Karen Eaton
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| Name: | Karen Eaton |
| Alias(es): | wapbodie, KS Eaton |
| Type: | fan artist |
| Fandoms: | Professionals |
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Karen Eaton was a fan artist whose work appeared in numerous fanzines. She specialized in humorous cartoons and parodies.
Karen attended her first convention (a Star Trek con in Baltimore) in 1982 or 1983. While at the convention she discovered K/S and spent the first few years buying up out of print fanzines while also keeping up with newly released zines.
A few years later, a friend introduced her to Pros where she spent most of her fannish time and energy. Her love of Pros fandom led her to drawing fan cartoons of Bodie and Doyle. She also wrote a few Pros stories under a pseudonym.
In addition to Pros and K/S she also enjoyed and read Starsky & Hutch, Muncle, and Rat Patrol, X-Files, Chicago Hope, and ER.
Her artwork has been used in connection with several charity fundraisers, mainly to benefit animal shelters. The most recent was in MediaWest 2012 where the entire contents of Brit Wit #1-#3 were offered as high quality scans on a flash drive.
Karen passed August 27, 2001. [1]
Gallery
from Sweet Justice #2 (1986) (Simon and Simon)
a "No Smoking" sign for the 1987 ZebraCon
Backtrack #9
parody back cover of Leather and Blue Jeans
cover of Holiday Shrieks
parody back cover of Dark Fantasies #2
drawing from Brit Wit for an unspecified convention registration. Left to Right: Muncle, Star Trek, X-Files and The Professionals
drawing from Brit Wit of Bodie and Doyle from The Professionals
drawing from Brit Wit of Bodie and Doyle from The Professionals
drawing from Brit Wit of Bodie and Doyle from The Professionals
