The Laughing Mutoid

Zine
Title:	The Laughing Mutoid
Publisher:	Cheap Fanzine Productions
Editor(s):	Cathy Conrad
Date(s):	1988-1991
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Medium:	print, zine
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Fandom:	Blake's 7 & multimedia
Language:	English
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The Laughing Mutoid is an adult het humor anthology. The first four issues are all Blake's 7 and the last three are multifandom but very heavy on Blake's 7.

a 1990 flyer

Issue 1

The Laughing Mutoid 1 was published in 1988. It contains all Blake's 7.

All of the content is by Cathy Conrad.

• CathyCon 2, editorial
• An Electric Affair (1)
• But, It was Just a Game! (4)
• An Unlikely Tryst (8)
• Confrontation (18)

• The Rest of Vila's Limerick, poem

Issue 2

The Laughing Mutoid 2 was published in January 1989 and contains 44 pages. It contains all Blake's 7, one of which is a slash story.

cover of issue #2

flyer for issue #2

All of the content is by Cathy Conrad.

From the zine:

This time there's a mixture of the rather tame and the lurid--er, I mean, the more explicit. As to the subject of "slash," it seems that people either love it or hate it. There's one slash story in this issue, and I've marked it in the tale of contents. If you're one who hates slash, don't read it!

• CathyCon 2, editorial
• Bison's Revenge ("A sequel (sort of) to "An Unlikely Tryst" from LM #1. Features a character of decidedly Southern flavor, who exacts her revenge on Avon. Can you hear the shrieking from Southern Alabama?!?") (1)
• The Game Goes On ("Soolin tries to get revenge for Vila's, er, little joke from "But It Was Just A Game" 1n LM #1. Well, she tries to, anyway.") (8)
• Brawn Before Brains" (slash) (14)
• Confessions of a Supreme Commander ("Just a typical busy day in the life of our favorite megalomaniac.") (17)
• Who's Possessed? ("Cally is taken over by the long-dead spirit of Xaviera Hollander, otherwise known as The Happy Hooker. Will Avon stand the strain? How will they get Cally back to normal? Or does anyone want to get her back to normal...?") (21)
• Amagon Nights (31)

Issue 3

The Laughing Mutoid 3 was published in 1989 and contains 26 pages. All of the content is Blake's 7.

cover of issue #3

All of the content is by Cathy Conrad.

From the zine:

Welcome, all, to the third thrilling issue of THE LAUGHING MUTOID! This time the stories are "R" and perhaps a a soft "X," and will probably remain that way in future issues unless a lot of readers request otherwise.

• CathyCon 2, editorial
• For the Love of a Space Rat (1)
• Work of Art (5)
• Of Aurons and Skinny Beds (10)
• Freedom City Follies (17)

Issue 4

cover of issue #4

cover of issue #4

The Laughing Mutoid 4 was published in 1989 and has 34 pages. It contains all Blake's 7.

From the zine:

Once more into the breeches...er. I mean, welcome to the fourth thrilling issue of THE LAUGHING MUTOID. There lots of intriguing stories this time, including one of the best adult fanfic writers, Tenaya... not one but two contributions from the irrepressible Roxie Ray... and Jenna Smallwood and Anne [sic] "Texas" Collins Smith round out the list. As well as moi, of course.

• CathyCon 2, editorial
• The Best-laid Plans by Jennifer Smallwood (1)
• The Measure of a Man by Cathy Conrad (4)
• Clothes Can Make the Man by Tenaya (9)
• Improbable Orbit by Roxie Ray (gen) (12)
• Fractured Filks: Go Ask Travis by Cathy Conrad (13)
• Deliverance Times Five by Cathy Conrad (14)
• Your Secret Pal by Anna Collins Smith (18)
• Rooms on Fire by Roxie Ray (filk) (19)
• The Apology by Cathy Conrad (20)
• Jungle Love by Cathy Conrad (24)
• Cupid's Choice by Cathy Conrad (28)

Issue 5

The Laughing Mutoid 5 was published in 1990 and contains 32 pages. Mainly B7 and Dark Shadows but also includes one Star Trek: TNG story. Het (comedy) but not explicit.

cover of issue #5

• CathyCon 2, editorial
• Things Change by Cathy Conrad (Blake's 7)
• Delta House by Cathy Conrad (Blake's 7)
• The Pajama Party by Carol Grasgreen, Cami, Terri Halasz, & Angela Reese (Blake's 7)
• Ask Dr. Sharon by Sharon Maust (advice column) (Blake's 7) non-fiction
• Telepathic Terrorists (ad)
• Circle in the SAND by Cathy Conrad (filk) (Blake's 7)
• Mellow Yellow by Cathy Conrad (filk) (Blake's 7)
• art by Leah Rosenthal (frontispiece)

Issue 6

The Laughing Mutoid 6 was published in Summer 1990.

flyer for issue #6

• Editorial (1)
• Letters of Comment (2)
• Clay (Blake's 7) ("Rebellious red Georgia clay traps Tarrant and Servalan on the planet Vim. Is the South gonna rise again?") (4)
• Big Bad Mama by Cathy Conrad (Blake's 7) (8)
• Ask Dr. Sharon, questions by Cathy Conrad, answers by Sharon Maust ("More mellow advice from Auron’s foremost media sex therapist. From mixed- up rebel leaders to psychiatrists in love with vampires, she’s got all the answers!!") (10)
• Night Maneuvers ("Julia Hoffman puts an aphrodisiac into Barnabas Collins’s injection. What would the A.M.A. think?") (Dark Shadows) (12)
• The Seduction of Six by Cathy Conrad ("Number Six, alias “The Prisoner," meets a determined female Number 2. Will they add, subtract, multiply or divide?") (Blake's 7/The Prisoner) (17)
• Vampires Anonymous ("In 1795 Collinsport, Barnabas Collins decides to join avery unusual self-help group.") (Dark Shadows) (23)
• Psychedelic Sarcophagus by Cathy Conrad ("Ever wonder why the spaceship in the B7 episode Sarcophagus looked like a moldy Big Mac?") (Blake's 7) (28)
• Avon and the Brat Pack, Part Three: It's 10 O'Clock-- Do You Know Where Your Crew Is? by Carol Grasgreen, Cami, Terri Halasz & Angela Reese ("Avon’s on vacation at Graceland. Whatever will the Brats do while he’s away? NBs Find out what happened at Graceland in Laughing Mutoid #7/") (Blake's 7) (37)
• Getting a Lift by Cathy Conrad ("Remember the B7 episode. Gold? What happened when an unidentified dizzy blonde in blue jumpsuit and space booties got in an elevator where Avon is waiting?") (Blake's 7) (41)
• Feats of Brilliance ("An alien queen with a foot fetish goes after one footloose-and-fancy- free pilot in this Lost in Space farce.") (Lost in Space) (45)
• Enterprise or Bust (Star Trek: TNG) ("Deanna Troi’s looking more shapely than usual. But how?") (49)

Issue 7

The Laughing Mutoid 7 was published in Spring 1991.

• Avon and the Brat Pack, Part Three: Avon at Graceland by Carol Grasgreen, Cami, Terri Halasz & Angela (Blake's 7)

• Mixed Signals by Cathy Conrad (Blake's 7/Dark Shadows)
• The Mostly Improbable, Neary Unbelievable, Seemingly Impossible but Nonetheless True Post-Gauda-Prime Story by Cathy Conrad (Blake's 7/Twin Peaks)
• Fractured Fairytales: Vila and the Beanstalk by Cathy Conrad (Blake's 7)
• Fractured Fairytales: Callyrella by Cathy Conrad (Blake's 7)
• Magic Scorpio Ride by Cathy Conrad (filk) (Blake's 7)
• B7 art by Leigh Motooka

Reactions and Reviews: Issue 7

[Callyrella]: The tough rebels of Saurian Major won't let meek, skinny, psychic little Callrella come with them on raids; instead she is stuck doing the cleaning and the cooking. Then one night her fairy godmother appears. She magically transforms Callyrella's rags into a spiffy red combat suit and sends her off to the biggest raid of the year, where she meets a handsome prince, who takes her away from it all... But of course, a mere combat suit, even a read one, can't change a sensitive idealist into a fierce warrior permanently!