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Mark Fisher
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| Name: | Mark Fisher |
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| Type: | fanartist, cosplayer, zine editor |
| Fandoms: | Star Wars |
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Mark Fisher and his wife, Melea Fisher, were Star Wars cosplayers, fan artists, and zine editors.
He was the winner of the 1992 The STAR aWARdS for the front cover of the sixth issue of On a Clear Day You Can See Dagobah, a zine that he and Melea edited.
Zine Contributions
- Bright Center of the Universe
- Circle of Light
- Far Realms
- Flip of a Coin
- Guardian
- Imperium
- On a Clear Day You Can See Dagobah
- Pursuit of the Nashtah
- Sanctuary
- Shooting Star
- Southern Knights
- A Tremor in the Force
- The Wookiee Commode
- You Could Use a Good Kiss
As a Cosplayer
- Luke Medal Ceremony reproduction outfit from Star Wars 1982-83. Mark Fisher pictured. Gun from Bob Klem's collection, leather belt by Paul Roberts., Archived version
- Luke Fighter Pilot by Alan Stacy 1983; gun and leather work by Paul Roberts; Helmet and chestpack from collection of Bob Klem (manufactured by Marco E, Archived version
- Luke Bespin costume by Alan Stacy 1983. Mark Fisher pictured. Leather work and belt by Paul Roberts (pauleysolo)., Archived version
cosplayers are Mark Fisher, Melea Fisher, Mark Word, and Paul Roberts, photo was taken in 1982 and emulates the Rolling Stones magazine cover
In 1985, Jeanine Hennig described meeting the Fishers at a convention:
Here I was, half-sitting on the floor, clad in green paint and tentacles, waiting (like everyone else) for the costume contest to begin, when this black-clad, blond young man comes up to me and says, "Hey, GREAT costume!"I look up and nearly drop my teeth. Naw, it couldn't be. Aforesaid young man almost got his bones jumped, then and there, then I looked closer and saw that no, it really WASN'T Luke Skywalker giving me the once-over. Close, but not quite. Alas.
'Luke' motioned to another figure, and I gaped once again. Clad in fatigue poncho, braids and other sundry items, the young woman was the quitting image of Princess Leia. Except prettier. Damn. I couldn't believe my eyes. This was TOO perfect.
[snipped]
"My name's Mark Fisher," the young man told me confidentially. "This is Melea Roden."
I raised one green eyebrow. 'Oola' looked skeptically at them. "C'mon. You're pulling my leg! Mark Fisher? Melea?"
"Nope. That's us."
"Right. Well, would YOU believe used to do I Luke?..."
They both eyed the obviously female body under my skimpy costume skeptically. I went on, playing it to the hilt;
"You'd be amazed at what an ace bandage can do!" One good believe-it-or-not deserves another, right?
We all started laughing. And such, my friends, is the role of costuming in history...
Well, it's been just over a year since that fateful afternoon, and we've shared a lot of good times, a lot of love, a lot of laughter. [1]
Sample Art
1980s
cover of Imperium #3 (1983)
from Shooting Star #2 (1985)
from On a Clear Day You Can See Dagobah #1 (1985)
from On a Clear Day You Can See Dagobah #1 (1985)
from Far Realms #7 (1985)
portrays Harrison Ford in Frisco Kid from Flip of a Con #9 (1985)
from Imperium #2 (1986)
from Southern Knights (1986)
from Tremor in the Force #3 (1986)
![from Circle of Light #3 -- "Mark Fisher's illos also showed a hand at shading... the gray tones really added to the appearance of the zine, too." [2] (1986)](/w/images/thumb/d/d5/Circleoflight3-2.jpg/180px-Circleoflight3-2.jpg)
from Circle of Light #3 -- "Mark Fisher's illos also showed a hand at shading... the gray tones really added to the appearance of the zine, too." [2] (1986)
![from Circle of Light #3 -- "Mark Fisher's Han Solo on page 31 is beautiful." [3] (1986)](/w/images/thumb/a/a4/Circleoflight3-3.jpg/180px-Circleoflight3-3.jpg)
from Circle of Light #3 -- "Mark Fisher's Han Solo on page 31 is beautiful." [3] (1986)
from Circle of Light #3 (1986)
from Circle of Light #4 (1987)
from Circle of Light #4 (1987)
from Circle of Light #4 (1987)
from Circle of Light #4 (1987)
from On a Clear Day You Can See Dagobah #3 (1987)
from On a Clear Day You Can See Dagobah #3 (1987)
from On a Clear Day You Can See Dagobah #3 (1987)
from Sanctuary (1988)
from On a Clear Day You Can See Dagobah #4 (1989)
from The Wookiee Commode #6 (1989)
![from Circle of Light #3 -- "Mark Fisher's illos also showed a hand at shading... the gray tones really added to the appearance of the zine, too." [2] (1986)](/wiki/File:Circleoflight3-2.jpg)
![from Circle of Light #3 -- "Mark Fisher's Han Solo on page 31 is beautiful." [3] (1986)](/wiki/File:Circleoflight3-3.jpg)
1990s
from On a Clear Day You Can See Dagobah #5 (1991)
cover of On a Clear Day You Can See Dagobah #6 (1992)
from Imperium #5 (1994)
from Imperium #5 (1994)
from Pursuit of the Nashtah (1994)
from Pursuit of the Nashtah (1994)
cover of On a Clear Day You Can See Dagobah #7 (1994)
from On a Clear Day You Can See Dagobah #7 (1994)
from On a Clear Day You Can See Dagobah #7 (1994)
from On a Clear Day You Can See Dagobah #7 (1994)
from On a Clear Day You Can See Dagobah #8 (1995)
from On a Clear Day You Can See Dagobah #8 (1995)
from On a Clear Day You Can See Dagobah #8 (1995)
from On a Clear Day You Can See Dagobah #8 (1995)
2000s
from Bright Center of the Universe #11
References
- ^ from On a Clear Day You Can See Dagobah #1
- ^ from a letter of comment in Circle of Light #5
- ^ from a letter of comment in Circle of Light #5