Phantom Magazine
| Zine | |
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| Title: | Phantom Magazine |
| Publisher: | Dusk to Dawn Press (perhaps also "Masque & Rose Production"?) out of Michigan City, Indiana |
| Editor(s): | Juliana Blewett |
| Date(s): | April 1990-April 1991 |
| Series?: | |
| Medium: | |
| Genre: | het |
| Fandom: | Phantom of the Opera |
| Language: | English |
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Phantom Magazine is a Phantom of the Opera fiction anthology.
There were five issues published.
General Description
Thus combination newsletter and fanfic fanzine put out by Dusk to Dawn Press never made it past issue five and lasted only from April of 1990 until April of 1991. It is an eclectic conglomeration of cartoons, reviews, news, games and fiction, most (with some notable exceptions) on the lighter side.
Some of the poetry, submitted by fans of all ages and talents, may not be to everyone’s liking. In addition to the five issues. [1]
Sister Zine
Phantom Magazine also put out Silent Night, Lonely Night, a digest-sized, Christmas-themed anthology of short, Phantom-related stories
Issue 1
Phantom Magazine 1 was published in April 1990 and contains 33 pages.
It was typed on a Commodore 128 IBM PC 30/286. The art is by Juliana Blewett.
- Me, poem by Michael Patrick Alexander (3)
- Here I Have a Note (this was meant to be a future letter of comment section) (4)
- Meg Giry was here!, cartoon (5)
- Ask Erik, humorous advice column (6)
- Poet's Corner (Christine, The Tutor, A Mask, A Rose -- four poems, one by A.V. Steele, others uncredited) (7)
- For the Record, short LP reviews (9)
- The Kiss, short fiction, uncredited (9)
- A Face in the Mirror, fiction by J. Blewett (10)
- Shattered Dreams, poem by Michael Patrick Alexander (13)
- Bittersweet Memories, three poems by J. Blewett (Gargoyle, The Rose, The Longing) (14)
- Reflections on New Year's Eve Masquerade Ball, The Paris Opera Populaire - December 31, 1882, fiction by Philia Atlantis (15)
- The Night Heart, fiction by Kathleen Faust (18)
- Classified Ads (books, Phantom merch, addresses for penfriends, announcement for a writing contest about the "best Phantom" ) (29)
- La Galerie du Fantome, photocopied photos of the editor and other fans (30)
- Masquerade! (31)
- Erik's Place, cartoons (32)
from issue #1
from issue #1
Reactions and Reviews: Issue 1
This is a cute compilation, but not a very stirring one. Some of the stories are interesting, but the work is dominated by just a handful of authors and a handful of ideas. (For example, a focus in the fiction on Meg Giry, and MG and Erik, runs throughout Phantom Magazine.) The artwork, almost all done by the same artist, moves between good, amusing, and inappropriately cartoonish.[2]
Issue 2
Phantom Magazine 2
Issue 3
Phantom Magazine 3
Issue 4
Phantom Magazine 4
Issue 5
Phantom Magazine 5 was published in April 1991.