To celebrate the 35th anniversary of Florida Fandom we will be putting out Florida Fandom 2011. It has been over a decade since a copy of Florida Fandom has been made. We have had the website, but it’s just not the same as a real issue. We will publish it in PDF format and using an e-reader will give it more of the fanzine feel or you can print it out. We are looking for contributions for this issue, from people who have done work for Florida Fandom in the past or any of the fan projects I’ve worked on or someone new to Florida Fandom. The normal pay for a fanzine contribution was a free copy of the zine since most fanzines stayed in the red and the person who contributed the art or article would retain the copyright to their contribution. And that is the pay for this issue, since it’s being given away free there will be no profit – so feel free not only to download a copy for yourself, but to send copies to your friends. We have already started getting in contributions for this issue and Ruth and I would like to thank all of you who have and the one that will. To see some of the earlier issues of Florida Fandom check out our website: www.floridafandom.com and check on old issues as we have reproduced several of the original issues and covers to most. Also we have a best of Florida Fandom at www.floridafandom.com/newff/bestofff.pdf . We may start FF again and if we do this same infomration will be used for all future issues, in fact sending information will help us make up our mind on doing furtue issues....if we have the materal we will make the zine. Send information to floridafandom@floridafandom.com or visit our facebook page Florida Fandom.
Update is our what’s happening page. It’s a listing for clubs, zines, stores, on-line groups, cons. All of these most related to Comics and or SF and related topics. Just send us the following information:
Clubs: Name of club, were located, who can join, dues, when meeting are done. And a little about the club.
Zines: Name, cost, were to get it, size and format, publisher/editor, what is it about.
Stores: Name, Address, hours of business, a little about it. Website if have one. (make sure you give city and state in the address).
On – line groups: Name, who can join, address , what it’s about.
Cons: Name, dates, address of con, address/email to join or get more info, website is have one. Information on the con, guest, films, panels…
These were self bios on your fanish life. So that we could know a little more about the person who’s done the art, written a LOC, wrote a story or an article, or review. At least that’s the way it was…now some of you may want to write it that way and if you are new to FF that fine, but to you old Farts like me, a what you are up to now would be great. Let us know what you been up to these last 35 years. Remember you are writing it – don’t have to give any of the bad things just the fun things, fanish things and to you have gone pro – a little about some of the projects you have done. Now this is not required of people giving a contribution – it just for the ones that want to, and this can be your only contribution. These were always fun.
What we are looking for is large (full , half page, or ¼ page) pieces, spot illos, cartoons, small strips. They should relate to comics, SF &F, Star Trek, Star Wars, other SF, Fantasy, horror, superhero movies, tv shows. They can be old or new. Would like them to be in JPEG format if at all possible.
This covers a lot. Reviews of comics, movies, books, or TV Shows. Articles about Fandom, Pros , celebrities, cons, almost anything relating to Comics and SF&F. Short fiction. Quizzes, puzzles, .Poems, Filk Songs. LOC. Need to be in doc, docx, or text format except puzzles which should be in JPEG format.
Looking for photos of cons, costume parties/contest, and other fan related events. These can be both old and new. Love to see pictures of some of the cons in south Florida like Palm Beach Con I and the mini-cons. But they can be from anywhere…past the first issue FF was not just a Florida based zine. In fact this issue is being put together in the Mountains of East Tennessee. Photos should be ones that you have the rights to or have taken. Please send them in JPEG format if at all possible.
This was a last minute thought. Most every issue of FF had ads in it. Most were mine at first then we started trading ads with other fanzines. Some of the ads had some of the best artwork in them and added to the zine. For a free ad there are few things: They most relate to a fanish topic. They must be a JPEG format. These will be used as filler. Make it so that size doesn’t matter, as it may be as big as a full page and as small as an 1/8 of a page. Artwork will help it get bigger size. It will be up to the editors what size it is and if we use it or not. It can also we a classified type ad, as this is something that can be used as filler at the bottom of a page or between articles.
WHERE DO WE SEND THINGS
Email items to floridafandom@floridafandom.com . This is an email I will set up just for this project (and may keep if we decide to do more issues)
