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Post by hondobrode on May 24, 2017 14:29:53 GMT -5
So, fanzines are allowed to be posted in the Classic Cover Contest, which is great ! MDG posted a beaut of Conan saluting the reader by Barry Windsor-Smith. I'd never seen that cover and am glad he shared. In fact, I wanted to expand on the premise and devote an entire thread to fanzines. Post whatever you like, why you like, and any info you can share about it i.e. who contributed, historical significance, etc. These weeks Classic Cover Contest has kirby101 picking the theme of Barry Windsor-Smith covers. With that in mind, here's an early Marvel poster of the Silver Surfer by Barry Smith, and the Black Knight and Ant-Man by Dave Cockrum.  |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on May 24, 2017 15:07:43 GMT -5
I was hooked on so many fanzines since the early 1970's. Read just about any I could get my hands on and could go on and on about the subject. Here's a thread I did almost 3 years ago on a particular favorite of mine. hondobrode, you contributed to the thread Omniverse:The Fanzine Of Fictional Reality so it's old news for you |
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Post by berkley on May 24, 2017 15:40:09 GMT -5
I don't think I even knew they existed when I was growing up in the late 60s through the 70s. Where did you get them - on the news-stands? Mail order? Where were they advertised?
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Post by MDG on May 24, 2017 15:55:34 GMT -5
I don't think I even knew they existed when I was growing up in the late 60s through the 70s. Where did you get them - on the news-stands? Mail order? Where were they advertised? They were mainly mail order. The catch was you had to be on someone's mailing list to find out about things. I got into the loop when Warren started adding fanzine reviews in Creepy and Eerie. Once in a while, something would get a letter column mention at DC. |
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Post by codystarbuck on May 24, 2017 15:58:34 GMT -5
My intros to fanzines came two-fold: I found an add for an in-state comic dealer and ordered a couple of things (Micronauts #11 and Action Comics #500) and an issue of Amazing Heroes, devoted to the upcoming Camelot 3000. I had seen ads for some Golden Age related stuff in a few comics (with the MLJ Hangman used in the ad); but never saw one. Not long after, I came across an issue of the Comic Collector, with an article about the THUNDER Agents and the revival (the John Carbonaro one, not the Deluxe Comics Wally Wood's THUNDER Agents). When I was in college, i entered my first comic shop and saw some Golden Age-related fanzines (Golden Age of Comics), including one with Simon & Kirby's Bullseye on the cover (possibly a different magazine). I didn't really start reading the fanzines until the end of the 80s, with things like Comics Interview, Amazing Heroes, The Comics Journal and The Comic Buyer's Guide. I was also reading Comics Scene magazine, from Starlog. I took a look at Wizard, when it launched, but quickly ran away rant and raving and the speculator-feeding hype and juvenile humor (they did get better, I must admit). I now have scans of some old stuff, like FOOM and Amazing World of DC Comics, Comics Feature, Comic Collector, Alter-Ego (the original), Amazing Heroes and Comics Interview, and a portion of The Comics Journal. I've only scratched the surface of those; but, it is a treasure trove of history and interviews.       |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on May 24, 2017 17:34:42 GMT -5
I don't think I even knew they existed when I was growing up in the late 60s through the 70s. Where did you get them - on the news-stands? Mail order? Where were they advertised? Fortunately, living in New York City, there were comic book conventions every year as far back as the mid 1960's. My first convention attended was in 1970 when I spied a tablefull of various fanzines. Roy Thomas' Alter Ego, Rocket Blast Comic Collector, Wally Wood's Witzend and more. I always picked up a bunch each convention I went to. Also, by 1976 I began buying my books each week at one of Manhattan's earliest comic shops, Supersnipe Comics. They ordered all the major fanzines of the day including The Comic Journal, The Comic Reader, CBGB and others |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on May 24, 2017 18:04:13 GMT -5
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Post by Ish Kabbible on May 24, 2017 18:56:02 GMT -5
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Post by Icctrombone on May 24, 2017 19:03:35 GMT -5
Yeah, I read a lot of those Zines. I used to look forward to the Amazing heroes edition that had the upcoming info for the next year. It had which creative teams would be on various upcoming books.
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Post by hondobrode on May 24, 2017 19:59:04 GMT -5
Yes, and years later some of those issues and titles have still never seen print !
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Post by brutalis on May 25, 2017 7:42:31 GMT -5
Bought the occasional Comics Journal but have LOTS of Amazing Heroes and Comics Interview boxed up at home. Occasionally i get the itch and drag them out and peruse the pulp and sniff up the old time fumes! Lots of really good interviews and introductions to series and artists and writers to be found. Sometimes i think of getting rid of them and yet i don't as they are a treasured remembrance of my heavy collecting youth.
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Post by Icctrombone on May 25, 2017 8:01:58 GMT -5
I will admit that I had many of all the zines. Comics Journal , Amazing , Comic Reader, Wizard all gave me more of my favorite hobby.
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Post by codystarbuck on May 25, 2017 9:27:30 GMT -5
Fanzines were the internet, in the analog days. Part of the fun was seeing your letter printed in the next issue, or even contributing. A letter I sent to CBG led to a few responses in the paper and two correspondences (short-lived).
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Post by Ish Kabbible on May 25, 2017 10:40:17 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on May 25, 2017 12:12:28 GMT -5
Here's two I have (images plucked from the net):   I've got to get the last couple issues of Squa Tront to complete that set. |
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