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Le Zombie, v. 4, issue 6, whole no. 41, August 1941
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"I laugh because I must not cry- that's all, that's all" *Lincoln published monthly from P.O.Box 260 bloomington, ill voume 4-number 6 bob (hpp) tucker post box 260 bloomington , ill LE ZOMBIE August 1941 "the kept korpse -we support Los Angeles in 1942- five cents a copy we xchange with any and all fanmags whole number 41 e. everett evans 191 capital ave . battle creek, mich (EDITORIAL) WE view with alarm the fact that LeZ was somewhat jilted at denver. See page 4, Saturday afternoon session,for details. The alarm isn't because we were nosed out of first place...don't get us wrong there. We love Snide too. No, our alarm is caused by the reason we failed to capture first place. LeZ, Walt Daugherty said in effect, is getting too personal with personalities, instead of staying a straight humor publication. That is what caused our alarm, for maybe other readers are thinking in the same tone of voice, and when a bunch of readers get to thinking things about a fanzine, the fanzine had better do something quick. Fan history has proven that often. We have given the matter a lot of deep thought. We sat down and thought about it for fully five minutes. Which is a drilling session indeed, for us. The trouble however, is that in attempting to analyze the situation, we are so close to the forest we can't see the trees. It has come home to us time and again that what we published in an issue as humor, or satire, was taken by the readers as something else entirely (and vice versa). We intend something as fun, or news, or satiric comment on news, and some people don't think so. One reader disliked the account of Erle Korshak's last visit to Bloomington because of the ending. I wonder what the chap thought when he read the "Oliver King Smith" 'advertisement' on the back cover, last issue? We just can't please everybody. And, as long as only 25% of a fanzine's total number of readers bother to write in and comment, we quite naturally attempt to please that percentage, hoping the balance are satisfied. We are wondering what particular instances Daugherty was thinking of when he eliminated us. We have two articles in mind which are typical of our policy, to a certain degree. In our Jan. 1941 issue, an article entitled "Following Fanny" was personal to the extreme--and it was signed by myself, acting as Director of the IFF. I un-politely invited a certain fan-newspaper publisher to take his paper and poke it. Could it be this, that Daugherty was referring to? If so, I agree to the last decimal. But please note this sort of thing is held to a minimum. The only other thing I can find that might be offensive is the recent Pong column, "The Fan Mirror", in which ordinary fan news is treated in a very jocular, satiric manner. But I assure one and all that that isn't personal, however to-the-contrary it may seem to you. I'll be frank and say that that column is copied from a very popular column in a local paper. The citizens think it great fun. (continued on page 8)
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"I laugh because I must not cry- that's all, that's all" *Lincoln published monthly from P.O.Box 260 bloomington, ill voume 4-number 6 bob (hpp) tucker post box 260 bloomington , ill LE ZOMBIE August 1941 "the kept korpse -we support Los Angeles in 1942- five cents a copy we xchange with any and all fanmags whole number 41 e. everett evans 191 capital ave . battle creek, mich (EDITORIAL) WE view with alarm the fact that LeZ was somewhat jilted at denver. See page 4, Saturday afternoon session,for details. The alarm isn't because we were nosed out of first place...don't get us wrong there. We love Snide too. No, our alarm is caused by the reason we failed to capture first place. LeZ, Walt Daugherty said in effect, is getting too personal with personalities, instead of staying a straight humor publication. That is what caused our alarm, for maybe other readers are thinking in the same tone of voice, and when a bunch of readers get to thinking things about a fanzine, the fanzine had better do something quick. Fan history has proven that often. We have given the matter a lot of deep thought. We sat down and thought about it for fully five minutes. Which is a drilling session indeed, for us. The trouble however, is that in attempting to analyze the situation, we are so close to the forest we can't see the trees. It has come home to us time and again that what we published in an issue as humor, or satire, was taken by the readers as something else entirely (and vice versa). We intend something as fun, or news, or satiric comment on news, and some people don't think so. One reader disliked the account of Erle Korshak's last visit to Bloomington because of the ending. I wonder what the chap thought when he read the "Oliver King Smith" 'advertisement' on the back cover, last issue? We just can't please everybody. And, as long as only 25% of a fanzine's total number of readers bother to write in and comment, we quite naturally attempt to please that percentage, hoping the balance are satisfied. We are wondering what particular instances Daugherty was thinking of when he eliminated us. We have two articles in mind which are typical of our policy, to a certain degree. In our Jan. 1941 issue, an article entitled "Following Fanny" was personal to the extreme--and it was signed by myself, acting as Director of the IFF. I un-politely invited a certain fan-newspaper publisher to take his paper and poke it. Could it be this, that Daugherty was referring to? If so, I agree to the last decimal. But please note this sort of thing is held to a minimum. The only other thing I can find that might be offensive is the recent Pong column, "The Fan Mirror", in which ordinary fan news is treated in a very jocular, satiric manner. But I assure one and all that that isn't personal, however to-the-contrary it may seem to you. I'll be frank and say that that column is copied from a very popular column in a local paper. The citizens think it great fun. (continued on page 8)
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