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    The Friends: omgcheckplease:

★ Notes on Year 4, Comic 26 - Check, Please ★In the summer of 2013, I was fully mourning my completed time as an undergraduate at Yale. One of the college’s traditional songs—which they strategically have students sing during their first weeks as Yalies and then again at the moment we’re conferred our degrees—goes like this:Bright College years, with pleasure rife,The shortest, gladdest years of life;How swiftly are ye gliding by!Oh, why doth time so quickly fly?Et cetera. The first time you sing it, you mumble the words and don’t know a single person around you. The last time you sing it, wearing the mortarboard and gown, you’ve got the lyrics memorized and you’re surrounded by some of the most important people in your life.That summer, with “How bright will seem, through mem’ry’s haze/ Those happy, golden, bygone days!” still ringing in my ears, I started CHECK, PLEASE. The comic’s first panels emerged on an ancient laptop, through a borrowed bamboo tablet, and on a free drawing program called gnu-IMPShop. I had no plan. I wanted to explore my newfound fascination with hockey and share silly cartoons on Tumblr. But unconsciously, I also wanted to pour the nostalgia of those bright college years into the Haus, Faber, Samwell, and Bitty’s story. I wanted to bottle up those moments where we grow and change and fall down and pick ourselves back up. Drawing CHECK, PLEASE was how I revisited those experiences and how I sifted through the bittersweet feeling of concluding something I loved. Perhaps this is why finishing CHECK, PLEASE calls back those same emotions. Just as Bitty would bake affection into a pie, I might have encoded into CHECK, PLEASE the heartfelt fondness I had for my time in college, the love of the friends I made there, and the gratitude I have for my own growth.I have always found it easier to express gratitude face to face. And even though I would not have gotten to meet all of you, the greatest downside of being unable to participate in a book tour is that I can’t say thanks in person. I could write a thousand words, yet they couldn’t replace a high five at a bookstore signing or a handshake at a convention. I could write the blog post to end all blog posts, but it’s not the same as yelling with you about an episode or chatting about a fandom we both happen be in. For me, it’s those moments that somehow equate to my abundant appreciation for you, the reader.I look forward to the day when I can let my actions speak louder than my words!In the meantime: thank you. I am incredibly blessed to get to create a story and then share it. This is all I want to do in life. These characters get to have a readership overflowing with love and enthusiasm for them. This comic, somehow, has found ambassadors. This story gets to be told. Thank you! I’m excited to share with you the unusual, fun, and hopeful narratives I’m working hard to develop.So with that, I’ll sign off on the last blog post! Thank you for reading this comic. Thank you for sharing it with friends. Thank you for caring about Bitty’s story and CHECK, PLEASE.Thank you!John J. Johnson.Just kidding, it’s Ngozi. :^) Tee hee. Bye now!
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                The Friends: omgcheckplease:

★ Notes on Year 4, Comic 26 - Check, Please ★In the summer of 2013, I was fully mourning my completed time as an undergraduate at Yale. One of the college’s traditional songs—which they strategically have students sing during their first weeks as Yalies and then again at the moment we’re conferred our degrees—goes like this:Bright College years, with pleasure rife,The shortest, gladdest years of life;How swiftly are ye gliding by!Oh, why doth time so quickly fly?Et cetera. The first time you sing it, you mumble the words and don’t know a single person around you. The last time you sing it, wearing the mortarboard and gown, you’ve got the lyrics memorized and you’re surrounded by some of the most important people in your life.That summer, with “How bright will seem, through mem’ry’s haze/ Those happy, golden, bygone days!” still ringing in my ears, I started CHECK, PLEASE. The comic’s first panels emerged on an ancient laptop, through a borrowed bamboo tablet, and on a free drawing program called gnu-IMPShop. I had no plan. I wanted to explore my newfound fascination with hockey and share silly cartoons on Tumblr. But unconsciously, I also wanted to pour the nostalgia of those bright college years into the Haus, Faber, Samwell, and Bitty’s story. I wanted to bottle up those moments where we grow and change and fall down and pick ourselves back up. Drawing CHECK, PLEASE was how I revisited those experiences and how I sifted through the bittersweet feeling of concluding something I loved. Perhaps this is why finishing CHECK, PLEASE calls back those same emotions. Just as Bitty would bake affection into a pie, I might have encoded into CHECK, PLEASE the heartfelt fondness I had for my time in college, the love of the friends I made there, and the gratitude I have for my own growth.I have always found it easier to express gratitude face to face. And even though I would not have gotten to meet all of you, the greatest downside of being unable to participate in a book tour is that I can’t say thanks in person. I could write a thousand words, yet they couldn’t replace a high five at a bookstore signing or a handshake at a convention. I could write the blog post to end all blog posts, but it’s not the same as yelling with you about an episode or chatting about a fandom we both happen be in. For me, it’s those moments that somehow equate to my abundant appreciation for you, the reader.I look forward to the day when I can let my actions speak louder than my words!In the meantime: thank you. I am incredibly blessed to get to create a story and then share it. This is all I want to do in life. These characters get to have a readership overflowing with love and enthusiasm for them. This comic, somehow, has found ambassadors. This story gets to be told. Thank you! I’m excited to share with you the unusual, fun, and hopeful narratives I’m working hard to develop.So with that, I’ll sign off on the last blog post! Thank you for reading this comic. Thank you for sharing it with friends. Thank you for caring about Bitty’s story and CHECK, PLEASE.Thank you!John J. Johnson.Just kidding, it’s Ngozi. :^) Tee hee. Bye now!
                
            

            
            
omgcheckplease:

★ Notes on Year 4, Comic 26 - Check, Please ★In the summer of 2013, I was fully mourning my completed time as an undergr...

            
            
        

    



            

        

        
        

            

                






            

        

        
        

            

                






            

        

        
        

            

                






            

        

        
        

            

                







    The Friends: Public Universal Friend
 The Public Universal Friend
 (born Jemima Wilkinson;
 November 29, 1752 – July 1,
 1819), was born as an English-
 American to a Quaker family on
 Rhode Island, and was assigned
 female at birth. This person
 suffered a severe illness in 1776
 (age 24), and reported having died
 and been reanimated by the power
 of God as a genderless evangelist
 named the Public Universal Friend.
 The Friend refused to answer any
 A portrait of the Public Universal a
 longer to the previous name,
 Friend, from the Friend's biography
 Jemima Wilkinson, (1 quoted Luke
 written by David Hudson in 1821.
 23:3 ("thou sayest it") when visitors
 asked if it was the name of the
 person they were addressing, and ignored or chastised those who
 insisted on using it. The preacher shunned the name "Jemima"
 completely, having friends hold realty in trust rather than see the name
 on deeds and titles. Even when a lawyer insisted that the person's Will
 should identify its subject as having been born under the name Jemima,
 the preacher refused to sign that name, only making an X which others
 witnessed, even though the Friend could read and write.2)
 The Friend asked not to be referred to with gendered pronouns.
 Followers respected these wishes, avoiding gender-specific pronouns
 even in private diaries, and referring only to "the Public Universal
 Friend" or short forms such as "the Friend" or "P.U.F."3]
madnessofmen:only address me as The Friend from now on
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                The Friends: Public Universal Friend
 The Public Universal Friend
 (born Jemima Wilkinson;
 November 29, 1752 – July 1,
 1819), was born as an English-
 American to a Quaker family on
 Rhode Island, and was assigned
 female at birth. This person
 suffered a severe illness in 1776
 (age 24), and reported having died
 and been reanimated by the power
 of God as a genderless evangelist
 named the Public Universal Friend.
 The Friend refused to answer any
 A portrait of the Public Universal a
 longer to the previous name,
 Friend, from the Friend's biography
 Jemima Wilkinson, (1 quoted Luke
 written by David Hudson in 1821.
 23:3 ("thou sayest it") when visitors
 asked if it was the name of the
 person they were addressing, and ignored or chastised those who
 insisted on using it. The preacher shunned the name "Jemima"
 completely, having friends hold realty in trust rather than see the name
 on deeds and titles. Even when a lawyer insisted that the person's Will
 should identify its subject as having been born under the name Jemima,
 the preacher refused to sign that name, only making an X which others
 witnessed, even though the Friend could read and write.2)
 The Friend asked not to be referred to with gendered pronouns.
 Followers respected these wishes, avoiding gender-specific pronouns
 even in private diaries, and referring only to "the Public Universal
 Friend" or short forms such as "the Friend" or "P.U.F."3]
madnessofmen:only address me as The Friend from now on
                
            

            
            
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    The Friends: The Thing About Ghost Stories,"
 2019
 HUGO AWARD
 Sor achieventt
 Soence Fiction
 and Fanta
 BeRelate Wark
 Aedre of Cur Own
 arlketion for 1ransformacive Wcks
 OA Kelsh Workde

 a
 2019
 HUGO AWARD
 or achievennent
 (Science Fiction
 and Faritasy
 a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
 Dubiln 2019: An Irish eridcon
 Best Related Work
 Archive of Our Own
infiniteviking:
doughtier:

transformativeworks:

AO3 won the 2019 Hugo Award for Best Related Work!
Here’s the speech given by Naomi Novik when the award was accepted:

All fanwork, from fanfic to vids to fanart to podfic, centers the idea that art happens not in isolation but in community. And that is true of the AO3 itself. We’re up here accepting, but only on behalf of literally thousands of volunteers and millions of users, all of whom have come together and built this thriving home for fandom, a nonprofit and non-commercial community space built entirely by volunteer labor and user donations, on the principle that we needed a place of our own that was not out to exploit its users but to serve them.
Even if I listed every founder, every builder, every tireless support staff member and translator and tag wrangler, if I named every last donor, all our hard work and contributions would mean nothing without the work of the fan creators who share their work freely with other fans, and the fans who read their stories and view their art and comment and share bookmarks and give kudos to encourage them and nourish the community in their turn.
This Hugo will be joining the traveling exhibition that goes to each Worldcon, because it belongs to all of us. I would like to ask that we raise the lights and for all of you who feel a part of our community stand up for a moment and share in this with us.


[Tweet by J.Rho
Oh my god, the real Hugo Award *was* the friends we made along the way!]

HUZZAH~~

    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                The Friends: The Thing About Ghost Stories,"
 2019
 HUGO AWARD
 Sor achieventt
 Soence Fiction
 and Fanta
 BeRelate Wark
 Aedre of Cur Own
 arlketion for 1ransformacive Wcks
 OA Kelsh Workde

 a
 2019
 HUGO AWARD
 or achievennent
 (Science Fiction
 and Faritasy
 a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
 Dubiln 2019: An Irish eridcon
 Best Related Work
 Archive of Our Own
infiniteviking:
doughtier:

transformativeworks:

AO3 won the 2019 Hugo Award for Best Related Work!
Here’s the speech given by Naomi Novik when the award was accepted:

All fanwork, from fanfic to vids to fanart to podfic, centers the idea that art happens not in isolation but in community. And that is true of the AO3 itself. We’re up here accepting, but only on behalf of literally thousands of volunteers and millions of users, all of whom have come together and built this thriving home for fandom, a nonprofit and non-commercial community space built entirely by volunteer labor and user donations, on the principle that we needed a place of our own that was not out to exploit its users but to serve them.
Even if I listed every founder, every builder, every tireless support staff member and translator and tag wrangler, if I named every last donor, all our hard work and contributions would mean nothing without the work of the fan creators who share their work freely with other fans, and the fans who read their stories and view their art and comment and share bookmarks and give kudos to encourage them and nourish the community in their turn.
This Hugo will be joining the traveling exhibition that goes to each Worldcon, because it belongs to all of us. I would like to ask that we raise the lights and for all of you who feel a part of our community stand up for a moment and share in this with us.


[Tweet by J.Rho
Oh my god, the real Hugo Award *was* the friends we made along the way!]

HUZZAH~~

                
            

            
            
infiniteviking:
doughtier:

transformativeworks:

AO3 won the 2019 Hugo Award for Best Related Work!
Here’s the speech given by Naomi Nov...

            
            
        

    



            

        

        
        

            

                






            

        

        
        

            

                






            

        

        
        

            

                






            

        

        
        

            

                






            

        

        
        

            

                






            

        

        
        

            

                






            

        

        
        

            

                






            

        

        
        

            

                






            

        

        
        

            

                






            

        

        
        

            

                






            

        

        
        

            

                






            

        

        
        

            

                






            

        

        
        

            

                






            

        

        
        

            

                






            

        

        
        

            

                






            

        

        
        

            

                






            

        

        
        

            

                






            

        

        
        

            

                






            

        

        
        

            

                






            

        

        
        

            

                






            

        

        
        

            

                






            

        

        
        

            

                






            

        

        
        

            

                






            

        

        
        

            

                







    The Friends: t1 XOBillie and 2 others Retweeted
 Gerard Way @gerardway 31 Mar 2013
 Shit. I'm real mad about 'Twilight' on this
 507 2.2K 2.7K
 n MCR FANS and 1 other Retweeted
 Gerard Way @gerardway 31 Mar 2013
 Vampire S- The perfect end credits to the film.
 th Catheadx and 2 others Retweeted
 Gerard Way @gerardway 31 Mar 2013
 "Kids..." Clearly the best song on the album. Should have been the first single.
 522 2.3K 2.8K
 Nene Chan. and 2 others liked
 Gerard Way @gerardway 31 Mar 2013
 Wow.."Kids..". All of the sounds are vintage analog by Jamie M. He also used a
 sample from his youthhehad beenholding onto for s0 years
 th lightning ray toro and 4 others Retweeted
 Gerard Way @gerardway 31 Mar 2013
 DESTROYA is a workout live, but also the one where I am most in-tune with my
 body and emotionally out of control
 451
 3.2K
 3.7K

 th teeh and 6 others Retweeted
 Gerard Way @gerardway 31 Mar 2013
 DESTROYA...got a feeling this is going to be the best song on the album
 678 th 3.33.6K
 Gerard Way @gerardway 31 Mar 2013
 So far '"Summertime" has the best vocal sound on the album...
 Gerard Way @gerardway 31 Mar 2013
 Wow. "Summertime" sounds fucking great.
 574 t 2.5K
 2.7K E
 Gerard Way @gerardway 31 Mar 2013
 *smoke break*
 384th 1.82.0K
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 Désillusionnér击卅'18 and 2 others Retweeted
 Gerard Way @gerardway 31 Mar 2013
 Hard to think during "S/CIA/R/E/C/RIOW".sucks you in. Song is about atomic
 war and the lie you would tell your child getting to shelter
 337th 2.8K3.6K

 Gerard Way @gerardway 31 Mar 2013
 Also the best use of "You Motherfucker" ever. Hands down. Come at me.
 565 3.2K 3.9K
 ti To and 2 others Retweeted
 Gerard Way @gerardway 31 Mar 2013
 "Save Yourself".Fav lyric of all time is on this- "it's ain't about all the friends you
 made, but the grafftl they write on your grave' Hat
 359th 3.33.9K
 Gerard Way @gerardway 31 Mar 2013
 "Party Poison"- Airi did an amazing job with the Japanese. She is also the BLI
 woman in the videos..
 304 1.7K 2.3K
 riley
 Gerard Way @gerardway 31 Mar 2013
 @Makeawish
 t
 and 2 others Retweeted
 My fav memory of "Only Hope" is dedicating it to a girl who was at a show via
 th space amelia and 1 other Retweeted
 Gerard Way @gerardway 31 Mar 2013
 Hahaha... "Planetary" is fucking awesome. Control room was like a rave when we
 did it. Prob the most "bold claims" of any lyrics I've written

 th MCR FANS and 1 other Retweeted
 Gerard Way @gerardway 31 Mar 2013
 Last chorus harmonies on "Bulletproof" were stacked to sound like
 @stryperband. Rich Costey and I orig concieved them during CW mixing
 SNene Chanand 2 others liked
 Gerard Way @gerardway 31 Mar 2013
 Lots of use of the word "pigs" on this album...
 377th 2.02.4K
 Gerard Way @gerardway 31 Mar 2013
 Some of the guitars in Na Na Na are actually keyboard guitar samples that we
 called "Black Metal Guitars"
 1671.9 2.4K
 Gerard Way @gerardway 31 Mar 2013
 The ". thought you was Batman" line is prob one of my favs I ever
 wrote...followed by my best Patti Smith impression on the bridge
 229th 2.2K3.0K
 colexoxo and 2 others liked
 Gerard Way @gerardway 31 Mar 2013
 Ahhh @steverigh... so much fun to record this intro. He showed up already
 dressed as Dr D..
 101
 859
 1.5K
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Gerard Way
Gerard Way listens to Danger Days and livetweets his thoughts (3/31/2013).

    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                The Friends: t1 XOBillie and 2 others Retweeted
 Gerard Way @gerardway 31 Mar 2013
 Shit. I'm real mad about 'Twilight' on this
 507 2.2K 2.7K
 n MCR FANS and 1 other Retweeted
 Gerard Way @gerardway 31 Mar 2013
 Vampire S- The perfect end credits to the film.
 th Catheadx and 2 others Retweeted
 Gerard Way @gerardway 31 Mar 2013
 "Kids..." Clearly the best song on the album. Should have been the first single.
 522 2.3K 2.8K
 Nene Chan. and 2 others liked
 Gerard Way @gerardway 31 Mar 2013
 Wow.."Kids..". All of the sounds are vintage analog by Jamie M. He also used a
 sample from his youthhehad beenholding onto for s0 years
 th lightning ray toro and 4 others Retweeted
 Gerard Way @gerardway 31 Mar 2013
 DESTROYA is a workout live, but also the one where I am most in-tune with my
 body and emotionally out of control
 451
 3.2K
 3.7K

 th teeh and 6 others Retweeted
 Gerard Way @gerardway 31 Mar 2013
 DESTROYA...got a feeling this is going to be the best song on the album
 678 th 3.33.6K
 Gerard Way @gerardway 31 Mar 2013
 So far '"Summertime" has the best vocal sound on the album...
 Gerard Way @gerardway 31 Mar 2013
 Wow. "Summertime" sounds fucking great.
 574 t 2.5K
 2.7K E
 Gerard Way @gerardway 31 Mar 2013
 *smoke break*
 384th 1.82.0K
 t
 Désillusionnér击卅'18 and 2 others Retweeted
 Gerard Way @gerardway 31 Mar 2013
 Hard to think during "S/CIA/R/E/C/RIOW".sucks you in. Song is about atomic
 war and the lie you would tell your child getting to shelter
 337th 2.8K3.6K

 Gerard Way @gerardway 31 Mar 2013
 Also the best use of "You Motherfucker" ever. Hands down. Come at me.
 565 3.2K 3.9K
 ti To and 2 others Retweeted
 Gerard Way @gerardway 31 Mar 2013
 "Save Yourself".Fav lyric of all time is on this- "it's ain't about all the friends you
 made, but the grafftl they write on your grave' Hat
 359th 3.33.9K
 Gerard Way @gerardway 31 Mar 2013
 "Party Poison"- Airi did an amazing job with the Japanese. She is also the BLI
 woman in the videos..
 304 1.7K 2.3K
 riley
 Gerard Way @gerardway 31 Mar 2013
 @Makeawish
 t
 and 2 others Retweeted
 My fav memory of "Only Hope" is dedicating it to a girl who was at a show via
 th space amelia and 1 other Retweeted
 Gerard Way @gerardway 31 Mar 2013
 Hahaha... "Planetary" is fucking awesome. Control room was like a rave when we
 did it. Prob the most "bold claims" of any lyrics I've written

 th MCR FANS and 1 other Retweeted
 Gerard Way @gerardway 31 Mar 2013
 Last chorus harmonies on "Bulletproof" were stacked to sound like
 @stryperband. Rich Costey and I orig concieved them during CW mixing
 SNene Chanand 2 others liked
 Gerard Way @gerardway 31 Mar 2013
 Lots of use of the word "pigs" on this album...
 377th 2.02.4K
 Gerard Way @gerardway 31 Mar 2013
 Some of the guitars in Na Na Na are actually keyboard guitar samples that we
 called "Black Metal Guitars"
 1671.9 2.4K
 Gerard Way @gerardway 31 Mar 2013
 The ". thought you was Batman" line is prob one of my favs I ever
 wrote...followed by my best Patti Smith impression on the bridge
 229th 2.2K3.0K
 colexoxo and 2 others liked
 Gerard Way @gerardway 31 Mar 2013
 Ahhh @steverigh... so much fun to record this intro. He showed up already
 dressed as Dr D..
 101
 859
 1.5K
killjoyhistory:

Gerard Way
Gerard Way listens to Danger Days and livetweets his thoughts (3/31/2013).

                
            

            
            
killjoyhistory:

Gerard Way
Gerard Way listens to Danger Days and livetweets his thoughts (3/31/2013).