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ÜܲÛß² Ü ±° . . . t h e ^ e d g e ß ÛÛÛÛß ÜÜÛ ßß ÜܲÜÜÜܰ m a r c h . . .° ßÛ²ÛÛ ±Û۲ܲÛÛÜ ÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ° . . . o f ^ 1  9 9 5 ± ² Û²ßß ÛÛÛ² ÛÛÛÛ ²ÛÛÛþßßßß ÜÜ t h i s ^ i s . ² . ±Ü Ü ² ÛÛßß ÛÛÛÛ ß² ÛÛÜÜßßß ÜÜ ß . . t h e ^ i n f o . ß ° ±ÜÜÜܲ Ûßß Ü ßß Ü ßß ß b u c k l e . .ÜܲÜÜÜÜ ±Ü ²² ܲßß ÜܲÜÜÜÜ . . u p . °ÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛ þßß ÛÛÛÛ  ÜܲܲÛÛÜ ÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛ ° ²ÛÛÛþßßßß ÜÛ۲߲ÛÛÛ Û ÛÛ²ÛÛÛÛ ²ÛÛÛþßßßß ÜÜ  °±° ß²ÛÛÜÜßßß ÛÛÛ²ÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛ ß²ÛÛÜÜßßß ÜÜ  ß ° °Ü ßß Ü ßß ÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛ °ßßÛÛÜÛÛÛÛ Ü ßß Ü ßß Ü ß ±²ßß Ü ÜÜßßßÛß ß ÜÜÜ ²ÛÛÛ ° ßß ° ² ²²ÜÜ ß ßÜÜ ßßÛÛÛ² ° ±Ü²Üþ ± ±ßß±ÜÜÜ þß²Ü  ° °±± ° ( 1 ) welcome to the blade march 1995 a nniversary epic! yep, one year ago ° this month, the first blade pak was released. .. blade has progressed ± a hell of a lot since that first pak, and we are all very proud of ² what blade productions has come to stand for, ... quality. ÛÜ Ü °Ü ° ( 2 ) a few new artists joined blade pr oductions this month. acidic soap joins  °to bring his awesome ansi talents and dis play some great work. as is also   ±in the awesome group dark illust rated. lord fate joins and brings us  ² his coolio smooth font style. look for some g reat fonts by him.  Ûܲ Ü Ü° °° Ü °   ( 3 ) leaving blade this month is one of our more recent aquisitions who displayed some magnificent work for blade but decided to p ursue his caree rdrawing for cancer (?!?), we bid farewell to  omega red and wish him luck.  and leaving the group due to inactivity is our courier coordinator, chronic fatigue, and his group of couriers ° who really never did a damn thing for us... white power was also ± booted due to a small controversy surrounding  his joining of blade. ² we weren't exactly fond of his handle, either . ÛÜÜ Ü° Ü °Ü ( 5 ) due to the absence of a courier c oordinator and an adaquate team of couriers, blade set out this month to improve this importa nt department. joining blade as our new courier coordinator is swindl er, who is currentl yalso an acid courier. swindler will be as sembling a team of couriers who ° will be announced as he finds them... if you are interested in couriering  ± for blade, please call the whq, or t he new courier hq (perpetual motion, ² 416-267-6139) and leave mail to swindler . ÛÜÜ Ü° Ü °Ü ( 6 ) in promotions this month, two of blade's hardest workers, chromatik and modeus khahn have been promoted to blade senior st aff. i know they will make excellent additions to blade's incredible staff ... unfortunatly, to make these promotions, there had to be so me demotions involved. the two former senior staff members, soul se eker and ° technophreak have been demoted to ansi a rtists due to their inactivity. ± my deepest apoligies to both of them, but i r eally needed an active ² senior staff. ÛÜÜ Ü° Ü °Ü ( 7 )bth! this month, blade is proud to finally present to you s omething that we've been throwing around for a damn long time now. las t month, beyond the horizonfinally found a coder,  mutated chia pet, and this month we finally get to release this sucker. each month we will bring you a new and delightfully entertaining issue of bth , which will include interviews with blade members, articles from around the scene, and information on blade, as well as some great literature f rom all the fabulous blade writers. speaking of lit, this months sel ection of lit included in bth is a compilation of the best works  of each blade writer while writing for blade. enjoy the first issue of be yond the horizon. ( 8 ) well, that about does it. this is b lade productions 13th pak, which concludes the first year and sends us off into our second year, which ° we know will prove to be even better than the  first. overwhelming thanks ± to everyone who helped blade get where it is today, we couldn't have done  ² it without you... enjoy the pak! ÛÜÜ Ü° Ü °Ü ß²Ü ±° ° ÜÜÛ ßßÜܲÜÜÜÜ ÜÜ ÜÜÜ ° ÜÜÛ ßß ° ° ±Û۲ܲÛÛÜ  ÜÜÜ ÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ²ÛßÛÛÛÛ ÜÜÜÜÜ ± Û۲ܲÛÛÜ ± ± ÛÛÛ²ÛÛÛÛßÛÛÛÛ ²ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛ ßßÛÛ²ÛßÛ² ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ²ÛÛÛÛß n o w . .² ² ÛÛßß Û ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛ ß²ÛÛÜÛÛßÛ ÛÛÛßß± ÛÛÛÛ ßßßßß ÛÛßß ÛÛÛÛ . . g o ß ±Ü ܲ ÛßßÜ ²ß ß ±Ü ßß Ü ÜÜÜ ÜÜ ² ÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛ ܲ ÛßßÜ l o o k ^ a t . . . 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