Grip/Issues 26-30
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| Title: | Grip |
| Publisher: | Other World Books |
| Editor(s): | Roberta Rogow |
| Date(s): | 1978-1996 |
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| Medium: | print zine, fanfic |
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| Fandom: | multimedia |
| Language: | English |
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Grip is a gen multimedia anthology of fiction, art, poetry, and commentary edited by Roberta Rogow.
There were 51 issues published.
The series had an emphasis on Star Trek and Star Wars.
Rogow created this zine series to encourage and highlight fans who did not have a lot of previous experience creating fanworks.
Rogow was very out-spoken in her her mission to keep "Grip's" material G, or mildly PG, rated, and the title, "Grip," was a poke at Grup, a sexually explicit Trek zine.
Some regular features were the editorial ("The Editor Shoots Her Mouth Off"), fanzine ads ("Backscratching Department"), and letters of comment ("Air-LoC"), the last two spelled a variety of ways.
Issue 26
Grip 26 was published in February 1987 and is 72 pages long.
The art is by Teegar Shaver (front cover), Teresa Sarick (back cover, graffiti wall), Jean Ellenbacher, Elaine Gregory, Pat Posadas, Jackie Pratt, Melody Rondeau, Gennie Summers and Sherry Veltkamp
It is a compilation of four Star Trek stories, one 6-page V story and several illustrations and poems.
- The Editor Shoots Her Mouth Off (1)
- Oh, Charlie by Carol Hansen (2)
- The Other Kobyashi Maru Song, filk by P.E. Kinlock (15)
- It is to Laugh by Dottie Christianson and Della Shuler (16)
- Star Trek Rock, filk by Dan Crawford (33)
- Physical, filk by Dottie Christianson (35)
- The Legend of Torakiashu by Brenda Faith Bell (36)
- Sweet Mary Sue, filk by Susan Landerman (55)
- The Eyes Have It by Richard Pollet (56)
- Bethel's Song, filk by Teresa Sarick (65)
- The Hill is Never Safe by William Goodison (66)
- Back-Scratching Department (72)
inside art from issue #26, Jackie Pratt
inside art from issue #26, Teegar Shaver
inside art from issue #26, artist: Jean Ellenbacher, filk lyrics by Teresa Sarick
inside art from issue #26, artist: Gennie Summers, filk lyrics by P.E. Kinlock
inside art from issue #26, Sherry Veltkamp
inside art from issue #26, Melody Rondeau
inside art from issue #26, Pat Posadas
inside art from issue #26, Jean Ellenbacher
Issue 27
Grip 27 was published in July 1987, contains 72 pages.
The art is by art by Jean Ellenbacher, Roxanne Caldwell, Nancy Gervais, Tom Howard, Pat Posadas, Jackie Pratt, Teegar Shaver, Gennie Summers, Sherry Veltkamp, and Marie Williams
It has original SF, as well as "mixed Star Trek" stories featuring the beginning of the Kirk and Spock relationship, and Saavik as mother and fighter. Also a comic look at the Wrath of Khan, a poetic look at The Voyage Home, and a tale of intergalactic movie moguls and a backward planet called Earth.
From the editorial:
Except for a few brave souls who take a chance on ordering this through the Post Awful, you probably got this issue at a Convention, or, as they are familiarly known, a Con. I go to a lot of them, mostly on the East Coast and people ask, WHY? What good are Conventions, aside from giving a lot of dealers a place to hawk their wares? Well, that’s not a bad thing to do, when you get down to it. STAR TREK and STAR WARS wouldn’t have lasted so long if not for the fans, who wrote the stories and sold the fanzines, and the place to do it is at a Con. And there are the "literary" SF Cons (like LunaCon and PhilCon and BaltiCon and the semi-defunct BosKone) where young writers can meet their mentors and inspirations, and can contact publishers. Not to mention the Creation Cons, where the comics artists hang out. What’s been happening is the beginnings of "specialized Cons". MUSE-Con was aimed at filkers: concerts, song-fests, tapings, etc. CostumeCon was for costumers, with workshops on dressmaking and accessories, and a parade of dolls instead of an art show. Even my beloved MediaWestCon is aimed at the media" groups, who write the fanzines based on this or that or the other TV show/movie. To a lot of people all this Con-going is a waste of time and money, organized by huxters to separate the gullible from their loot. That is a pretty harsh way of putting it. Sure, there are people who are there to sell things, or buy things, but there is a lot more going on than that. Conventions are also places where some people can meet other people with the same interests. Many young people with an interest in science or art or writing get the impetus to continue that interest and expand it into a life’s work through the people they meet at Cons. Fans can meet other fans, make friends and find a basis for communication.
- The Editor Shoots Her Mouth Off (1)
- Live Long and Prosper, poem by T. Andy Boutelle (2)
- Purpose Served by Carolmel Ambassador (3)
- A-Trekkin' We Shall Go by David Marks (8)
- Star Trek IV, epic poem by Sue Franks (23)
- How it Came Out by Richard Pollet (29)
- Legent, filk by Brenda Bell (31)
- Who are Khan's Supporters, speculation by Patricia Matthews Shaw (32)
- The Man Who Fought Darth Vader, filk by Davey O'Broder (34)
- Jareth and She, poem by Rachel Kadushin (36)
- Jareth and the Next Baby, poem by Rachel Kadushin (37)
- The Warrior Spirit by Kerry Nash (39)
- First Contact by Douglas R. Pitts (60)
- Backscratching Page (72)
from issue #27, Jean Ellenbacher
from issue #27, Marie Williams
from issue #27, Tom Howard
from issue #27, Sherry Veltkamp
from issue #27, Jackie Pratt
from issue #27, Pat Posadas, centerfold
from issue #27, Gennie Summers
from issue #27, Nancy Gervais
Issue 28
Grip 28 was published in November 1987 and is 70 pages long.
The art is by art by Teegar Shaver, Jonathan Lane, Jean Ellenbacher, Contessa Stevens, Marie Williams, Lynne Alyssa Witten, and Patricia Young.
Contains: Scotty and Chekov on the carpet; an alternative Enterprise run by pussy cats, Miami Vice on Pern, plus a novella in which Saavik must decide between her Romulan and Vulcan sides.
From the editorial:
GRIP is inexpensive, because I have become my own printer. I now OWN the machine on which GRIP is printed, thus saving the expense of paying printers’ rates. This savings gets passed on to you, the readers, since I do not have to cover the huge "nut" that I used to have. Many of my zine-eds feel the same way that I do about our fanzines: we do it for the love of it, and price them just high enough to cover the cost of printing and distribution. GRIP is, in its way, fairly inexpensive to produce, since I use black-and-white illustrations, straightforward printing, and "saddle-stiched" staples far binding. Other people aren’t quite that basic, but in spite of rising production costs, they manage to keep their ’zines priced around $10 - $12. There are, however, certain people who observe fans buying these ’zines and want to get in on this action. They send "shills" around to buy up available copies, then they put said copies on sale for double the price the original editor asked for them. While this is not illegal, it is certainly unethical. Most fanzine editors want greater distribution of their works, but not at the expense of the readers. Moreover, fans who buy from these dealers get the notion that these fanzines are the only ones available, and do not accept anything less. My feelings about this practice are ambivalent. Of course the original editor has received payment for her ’zine (from the shill), and presumably there is nothing she can do about anyone who chooses to re-sell said ’zine at whatever price the market will bear. And if gullible people are led to shell out incredible sums for these fanzines, and then they find out out the original editors are selling them for considerably less, they have only themselves to blame. To the readers of GRIP, I can only say, Shop Wisely. As with everything else on the market these days, the Buyer Must Beware. At a Con, look carefully before you purchase a fanzine; there may be a copy available from the editor instead of a dealer. Mail order isn’t the only answer, but it is one answer; the only added cost is the postage.
- The Editor Shoots Her Mouth Off (1)
- Harry the First, filk by Judd Hollander (2)
- If Only... by Stephanie Smith (3)
- Speculation, poem by Richard Pollet (11)
- Cat Voyagers by Robert D. Sollars (13)
- Dragon Vice by Teresa Sarick (19)
- In Starfleet Again, filk by Michelle Perry (27)
- The Ballad of Macron I, filk by Dan Crawford (29)
- Conspiracies by Charles Thompson, Jr. (31)
- Backscratching Department (68)
from issue #28, Lynne Alysse Witten
from issue #28, Teegar Shaver
from issue #28, Marie Williams
from issue #28, Melody Rondeau
from issue #28, Jean Ellenbacher
from issue #28, Patricia Young
Issue 29
Grip 29 was published in February 1988 and contains 72 pages.
The art is by art by Jean Ellenbacher, Tom Howard, Pat Pousadas, Melody Rondeau, Gennie Summers, Marie Williams, Lynne Alise Witten, and Pat Young.
- The Editor Shoots Her Mouth Off (1)
- Bugaboo by Gayle Puhl (2)
- Spock Speaks, pome by Alyns Lawchilde (11)
- Twenty Treky Years Ago, poem by Ellen Rowe (12)
- The Looking-Glass Nightmare by Paul Towarnacki and Kerry Nash (13)
- Dr. McCoy's Guide to Life, filk by Judd Hollander (36)
- Wheel of Misfortune by David Marks (38)
- The Price of a Life, poem by Debbie Martin (46)
- Spock It To Me by Storm (49)
- I Liked Star Trek: The New Generation Provisionally, review by Richard Pollet (51)
- Opinion and Speculation: Star Trek the Next Generation, review by Page Lewis (53)
- The Readers Comment on the New Generation (54)
- Limerick from the Shuttlecraft by Marge Draper (57)
- Comment by Dan Crawford (57)
- Passing the Torch by Gayle Puhl (58)
- BFA:TNG, filk by Claire Maier, Harold Feld and Charles Asbjornson (61)
- Star Trek The Umpteenth Generation by Stephen Mendanhall (63)
inside page from issue #29, Melody Rondeau
inside page from issue #29, Jean Ellenbacher
inside page from issue #29, Gennie Summers
inside page from issue #29, Pat Young
Issue 30
Grip 30 was published in July 1988 and contains 72 pages.
The art is by Jackie Pratt (front cover), Patricia Young (back cover), Jean Ellenbacher, Tom Howard, Pat Posadas (misspelled "Pousadas" in the TOC), Jackie Pratt, Melody Rondeau, Gennie Summers, Marie Williams, Lynne Alyse WItten, and Patricia Young.
From the editorial:
Welcome to GRIP #30. We've got a lot of short stuff time around, instead of a few looooong tales. We've got Star Trek of Old and New Generations, with a few oddities, like a Time-Travel story, and a peek into the mind of a Very Young Fan. work...and thereby hangs a tale. And there is art- Artists are important to a fanzine. Good art is hard to come by, especially in a fanzine. There are a lot of "portrait" iIlos in fanzines, as opposed to "action" illos. It’s easier to work from a photo-reference, which accounts for so many different interpretations of the same basic publicity shots. As as editor, I prefer an "action" pose that illustrates the story, but I’ll take what I can get.
- The Editor Shoots Her Mouth Off (1)
- Nobody's Perfect by Philip Auter and Tom Perkins (2)
- Computer Rebellion by Gayle Puhl (15)
- The Bet by Michelle Perry (20)
- Debt of Honor by Jean Lamb (27)
- Behind the Q Ball by Barbara Robertson (Star Trek: TNG) (29) (Q and Picard play pool.)
- Logical filk by Judd Hollander (36)
- Bored with Lore by Diana Fox (38)
- Friends by Harold Feld (41)
- The Latest Degeneration by Dan Crawford (51)
- Don't Buy a Green, Green Tribble, poem by April Showyrs (57
- Night of the Time Travellers by James Fitzsimmons (59)
- The Star Wars Kid by Paul van Peenen (67)
- Stopping by Tardis, poem by Teresa Sarick (71)
- Backscratching Page (72)
inside issue #30, Marie Williams
inside issue #30, Jean Ellenbacher
inside issue #30, Lynne Alyse Witten
inside issue #30, Gennie Summers
inside issue #30, Jackie Pratt
inside issue #30, Patricia Young
inside issue #30, Tom Howard
inside issue #30, Pat Posadas
