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Post by Pharozonk on Oct 6, 2014 22:54:11 GMT -5
If you were, what were they?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2014 23:53:48 GMT -5
A what now?
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Post by Pharozonk on Oct 7, 2014 0:01:26 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2014 0:05:18 GMT -5
Oh, I was too young when that was going on, but I remember them. Get your comic for a trade and a stamp.
I collect a lot of those when I can. I sold off my Tim Corrigan's Comics And Stories though. But I just bought four issues of Slam Bang from the 1980's.
Frank Miller was involved in a fanzine that had a print run limited to the number of contributors to the zine, somewhere around thirty, when he was a kid. Someone on another board randomly found one in a collection he bought out.
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Post by coke & comics on Oct 7, 2014 0:34:41 GMT -5
Are you asking about the American Psychology Association, the American Polygraphy Association, or the American Potatohead Association?
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Post by JKCarrier on Oct 7, 2014 8:46:10 GMT -5
I'm in one currently called the United Fanzine Organization. Although, instead of having a central mailer, we just mail each other our zines individually, and then we have a newsletter for reviewing each other's books and handling other club business. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2014 23:15:51 GMT -5
I started with YHAPA, the Young Heroes apa devoted to X-Men, Titans, Legion etc. Rob Liefeld was a member. Then there was Legends, the DC apa. There were 2 short stints in Capa-Alpha, which they said was where old fans went to die (I wasn't old enough for that, eh?) And finally Phoenix, a general-interest apa where subjects ranged from comics and TV to politics and real life.
The internet, especially blogs and forums like this, have pretty much replaced the apas. Why wait a month or 2 for an answer to your comment when you can have one instantly? But I do miss the physical reality of an apa. I like holding a zine, y'know?
Hey, you're not on my lawn, are you?
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Oct 7, 2014 23:33:32 GMT -5
I never was. But a good friend in high school was briefly involved in REHUPA (Robert E. Howard United Press Association). I used to check out his stuff from them.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2016 10:20:37 GMT -5
Tony Isabella shared this on his blog recently -
ANNOUNCEMENT
The last paper edition of CAPA-Alpha will be December 2016. Gaff isn't able to handle the physical CM work. I have decided with increased costs for postage and printing and and my desire to spend the CM time on other things, that I do not want to be CM after December. Since no one has offered to take over CM duties, and Gaff and I have been the only CMs since 2002, this effectively closes the books. All things remain the same, as far as page requirements and dues, until the December mailing is sent.
Gaff will be in charge of an electronic version of K-a, starting in January. He's working out the details at the moment. There are lots of options and he's deciding what will work best. I'll be printing the e-mail suggestions that were sent this month and I encourage members to comment on the situation in their contribs.
I know this will disappoint those who wish to see the paper version continue, but sometimes we just have to roll with the changes. K-a has had a 52-year run, through ups and downs, which is an impressive accomplishment. Let's close out the run with three solid mailings.
best -- Merlin Haas
Okay, so print zines and apas are a dying breed; we all know that. So this news doesn't surprise me. But this is still a depressing thing. K-a was a big deal, the ne plus ultra of comic fanzine fandom. Big Name Fans and pros came together to share, at length, their memories and thoughts. There was a long waitlist to get in; you could sit on that list for a year or more before there was an opening. It was where I read Alan Moore's proposal for Twilight of the Superheroes, a big DC crossover event that never happened. It was where I read the penciled-and-lettered first story of Supergirl's new (post-Crisis) series, before DC decided to kill her. It was enlightening, and entertaining, and frustrating. It was a bunch of fans, faans and pros swapping stories and opinions, in big 100+ page chunks. The arrival of a new mailing would brighten up, and consume, the day.
Yes, online sites and forums like this are easier, cheaper, faster. I get that. Print zines are dinosaurs. There are a handful of SF zines still out there, but I don't know of any comic fanzines still being produced. So this is the end of an era. And even if it can't (or shouldn't) be reversed, it should be noted, and remarked upon.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Sept 23, 2016 12:32:59 GMT -5
Yes, online sites and forums like this are easier, cheaper, faster. I get that. Print zines are dinosaurs. There are a handful of SF zines still out there, but I don't know of any comic fanzines still being produced. So this is the end of an era. And even if it can't (or shouldn't) be reversed, it should be noted, and remarked upon. I consider Alter Ego as the last man standing. But I've lost track if Comics Journal still exists in a print version Obviously they both evolved into what you might call pro-zine quality but they are still part of that heritage |
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Post by tingramretro on Sept 24, 2016 6:41:13 GMT -5
Back in the 90s, I was in an APA called Rainbow Bridge which ran for several years. I still keep in touch with a couple of the members, notably former letterhack Andy Oliver, who is now the managing editor of Broken Frontier.com (I used to write for them, too). Good times.
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Post by mikelmidnight on Sept 24, 2016 13:47:53 GMT -5
No, although a British friend of mine was involved in an APA and i would occasionally send a page in. He'd refer to me as his 'pet Yank' so my page was entitled 'Dear Pet Limey.'
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