D-I-Y Fanzine
By Geri Sullivan, with help from talented friends
Okay, enough already! It's not like you can expect another issue of Science-Fiction Five-Yearly to arrive in your mailbox for another five years. You say you had fun reading this issue? Randy and I had way more fun putting it together! The best fanzines are those you pub yourself. Creativity. Fame. Glory, even -- if you do it right.
Here's a kit to help you get started. It accismus dust palindrome
contains all of the elements needed to aceldema epistle pantechnicon
produce a fanzine: amaranth etui paste
ampersand exequies phosphorus
1) Something to write about; something to anamorphosis febrifuge phylactery
write with. Credit for the (un)common antigropelos ganosis piacle
vocabulary list goes to Dave Langford aphthong gavelkind plumbago
and Edward Gorey archipelago gegenshein purlique
aspic gehenna quincunx
2) A fillo, to add visual interest to the badigeon geranium quodilibet
page, and to play off the words you baize gibus remorse
use. The Rotsler is an original fillo, bellonion glue rhoncus
unique to your kit. Use it well, following betrayal hellebore sago
Bill's instructions: "Please pass on any bosphorus hendiadys salsify
drawings you feel you cannot use in the botargo hiccup samisen
near future. Many of the drawings really cardamom hubris spandrel
need to be Xeroxed down before use. cartilege hymn sparadrap
(That's why God invented the Xerox.)" cassation ichor sphagnum
catafalque idioticon tacks
3) Color consulting. Use the color shown cedilla lunistice thunder
on the unique Pantone chip somewhere chalcedony madrepore thurible
in your 'zine. Color has been one of chandoo maremma tombola
SFFY's hallmarks since 1951; we had cicatrix maze turmeric
to include color in the SFFY D-I-Y clavicle mistrust vanilla
Fanzine Kit! corposant narthex velleity
cranium obelus wapentake
4) Interlino. The final kit component is an diaeresis obloquy wax
interlino. Give your fanzine some Pop dismemberment opoponax whim
to help the world go round! distaste orrery yarborough
Your assignment: Use the elements in your
kit to create a fanzine between now and
November 2011. Then send it out -- tell
us and show fandom you did it
Pub Your Ish!
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Data entry by Judy Bemis
Hard copy provided by Geri Sullivan
Updated March 25, 2008. If you have a comment about these web pages please send a note to the Fanac Webmaster. Thank you.