Classic Beauty and the Beast (Beauty and the Beast zine)
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| Title: | Classic Beauty and the Beast |
| Publisher: | Dapplewood Press |
| Editor(s): | Sharon Wells |
| Date(s): | 1990-1991 |
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| Medium: | print zine |
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| Fandom: | Beauty and the Beast (TV) |
| Language: | English |
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Classic Beauty and the Beast is a gen Beauty and the Beast (TV) anthology that has fiction about the first two seasons.
It was edited by Sharon Wells.
Issue 1
Classic Beauty and the Beast 1 was published in October 1990 and contains 202 pages.
It has art by Joan Ahlstrom, Inez Brown, Jan Eastwood, Barbara Gudlauski, Jacqueline Kapke, Wanda Rickets, Shirley Leonard, Sharon Wells, and Lawrence Williams.
From an ad:
This is the fanzine for all "purists," for it contains stories that fit into the first and second season only, the "Classic" stories you've requested. They center around Vincent and Catherine and their loving relationship. It is PG-13 and has a color cover by artist Lawrence Williams. [1]
The zine's dedication:
This fanzine is dedicated to the fan family of "Beauty and the Beast," and especially to two of its biggest, most caring fans, the actors themselves: Ron Perlman and Linda Hamilton. May the Dreamers and the Dream continue.
From the Beastess:
I want to thank everyone who helped With "Classic Beauty and the Beast." This fanzine is as strictly "first/second season" as we could make it. There are plans for a second volume to come out some time next spring/summer.
For those of you who have noting to do with making fanzines, let me tell you that one person cannot do it alone. It is a team effort. There are artists and writers, but behind the 'scenes' are also those who put in their free time to help bind, sort, etc. They are the Helpers of Dapplewood Press, and I want to thank them all for their many, many hours of freely given work.
As with all things published by Dapplewood, we would appreciate feedback - constructive criticism if you don't like something, or kind words that can be passed on to authors or artists. Let us know what rings true or what misses the mark. That way we can try to improve the next volume.
If you're reading this, you share the love of Vincent and Catherine. You're not just an observer, you participate. Your love of them breathes life into the characters and your love has given us all hope for a feature film. Keep writing to Republic Pictures. Let them know you still care - will always care! It is now up to us to keep the Dream and the Dreamers alive.
- Letter from the Beastess (1)
- The Unicorn by Kathi Edrington (3)
- The Lost Ones: Vulcan by Gretchen A. K. Kopmanis ("Vincent and Catherine have time alone and decide to take a trip through the magnificent subterranean world, only Catherine wanders into the treasure trove of Vulcan, the misshapen outcast, and to regain her freedom will cost Vincent everything.") (36)
- The Answer by Margo Ann Quigley (36)
- Anything is Possible by Karen Morgia ("Catherine dreams, and in her dreams her role and Vincent's are reversed...she is the misfit, he the "normal one" in a strange new world where one lives with the Clan, or dies without it.") (36)
- The Loss by Kathi Edrington (68)
- A Mother's Wish by Alice Baltes (70)
- Beauty and the Best by Rosann Solnica (78)
- Night Ride by Linda Mooney (104)
- Love's Carousel by Marilyn Prather(107)
- A Special Gift by Karen Edrington (109)
- A Timeless Fable by Gretchen A. K. Kopmanis (111)
- To Father by Margo Ann Quigley (113)
- What Price Freedom by Sharon Wells ("This is really a novella all on its own, taking us from a late night rondez vous [sic] on Catherine's balcony to the dangerous streets of New York. Captured and drugged by a wild gang of bikers, Vincent finds that he can no longer tell reality from fantasy, and that he has lost control of his Darker Side.") (114)
- Possession by Bobbi (202)
from issue #1, Joan Ahlstrom
from issue #1, Barbara Gudlauski
from issue #1, Jan Eastwood
from issue #1, Barbara Gudlauski
from issue #1, Shirley Leonard
from issue #1, Barbara Gudlauski
Issue 2
Classic Beauty and the Beast 2 was published in October 1991 and contains 200 pages.
The art is by Sandra Elliott, Barbara Gudlauski, Jackie Kapke (the marjority), Bruce Holroyd, Kathy Fidge and Sharon Wells.
It contains a variety of stories: Stephen Bass reappears to torment Catherine in one. In another, set 10 years in the future, Catherine has survived 3rd season and Gabriel. Joe Maxwell also appears.
From the editorial:
After receiving much input from fans around the country and even abroad, I have decided that "Classic" is any story about Vincent and Catherine — where Catherine is definitely alive and well — whether this be set before, during, or after third season. Therefore, this fanzine will continue to bring you stories that have found a way for Vincent and Catherine and their Eternal Love. I'm all for "Happily Every Afters." One story in here was written by me for Mouse's club letterzine. "Crystal, Roses and CandleWax," which is no longer available. So I've repeated it here. I hope you approve.
- Though Hell Should Bar the Way by Ann R. Brown (2)
- Caring, poem by Jacqueline Kapke (22)
- In the Fell Clutch of Circumstance by Gretchen Kopmanis (24)
- It's Never Too Late, poem by Kay Weaver (43)
- Jeffrey by Jackie Kapke (45)
- Without Love, poem by Bobbi (52)
- Long Lost Friends by Sharon Wells (this may be the story reprinted from and issue of Crystal, Roses & CandleWax) (54)
- Sleepin' Alone Again (Catherine's Lullaby), poem by Kay Weaver (63)
- Baby Vincent by Jackie Kapke (a story with a lot of breast feeding, Father finds a wet nurse for baby Vincent) (65)
- Night Rain, poem by MariLynn (75)
- A Power All Its Own by K.G. Morgia (77)
- I Wonder, poem by S. Elliot (108)
- Unexpected Brush with Death by Jackie Kapke (111)
- Lovers Apart, poem by MariLyn (119)
- Against All Odds by Jackie Kapke (121)
- Eternal Lover, poem by MariLyn (172)
- Token, poem by Lori J. Prins (174)
- Aloneness, poem by Kathy Edington (176)
- Charles: Vincent's Journal Entry by Jackie Kapke (177)
- Irresolution, poem by Sin Kennedy (181)
- Remember, poem by Kathy Edington (183)
- Catherine's Song, poem by Barb Coleing (185)
- A Brief Encounter by Betty Reardon (187)
- Soulmate, poem by Sin Kennedy (192)
- The History of the World by Sharon Wells (this may be the story reprinted from and issue of Crystal, Roses & CandleWax) (194)
from issue #2, Kathy Fidge
from issue #2, Sharon Wells
from issue #2, Jackie Kapke
from issue #2, Jackie Kapke
from issue #2, Barbara Gudlauski
from issue #2, Bruce Holroyd
from issue #2, Sandra Elliott
from issue #2, Jackie Kapke
from issue #2, Jackie Kapke
from issue #2, Sandra Elliott
References
- ^ from an ad in Tunneltalk vol 1, issue 9