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Le Zombie, whole no. 63, July 1948
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A FANMAG IS BORN 7:30 am Young Cyril Snodgrass, age twelve, his purple pajamas drooping in the early morning air, awakens from a beautiful dream with an inspiring ambition. The time has arrived, he believes, to publish a fanzine. Taking mental inventory in nineteen seconds flat, he finds himself able, capable and eager to become a fan editor. 7:45 am Young Cyril has now formulated, examined and discared thirty various fancy titles for his fanmag, ranging from Science-Fiction Appleknocker to The Fantasy X-Ray. He finally decides on the Pleiades Pimples, which was ninth on his examination list. 8:09 am Cyril asks for and obtains from his father a dollar & ninety five cents with which to purchase a hectograph, plus 75c for postage. Cyril has also decided his fanmag will have 22 pages, a four color cover, and be sewn together on his mother's sewing machine. 9:20 am On his way downtown Cyril stops at the postoffice to send airmail letters to Ackerman requesting rush material for the first issue, and a notification to all the news sheets. 9:55 am Cyril is now on his way home with the prized hekto outfit under his arm. Pausing at the newsstand he copies down all the names and addresses he finds in the letter sections of the pros. 10:40 am Cyril is spread out all over his mother's dining room table with his equipment scattered about the room, busily engaged in drawing the cover for the first issue. He has selected as his subject a spaceman peeping around a huge mass of machinery, a splatting ray-gun in hand, while in the background a spaceship is seen landing nose first, altho the tail is still shooting fire. 11:06 am Much progress. Cyril has finished the drawings, likewise the lace tablecloth he forgot to remove from the table. His sister is engaged in typing the master sheets of a story she herself just finished composing, and the baby is seated in the center of the mess, one foot in the jelly pan. 11:44 am Postman delivers an airmail special delivery letter from Ackerman containing an article on the Toronto convention. 12:26 pm Cyril has finished running off the sheets, wheelded his ma into sewing the magazine together, and the first issue of Pleiades Pimples is in the mail, having on the contents page these hallowed words: "We know this issue ain't much but please remember we are not experienced at typing, and we didn't have much time." 2:34 pm Postman delivers airmail special delivery letter from Everet Evans enclosing one-year cast subscription to Pleiades Pimples and an encouraging letter. 2:35 pm A new fanmag is born. ((And if you think we're joshing, take a look around you!)) (10)
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A FANMAG IS BORN 7:30 am Young Cyril Snodgrass, age twelve, his purple pajamas drooping in the early morning air, awakens from a beautiful dream with an inspiring ambition. The time has arrived, he believes, to publish a fanzine. Taking mental inventory in nineteen seconds flat, he finds himself able, capable and eager to become a fan editor. 7:45 am Young Cyril has now formulated, examined and discared thirty various fancy titles for his fanmag, ranging from Science-Fiction Appleknocker to The Fantasy X-Ray. He finally decides on the Pleiades Pimples, which was ninth on his examination list. 8:09 am Cyril asks for and obtains from his father a dollar & ninety five cents with which to purchase a hectograph, plus 75c for postage. Cyril has also decided his fanmag will have 22 pages, a four color cover, and be sewn together on his mother's sewing machine. 9:20 am On his way downtown Cyril stops at the postoffice to send airmail letters to Ackerman requesting rush material for the first issue, and a notification to all the news sheets. 9:55 am Cyril is now on his way home with the prized hekto outfit under his arm. Pausing at the newsstand he copies down all the names and addresses he finds in the letter sections of the pros. 10:40 am Cyril is spread out all over his mother's dining room table with his equipment scattered about the room, busily engaged in drawing the cover for the first issue. He has selected as his subject a spaceman peeping around a huge mass of machinery, a splatting ray-gun in hand, while in the background a spaceship is seen landing nose first, altho the tail is still shooting fire. 11:06 am Much progress. Cyril has finished the drawings, likewise the lace tablecloth he forgot to remove from the table. His sister is engaged in typing the master sheets of a story she herself just finished composing, and the baby is seated in the center of the mess, one foot in the jelly pan. 11:44 am Postman delivers an airmail special delivery letter from Ackerman containing an article on the Toronto convention. 12:26 pm Cyril has finished running off the sheets, wheelded his ma into sewing the magazine together, and the first issue of Pleiades Pimples is in the mail, having on the contents page these hallowed words: "We know this issue ain't much but please remember we are not experienced at typing, and we didn't have much time." 2:34 pm Postman delivers airmail special delivery letter from Everet Evans enclosing one-year cast subscription to Pleiades Pimples and an encouraging letter. 2:35 pm A new fanmag is born. ((And if you think we're joshing, take a look around you!)) (10)
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