This is the start of a marvelous repository of old fanzines, some long-forgotten, many fondly remembered. It's a fantastic opportunity for older fans to revisit those 'zines, and for younger fans to discover the sort of publications that existed long before the Internet took over with blogs and forums.
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| © Lew Stringer 1978 |
Many of us working in the comics industry today started out publishing our own fanzines, and my very first fanzine, After Image No.1 is available in its entirety on David's site as a free PDF download with my permission. I was 19 years old when I produced it back in 1978, and the artwork is crude, the production of the 'zine is rough around the edges, but it was great experience and one of the early steps on the road to my career so I have a great affection for it.
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| © Lew Stringer 1978 |
Take a journey into history by visiting the Classic U.K. Comics Zines website today:
http://classicukcomicszines.weebly.com/
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| © Lew Stringer 1978 |
That top cover by Russ Nicholson, he taught me art at school and went on to work for DC Thomson and the Fighting Fantasy gaming books amongst other things.
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Thanks for that info and the link, Sean. I remember his work in fanzines but never knew what he did afterwards. Very interesting.
ReplyDeleteThere are some gems on David's site, including a PDF of Orpheus fanzine from 1970, with work by Steve Moore and Steve Parkhouse. Fascinating stuff.
What a great site! I only had a few zines back in the day - 2 copies of Arken Sword and a copy of Comics Unlimited so its great to finally see some of the others!
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