MESSAGE FROM ME
Welcome
to issue twenty-eight of The Eye Shield. This issue marks
three years since I took on TES and sculpted it into the internet fanzine you
are reading today, so congratulations to me for three years of devoted service.
I would also like to thank Illusion for continuing to display my work, as well
as my devoted readers who make all this finger-tapping worthwhile. Thanks for
reading, readers!
Challenge question: Which episode of Knightmare is this? There are two
wall monsters in it, one of each gender. There is a fatal explosion.
CORRESPONDENCE
Here are some opinions
from Liam Callaghan.
Malice was a
bona fide neutral for most of series 4, and Elita, although officially a goody, is the rudest mouth in the Dungeon, and was
indirectly responsible for a dungeoneer’s death, if I recall correctly. An item
that is totally useless is the jar of oil in Fortress of Assassins.
The seemingly wavering allegiances of Malice in series 4 certainly
confused seven-year-old me when I first saw the series. She was sinister yet
reasonable for Alistair, then completely evil for Dickon and finally, in the
same episode, very nice to little Jeremy. This is what, in my eyes, makes her a
somewhat strange replacement for Morghanna. As for Elita, she certainly led
Chris III right into the trap of turning himself into a goblin. There are
plenty of useless items in the Knightmare book quests to throw us off the right
path. The quest in The Labyrinths of Fear is particularly riddled with them, like the
eye patch, the golden key and the silver coin with Arawn’s head on it.
As you know, I’m always particularly
pleased to hear from other original TES readers. I was, therefore, very
interested to receive the following e-mail from TES’s former art editor and
resident artist, Tim Morris of
Dear Eye Shield,
It’s nice to see that things are still going strong with The Eye
Shield. I used to contribute to the ‘zine in its original form; I did the front
cover pictures of Treguard and stuff. Keep up the good work, Jake.
Thanks very much for that, Tim. I’m glad you’re enjoying the new
version of TES. I remember well your vast collection of artwork that Paul used
to use for TES. I’m well aware that my version does lack pictures completely,
but I’d be all too happy to tackle one of those pesky scanners and re-launch Art Desk in TES if you or anyone else has a piece of artwork to
contribute. Thanks again for getting in touch.
Join me again for The Eye Shield in
September. Send your opinions and contributions for issue 29 to the usual
address: eyeshield2002@hotmail.com