I was over at the Smiking Chimp, and thought of Nostamj

[CatWoman]

Do you guys remember him?

I met him here, but we were frequent visitors at the Smirking Chimp.

Too many good ones taken from us way too soon :cry:

[acmejack]

1. Think of him every day when I visit Guy James site.

Guy has a memoriam there.

[Dudley_DUright]

22. Yes, he was the NY bureau of the Guy James show

I think of him often and miss him a lot.

[proud patriot]

2. I miss him everyday

love his art and Toon threads

[Karenina]

8. He was an incredible lyricist

and such a sweetheart... :cry:

[proud patriot]

27. I wish I had the opportunity to see the Bush Review

I think that was the name of the musical he wrote .

[babylonsister]

3. I surely do remember him, and was devastated. He was such

an asset to DU and I still miss him.

[Philosoraptor]

4. very creative dude, very passionate Democrat

all the way to the end. he provided those great toon collections and organized parodies of news and song paradies and just a real talent.

oh yeah, we miss him.

[AnneD]

5. Every time I see a toon on this site...

I remember the funnies. How nice to be remembered with a smile.

[Cleita]

6. Yeah, I remember him and miss him.

I even have one of his T-Shirts. People ask me all the time where they could get one and I have to tell them that he's gone.

[MuseRider]

7. I remember him well.

He was a wonderful DUer, I liked him a lot. Very talented too. What a loss. :cry:

[Kahuna]

9. Oh man.. I was on hiatus from DU when he passed. When I

came back and learned he died it broke my heart. :cry:

[Minstrel Boy]

10. A good man

and much missed.

[proud2BlibKansan]

11. Yes I remember him well

Neat guy. I miss him. :cry:

[Philosoraptor]

12. oops- please delete, thanks mods

[Philosoraptor]

13. The Question W Revue

http://www.showbusinessweekly.com/archive/290/nyclive_duplex.shtml

[Cassandra]

17. It was a great show.

[tnlefty]

30. I asked and recieved his permission to print out some of those

questions to take to a gathering that I was going to attend...and the toons threads. Yes, missed indeed.

[TahitiNut]

14. Andy, Kef, and Jeff ... RIP.

:cry:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

15. I sure do remember him........

My very first post was to one of his toon threads, back in Feb 2005........

And he spotted me, and welcomed me to DU....

I miss him horribly..... :cry:

[Kahuna]

20. Every time I click on one of Glenda's cartoon threads I think about

him and get sad. But I do appreciate Glenda carrying on his tradition. :cry:

[Cassandra]

16. I was waiting for him to get out of the hospital...

and do some graphics work for me. :-(

[sweetheart]

18. We need a DU burial ground

A forum of Gravestone threads where people can leave flowers and
remember the dead. nostamj was a wise hearted soul, indeed.
Maybe in that forum, the threads would not branch, not a discussion
forum per se, but a place for messages for, to and honouring the dead.
Maybe with some cool graphical flowers that can be left until they wilt.

I'm sure nostamj is having a painless happy laugh in the light,
and we'll all visit him soon years enough, time will catch you too,
and when 80,000 are dead, will there be a burial ground?

[Wiley50]

23. We've got a lot of "other" tombstones already

I think we'd need a separate graveyard for them

[sweetheart]

24. A burial ground forum is not separate, rather sacred

Statistically, the remember beloved poster threads will only increase
ever year, not tombstones, memorials to the dead; a wailing ground, not
a mourners group, a burning ground, a burning ghat, a place where the
utterly besotted dance for love of their lost ones lives.

peace,

[immoderate]

19. It was a shock when he left us.

Jeff Matson was a great guy.

--IMM

[Subdivisions]

21. Your lamentations of Nostamj stand as a testament to him and

the love you had for him. I am sorry I missed knowing him and I am sorry for your loss.

[NinetySix]

25. He was one of the good guys, alright.

There are those who have taken up his practice of posting the best political cartoons of the day, so that's a legacy that makes him impossible to forget. I must admit, though, that despite still laughing at the cleverness of whatever cartoons get posted nowadays, it feels a bit bittersweet to read those posts knowing whose tradition it is that's being carried on.

You had a lot of fans here, nostamj. You are still sorely missed.

[Change has come]

26. I think about Nostamj every time I see a toon thread.

My first 75 posts or so were kicking the "toons". He would get so mad when they would drop off the first page!

[Straight Shooter]

28. Remember him?

I'll never forget.

Not just because he was such a great guy, and an ace member of DU, but he made a custom bumper sticker for me. He really took care with it, and I get a lot of comments on it, all favorable. It says:


Dear Troops: Wish You Were Here

[NMDemDist2]

29. yes, I miss him. he was one of the first to welcome me to DU n/t

[Pastiche423]

31. It was at the SmirkingChimp

that I 1st learned of Jeff's incredible talent for song writing and revues. Soon after 9/11, I followed him here.

When he created Question W, we traded many emails, which led to me creat graphic after graphic from ideas he gave me, for his Question W website.

In real life, I met an art student that helped me draw Question W's in chalk on my town's sidewalks. That is, until a cop told us we were being naughty and made us stop. But! not before I took photos of our wonderful art. ;)

Before a trip to my state's capital, I made up some Question W stickers, which I placed on the walls of the capitol building, on my state senator's desk and outside the office of the governor.

But my favorite was a sterling silver Question W pin I made and wore on one of my black hats. I've not worn that hat since Jeff passed away.

God, I miss him so much!

:cry: :cry: :cry:

[Philosoraptor]

32. ------------

[soleft]

33. I got to meet him at a DU Picnic in -NY

He seemed like a deep thinking, gentle soul.

I felt very happy for him that he got a chance to stage an anti Bush musical revue in NY - unfortunately for me I missed seeing it - but I think that was his passion and he actually got to see it on stage.

I miss his other "tunes" which he was so great to share with all of us. I miss him.

[Cha]

34. Nostamj sent me some of the

little "question" buttons in the mail once and I sent him some money to help out with his amazing work on his "question w" site for our Democracy. I loved hearing "THe Brooklyn Correspondent" on The Guy James Show!

[dweller]

35. one of the best !

?W !

miss him always.
dp

[Beetwasher]

36. Yes, I Also Had The Pleasure Of Meeting Him A Couple Of Times

A terrific human being, he is missed. :hug:

[buddhamama]

37. yes, i remember him

he was extremely talented. I visited his cartoon threads everyday. i miss him too :cry:

[yowzayowzayowza]

38. Yep, toonz with a 'tude.

Rip.

[leftchick]

39. omg CatWoman I was thinking of him yesterday as well

I was thinking of his ? W movement and what a wonderful soul he was. Damn I miss him.

:cry: