Mini-Zine (Starsky and Hutch zine)
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| Title: | Mini-Zine |
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| Editor(s): | Sandra J. Ferriday |
| Date(s): | 1980 – 1982 (?) |
| Series?: | Yes |
| Medium: | |
| Genre: | gen |
| Fandom: | Starsky and Hutch |
| Language: | English |
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Mini-Zine is a series of small gen Starsky and Hutch anthologies published by Sandra J. Ferriday in the UK.
There were ten regular issues in total, plus as least one supplement.
In 1982, the first three issues were combined to make the zine Just the Two of Us. While the original content of the zines was all gen, this compilation included a non-explicit slash story.
Frustrations Regarding Contributions
From APB #14:
[Sandra J. Ferriday]: Out of all the people who attended David's concerts, it's amazing how few can be bothered to put pen to paper when I ask for fans' experiences (for David Soul zine) in an open letter (APB no. 11), not to mention adverts (APB's 11 & 12 and Handcuffs) requiring contributions for other zines (I also ask through personal letters)...beats me how anyone manages to bring out zines in the first place! Minizine n.6 may be my last one altogether through lack of contributors. I cannot produce zines without your help so come on, get your thinking caps on!Several avid minizine readers are going to be very disappointed because of it. I have tried to expand the scope of contributors in the zines but to no avail. The same people help each time, including myself — sometimes I have to do most of it myself.
At the same time I am asked to bring out such zines, especially having just finished one, for example, when no. 4 was complete and sold, it was...”I hope you will be doing a no. 5”.. .mainly because they are so different to others — which is all very well — if you're willing to knuckle in.
I don't have the plague (excuse pun) you know, and no one has to even buy the zines if they do contribute. Although I am- grateful for June's help with her artwork,the zines could stand a few other artists.
Hopefully, by the time this letter is printed, I will have completed DAVID SOUL on 6.55 SPECIAL zine, which is a double issue with 48 pages and costs £3.00 plus 9x6 SAE (22p), containing write ups of each show David appeared in with their own pictures, puzzles, artwork, adverts, comments. Again, I cannot get anyone, or many of you anyway, to contribute . Surely it does not take all day to write a few notes! While the series is fresh in everyone's minds, I would have thought that thinking up something shortly after it had come to an end would be ideal. I probably sound stroppy, but believe me, after producing zines with other contributors lacking more and more with each zine, then I think I have aright to feel stroppy. Okay, so no one is putting a gun to my back and telling me to produce them. I happen to enjoy putting them together. It's a very interesting hobby. Well...I've got that off my chest, I'll say no more!
- [Lynn C]: I'm sorry that you feel upset about the lack of contributors to zines that you put together for us, and I can well understand how you feel. I'm only sorry that I could not help out with the two you mentioned, but afraid I didn't get to any concerts and didn't go to Pebble Hill either. [1]
Issue 1
Mini-Zine 1 was published in May 1980 and contains 20 pages.
The front cover is by Gloria-Ann Rovelstad. The back cover includes poetry by the editor.
It is 8" x 6" with 20 pages.
It was advertised for sale in the August 1980 issue of STAG.
From the editorial:
Dear Friends,
Welcome to my very first MINI ZINE. Although it's not very large in format, I just wanted to include a few short stories, poems and art work from a small circle of friends.
I do hope you will enjoy its reading and contents. My own stories are not exactly up to the sames standard as the American writers (in my opinion anyway!), but I'd like to think you'll enjoy them all the same. Any comments send to me, the Editor, namely:- Miss Sandra J. Ferriday,
- Editorial by Sandra J. Ferriday
- art by Nicola M. Vowles (Hutch) (1)
- What is a Starskyhutch?, poem by Nicola M. Vowles (2)
- Crossword Puzzle #1 by Sandra J. Ferriday (2)
- Crossword Puzzle #2 by Sandra J. Ferriday (3)
- puzzle clues (4)
- Guess the Episode Contest (4)
- Clues to the Crossword Puzzle #1 (5)
- art by Sandra J. Ferriday (Hutch from "Murder on Stage 17") (6)
- art by Sandra J. Ferriday ("Paul Michael Glaser as Himself (Who Else?)") (7)
- Corridors of Mystery, fiction by Sandra J. Ferriday (8)
- puzzle answers (11)
- Double Image, fiction by Sandra J. Ferriday (12)
- art by Sandra J. Ferriday (Hutch from "Shootout" and Starsky from "The Bait") (18)
- art by Nicola M. Vowles (Hutch) (19)
- Sales, Adverts, answers to puzzle #2 (20)
from issue #1
from issue #1, Nicola M. Vowles
from issue #1, Sandra J. Ferriday
from issue #1
from issue #1, Sandra J. Ferriday
Issue 2
Mini-Zine 3 was published in around March 1981.
An edition with 12 pages was advertised for sale in the March 1981 issue of S and H.
Issue 3
Mini-Zine 3 was published around April 1981.
It contains 14 page and was advertised for sale in the April 1981 issue of S and H.
"S&H, with poetry, fans' views, comments, art, wordgrams, songs, recipes, ads."
Issue 4
Mini-Zine 4 was published in early 1982.
Issue 5
Mini-Zine 5 was published in 1982. Submissions began being accepted in June 1982.
Issue 6
Issue 7
Mini-Zine 7 was published in late 1982.
Issue 8
Mini-Zine 8 was published in early 1983. Submissions began being accepted in February 1983.
Issue 9
Issue 10
Supplement
Mini-Zine Supplement was published in August 1982 and contains 8 pages.
- art by June Bushnell (David Soul and his dog, Dublin)
- Our Sweet Music Man, poem by Ella Magee
- word find by Christine Hathaway
- ads for photos, games, Max Franklin novels, post cards, pin-ups from British magazines, "Don't Give Up On Us" songsheets, posters, t-shirts (all sold by Sandra J. Ferriday)
- similar items sold by June Bushnell
- Star Trek Fanzines for Sale
- Submission Request for "David Soul on 6.55 Special" (a 22-page 8x6 zine to contain "comments on show," "your favorite show and why", "any show you disliked and why," wordgrams, crossword puzzles, quizzes, and poetry - the deadline was September 1, 1982)
- a flyer for Just the Two of Us
from the 1982 Suppl
from the 1982 Suppl
Special Issue 1
Ferriday described a special "David Soul - 6.55 Special Issue in APB #14.
Special Issue 2
From APB: #15 (November 1982):
I'm asking for contributions again! THE DAVID SOUL EXPERIENCE ZINE NO 2 will now be in production, due to recently receiving an 8-page report on one concert —I need others too. Before David's concerts go completely out of one's minds, can you at least try to write/type your views/meetings etc. on his concerts and send to me? Plus poetry, puzzles, anything else relevant. I won't give a deadline date because every time I do someone tells me its too early —alternatively if I don't, I could wait to doomsday!
- ^ from APB #14 and #15