Adrian Morgan
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| Name: | Adrian Morgan |
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| Type: | fan writer, fan artist, filker,zine publisher |
| Fandoms: | Blake's 7, Professionals, Star Trek: TNG |
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Adrian Morgan is a Blake's 7 and Professionals fan writer and fan artist whose work has appeared in fanzines.
He is well known for his detailed pencil work and his focus on portraits.
Morgan was often listed among favorite artists in the 1990s[1]
In 1989, Morgan was a panelist at Koon-ut-Cali-Con.
Collaborator
Morgan published fanzines under the name Xenon Press with Brendan O'Cullane. The pair also used the pseudonym Sean Charles to write slash and het fanfiction.
By 1992, the two had a parting of the ways and their zines were published by Ann Wortham[2] and then later by Bill Hupe.
A fan in early 1994 wrote:
... Brendan OCullhane [sic] and Adrian Morgan.. wrote good, solid,emotional *slash*. Brendan collected the stories into one zine that I scored last year (Double Vision). I enjoyed all the stories. They are explicit without pretzelism, erotic and fun. They do light and sweet S/M. I don't mind their A/V, which says a lot. Their A/B is good. They capture the 'distilled intensity' I like, and manage to stay true to the characters (at least mostly the way i see them), and the universe. One of my favorite zines. [3]
Awards
- Fan Q Award (for art in Vice Verse) (1990)
- Major Oak Awards (for art in Longbow) (1991)
Published Zines
- Destiny
- Songs of the Seven, Blake's 7 filk
- The Plain Man's Guide to Alien Invasions, a Blake's 7 fan club zine
- Professionals Calendar - two calendars (1991 & 1992) featuring his slash art
Sample Fiction
- Dearest Enemy (with Brendan O'Cullane) (1991)
- It Was Real for the Children (with Ann Wortham) (1993)
- Pick Up the Pieces (with Brendan O'Cullane) (1990)
Zine Contributions
Blake's 7
- Aquitar
- Avon Calling
- Avon's Gadget Works
- Banzine
- Before & After
- Blakes Doubles
- Blake, Rabble and Roll
- Cold Fish and Stale Chips
- Dark Between the Stars
- Destiny
- Different Destinies
- Double Vision
- Eleventh Sector
- E-Man-Uelle
- Fire and Ice
- Forgotten Seven
- From the Log of the Hellhound
- Gambit
- Hip Deep in Heroes
- Magnificent Seven
- Magnificent Tails
- On the Edge
- The Other Side
- Other Times and Places
- The Plain Man's Guide to Alien Invasions
- Power
- Powerplay
- The Naughty Bits
- Raising Hell
- Resistance
- Restal's Rules of Order
- Return of the 7
- Serrated Seven
- Something... Unfriendly
- Southern Comfort
- Songs of the Seven
- Standard by Several
- Teddy Bear Times
- The Terra Nostra Underground
Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Miami Vice
The Professionals
Robin of Sherwood
Star Trek: TNG
Other
Gallery
Examples of Blake's 7 Fanart
from Magnificent Seven #7 (1988)
from Magnificent Seven #7 (1988)
from Raising Hell #2 (1988)
from Southern Comfort #4.75 (1988)
from Songs of the Seven (1988)
(1989)
from The Plain Man's Guide to Alien Invasions (1989)
from Before & After (1989)
from Before & After (1989)
from Southern Seven #5 (1989)
from Gambit #4 (1989)
from Gambit #4 (1989)
from Gambit #5 (1989)
from Gambit #5 (1989)
from Gambit #5 (1989)
from Southern Seven #5 (1989)
from Power #1 (1989)
from The Log of the Hellhound #5 and Southern Seven #5, portrays Hellhound Avon (1989)
from Powerplay #6 (1989)
from Powerplay #6 (1989)
from Powerplay #6 (1989)
from Blakes Doubles #3 (1989)
from Blakes Doubles #3 (1989)
from Blakes Doubles #3 (1989)
from Blakes Doubles #3 (1989)
from Blakes Doubles #3 (1989)
from Blakes Doubles #3 (1989)
from Blakes Doubles #3 (1989)
from Different Destinies (1989)
from Different Destinies (1989)
Vila Restal (1990)
from Avon Calling (1990)
from Southern Comfort #5.5 (1990)
from Southern Comfort #5.5 (1990)
from Something... Unfriendly #2 (1990)
from Something... Unfriendly #2 (1990)
from Blake, Rabble and Roll #2 (1990)
from Blake, Rabble and Roll #2 (1990)
from The Other Side #8 (1992)
from Southern Comfort #5.5 (1993)
from Southern Seven #8 (1994)
from Southern Seven #9 (1994)
from Avon Calling #2, Blake's 7. Note the use of white to highlight key features.
a rare full body portrait, from Resistance #4 (1990). The cover was reused for an issue of The Terra Nostra Underground, a Blake's 7 apa
cover of Blake's Doubles #3, Afterworld, Blake's 7. Another departure from the standard headshot, with multiple figures.
Examples of The Professionals Fanart
from Right Down to the Belt!! (1989)
from British Takeaway #4 (1989)
from British Takeaway #4 (1989)
cover of Chalk and Cheese #6, Professionals, color pencil (1990)
from Chalk and Cheese #3 (1989)
from Chalk and Cheese #3 (1989)
from Chalk and Cheese #5 (1990)
from Other Times and Places #1, for the Silent Lily Universe (1990)
from the 1991 Professionals Calendar (1991)
from the 1991 Professionals Calendar (1991)
from the 1991 Professionals Calendar (1991)
"Weekend in the Country," from the 1991 Professionals Calendar (1991)
portrays Murphy, from the 1991 Professionals Calendar (1991)
portrays George Cowley, from the 1991 Professionals Calendar (1991)
from Destiny (1991)
from British Takeaway #5 (1991)
from Other Times and Places #2 (1991)
portrait of Doyle titled: "Older, Not Wiser". Note the fine detailed pencil work on the hair (click to see more detail).
Examples of Star Trek Fanart
from Survival (1991)
from Survival (1991)
from Survival (1991)
from Survival (1991)
from A Matter of Honor (1992)
Examples of Other Fanart
from Dyad #2 (1989)
from Dyad #2 (1989)
from Vice Verse #1 (1989)
from Art Forum #3, portrays Nasir from Robin of Sherwood (1990)
from Rose Tint My World #3 (1991)
from Rose Tint My World #3 (1991)
from Southern Lights #5 (1993)
from Southern Lights #5 (1993)
a softer, more diffuse pencil style, from the cover of Dyad #5, for story by Robyn LaSalle (Kiefer/Lou & Young Guns) (1990)
portrait of David Starsky, from Our Favorite Things #6 (1990)
References
- ^ See 1993 Virgule-L Fan Fiction Survey.
- ^ More On B7 Zines post to rec.arts.tv.uk on April 16, 1992: "Adrian Morgan and Brendan O'Cullane had a parting of ways, and each claimed the other had the money and list of who had paid for the zines. A lot of fans, myself included, lost money to these two. Ann Wortham now publishes Destiny and Different Destinies."
- ^ from Virgule-L, quoted anonymously (May 17, 1994)