Nancy Stasulis

Fan
Name:	Nancy Anne Stasulis
Alias(es):	Nancy Stasulis
Type:	fan writer, Fan artist
Fandoms:	Star Wars, Star Trek, Beauty and the Beast (TV)
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URL:	self-portrait in Southern Enclave #50 -- "wanted for massacre of art"
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Nancy Stasulis was a Star Wars and Star Trek fan writer and fan artist whose work has appeared in numerous fanzines.

Her artwork won her numerous Star aWards.

In 1984, Stasulis was the winner of the The SF/Media Fan Fund, and she used her money to attend MediaWest*Con IV.

Stasulis ran the art show and auction at one of the March 1990 Fan-Out

Stasulis graduated from the University of Massachusetts, earning degrees in anthropology and paleontology, and later attended Harvard University. She passed away on November 28, 2015.

A Theme: Fannish Meta Commentary

Stasulis often portrayed fans as a bit obsessive, usually in a humorous way. She also included herself in some of these artistic meta commentaries.

Some Beauty and the Best Commentary

From a six-part panel in Masiform D #16 in 1988, reprinted in The Beauty and the Beast Concordance, in which fans relentlessly chase Vincent Wells. It is likely the fan at the end is Stasulis.

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Some Star Wars Commentary

Some 1997 commentary on fans at cons, some of which includes Stasulis!

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  from I Don't Care What You Smell #3, another self-insertion with Stasulis posing with David Prowse at a convention (1997)

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  from I Don't Care What You Smell #3, from "The Dead Bothan's Excellent Adventure at the Lanham Con with David "Darth Vader" -- portrays David Prowse at a fictional con -- "Nancy Stasulis proved once more What a thoroughly gifted cartoonist she is. Every 'victim' of her pen is clearly recognizable and I sure hope she'll send 'Mr. P." copies of those outrageously funny toons. After all: why should I be the only one dying from laughter. Let old Gridface get his share of painful "Bellyachus Humoritis", too." (1997)

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  from I Don't Care What You Smell #3 -- portrays David Prowse at a fictional con (1997)

Including Other Fans

Some of her fannish portrayals include other fans:

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  portrays another fan, ZP Florian, cast as Yoda from Star Wars This was presented to Z.P. Florian at the 1998 STAR aWARdS: "I let the audience choose the categories that they wanted to hear about first. We did maybe four or live categories when I surreptitiously activated this little flashing light that I have. I waited a few minutes to insure that everyone had seen it then I said, 'Hold on a minute. It looks like we have a message coming in. I'd better see who it's from. Oh, it's a message for Z. P. Florian from Master Skywalker. He says that he really enjoyed her visit to Dagobah and as promised he was sending her the pictures.' With that I asked Z.P. to come up and handed her a piece of special (and I must tell you, gorgeous) artwork done by Nancy Stasulis. It showed Luke Skywalker on Dagobah with the backpack on his back. In the backpack was Master Yoda and Yoda's face was Z.P.'s. I had some people pass out copies of this drawing so everyone could see it. Z.P. and the audience loved it. Z.P. told me that she had it framed and it's hanging on her wall.

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  for the story "Prince in Waiting" in Time Warp #6/7 Volume 1, the fan portrayed is Pat Nussman and the "prince" is Han Solo.

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  from Tremor in the Force #6 (1992), from "Ladies' Choice", portrays a tuckerization of fan, Pat Nussman

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  from Rec-Room Rhymes Omnibus #2, illo for the filk by Roberta Rogow called "The Overaged Fan's Lament" (1986) -- "Rogow wrote: "I've been at this fannish bopping about for ten years now, and I sometimes look around and realize that the people are all ten to twenty years younger than I am... What am I doing here? Why don't I go HOME! Are you kidding. NEVER!"

Fan Comments

1983

[My personal thanks go] to Nancy Stasulis for her superbly professional flips, some of which were sketched literally at the last moment (to save us from "aesthetic white spaces" after another artist failed to meet repeated deadlines).

1985

... apologies go to... Nancy Stasulis. Nancy was scheduled to do the art for "Whose Worth's Unknown", which she did and which she mailed. Unfortunately, the Post Awful struck and Nancy's art has disappeared somewhere into the PO's bottomless maw. Not only that, but the Great Mail Muncher also devoured letters between the two of us, which led to hurt feelings and misunderstandings on both sides and, for those pains, I whole-heartedly apologize to Nancy. However, as you will see, Nancy managed to send a copy of her major drawing for the story.

Zine Contributions

• Above and Below
• B & B Lite
• The Beast of Times: "What a Yo-Yo"
• Beauty and the Beast Concordance
• The Dark Lord
• Dark Master, Dark Servant
• Docking Bay
• Dragon's Teeth
• Eclectic
• Fan-Out program book
• Guardian
• I Don't Care What You Smell
• Imperium
• Jundland, Too
• Kessel Run
• Legends of Light
• Luke's Journey
• Masiform D
• Millennium
• Outlands Chronicles
• Pegasus
• Rec-Room Rhymes
• Renaissance
• Ring of Steele
• Sanctuary
• Sarlacc
• Scoundrel
• Signs of Wisdom

• The Sith Yearbook
• Skywalker
• Southern Enclave
• Southern Knights
• ThousandWorlds Collected
• Time Warp
• To the Fullest X-Tent
• A Tremor in the Force
• Tunnels
• Tunnels: Different Realities
• Tunneltalk
• Warped Space

Art Gallery

1982

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  from The Dark Lord

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  from The Dark Lord

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  from The Dark Lord

1983

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  from Pegasus #6

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  from Pegasus #6

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  from Pegasus #6

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  from The Sith Yearbook #1 "Nancy Stasulis is my favorite artist in any 'zine. Her high Yoda and Vader cartoon is a classic! I've never seen such a smug Yoda before."

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  from Kessel Run #3 -- "I have never heard of Nancy Stasulis, but I'm mighty impressed. Her composition and inkwork are great. Is this lady a pro?"

1984

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  from Warped Space #51 -- "Very much liked Nancy Stasulis' three full-page illustrations, especially Han looking rather shaken after his visionary dream."

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  from Warped Space #51 -- "I wasn't over-fond of the section of the Continuator series that I read (though Nancy Stasulis did some brilliant illos for it), but this was more because it wasn't my type of story rather than any flaw in the execution, perhaps it will grow on me."

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  from Kessel Run #4, an example of "Buddhism in Star Wars"

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  from Guardian #6

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  from Guardian #6

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  from Docking Bay #5 -- "Nancy Stasulis' full illos for Agel's story are a joy to look at and her rendering of Han's sister makes the character stand out more than she does in the story."

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  from Warped Space #50

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  from Warped Space #50 -- "Great illo but Luke and Leia on p. 29 look like the kids from THE BLUE LAGOON."
  
  "Not bad, save on p. 29, where Luke and Leia look like a pair of 13 year olds. Nevertheless, Nancy Stasulis shows promise."

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  from Legends of Light #2

1985

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  from Warped Space #52

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  from Warped Space #52

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  from Southern Knights #1 -- "The noble Queen on pg. 95 — Nancy Stasulis managed to stroke revulsion into every line of her body."
  
  "Nancy Stasulis' illo for "The Seeds of Revenge" is excellent. She has a beautiful grasp of how to use light and dark to create a certain feel...one I wish I possessed."

1986

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  from Imperium #2

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  from Skywalker and ThousandWorlds Collected -- " Nancy Stasulis" art is very much like Kowalski's in that it captures the essence and flavor of the TW universe. The only illo of hers I question is her interpretation of the elderly female Senator, Faeter. Jim Mullins has an illo of the same character which is more convincing."

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  from A Tremor in the Force #2

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  from Dragon's Teeth

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  cover of Outlands Chronicles #3

1988

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  from Tunnels #1, portrays Edie King and Catherine Chandler

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  from Tunnels #1, Vincent Wells washing his lovely mane

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  from Above & Below #1 -- "I especially liked Nancy Stasulis' art; she has managed what I can never do, and that's make a scene that fits the story."

1989

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  from B & B Lite, Vincent as Venus

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  from B & B Lite, a happy Vincent Wells on a beer can

1990

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  from Tunneltalk #1

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  from Tunnels: Different Realities

1991

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  from Ring of Steele (Remington Steele)

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  from A Tremor in the Force #7 -- " Loved Stasulis' stark, defined pictures..."

1992

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  from A Tremor in the Force #6, from "Ladies' Choice", possibly portrays a self-insertion of Stasulis

1994

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  from A Tremor in the Force #8 -- "Nancy Stasulis' color cover portrait is awesome. You could really get lost in the depths of this picture. Love the faraway look that, even in profile, is evident on Leia's face. In my imagination, Han is in the hut behind her, perhaps sleeping — and much snoring! Nice image! What a whopper!"

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  from A Tremor in the Force #8

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  from Imperium #4

1995

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  from I Don't Care What You Smell #1

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  from I Don't Care What You Smell #1

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  from I Don't Care What You Smell #1 -- "Nancy Stasulis' illustrations were generally well done, but I must admit that one of Leia on page 206 made Her Royalness look awfully bony, like out of a Kathe Kollwitz piece. More meat on her next time!"

1996

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  from To the Fullest X-Tent #2 (The X-Files)

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  from To the Fullest X-Tent #2 (The X-Files)

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  from I Don't Care What You Smell #2 -- "The back cover by Nancy Stasulis was wonderful - too bad it wasn't in the movie."

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  from I Don't Care What You Smell #2, spoofing Julia Child

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  from A Tremor in the Force #9

1997

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  from Renaissance -- "Stasulis's Vader with Luke is probably one of the finest I’ve ever seen, fluid and balanced."

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  from Dark Master Dark Servant #1, a honorable mention in the 1997 Star aWards -- "Wow, what a gorgeous cover by Nancy Stasulis! I don't believe I've ever seen a cover that so perfectly matches a zine's title. Great work."

1998

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  from Masiform D #18 (Star Trek)

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  from Dark Master Dark Servant #2

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  from Dark Master Dark Servant #2 -- "... the artwork was very detailed. I especially enjoyed Nancy Stasulis' work! Wow! That lady can draw!"

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  from Dark Master Dark Servant #2

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  from Imperium #7

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  from Southern Enclave #49 -- "Bill, the Intergalactic (Imperial) Hero [writes] ... are not as nasty as Bubba said they would be. After I stepped on Lord Vader's cape, I thought I would get killed, but he just looked at me and walked away. Anyway, this morning the Sarge said I'm being shipped out to a new post -- someplace called Tatooine; he said it would be the experience of a lifetime for me..."

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  from I Don't Care What You Smell #4

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  from Sanctuary, portrays Aunt Beru and Uncle Owen

1999

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  from I Don't Care What You Smell #5

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  from I Don't Care What You Smell #5

2000

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  from Dark Master, Dark Servant #4

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  from I Don't Care What You Smell #6 -- "Nancy Stasulis' rather decorative work for Hiding Leaves deserves a second mention. I love detail but sometimes copiers and Xeroxes don't. Ho hum!"

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  from I Don't Care What You Smell #6

2001

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  from Millennium #1

2002

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  from Imperium #11 -- "Nancy Stasulis' front cover is quite elegant. She always does a great job and doesn't disappoint."

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  from I Don't Care What You Smell #7, a common spoof for fans has been the covers of mainstream "bodice ripper" romance novels

2005

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  from I Don't Care What You Smell #10

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  portrays zine ed Judith Yuenger (with the pitchfork) and Nancy Stasulis (with the glasses) on the back cover of I Don't Care What You Smell #10

2006

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  from Millennium #3

Fan Comments

[Marti Schuller]: I met Nancy at MediaWestCon in Lansing MI where we shared a passion for Star Wars and fandom. She was an amazing artist and a very friendly lady. It was my privilege to get to know her, albeit it too briefly.