Sue has recently got a job ("I had to sell my soul into slavery for a new car") colouring children's comics. When we looked at some examples of her oeuvre, we realised that such characters as Pam the Purple, Party-loving Pirate translated only too well into fannish terms. We could start off with, oh, Jim the Jactitating Jerd [do you mean Jim Trash or Jim de Liscard? -- Ed] and then...
| A | ...is for Ashley the Ambivalent Aardvark |
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| B | ...is for Brian the Bibulous Bookworm |
| C | ...is for Claire the Crap Cormorant [isn't a Liver Bird a crap cormorant?] |
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| D | ...is for D the Dismal Dominotrix |
| E | ...is for Eira the Erotic Egret |
| F | ...is for Foxy the Furtive Fetishist |
| G | ...is for Gregory the Grouchy Gostak |
| H | ...is for Headlong the Hirsute Hedonist |
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| I | ...is for Ian the Irrepressible Itch |
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| J | ...is for Jaine the Jutting-out Jezebel |
| K | ...is for Kari the Knickerless Kelt |
| L | ...is for Lilian the Lecherous Lemming |
| M | ...is for Martin the Megalomaniac Mouse |
| N | ...is for Noel the Nestling Numbat [see Claire's Capacious Cleavage...] |
| O | ...is for Oliver the Officious Ops Manager |
| P | ...is for Paul the Prickly Pedant |
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| Q | ...is for Queen Ynci the Questionable Quetzalcoatl |
| R | ...is for Rhodri the Raucous Rodent |
| S | ...is for Siddall the Sad Sacofricosist |
| T | ...is for Tobes the Toping Twink |
| Ü | ...is for Ülrika the Übiquitous Überwensch |
| V | ...is for Vin¢ the Vacillating Vole |
| W | ...is for Walt the Well-Worshipped Wombat |
| X | ...is for XXXX the XXXX XXXX [censored on advice from our lawyers] |
| Y | Yngvi ...is a Louse |
| Z | ...is for Zander the Zinging Zebu |
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