In the 1960s and early 1970s Robert E. Gilbert (or REG as he was known) was a prolific fan artist in science fiction fandom–and a popular one. More than once the members of the Southern Fandom Press Alliance voted him Best Fan Artist, and his work appeared on the covers and inside of Hugo Award […]
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Artist Robert E. Gilbert (REG)
May 6, 2013 
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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 […]
Continue readingFROM OUTRE’ 4: 3 POEMS, 1 ILLO, 1 VIGNETTE
August 18, 2012 1 Comment
The other day I ran across a copy of Outre #4 , a SF fanzine I published in 1969 for the Southern Fandom Press Alliance (SFPA). Took me back, allright. The cover is by Glen Brock, who was also in SFPA at the time, and I think it’s pretty cool Sixties fanzine art. A lot of energy in that […]
Continue readingPreliminary Cover Sketches for JIMMY STU LIVES!
March 11, 2012 4 Comments
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 […]
Continue reading“Paradise Lost” by Hank Reinhardt
February 12, 2012 2 Comments
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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August 28, 2011 0 Comments
Last August I rejoined SFPA, which stands for Southern Fandaom PressAlliance. A couple different times back in the mists of prehistory, I was in SFPA, the first time, when I was fifteen. (Dave Hulan was OE first time I joined.) I said it was in the mists of prehistory. I was never the most active (or illustrious) member, but […]
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