TACS
| Fan | |
|---|---|
| Name: | TACS |
| Alias(es): | Carole Swoboda |
| Type: | fanartist, zine publisher |
| Fandoms: | Multifandom, CSI, The Sentinel, Man from Uncle, Star Wars: TPM, Professionals, Starsky & Hutch, Star Trek: TOS |
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| URL: | TACS' Art Gallery (2002 WayBack link) More art at the AMC Press site |
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TACS was an extremely prolific fanartist who has created covers and interior fanart for zines in many fandoms, primarily slash.
Together with Laura Peck, TACS also published zines as AMC Press.
Some of TACS earlier art can be found at TACS' Art Gallery while TACS a k/s calendar details an any-year calendar that was released in 1984.
She passed away on August 26, 2020.
We are sorry to report that fan writer and artist and former MediaWest*Con attendee Carole Swoboda (aka TACS) died August 26, 2020 after lengthy declining health. Deepest sympathies to her wife, Laura Peck. [1]
Cover & Art Gallery
TACS artwork: for color they favor oil style artwork. For interior art, they often use a minimalist ink sketch method that hints at shapes and textures.
Blake's 7 Examples
Rebel Destinies #1, cover
Rebel Destinies #1, back cover
CSI Examples
Due South Examples
Facelift Examples
unknown date
unknown date
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Guns N' Roses Examples
Axl Rose and Slash, from Guns N' Roses, unknown date
Slash, from Guns 'n Roses, unknown date
Harry Potter Examples
cover of Gold Tinted Spectacles
cover of Innocence in Shadow
cover of Tales of the Pensieve #1
cover of Tales of the Pensieve #2
Highlander Examples
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues Examples
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Examples
cover of Reclassified Affairs #2
Multifandom Examples
undated illo of Elvis
Compounded Interest #4.5
Quantum Leap Examples
cover of Wham, Bam, Thank You, Sam! #2
The Professionals Examples
from Filling Time & Spaces (1993)
unknown date, "Going My Way"
from Professional B and D (1993)
from Professional B and D (1993)
Bodie, unknown publication (unknown date)
Bodie, unknown publication (1986)
Bodie, unknown publication (1986)
from The Professionals
from The Professionals
from The Professionals
from The Professionals
interior Professional B and D
interior art for In the Public Interest #3
interior art for In the Public Interest #3
interior art for In the Public Interest #3
Shadows Over the Land, interior
The Sentinel Examples
The Jungle Book cover
interior of The Jungle Book
interior of The Jungle Book
interior of The Jungle Book
Love and Guns #10
Love and Guns #11
Love and Guns #12
Love and Guns #13
Love and Guns #14
Love and Guns #15
Love and Guns #16
interior Magick
interior Magick
Sentry Duty #1
cover of Reign of Terror
cover of The Diary Series
Sherlock Holmes Examples
Simon & Simon Examples
from The Brother's File
Star Trek Examples
probably one of the earliest media illos by TACS, from Menagerie #5 (February 1975)
probably one of the earliest media illos by TACS, from Menagerie #5 (February 1975)
"Mr. Sulu's Fantasy," from the 1983 Shore Leave program book
"Nurse Christine Chapel's Fantasy," from the 1983 Shore Leave program book
printed in The K/S Art Project in 2010, but the art is dated 1983
"Mr. Spock's Fantasy," from the 1983 Shore Leave program book
from The Complete Omicron Ceti III Lyric Book (1984)
from Naked Singularity (1984)
from Vault of Tomorrow # 5 (1984)
from Vault of Tomorrow # 5 (1984)
from Vault of Tomorrow # 5 (1984)
from Daring Attempt #2 (1985)
from Consort #1 (1985)
from Vault of Tomorrow #8 (1985)
from Twin Destiny #2 (1985)
Command Decision (1986)
from Whisper of the Wind (1986)
from Vault of Tomorrow #9, portrays a young Jim Kirk (1986)
from Vault of Tomorrow #9 (1986)
from Vault of Tomorrow #9 (1986)
from Whalesong #1 (1987)
from Tarkalean Tea (1996)
from The Plain and Simple Zine #10 (1997)
Starsky & Hutch Examples
from Hanky Panky #13 (1984)
from Double Play (1985)
from No Pants, No Badge, No Gun (1985)
from Nightlight #1 (1986)
from Code 7 #4 (1987)
from The Fix #3 (1988)
from The Fix #5 (1989)
from The Fix #6 (1989)
from The Fix #6 (1989)
from The Fix #7 (1989)
from The Fix #8 (1990)
from The Fix #10 (1991)
a illo of Hutch titled "Case of Dead Artist" (1992)
from Signed With Their Honor (2000)
from Dangerous Lives, Dangerous Visions #3 (2001)
from Don't Give Up On Us, Baby (2001)
from What the Storm Shall Bring (2003)
from What the Storm Shall Bring (2003)
Tris & Alex Examples
Alex, from Tris/Alex, unknown date
Alex, from Tris/Alex, unknown date
Tris, from Tris/Alex, unknown date
Tris, from Tris/Alex, unknown date
Tris and Alex, from Tris/Alex, unknown date
