Once Upon a Time... Is Now/Issues 037-038
| Zine | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Once Upon a Time... Is Now (Out-In, Out/In, Out...In) |
| Publisher: | |
| Editor(s): | Jeanne Cloud and Joyce DeBoard (issues #1-#27), Jeanne Cloud, Loreen Vanderkrats, and Linda Lakin (issues #27-#33 -- tho perhaps as far as #45), Jeanne Cloud and Loreen Vanderkrats (issues #46-#60 -- tho perhaps as early as #34) |
| Type: | letterzine |
| Date(s): | 1988 to 1996 |
| Frequency: | sometimes monthly, sometimes bi-monthly, at the end much more infrequent |
| Medium: | |
| Size: | digest-sized |
| Fandom: | Beauty and the Beast (TV) |
| Language: | English |
| External Links: | |
| Click here for related articles on Fanlore. | |
Once Upon a Time... Is Now (Out-In, Out/In, Out...In) is a Beauty and the Beast letterzine. It is digest-sized.
See List of Letterzines for similar fanworks.
Contents
The zine is a collection of letters from fans (titled "From the Helpers") of the show discussing aspects of the show including the actors, characters, stories, and fanfiction. This zine also contains photos (both xeroxed and original), some original artwork, con reports, open letters, and sometimes clippings and interviews.
Some regular features were: "OK Good...OK Fine" (the editorial), "From the Library" (zine listings), and "On the Pipes" (fan clubs).
There were 60 issues published between 1988 to 1996.
Issue 37
Issue 37: Excerpts from the Letters
I have been receiving OUT ... IN for more than a year now. Your letterzine was my very first contact to fandom.
I live in a little town near Vienna and there are no other B&B fans within reach. At least I haven't found them yet. But I've found a couple of penpals who have enriched my life in a wonderful way, and sharing with them all that B&B means to us is something I've come to treasure immensely. I wish I'd be given the chance, one day, to come to know my friends by listening to their voices and looking into their eyes, but spirit and soul can also be found in written words and between them. It is amazing how deep such a relationship can go if one is willing to open up and, of course, to spend a great deal of time and energy writing letters. (Thank you for that, my friends!)
Issue 38
Fall 1992?
From the editorial:
You all seem to be saying the same thing over and over...Let's put an end to this bickering." So, we are going to take you at your word and do just that. This issue will contain the last letters with any direct attacks in it whether that person be a star, production personnel or fan. We have no problem printing differing ideas and opinions, but the bickering has to stop. I know a few of you really enjoy the 'excitement' of a good fight, and to you we apologize, but the overwhelming majority of our readers want it stopped. It's to you we dedicate the change.
Issue 38: Excerpts from the Letters
As a British fan I found it interesting to read all the LOC's, albeit there were some scathing attacks on Linda Hamilton. Interpretation is a peculiar thing - I also saw the interviews mentioned by Mary Glenn Crutchley, but viewed them quite differently. Sometimes I believe we only see what we want to see. For instance, a sweet friend who is so hopelessly infatuated with Ron Perlman that she commented about the way Linda had "grabbed" his hand during the interview with Steve Edwards and Tawny Little! Had it not been for the fact that Ms. Little drew our attention to them holding hands and the arrangement of flowers moved for all to see, I doubt very much whether we would have been any the wiser! See what I mean?.
As for Linda doing the movie - I agree she could very well change her tune eventually. If memory serves me right, didn't she say no to the B&B pilot more than once before she finally did it? But I won't kid anyone, it is really frustrating and disappointing to me that this movie might depend completely on what one person chooses to do. No one is that important. If Linda doesn't want it — recast it! I certainly wouldn't be crazy about recasting Vincent and find it difficult to believe it would work, but I also know I'd give it a chance. I would not refuse to see the movie if Ron were not playing the part. (If this movie gets made, I WILL see it!) Besides, despite the make-up -- or maybe because of it, there are physical traits that are as much a part of Vincent as the hair, fangs and claws ~ the way he walks, those expressive blue eyes and of course that beautiful voice. It would be difficult for another person to recreate those. The same is not so true of the Catherine character, so it would be easier for me to accept someone else in the role.
...."OUT...IN" raised a very good issue regarding fanzines and some interesting personal thoughts have been presented by your readers. I love fanzines; they take us places T.V. couldn't and can fulfill our wildest dreams for our B&B characters. They give us alternate universes, pre-and-post storylines, new characters, something for everybody, and are only limited by the authors' imaginations which are limitless....
....Wasn't it good to see Ron Perlman without make-up in USA Network's "Blind Man's Bluff'? Those of us here picked up several Vincent/Ron P. mannerisms in Ron's portrayal of Frank. Did anyone else spot them? I'm also looking forward to his upcoming "Sleepwalkers" and the one he's filming in Mexico now called "The Cronos Device" even though I have no idea what this last one is about. It's nice to see our B&B actors doing well and keeping busy. Be well everyone.