Fanzine Archive Launched

[David Hathaway-Price]

The zine archive site has been going for about four months now. It seems to be building nicely in terms of hits, people seem to like it, and I'm able to upload the 'new' issues fairly regularly.
The thing is; I have the patience needed to scan, repair, and archive these things, but not the writing skill needed to review or highlight key points from the zines.
I wonder if anyone would like to join in (I'm looking for more than one voice, by the way), and review some of these issues for the 'Spotlight' page of the site. I'm sure that there are people here with a lot more knowledge, insight (and memories) of these things than I have. I can provide high rez files of the pages if you would like to extract images to use in an overview.
At the moment, the zines are just there as a reading resource. I'd love to be able to emulate what Ken Meyer Jr. does over at http://comicattack.net/category/cafeatu ... inkstains/
and dig into them a bit more.
There's no money involved I'm afraid, this is just for the love of it. If anyone is interested, please get in touch with me at: david.price@post.com
Thanks.

[stevezodiac]

That's a great find (and a very reasonable price), I'm very jealous. If you ever fancy putting them through a scanner I could offer the results a good home

Today's upload

THE PANELHOUSE #2
By Fiona Jerome - 1995
Cover by Bryan Talbot

http://classicukcomicszines.weebly.com/ ... house.html

I bought them mainly to keep them within the comic collecting fraternity. I'm quite happy to part with them for the £15 I paid for them. They are quite thick and are typewritten and then photocopied but there is some loss (or not very good reproduction) of the copy on a few pages. One has a small handwritten note signed by Nick (Landau I presume). PM me if you are interested.

[David Hathaway-Price]

Hi Steve, I've sent you a pm

[David Hathaway-Price]

Today's uploads

A Short Stop At The Transylvanian Brain Surgery #1 and 2
By Gray Pearce, George Barnett, and Ian Goral - 1974

Later, merged with ‘The Panelologist’.
As with most zines, the second issue is a great improvement

http://classicukcomicszines.weebly.com/ ... ogist.html

[philcom55]

That sequence implies that the title changed to the Panelologist with the third issue, but I'm pretty sure there was a Transylvanian Brain Surgery #3 (in fact I think I had a couple of drawings in it).

[David Hathaway-Price]

Apologies. TBS lasted for five issues. I'll post issues three and five nearer the weekend (issue four is very rare, and I don't as yet have a copy)

[David Hathaway-Price]

Today's upload

AFTER IMAGE #3
By Lew Stringer - 1979
Cover by Paul R.D.WARD

Lew's first Con experience sounds very similar to mine, lol. This has the First appearance of Brickman, I think (then called Brick Person).
Lovely bit of artwork from Martin Forrest, too, whose work I always loved. Does any one know if he's still about?

http://classicukcomicszines.weebly.com/ ... press.html

[koollectablz]

What a great site!

Awesome to see some of the old BEM issues, my dad used to draw a strip for it and had lots of spot illus in that and other titles.

Look forward to seeing future updates!

[David Hathaway-Price]

Thanks. I have about 25 issues at the moment, they'll all get posted over the next few months

Would your dad be Dave (R.D.H.) Harwood then?

[koollectablz]

Nah, my dad did Thundermole.

[stevezodiac]

I picked up the first and only issue of Zap! recently but it doesn't appear on your website.

[David Hathaway-Price]

Hi Steve, no, don't believe I've come across that one before.
By the way, I've recently uploaded quite a few 'new' issues of BEM, which may be of interest to koollectablz.

http://classicukcomicszines.weebly.com/bem.html

Dave

[Phoenix]

I picked up the first and only issue of Zap! recently but it doesn't appear on your website.

I've had that for many years, Steve, but I haven't seen it for ages, I've no idea why I bought it, and I can't remember where I put it. Fortunately I am not disturbed by that because I know it will turn up sometime.