great cartoon!
DATE Thursday, May 11th 2006 - 09:13:10 PM

NAME Linda
E-MAIL brambleicedancer2004@yahoo.com
DATE Thursday, May 11th 2006 - 07:22:21 PM

NAME Owl
E-MAIL paniteowl@alltel.net
URL http://www.cronespeak.com

COMMENTS

 I thoroughly enjoyed your artistry! Merry met! Blessed Be!
And all that jazz <G>.
BB ... Owl
DATE Thursday, May 11th 2006 - 12:26:53 AM

NAME Antistoicus
E-MAIL antistoicus@yahuuchangespelling.com
URL http://christohellenism.bravehost.com/

COMMENTS

 Perhaps I can clear up some of the mystery regarding Witchschool.com and the Correllian tradition for you. Your suspicions are correct. The Correllians don't even make it back into the Reagan years, much less the 18th century.

I knew Ed Hubbard and Don Lewis, personally, back when the "Correllian Order" consisted of a single group ("The Holy City Temple") that met under many different names in a very small room in Albany Park in Chicago that simply, physically couldn't have held more than four people, maybe five if one of them didn't inhale too deeply. Nobody in the community had heard of any centuries old order at that point. If you find an old copy of "Pipes of Pan" formerly published by Bill Erbacher, you can probably find the address for their old place.

4300 N. Hamlin, their current location, is only slightly more spacious, a walk up in a modest sized bunglow, in which Don crashed with the residents and Ed crashed with Don, because neither of them had anywhere to go, both of them being about three steps from homelessness at the time. It was about that time that Ed started soliciting "charitable donations" for "Pagan missionary work in South Africa". Ed would later on have great trouble explaining where the funds he collected went, or where he, as somebody with no visible means of support, managed to find the funds he invested in a lodge in South Africa at the same time, when he went to the conference of the world's religions in (where else) South Africa.

Hmmm. Embezzlement, anybody?

That is how Ed and Don got their beginning. Not through the support of any mystical order dating back to the time when the Scottish Witches married in with the Cherokee, a story which drops me to the floor laughing because the two of them are as Anglo-Saxon as Anglo-Saxon can be. They profited by preying on the generosity of others and then made up their own story after the fact.

There was the pesky business of the large - truly large - number of long time members of Ed and Don's Pagan community in Chicago who had been around long enough to know that the Correlian trad's story was BS. Ed and Don dealt with that problem proactively by going after many of us who, having not followed the politics of the community, were willing to have the two of them as friends and had been given reason to think of them as such. You've seen don engaged in mud slinging. He and his slowly growing pool of associates made quite a career of it, so tirelessly and with so much skill that a once flourishing community was all but destroyed.

I'll spare you my own personal tale of woe. Suffice it to say that what followed is why, to this day, I will not allow prospective members for the second incarnation of my group to contact me through the Internet. Our crime was that we tried to start a independent newsletter for the community, one that Don and Ed's friends would not be in charge of. For this, we were made the target of a crude but effective whispering campaign, and a level of harassment that made many of our members decide that they never wanted to have anything to do with Paganism again.

What sickens me is not that the HCT would stoop so low in their search for a level of success which honest work never brought them. What sickens me is that this is what religion has become, an embrace of corporate ethics at their very worst done in the name of the Divine, so much so that somebody like those two could lie, cheat, backstab and steal their way to the top and people would think that was admirable.

Spirituality like that, one can find on a late night informercial.
DATE Wednesday, May 10th 2006 - 03:42:39 AM

NAME Alex
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DATE Friday, February 24th 2006 - 03:00:41 AM

NAME Keri
E-MAIL thatwhowanders@yahoo.com

COMMENTS

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DATE Tuesday, February 14th 2006 - 12:00:59 PM

NAME Connie Webster
E-MAIL hmsalva@aol.com

COMMENTS

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DATE Thursday, December 22nd 2005 - 10:03:51 AM

NAME John Chubb
E-MAIL john_chubb@adelphia.net

COMMENTS

 Many hosanas to Owl, who lead me to your house of wisdom.

Thanks for the chuckles!
DATE Friday, December 9th 2005 - 11:07:25 PM

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DATE Monday, July 25th 2005 - 04:01:05 AM

NAME nia macmannon
E-MAIL macmannon@gmail.com
URL http://hecateswych.us/

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DATE Sunday, June 5th 2005 - 12:42:51 AM

NAME McCridhe
URL http://p197.ezboard.com/bcoffeehouseontheturtlesback

COMMENTS

 I enjoyed Nine Lives, Many Masters. It was a nice giggle. I'll have to wander on back through and see what else ya got.
DATE Tuesday, May 3rd 2005 - 01:00:24 PM

NAME Nyx
E-MAIL chaotic@dodo.com.au

COMMENTS

 Hello,
I love this strip! Thank you for creating and sharing it!
DATE Friday, April 8th 2005 - 02:19:53 AM

NAME mark
E-MAIL kynoceph@yahoo.com

COMMENTS

 I was a fan of 9LMM and sighed heavily when it was finished up. Tonight I went back and read it through from the beginning to the end. You did something good there, and I really think that...it needs to be in print, as a comic book. Now when I get the lottery numbers from my familiar I will spot you the cash. So far my mystick skills have revealed to me that when he says "arf" he wants dog food, or there's someone at the door, or he itches. I'm never quite sure because my third ear chakra is not yet opened. But in Ravenstar's new book there's a Majgiyk Ear Cleansere spell, so who knows. It involves a Kew Tippe, which she says is some kind of wandlike object.

I digress. Just wanted to drop the idea of making a comic book out of it on you. Something to store away.
DATE Thursday, February 24th 2005 - 12:22:46 AM

NAME Cliff
E-MAIL nightwing127@comcast.net

COMMENTS

 Hoping all goes well for you and family in future.
Also,I hope you find the 'muse',to restart 9LMM.
It was very well written and the story-line was very
riveting. I like others await your decidtion on that.
May you always walk in whitelight and peace.
DATE Saturday, February 19th 2005 - 11:27:55 PM

NAME Willow
URL http://www.magickalforest.com

COMMENTS

 I love the comic, I'm sorry to see it end. I added it to the links area of "my" website, I think more people should know about it.

Thanks for all the laughs.
Willow
DATE Saturday, February 5th 2005 - 05:59:40 PM

NAME Aleq grai
E-MAIL aleqgrai@yahoo.co.uk
URL http://www.geocities.com/aleqgrai/

COMMENTS

 Good show that man. Surely such a cat has other adventures to enjoy himself ?
DATE Friday, January 28th 2005 - 07:27:22 AM

NAME Aleq grai
E-MAIL aleqgrai@yahoo.co.uk
URL http://www.geocities.com/aleqgrai/

COMMENTS

 A thoroughly good read.
DATE Friday, January 28th 2005 - 07:17:21 AM

NAME Helgarde
E-MAIL you know it

COMMENTS

 I must step in and agree with The Cosmic Knowledge Fish--the stories are not ended until they pry Zak's stylus from his cold dead hand!

Fear not! Fun and mayhem will once more erupt from his psyche. I will likely have a hand in the new stories that come forth--well, I better, since I am the coauthor of the novels he wants to work on more seriously now.

But there will be more to come. Watch this space. And a few others that he will likely link you to. And be ready for other interesting ideas to come forth.

Because they will.
DATE Thursday, January 20th 2005 - 12:56:57 PM

NAME Darqrat

COMMENTS

 Thank you for such a great comic :) I'm going to miss 9LMMs...
DATE Thursday, January 20th 2005 - 12:24:53 AM

NAME The Cosmic Knowledge Fish

COMMENTS

 For those of you who know Zak, you know this is in no way the end.

I remember when NLMM was drawn out on paper. He put it away to work on other items, (most notably the idea of drawing on a <GASP> computer!) and we all said, "NO! NONO! Don't stop!" But he shrugged, and smiled, and began work on something else that blew us away with it's blend of beauty, humor, and pointed wit.

Then, 9LMM returned in this digital form almost a decade after I first saw it, far more eloquent and beautifully rendered than it was then.

I have no doubt it will return in some other form, more glorious than ever. But for now, I certainly do understand.

Now, the times, they are a'changin for P Zachariah. New house and new life in a new town, (actually the same town that we were both living in when first saw NLMM lo those many years ago,) and a fresh start at that family plan.

He has many more stories to tell. Maybe not in this strip, but here on Crazyquilt Arts. I hope to have a part in the creation of some of those stories.

Thanks for the run, Zak. It's been a wild ride, and I'll miss it. But I'll also be here for whatever metaphysical curveball that we call "Your Art" that you throw at us next!

Xia Xia

-D
DATE Wednesday, January 19th 2005 - 07:03:01 PM

NAME Judith Hawkins-Tillirson
E-MAIL judithht@bellsouth.net

COMMENTS

 Please,please be open to the possibility that you might, if your situation changes, resurrect 9LMM! It's a wonderful strip and a much-needed needed antidote to the self-important truth-twisters in the pagan/wiccan world. Be all that as it may, I have thoroughly enjoyed each of your strips. Thank you. Judith Hawkins-Tillirson
DATE Tuesday, January 18th 2005 - 04:50:09 AM

NAME Hadar

COMMENTS

 I loved the strip, Zak! It articulated whatever it is I was thinking so much better than I could have. I send you big hugs and good wishes on your future enterprises. You have made this community wiser and more beautiful.
DATE Monday, January 17th 2005 - 07:37:11 PM

NAME cheriea'shusband

COMMENTS

 loved what u have done! hope to keep hearing about u on some of the messageboards. sorry to hear you're moving on! 8( best of luck!
DATE Sunday, January 16th 2005 - 02:15:55 AM

NAME gail cavanaugh
E-MAIL thornnimorrigan@care2.com

COMMENTS

 i will miss 9LMM a lot. the stories, art and humor are always quality work and thought provoking. thank you for the laughs and for a perfect next step for grimalkin and melora. may your work always be blessed with both truth and beauty. thorn
DATE Saturday, January 15th 2005 - 08:56:42 PM

NAME michael conner
E-MAIL liath@sbcglobal.net

COMMENTS

 i'm sorry that you have decided to close this strip, but at the same time, i fully understand the why as you've explained it. you did bring a wonderful end to it, but also left it open so that if you were ever to feel so inclined, we could see the occasional rebirth of the strip. i would hope you would not seal this particular book shut, but rather explore your other venues and consider the possibility of picking it back up when time and inclination strikes.

Blessed be and thank you for touching my heart with such wonderful characters and my sense of humor with such a wonderfully witty and uncannily truthful tale.
DATE Saturday, January 15th 2005 - 02:00:53 PM

NAME Berkana
URL http://berkana.projectx13.us/index.html

COMMENTS

 I've greatly enjoyed the strip! Sorry to hear that it won't be continuing. I hope the archives will remain available for all of those who didn't get to check it out yet.

Blessings,
~ Berkana
DATE Saturday, January 15th 2005 - 05:03:32 AM

NAME Christy
E-MAIL cthulhukitty@yahoo.com

COMMENTS

 Thank you so much for sharing your talents with the world. I hope things get better for you. Best wishes.
DATE Friday, January 14th 2005 - 08:05:59 PM

NAME Brian Bell
E-MAIL jbbell@alltel.net

COMMENTS

 I have very much enjoyed 9LMM and I hate to see it go. Although I can understand your feelings. I too lost my child a few years back, he was only 2. He would have been 11 this year, the pain never goes away and in a wierd way it becomes something like a sweet memory. All you can do is tolerate the stupid questions that people ask witha smile and know they mean well. Soon you will move on and the sky will clear again. Blessed Be. Brian
DATE Friday, January 14th 2005 - 05:22:19 PM

NAME Mush
E-MAIL smrtwmnshrtskrt@yahoo.com

COMMENTS

 I'll be sorry to see the strip go, but understand your motivation. Good luck in whatever ventures follow this.
DATE Friday, January 14th 2005 - 04:01:49 PM

NAME Effie
E-MAIL morrigansarcher@yahoo.com
URL http://www.livejournal.com/users/effiekitty

COMMENTS

 Love the strip. Sorry to see it go. Hope this year is better than last for you and yours. Thanks. -Effie
DATE Friday, January 14th 2005 - 10:44:27 AM

NAME dk
E-MAIL deputykeith@hotmail.com

COMMENTS

 Merry Part, Zak. Thankyou for a year of laughs and insight. May your path find peace.

dk
DATE Friday, January 14th 2005 - 06:00:52 AM

NAME Ardyn
E-MAIL Arden@hotmail..co.il

COMMENTS

 I just love your "nine lives"... how true...
DATE Tuesday, December 28th 2004 - 05:00:30 PM

NAME Ken Ra
E-MAIL Triskellion1@usfamily.net
URL http://www.usfamily.net/web/triskellion1/index.html

COMMENTS

 There IS a goddess for those hours of the night !
Nox !
This is why they are called noxious
Bad pun intended. I am glad you are functional again.

DATE Saturday, December 25th 2004 - 03:05:52 PM

NAME jeri

COMMENTS

 Beautiful comic!
I love how mel(? sory bad with names...) is trying to develop. Ive been practicing for a while now and im just beinging to shave off this fluff, and alot of my triming so to speak came with the same questions shes thinking about. Im very eager to see how she develps with kitty (names again...) Keep up the good work
always,
jeri
DATE Saturday, December 25th 2004 - 04:14:58 AM

NAME Nantonos
E-MAIL Nantonos@epona.net
URL http://epona.net

COMMENTS

 9LMM merchandise for the new year? T-shirts, mugs? Foamy merchandise sells well and Mal hits a similar market; the cat+toad pairing is stronger, too.

Personally I would love the raven pecking out the eye, on a T, but perhaps thats not the one with broadest appeal....

Have you considered signed prints?
DATE Wednesday, December 22nd 2004 - 05:17:14 PM

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