Fanzines in the news...
Aug. 31st, 2010 03:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gerisullivan...and not where I'd expect to find them, either.
With Dragon*Con starting this weekend, at least one Atlanta media outlet has chosen a fascinating way to publicize it.
First, the AccessAtlanta homepage.
Don't know how long it'll last, but the main photo currently shows several issues of the Fanscient, followed by this headline: "Dragon*Con beams in" and blurb: "This weekend's sci-fi,l fantasy & pop culture convention owes a debt to the fanzine culture of the 1960s."
Then, following the link, this fine article all about fanzines and Ned Brooks.
The most amusing and fitting line is near the end: "Brooks still publishes It Goes on the Shelf each month on the Internet. He has never gone to DragonCon. He sees little connection between that event and himself."
Also quoted: Toni Weisskopf, and Melissa Conway (the -"head of the special collection of fanzines at UC-Riverside"-).
Yes, I'll admit to being more tolerant of reporting clumsiness than most fans, well, so long as the article captures enough of the spirit of whatever aspect of fandom it's covering. But even considering that, this seems like a darned decent piece of reporting in the mainstream media. Kudos to reporter Michelle Hiskey and AccessAtlanta.com!
With a tip o'the link hat to Dennis McCunney.
With Dragon*Con starting this weekend, at least one Atlanta media outlet has chosen a fascinating way to publicize it.
First, the AccessAtlanta homepage.
Don't know how long it'll last, but the main photo currently shows several issues of the Fanscient, followed by this headline: "Dragon*Con beams in" and blurb: "This weekend's sci-fi,l fantasy & pop culture convention owes a debt to the fanzine culture of the 1960s."
Then, following the link, this fine article all about fanzines and Ned Brooks.
The most amusing and fitting line is near the end: "Brooks still publishes It Goes on the Shelf each month on the Internet. He has never gone to DragonCon. He sees little connection between that event and himself."
Also quoted: Toni Weisskopf, and Melissa Conway (the -"head of the special collection of fanzines at UC-Riverside"-).
Yes, I'll admit to being more tolerant of reporting clumsiness than most fans, well, so long as the article captures enough of the spirit of whatever aspect of fandom it's covering. But even considering that, this seems like a darned decent piece of reporting in the mainstream media. Kudos to reporter Michelle Hiskey and AccessAtlanta.com!
With a tip o'the link hat to Dennis McCunney.
