Florida Fandom

From Fanlore
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Zine
Title: Florida Fandom
Publisher:
Editor(s): Rick Coy & Ruth Coy
Date(s): 1976-2011
Medium: print
Size: 5 1/2 x 8 1/2
Fandom: Science Fiction, Star Wars, Star Trek
Language: English
External Links: Online version
Click here for related articles on Fanlore.

Florida Fandom is a multimedia non-fiction zine edited by Rick and Ruth Coy. The first issues focussed on Star Trek TOS, while later issues included content about Star Wars, comics and various other science fiction and fantasy properties.

The zine ran for four series in print between 1976 and the early 1990s; an online version began on Geocities in 1996 before transferring to its own domain. A special PDF issue was released for the zine's 35th anniversary in 2011 and since then the Coys have been working on The New Florida Fandom Project, where they are reproducing the original zine content with modern formatting.

cover of issue #8 (first series)

About

Florida Fandom has been around since 1976 as a Fanzine. We have stayed with the times as well as we could. When we started we would type up articles on an electric typewriter and then cut and pasted them together, using rubber cement, making the zine, and adding press type for the title and pasting on the original artwork. We would then take the paste up to a printer and have it printed off-set. We latter [sic] moved to a computer to type it up on, but we still had to cut and paste to put it together and instead of original artwork, we could use photo copies of the artwork. Titles could also be made with the computer. At about this time we changed form off-set printing to the then much cheaper photocopies. (They had dropped from over 25¢ for a one side fuzzy copy to about 7¢ for a two sided sharp copy). Computers and their programs got better and we were able to put together the entire issue on the computer. And in 1996 we went the next step - an online version. Our hopes were for an ever growing site - keeping the original departments from the zine and adding a few more. We are updating this in April 2011 almost 35 years after Florida Fandom started. October will mark 35 years since issue #1 came out (we had an issue zero come out in August of 1976). This is part of a year long celebration of our 35th year...with a new print issue coming out in October, the first in almost 15 years. We are revamping the website, more than once so far. And we now have a Facebook Page."

"Now a little bit about Florida Fandom and how it started. Back in 1976 Ruth and I wanted to start a Florida based fanzine being both for and about Florida fans. Having been introduced to Fanzines by John Ellis (of Star Trek Federation of Fans) and having co-edited with John many for the STFF newszine Tholian Registry, I was ready to start. After a few issue we realized that the zine was for more than just Florida fans, as we had readers and contributors from all over the country. Most copies were given away free in exchange for other zines, artwork and articles. This was sort of an early version of the internet except we depended on snail mail to stay in touch. [1]

Issue 0

Florida Fandom 0 (first series) was published in August 1976.

  • cover of issue #0

    cover of issue #0

Issue 1 (v.1 n.1)

Florida Fandom 1 (first series) was published in October 1976 and contains 9 pages.

  • cover of issue #1

    cover of issue #1

Issue 2 (v.1 n.2)

Florida Fandom 2 (first series) was published in April 1977 and contains ten pages.

  • cover of issue #2

    cover of issue #2

Issue 3 (v.1 n.3)

Florida Fandom 3 (first series) was published in July 1977 and contains fourteen pages.

  • cover of issue #3

    cover of issue #3

Issue 4 (v.1 n.4)

Florida Fandom 4 (first series) was published in September 1977 and contains fourteen pages.

  • zine update
  • cover of issue #4

    cover of issue #4

  • from issue #4, unknown artist

    from issue #4, unknown artist

Issue 5 (v.1 n.5)

Florida Fandom 5 (first series) was published in July 1978 and contains about fourteen pages.

  • cover of issue #5

    cover of issue #5

Issue 6 (v.1 n.6)

Florida Fandom 6 (first series) was published in April 1979 and contains 16 pages.

  • cover of issue #6

    cover of issue #6

Issue 7 (v.1 n.7)

Florida Fandom 7 (first series) was published in July 1979 and contains 16 pages.

cover of issue #7, Steven Fox

The art is by Steven Fox and Ken Mitchroney.

From the editorial:

Here we are with our "NEW" look (still the same old typos!!!) Our plan,as you can see, are to make F.F. more fannish (which was the idea behind FF 10 many years ago in August 1976 when issue zero came out) But until now it has been the views of Rick and Ruth with help from Dale, Mark and Phil, with a contrib now and then. Now we hope to give the fans in and out of Florida an insight as to what Florida Fans are really like. We will still be taking and pleading for articles and artwork from people out of state. (Like this issue's cover by Steven Fox) The photo covers are gone as of number 6. We will be needing covers every issue (hint hint)

Most of this issue is an nine-page interview with Ken Mitchroney conducted by Beth Weilenman.

Issue 8 (v.1 n.8)

(first series)

  • cover of issue #8

    cover of issue #8

Issue 9 (v.1 n.9)

(first series)

  • cover of issue #9

    cover of issue #9

Issue 10 (v.1 n.10)

(first series)

  • cover of issue #10

    cover of issue #10

Issue 11 (v.1 n.11)

(first series)

  • cover of issue #11

    cover of issue #11

New Series 1 (v.2 n.1)

  • cover of issue #1 (new series)

    cover of issue #1 (new series)

New Series 2 (v.2 n.2)

Florida Fandom 2 (new series) was published in 1987 and contains 24 pages.

cover of issue #2 (new series), Jeff Gaither
  • columns and artwork related to Star Trek, Star Wars (cartoons), etc. Cover by Jeff Gaither. Column and art by Mark Cantrell.
  • Fan Profile of Mark Cantrell, written by Don Vaughan
  • part one of an article called "A Computer Primer - Lesson #1: Your First Computer" by Mark Cantrell that appeared in a local Atari computer club newsletter called "Pokey Press"
  • art by Mark Cantrell, Jeff Gaither, Steven Fox, G. Raymond Eddy, and others
  • Comics Update: Coys Comic Corner by Rick Coy
  • Snodgrass Report, about Star Trek: TNG
  • comments by Rick Coy about Star Trek: TNG
  • lots of ads and flyers for for-profit science fiction products, including several for L. Ron Hubbard's "Mission Earth" and scientology
  • from issue #2 (New Series)

    from issue #2 (New Series)

  • from issue #2 (New Series)

    from issue #2 (New Series)

  • from issue #2 (New Series)

    from issue #2 (New Series)

  • from issue #2 (New Series)

    from issue #2 (New Series)

New Series 3 (v.2 n.3)

  • cover of issue #3 (new series)

    cover of issue #3 (new series)

New Series 4 (v.2 n.4)

  • cover of issue #4 (new series)

    cover of issue #4 (new series)

New Series 5 (v.2 n.5)

Florida Fandom 5 (new series) was published in 1988 and contains 16 pages. The art is by S. Fox, Jeff Gaither, and TR.

cover of New Series #5 (new series), Jeff Gaither
  • review of "Nightfall" (the movie) by Ruth ("Has anybody seen 'Nightfall'? Don't bother!! Rick is going to do a review of the movie is this issue, but let me tell you, it is one of the worst movies of the year!! Don't wast your money on this piece of trash. I wish I hadn't.")
  • wordfind
  • illo of a woman and Swamp Thing from DC Comics
  • The Star Trek Phenomena: The Snodgrass Report
  • from New Series #5

    from New Series #5

  • from New Series #5

    from New Series #5

  • from New Series #5

    from New Series #5

Special Issue 1

This special issue is about female comic book heroines.

  • cover Special Issue #1

    cover Special Issue #1

Special Issue 2

This special issue is about female comic book heroines. It is subtitled, "Return of the Supergirls."

  • cover of Special Issue #2

    cover of Special Issue #2

Gallery of Unknown Covers

  • cover of unknown issue

    cover of unknown issue

  • cover of unknown issue

    cover of unknown issue

References

  1. ^ Florida Fandom's Homepage, accessed January 4, 2012
Retrieved from "https://fanlore.org/w/index.php?title=Florida_Fandom&oldid=2675232"