Karen Flanery
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| Name: | Karen Flanery |
| Alias(es): | K-Nut, Knutt |
| Type: | Fanartist, fan writer, poet, tribber |
| Fandoms: | Star Trek: The Original Series, Alias Smith and Jones |
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Karen Flanery is a fanartist (as well as occasional fiction, poetry, and commentary), that contributed to many zines in the 1970s and 80s. They are probably best known for their works in the Star Trek: The Original Series fandom.
Fan Comments
From a fan's con report for the 1975 Equicon:
...the Art Show was the big deal for me. How could I leave? I was in the same room as Karen Flanery, and actually breathing the very same air! (There was a little path worn in the carpet all around K-Nut's display where a few members of the Karen Flanery Worship Society had periodically held meetings, gathered reverently around the beautiful artwork.) [1]
Example Art Gallery
Unknown Date
Kirk
1969
Interior art for Nimoyan (1969) - portrays Flanery pursuing Leonard Nimoy in a bit of wish fulfillment and self-insertion
1970
Interior art for Nimoyan (1970) - Spock (Star Trek: TOS) and Paris (Mission Impossible)
Interior art for Pastaklan Vesla #2 (1970) - portrays The Romulan Commander
Interior art for Don't You Just Love Leonard Nimoy? (1970) - Flanery portrays herself in a wish fulfillment situation with a turkey wishbone; perhaps alarming for Spock the vegetarian - caption: "Logic, Smogic!... Quit making a big deal over a simple flip of the wrist... and pull already!"
Interior art for Nimoyan (1970) (a same actor crossover)
1971
Interior art for Leonard Nimoy Association of Fans Yearbook (1971) - portrays Nimoy as Commander Phil Kettenring from the film Assault on the Wayne, reprinted in Leonard Nimoy Compendium #1
1972
Interior art for Pastaklan Vesla #4 (1972)
Interior art for WANTED (1972) - a rare illo that was not Star Trek-centric, this one from Alias Smith and Jones
Interior art for Leonard Nimoy Association of Fans Yearbook (1972) - a bit of rpf art portraying Leonard Nimoy and his family
1974
Interior art for Star Who?, a story in Beta Lyrae (1974) - portrays a Montgomery Scott/Richard Nixon fusion (1974)
Interior art for Star Who?, a story in Beta Lyrae (1974) - portrays a Spock/Columbo fusion
Interior art for The Misfit in Showcase #1 (1974)
Interior art for The Misfit in Showcase #1 (1974)
Interior art for The Misfit in Showcase #1 (1974)
Interior art for Spock Enslaved! (1974)
Cover art for Spock Enslaved! (1974)
Back cover for Spock Enslaved! (1974)
1975
Interior art for Karen & Leonard: A Monochromatic Romance (1975) - Flanery portrays herself with Nimoy
Interior art for Karen & Leonard: A Monochromatic Romance (1975) - Flanery portrays herself with Nimoy
Interior art for "While We're Apart" in Showcase #2 (1975)
Interior art for Energize! (1975)
Interior art for Back Trekkin' (around 1975)
Interior art for Back Trekkin' (around 1975)
1977
Back cover for Showcase #4: "Klingon Knight in Shining Armor" (1977)
Interior art for Showcase #4 (1977)
Interior art for The Sensuous Vulcan (1977)
Zine Contributions
Back Trekkin' | Bags End Gazette | Berengaria | Beta Lyrae | Don't You Just Love Leonard Nimoy? | Energize! | Introduction to the Nimoyan & Spock's Scribes | Karen & Leonard: A Monochromatic Romance | Leonard Nimoy Association of Fans Yearbook | Leonard Nimoy Compendium | Menagerie | Metamorphosis | NCC-1701 | Nimoyan | The Nimoyan & Spock's Scribes Area-Captain Handbook | Organia | Overload | Pastaklan Vesla | Retrospect: Spotlight on Leonard Nimoy | Rising Star | The Sensuous Vulcan | Showcase | Spock Enslaved! | Spock's Scribes | Spockulations | Star Trek Concordance | T-Negative | WANTED
Other Publications
Fan Clubs
- Have You No Curiosity?
- Leonard Nimoy Association of Fans
- Leonard's Pennsy & Otherwise Freaks
- Nimoyan-Spock's Scribes
References
- ^ from The Clipper Trade Ship #7