The WKFS Journal
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| Title: | The WKFS Journal |
| Publisher: | Walter Koenig Fan Society |
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| Date(s): | November 1980-April 1984 |
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| Fandom: | Star Trek: The Original Series |
| Language: | English |
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The WKFS Journal is a fan club journal, an anthology, with Chekov art and fiction.
It was published by the Walter Koenig Fan Society, a club that was active in the 1980s. The club advertised in issues 60 and 62 of Starlog.[1]
November 1980
The WKFS Journal 1 was published in November 1980.
- Fanzine and Fan Club Reviews by Mary Ellen Matyi
- Birthday Service by Jackie and Debbie Kovacs
- Pen Pal Service by Gwen Jones and Jane Johnson
- Let's Hear It by Sarie McBride
- art by Judith Schmitt and Alan Branigan
- Starbase Baltimore, May 23-26, part one of the transcription of Michelle's tape of Walter's talk in Baltimore, Md.
March 1981
The WKFS Journal 2 was published in March 1981 and contains 50 pages.
It has an illo by Michelle Ward that was reprinted in Security Check #2.
From the editorial:
While we're on the topic of Journals...I've made a decision concerning the amount of Newsletters and Journals we mail out. Because of the high cost of postage and since I don't want to raise membership dues, we're going to cut down on the number of Journals we publish. We still want to keep you as up-to-date as possible, and mail something out every other month, so the July Journal will become a Newsletter. Therefore, we'll be mailing out 4 Newsletters and 2 Journals each year. Newsletters will come out in Jan, May, July and Nov, with Journals out in March and September. Deadlines for contributions are the 20th of the month before each publication is mailed. As always, contributions are welcomed and very much encouraged.
From the Koenig interview:
Q: Do you enjoy doing cons? How many have you done?
WK:I really didn't start doing conventions out of state until 1974. I've done, since then somewhere in the excess of 50 cons. The nice thing about conventions.is that they never really get old. It's a meeting of people and I find the people attending are fun and entertaining. I have lasting friendships as a result of conventions. The ST con audience is a wonderful audience. They are affectionate and warm and responsive and it has always been a reinforcing situation for me. There was a time, and I mentioned it on the Tomorrow show, when I found it all threatening. In the middle of the 70's we didn't have anything new and were really in effect dwelling on something that had taken place years before. I found myself questioning...is this all I can do - be known for a character that was no longer viable — for a show that was no longer in active production. I eventually reconciled myself to that and took another point of view and perspective. Since then it has always been a delightful situation to attend a convention.
Starcon Hts. was a convention to remember. Though small in attendees, it was big in guests - Present were Walter, George, Bruce Hyde, Bill Rickey and Jesco Von Puttkamer. Throughout the 3 days of the con, we were treated to numerous solo talks and panels (starting with the all star panel and ending with a huge sing-a-long with Bruce and George). Down in the video room played various episodes of ST along with some of the best Media SF tapes you could find (well, perhaps some of them you couldn't find which made them all the better!). STTMP was very well attended — Bill Rickey even dragged TOBRFC Pres, Diane Baron and Vice Pres, Pam Trelli, to the movie so they could see him on the screen "one more time.. . The Dealers Room was small, but not lacking in variety. George spent time at our table (Hosato and the WKFS shared a table) which helped sales, and Walter always seemed to attract a few persons as he strolled around the room with paper in hand (paper being with number of needed bubblegum cards and sent to NJ with Walter by Josh!). The costume call produced somewhere around 25 entries and, though delayed because of slow service in the hotel restaurant where all the judges were dining, and had to be "kept alive" by solo person Roberta Rogow ("keep stalling...keep stalling ), it turned out to be pretty good. Being a judge gave me a whole different look at the costumes and I found myself changing my mind several times (of course, they was actually my way of keeping Walter and Bruce (sitting on either side of me) from "cheating"!). There were many events that I never made it to (too busy, or sleeping, or something like that).
I heard the art auction went well and seeing the smiling faces of both artists and new owners I would agree. I poked my head into the room holding the "Gong Show" in time to hear a rousting chorus: of "Banned From Argo". There was also a fanzine reading room (with zines supplied), and filksinging in the lobby till all hours!
Starcon Hts- was a good convention and I feel Tony Patti, as chairman, and Alan Roginsky, Glen Neilson, and James T., as the guys who really got this thing off the ground and soaring, deserve a round of applause. Thanks, guys, for trying to keep ST alive and in conventions!
- Starbase Baltimore, May 23-26, part two of the transcription of Michelle's tape of Walter's talk in Baltimore, Md.
- MANY photos of fans and room parties with celebrities at Starcon Hts. in New Jersey
- Walter Koenig, a short essay by Josh Koenig about his father
- a con report for Starcon Hts. in New Jersey
- a clipping of an article in which Carolyn Atkinson was interviewed, appeared in The News-Sentinel Roto Magazine, written by Thomas D.D. Zaenger and appeared on August 2, 1980 (includes a photo)
- a bio of Michelle Ward (includes a photo of Ward with Leonard Nimoy)
- Let's Hear It, article about Star Trek fandom in West Germany
- poem by Shona Jackson (calligraphy)
- con report for Shuttlecon II in Columbus, OH during April 11-13, 1980
- con report for Pringe Con I in Phoenix, AZ July 11-13, 1980 (Walter Koenig, George Takei, Bjo Trimble, Shirley Maiewski, and Stan Lee)
- To Dream of You, Have No Fear, poems by D. Mitchell
- pen pal list
- The True Story of My Meeting with Walter Koenig, or Who's Gonna Knock?! by Carolyn Atkinson
- Keptin Chekov, poem by Karen Fullerton
- review of Security Check #1, see that page
- First Leave, fiction by Pam Trelli (reprinted from the Charter Newsletter of the Bill Hickey Fan Club)
- a review of David Gerrold's pro-Star Trek novel, "The Galactic Whirlpool"
- A Bedtime Tale, fiction by Carolyn Atkinson
from issue #2, Michelle Ward
from issue #2,
from issue #2, "With One Particular Horse" (Leonard Nimoy and the play "Equus" - M.E. Matyi (dated 1977)
from issue #2,
September 1981
cover of the September 1981 issue, artist is Connie Faddis
This was the third issue.
January 1982
- Koenig's Korner (2)
- Paramount News (4)
- WKFS Mailbox (4)
- NASA Update (5)
- Book Reviews (6)
- Member Profiles (7)
- ConVoyage (8)
- Fiction and Poetry (11)
- Clubs of Note (14)
- WKFS Bulletin Board (15)
- Hey, Paramount, Are You Listening? (16)
- Co-Chairmen (16)
- Birthday Greetings (16)
March 1982
August 1982
January 1983
cover of January 1983, Shiho Sasaki
April 1983
- Spotlight on James Doohan (2)
- WKFS Mailbox (4)
- Book Reviews (7)
- NASA Update (8)
- Clubs of Note (10)
- Member Profiles (11)
- WKFS Bulletin Board (12)
- Happy Birthday (13)
- ConVoyage (14)
- Fiction (20)
June 1983
September 1983
January 1984
References
- ^ See the full text of Starlog 60 and 62 on the Internet Archive.