Old comics fanzines

Lew Stringer · Post by **Lew Stringer** » 06 Jan 2007, 17:40

Following on from the discussion on the stripzines thread I've added some scans and info about comics fanzines of the 1970's to my blog:

http://lewstringer.blogspot.com/

Sorry to "spam" it here but I thought some might be interested.

Lew

Lew Stringer · Post by **Lew Stringer** » 07 Jan 2007, 17:37

A few more covers added now, including some nice pieces by Brian Bolland and Mike McMahon.

http://www.lewstringer.blogspot.com

Lew

Cap Haggis · Post by **Cap Haggis** » 10 Jan 2007, 12:47

Excellent Lew - I really enjoyed your article and cover scans on the old Fanzines, it really brought back some memories putting names to the editors as well as the actual fanzines. I always wanted to see a copy of the Panelologist as I never managed to track down a copy, it looks interesting. I managd to pick up a few old 1970s fanzines in Novemeber in Glasgow for a few pence each - Comics Unlimited, 2 x Graphic Sence, BEM and Starburst all very good. I loved the enthusiasim that went into them altough I would imagine todays fans would find them a bit amateurish. Thanks again for this.

Garen · Post by **Garen** » 10 Jan 2007, 12:55

Also want to add my appreciation for your fanzine overview - really interesting. These were a bit before my time - I didn't get into fandom until 1984, but managed to collect a few back issues of some of these titles at Westminster and so on.

Thanks again, your blog is proving an excellent read on every post.

Peter Gray · Post by **Peter Gray** » 25 Jan 2007, 12:09

Lew I found this in Cor!! 1971 19th Jan

for you and this website......so there was a meeting set up in the fun comics

[img:800:1076]http://uk.geocities.com/pjgcomiccorner/ ... 9thjan.jpg[/img]

Earl · Post by **Earl** » 27 Jan 2007, 19:27

Cool find Peter.

Earl.

Lew Stringer · Post by **Lew Stringer** » 27 Jan 2007, 20:51

Peter Gray wrote:Lew I found this in Cor!! 1971 19th Jan

for you and this website......so there was a meeting set up in the fun comics

Good find! Not quite the same as promoting comics fandom though, like the Odhams comics did. That's an ad for an exhibition; something entirely different to a convention. IPC were never shy of mentioning old comics, such as the classic pages that appeared in Whoopee (or another comic), but as far as I know, other than in the pages of 2000AD, they never promoted any of the annual conventions or fanzines. (In fact, as Kev O'Neill or Dez Skinn have said in interviews, they found that most editors at IPC back then considered adults who enthused about comics to be a bit "weird". )

Lew

kevf · Post by **kevf** » 29 Jan 2007, 09:55

Looking at my old diaries I discover it is exactly 30 years since I discovered fandom and fanzines.

In Jan 1977 my friend Steve Noble (still a regular at conventions, now with 15 year old son in tow) had moved from Leicester to Bristol where there was one of only 2 or 3 comics shops in the country - Forever People.

From there he sent me The Panelologist, my first foray into comic geekdom. Our first comic convention wasn't until 1978 in Birmingham, and our first 'proper' one was Birmingham 1979. The rest, as they say, is etc.

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