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FMS Digest, v. 1, issues 1-5, February - July 1941
v.1:no.3: Page 7
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F M Z DIGEST Page 7 FOR THE YOUNGER FANS By Maurice K. Hanson From GARGOYLE January, 1941 A stands for Atom, as most fans should know, And B stands for Binder, both the E and the O. C is for Capek, whom the highbrows adore, D is for disaster the Earth's heading for. E stands for Entities, often malignant, F stands for Fan-feuds, always indignant. G is for Gernsback, sugar-coater by trade And H is for the hacks whom he never paid. I stands for insects, the bitter the better; J stands for Jirel, the female go-getter. K is for Krypton, as rare as good writing, L is for the libels Fearn can't help inviting. M is for Michel, who wears a big hat, While n stands for Nathan, (more familiarly Nat) O is for Omega, without kith or kin, P is for plagerism, the unforgivable sin. Q stands for Quantity, since wordiness pays, And R stands for Robots, and Rocks, and Rays. S stands for Smith, reknowned for invective, T is for Taine, mathematician or detective. U stands for Undead, most absurd of terms, V's for Van Prinn's bestseller on worms. W's for Wells, and World-statish tags, X for eXpense, if you buy all the mags. Y's for Yog-Sothoth, an unutterable person, While Z barely ings at unutterably worse 'un. A FANMAG IS BORN By Squire Pong From LE ZOMBIE April, 1941 7:30 am Young Cyril Snodgrass, age twelve, awakens from a beautiful dream, with an inspiring ambition. The time has arrived, he decides, to publish a fanmag. 7:45 am Young Cyril has formulated, examined and discarded thirty-three various fancy titles for his fanmag. Finally chooses Pleiades Pimples. 8:09 am Cyril obtains from his father one dollar and ninetyfive cents with which to purchase a hectograph outfit. Fanmag will have 22 pages, be sewn together on his mothers machine instead of stapled, and have a four-color cover. (Art-work by himself.) 9:20 am On his way downtown Cyril stops by the post-office to send airmail letters to Ackerman requesting rush material for his first issue, and a notification to Comet Tremaine. 9:55 am Pausing at a newsstand he copies down the name and addresses in the letter sections of the promags. 10:40 am Cyril is spread out all over his mother's dining room table busily engaged in drawing the cover. 11:06 am Cyril has finished the drawing likewise the lace tablecloth he forgot to remove. His sister is engaged in typing the master sheets. 11:44 am Postman delivers an airmail special delivery letter from Ackerman, containing a rush article on the Chicon. 12:26 pm The first issue of Pleiades Pimples is in the mail, containing on the contents page these words: "We know this issue isn't much, but we are not experienced at typing and hectoing, and we didn't have much time." 12:59 pm Postman delivers airmail special delivery letter from Comet Tremaine, enclosing one year subscription to Pleiades Pimples. 1:00 pm A new fanmag is born. "Tying Up Loos Ends Dept" in April FMZ DIGEST was from MILTY'S MAG for Marc, 1941.
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F M Z DIGEST Page 7 FOR THE YOUNGER FANS By Maurice K. Hanson From GARGOYLE January, 1941 A stands for Atom, as most fans should know, And B stands for Binder, both the E and the O. C is for Capek, whom the highbrows adore, D is for disaster the Earth's heading for. E stands for Entities, often malignant, F stands for Fan-feuds, always indignant. G is for Gernsback, sugar-coater by trade And H is for the hacks whom he never paid. I stands for insects, the bitter the better; J stands for Jirel, the female go-getter. K is for Krypton, as rare as good writing, L is for the libels Fearn can't help inviting. M is for Michel, who wears a big hat, While n stands for Nathan, (more familiarly Nat) O is for Omega, without kith or kin, P is for plagerism, the unforgivable sin. Q stands for Quantity, since wordiness pays, And R stands for Robots, and Rocks, and Rays. S stands for Smith, reknowned for invective, T is for Taine, mathematician or detective. U stands for Undead, most absurd of terms, V's for Van Prinn's bestseller on worms. W's for Wells, and World-statish tags, X for eXpense, if you buy all the mags. Y's for Yog-Sothoth, an unutterable person, While Z barely ings at unutterably worse 'un. A FANMAG IS BORN By Squire Pong From LE ZOMBIE April, 1941 7:30 am Young Cyril Snodgrass, age twelve, awakens from a beautiful dream, with an inspiring ambition. The time has arrived, he decides, to publish a fanmag. 7:45 am Young Cyril has formulated, examined and discarded thirty-three various fancy titles for his fanmag. Finally chooses Pleiades Pimples. 8:09 am Cyril obtains from his father one dollar and ninetyfive cents with which to purchase a hectograph outfit. Fanmag will have 22 pages, be sewn together on his mothers machine instead of stapled, and have a four-color cover. (Art-work by himself.) 9:20 am On his way downtown Cyril stops by the post-office to send airmail letters to Ackerman requesting rush material for his first issue, and a notification to Comet Tremaine. 9:55 am Pausing at a newsstand he copies down the name and addresses in the letter sections of the promags. 10:40 am Cyril is spread out all over his mother's dining room table busily engaged in drawing the cover. 11:06 am Cyril has finished the drawing likewise the lace tablecloth he forgot to remove. His sister is engaged in typing the master sheets. 11:44 am Postman delivers an airmail special delivery letter from Ackerman, containing a rush article on the Chicon. 12:26 pm The first issue of Pleiades Pimples is in the mail, containing on the contents page these words: "We know this issue isn't much, but we are not experienced at typing and hectoing, and we didn't have much time." 12:59 pm Postman delivers airmail special delivery letter from Comet Tremaine, enclosing one year subscription to Pleiades Pimples. 1:00 pm A new fanmag is born. "Tying Up Loos Ends Dept" in April FMZ DIGEST was from MILTY'S MAG for Marc, 1941.
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