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An ominous note on page 2 of StarDrive Volume 1, Number 1 - the rebranded issue following StarDate Volume 3, Number 6, that also attempted to sever ties with FASA - states Clifford VanMeter was "released from his employment [with Reluctant Publishing] as of 11 December, 1987." When asked about it and the circumstances further alluded to in the editorial, he replied to Johannes Heidler in a private mail on 27 November, 2007: "Not sure about the StarDrive thing you referenced. I left Reluctant Publishing because they couldn't pay me, simple as that."
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An ominous note on page 2 of StarDrive Volume 1, Number 1 - the rebranded issue following StarDate Volume 3, Number 6, that also attempted to sever ties with FASA - states Clifford VanMeter was "released from his employment [with Reluctant Publishing] as of 11 December, 1987." When asked about it and the circumstances further alluded to in the editorial, he replied to [[Johannes Heidler]] in a private mail on 27 November, 2007: "Not sure about the StarDrive thing you referenced. I left Reluctant Publishing because they couldn't pay me, simple as that."
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==

Revision as of 18:43, 28 April 2022

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Clifford VanMeter
Born 26 December 1956
Died 16 November 2018
Occupation Artist/Comic Writer
Alias name(s) Gideon

Clifford VanMeter aka Gideon was the co-writer and artist of the first comic created for BattleTech.

He was the art director of StarDate Magazine Volume 3, Numbers 3-6.

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Notes

An ominous note on page 2 of StarDrive Volume 1, Number 1 - the rebranded issue following StarDate Volume 3, Number 6, that also attempted to sever ties with FASA - states Clifford VanMeter was "released from his employment [with Reluctant Publishing] as of 11 December, 1987." When asked about it and the circumstances further alluded to in the editorial, he replied to Johannes Heidler in a private mail on 27 November, 2007: "Not sure about the StarDrive thing you referenced. I left Reluctant Publishing because they couldn't pay me, simple as that."

See also