Gee Moaven

Fan
Name:	Gee Moaven
Alias(es):
Type:	artist, writer
Fandoms:	Star Trek: TOS, Star Wars, Starsky & Hutch
Communities:
Other:
URL:	a page from The Other Side of Paradise #2, portrait of Gee by Signe Landon
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	Contents 1 Short Bio; 2 Gafiate; 3 Don't Buy That Button!; 4 Artist Advocate; 5 Fan Comments; 6 Zines 6.1 Star Trek; 6.2 Star Wars/Harrison Ford; 6.3 Other; ; 7 Sample Art 7.1 1974; 7.2 1975; 7.3 1976; 7.4 1977; 7.5 1978; 7.6 1979; 7.7 1980; 7.8 1981; 7.9 1983; 7.10 1985; ; 8 References;

Gee Moaven is a prolific fanartist whose Star Trek fanzine artwork was extremely popular in the 1970s.

Moaven was the "first officer" of Nichelle Nichols Fan Club "(she hates the term 'president')." ^[1]

One reviewer commented that her artwork in Probe: The Goddess Uhura "are among the best I've ever seen. The front and back covers are especially exquisite."

Short Bio

From 1977:

Gee Moaven was interviewed by STAR TREK FAN CLUBS MAGAZINE via Virginia Walker. We discovered that she is a student of ancient civilizations and literatures at [university redacted]. She has been published on the cover and inside of many of the best fanzines, including PROBE and GODDESS UHURA. Also featured in BETA NIOBE and STAR DATE. After we probed her for more information she happened to mention that she has never had an art lesson! Yet, she did all the art for the famous program of the Bicentennial Con 10 as well as ran the art show of that con. ^[2]

Gafiate

According to a statement Scuttlebutt, after the publication of Diamonds and Rust in 1978, Gee Moaven gafiated from Star Trek fandom ^[3] although her artwork continued to appear in Star Wars and multimedia fanzines until the mid-1980s.

Don't Buy That Button!

In 1978, an anonymous listing in Warped Space's 'Miscellanea' section, claims: "Illegal buttons of Gee Moaven's artwork are being sold in various stories around the country. None of the dealers have her permissions. If you see any of these buttons, please take the time to inform them that you know they are illegal -- and do not buy them for that reason."

Artist Advocate

From a 1977 essay by M.J. Fisher about fanart and artists:

Interestingly enough, if the major fannish illustrators get together and decide to start using contracts it will effectively bring a lot of faneds into line. If you stop to count them there are only about a dozen people in fandom who do the illustrations for all of the big fanzines, and perhaps a score or so of people who do a cartoon or a picture of the Big E for their own high school zine, or clubzine. Even if a few of the most active artists began using contracts for the major art they submit to zines it would have enough impact to reform treatment standards for artists throughout fandom Gee Moaven has already begun doing this and others have considered the idea. If the idea catches on it will be possible to drop the use of contracts once the standards of treatment go up. ^[4]

Fan Comments

In 1977, Mandi Schultz, one of the creators of the controversial zine, Diamonds and Rust, wrote in that zine's editorial about choosing Moaven as the artist:

... I perused several running feet of fanzines once more to find a style I felt would best express the attitude of D&R. I considered several candidates, which does sound presumptuous but the fact remained that before I knew about their availability and interest, I had to be certain I liked their work and could work comfortably with them. Ultimately all roads led to Moaven. I didn't know Gee at all prior to this, I just wrote to her and tried to explain, in 60,000 words or less, what D&R is about and would she be interested in a heavy, long-term assignment. I admit to be flabbergasted by her interest — considering how heavy her art schedule is, I didn't think she would have time to take on a project the size and scope of D&R. She still said yes, even after reading several rough drafts of various chapters while I was quite worried that it would scare her off. I was extremely happy with the results, and several pieces of the original art grace my living room walls. Moavenism is precisely the type to flatter our series—the baroque yet ethereal feeling exuded by her art portrays precisely the feelings and sensations I wanted. We've worked Gee very hard, asked the impossible from her, and have always been satisfied.

photo from Jacqueline Lichtenberg's website: "Gee Moaven presented Jacqueline Lichtenberg with this ink drawing of a character from the Kraith Series, Spock's half-sister. Many fans protested adding a half-sibling to Spock's family -- interestingly enough Spock acquired a half-brother in one of the films, decades later."^[5] Fans pictured from left to right: unknown male fan, Jacqueline Lichtenberg, Gee Moaven, Winston A. Howlett

Zines

Star Trek

Star Wars/Harrison Ford

Other

Me and Thee (Starsky & Hutch)
Wide Open Spaces (US Westerns)

Sample Art

1974

from Quartet Plus One #2, portrait of Amanda Grayson
from Quartet Plus One #2, portrait of Amanda Grayson

1975

from Tetrumbriant #8, for "For I Am Lonely and Among Strangers"
from Probe #4
from Probe #4
from Universal Transmitter #1
from Universal Transmitter #1 for the story Snakepit! (the artist revised this illustration (adding baby snakes) when the story was printed two years later in Rigel #3)
from Universal Transmitter #1, for the story Snakepit!
from Interphase (Star Trek: TOS zine) #1
from Interphase (Star Trek: TOS zine) #2
from Interphase (Star Trek: TOS zine) #2, from "The Left Unspoken"
from Fuhura #4
from T-Negative #29
from Probe #5

1976

from Off the Beaten Trek #1
from Off the Beaten Trek #1
from Off the Beaten Trek #1
from Metamorphosis #2, portrays Kirk and Mirror Universe Spock
from the 1976 LNAF Yearbook
from Probe #4 (original edition)
from T-Negative #30/31
from IDIC #4
from T-Negative #32/33
from The Goddess Uhura
from The Goddess Uhura
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from The Goddess Uhura
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from The Goddess Uhura
from Warped Space #18
from Warped Space #20, art from "Avant-Propos"
from Warped Space #20, art from "Avant-Propos"
from Warped Space #20, art from "Avant-Propos"
from Beta Niobe Revisited, Spock and Zarabeth
from The Halkan Council #15
art from The Halkan Council #20/21
from Probe #8
from Probe #9
from Probe #9
from Probe #9
from The Other Side of Paradise #1 -- "... of the most beautiful Vulcan women ever done by Gee Moaven... ^[7]
from The Other Side of Paradise #1, portrays Spock as a child and a sehlet

1977

from Rigel #3, for Connie Faddis' story, Snakepit! (Moaven redrew this illustration from when it appeared for Faddis' story two years earlier in Universal Transmitter #1)
from Fesarius #3
from Diamonds and Rust
from Diamonds and Rust
from Alpha Continuum #2
from The Other Side of Paradise
from The Other Side of Paradise
from Off the Beaten Trek #3
from Warped Space #23
from Kraith Collected #5
from Stardate: Unknown #3
from Sehlat's Roar #4
from Probe #10
from IDIC #5
from Interphase #4 (some hair fandom!)

1978

from IDIC #6/7/8

1979

from Captain Uhura
from Me and Thee (Starsky & Hutch)
original art, "Twice Removed from Yesterday"

1980

from Enter-comm #3 -- "Gee Moaven's illo on page 83 -- a beautiful piece of art, wish we'd see more of her again." ^[8]
from Kraith Collected #6
from Kraith Collected #6

1981

from Galactic Falcon
from Pegasus #5 -- "...Moaven’s illos are perfection in themselves..." ^[9]

"I love all of Gee Moaven's artwork. I'm so tempted to remove them and frame them — they're that good." ^[10]
from Enter-comm #4
from Enter-comm #4
from Docking Bay #1
from Docking Bay #1
from Kessel Run #1 -- "I am delighted to see that you have Gee Moaven artwork! I have missed her art very much. I used to buy zines solely because they had her art in them." ^[11]

"I've never been a fan of Gee Moaven's — her usual style has been too ornate for my taste. But, this issue has turned me around. The illos in usual style are simple and lovely, and the Lando and Han pictures in a new style — WOW! Absolutely the best Lando I've seen anywhere..." ^[12]
from Kessel Run #1 - "G. Moaven's illo is simply luscious. It has to be my favorite Han illo of the year." ^[13]

"...Han is nothing short of superb." ^[14]
from Kessel Run #1
from Kessel Run #1
from Kessel Run #1, for a poem by Lynne Terry -- "The art in this zine is terrific. I would like to give Gee Moaven a big hug and kiss for the illo she did for my poem... but I can't, so I hope you'll settle for eternal and undying gratitude. All of Gee's work is wonderful, and I think fandom is privileged to have her working within it." ^[15]

"The Gee Moaven illo is breathtaking - the illo and poem together make a formidable combination!" ^[16]

1983

from Facets #9/10, fandom is The Frisco Kid
from Facets #9/10, fandom is The Frisco Kid

1985

from Wide Open Spaces #9 (Rawhide)

References

^ from All About Star Trek Fan Clubs #3 (1977)
^ from All About Star Trek Fan Clubs #3
^ from Scuttlebutt #6 in 1978, there is a note that reads: "Mandi Schultz is having a zine sale. SASE for list. Also, some of Gee Moaven's art, including most of the illos for Diamonds and Rust... For the information of those of you who have sent SASEs [about 'Moonshadow']: Mandi Schultz' 'Moonshadow' is a PRIVATE publication and NOT for general distribution. Whoever let the cat out of the bag was wrong in doing so. Please stop asking about it. Mandi and Gee Moaven have gafiated from Trekdom, so says Mandi."
^ from The Starving Artist Syndrome
^ Kraith Photos
^ "Sometimes it's more gratifying to write for yourself, or a few select people... Obviously, it would be silly to say that the best stories are the ones not published in zines, but I do know that, to take a related topic, the best Star Wars fan fiction I ever read was a 400-page novel that never existed in more than six copies, five of them carbons. It had 35 full page Gee Moaven illos and was the result of a lot of love and hard work, but the author simply didn't want to send it out to the big world. It has to be a personal decision." -- from S and H #4
^ by H.O. Petard from Spectrum #25
^ from Universal Translator #8
^ from Jundland Wastes #7
^ from the LoC section in Pegasus #6
^ from a letter of comment in Kessel Run #2
^ from a letter of comment in Kessel Run #2
^ from a letter of comment in Kessel Run #2
^ from a letter of comment in Kessel Run #2
^ from a letter of comment in Kessel Run #2
^ from a letter of comment in Kessel Run #2

[1] rom All About Star Trek Fan Clubs #3 (1977)

[2] rom All About Star Trek Fan Clubs #3

[3] rom Scuttlebutt #6 in 1978, there is a note that reads: "Mandi Schultz is having a zine sale. SASE for list. Also, some of Gee Moaven's art, including most of the illos for Diamonds and Rust... For the information of those of you who have sent SASEs [about 'Moonshadow']: Mandi Schultz' 'Moonshadow' is a PRIVATE publication and NOT for general distribution. Whoever let the cat out of the bag was wrong in doing so. Please stop asking about it. Mandi and Gee Moaven have gafiated from Trekdom, so says Mandi."

[4] rom The Starving Artist Syndrome

[5] Kraith Photos

[6] "Sometimes it's more gratifying to write for yourself, or a few select people... Obviously, it would be silly to say that the best stories are the ones not published in zines, but I do know that, to take a related topic, the best Star Wars fan fiction I ever read was a 400-page novel that never existed in more than six copies, five of them carbons. It had 35 full page Gee Moaven illos and was the result of a lot of love and hard work, but the author simply didn't want to send it out to the big world. It has to be a personal decision." -- from S and H #4

[7] y H.O. Petard from Spectrum #25

[8] rom Universal Translator #8

[9] rom Jundland Wastes #7

[10] rom the LoC section in Pegasus #6

[11] rom a letter of comment in Kessel Run #2

[12] rom a letter of comment in Kessel Run #2

[13] rom a letter of comment in Kessel Run #2

[14] rom a letter of comment in Kessel Run #2

[15] rom a letter of comment in Kessel Run #2

[16] rom a letter of comment in Kessel Run #2

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Fan
Name:	Gee Moaven
Alias(es):
Type:	artist, writer
Fandoms:	Star Trek: TOS, Star Wars, Starsky & Hutch
Communities:
Other:
URL:	a page from The Other Side of Paradise #2, portrait of Gee by Signe Landon
Click here for related articles on Fanlore.
Contents 1 Short Bio 2 Gafiate 3 Don't Buy That Button! 4 Artist Advocate 5 Fan Comments 6 Zines 6.1 Star Trek 6.2 Star Wars/Harrison Ford 6.3 Other 7 Sample Art 7.1 1974 7.2 1975 7.3 1976 7.4 1977 7.5 1978 7.6 1979 7.7 1980 7.8 1981 7.9 1983 7.10 1985 8 References