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WHY A Fannewscard - TUCKER I began the FANEWSCARD in a very solemn moment, one fraught with historic interest. I was sitting around one day in my den and thought to myself, why ain't there a FANEWSCARD? And presto! in my mind's eye there it was! The first FAN NEWS CARD, to my knowledge, was that one published monthly by Ted Carnell of London, in 1939 and 1940. It lasted possibly forty issues, was printed in two colors, and brought to the US some of the most important British news of the day, such as information on the British prozines. The war killed the card, of course. I began the FANEWSCARD for no other purpose than to pass along the news items I was constantly receiving as gossip in my daily mail. Of course, as a sideline I knew I would soon grow rich from the project, but then I didn't let fandom know that. As soon as I had made all the money I wanted, I sold the card and the mimegraph it was printed on to Robinson and Connor of Chicago. I wanted to share the wealth. They haven't recovered their lost fortunes yet. -oOo- Ed's Note: In July 1944 Robinson (all that was left of the team as Connor had gone to work for his Uncle Sam) gave up trying to recoup his loss and tried to unload. Dunk bought the card, but not the mimeo. A few weeks later Earl Kay took on the Associate Editorship and has been turning the mimeo handle ever since.
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WHY A Fannewscard - TUCKER I began the FANEWSCARD in a very solemn moment, one fraught with historic interest. I was sitting around one day in my den and thought to myself, why ain't there a FANEWSCARD? And presto! in my mind's eye there it was! The first FAN NEWS CARD, to my knowledge, was that one published monthly by Ted Carnell of London, in 1939 and 1940. It lasted possibly forty issues, was printed in two colors, and brought to the US some of the most important British news of the day, such as information on the British prozines. The war killed the card, of course. I began the FANEWSCARD for no other purpose than to pass along the news items I was constantly receiving as gossip in my daily mail. Of course, as a sideline I knew I would soon grow rich from the project, but then I didn't let fandom know that. As soon as I had made all the money I wanted, I sold the card and the mimegraph it was printed on to Robinson and Connor of Chicago. I wanted to share the wealth. They haven't recovered their lost fortunes yet. -oOo- Ed's Note: In July 1944 Robinson (all that was left of the team as Connor had gone to work for his Uncle Sam) gave up trying to recoup his loss and tried to unload. Dunk bought the card, but not the mimeo. A few weeks later Earl Kay took on the Associate Editorship and has been turning the mimeo handle ever since.
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