Robert E. Gilbert, who signed his work REG, was arguably the most prolific and popular illustrator of SF fanzines in the 1960s. His covers and interior illos were nearly ubiquitous, particularly in midwestern and southern zines. They appeared everywhere from popular regional zines like Iscariot, Maelstrom, and Double Bill to Hugo-nominated zines like Yandro and […]
Read morePreliminary Cover Sketches for JIMMY STU LIVES!
My novel Jimmy Stu Lives!, a satire set in the framework of a science-fiction adventure, should be coming out sometime next month from Penumbra Publishing (www.penumbrapublishing.com) . Joe Staton, an artist whose work I very much admire, is doing the cover for it. Joe and I were both in Southern Fandom Press Alliance (SFPA ) back in the Sixties […]
Read more“Paradise Lost” by Hank Reinhardt
Or Will Hank Reinhardt Ever find Happiness Living in Birmingham, Alabama? By Hank Reinhardt My first encounter with the city of Birmingham, Alabama, was an experience both painful and pleasurable. Painful: just look at the city. Pleasurable, it was the first Deep South Con […]
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May 6, 2013 