Alan Hunter
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| Name: | Alan Hunter |
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| Type: | fan artist |
| Fandoms: | Star Trek |
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| URL: | blog entry discussing his art |
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Alan Hunter was a comics and Star Trek fan artist whose work appeared in early zines such as Fantasy Unlimited and Grope. He passed away in 2012.
From his obituary in SFSite.com :"British fan Alan Hunter (b.1923) died on August 1. Hunter was a fan artist whose work graced the cover of fanzines including Graveside Grope, an adult-themed Star Trek zine (as well as interior art for other issues of Grope. His art also appeared in It Goes on the Shelf, Science Fantasy Bulletin, and The Zone."[1]
In File770 one reader commented:"Always impressed by Alan’s work and looked forward to getting to see each new piece. One of those truly professional level artists who was still kind enough to share his work in the fannish publishing world as well."WebCite
Example Art Gallery
Fantasy Unlimited Issue 9 front cover (1972)
Fantasy Unlimited Issue 12 front cover (1972)
Fantasy Unlimited Issue 13 front cover (1973)
A Short Stop at the Transylvanian Brain Surgery Issue 5 front cover (1975)
Fantasy Unlimited Issue 23 front cover (1975)
Glimpse Issue 4, front cover (1976)
King Grope, interior art (1978)
King Grope interior art (1978)
Starship Exeter Organisation Newsletter #4 front cover (1978)
Interior art for Alnitah #7 (1978)
Alnitah Issue 7 back cover (1978)
Editorial art, The Gropes of Roth interior (1978)
Alnitah Omnibus Issue 1 interior art (1980)
Bedside Grope interior art (1981)
"Playboy of the Month" Queen Grope interior art (1981)
Cover of Alnitah #15 (1983)
Cover art for Graveside Grope (1983)
Graveside Grope interior art (1983)
Reviews
...You know how with the the [sic] American Oscar film awards you get someone who hasn't necessarily done one particular piece of work that has received so much acclaim that it's been given an 'Oscar', but has contributed so much of such high quality over the years that they give them a special award in recognition of this... well, I think Alan Hunter deserves some recognition of that kind. I hope Alan doesn't mind me saying this, but he has been contributing his artwork to SF and comic fandom for over two decades now, and I for one can hardly remember a piece I've had to reject of his. Alan's draughtmanship and skill with a pen is such that I've shown his originals to people who have thought that they were xerox copies! I concur with Paul Killinger's comments on Alan's individual, yet dated style - it's pure fifties, yet still enhances any comiczine that it appears in, witness his recent excellent colour cover for Gez Kelly's Graphic Sense. I can't think of anyone who has selflessly contributed so much to British comic fandom, so I think this [sic] a suitable moment for me at least to thank Alan for all that he's done for the various FU publications over the years - Alan.
References
- ^ "The Fanzines of Alan Austin (Or the AA Guide to FU Publications?) - Allan J. Palmer - Comics Unlimited #50 (1979); note added by Alan Austin