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| − | '''APA-L''', based in [[Los Angeles]], is one of the few weekly [[apae]] extant, and one of a not very much larger group of local apas. It was founded in 1964 and as of | + | '''APA-L''', based in [[Los Angeles]], is one of the few weekly [[apae]] extant, and one of a not very much larger group of local apas. It was founded in 1964 and as of January 2022 was still active with over 2957 (!!) mailings. |
| − | Inspired by [[APA-F]] (the first weekly [[fan]] [[APA]], put out in [[New York]]) [[Bruce Pelz]] felt that a weekly [[APA]] should be [[collated]] at [[LASFS]] meetings (though APA-L is not officially a part of [[LASFS]]). With the help of his then-wife, [[Dian]] (who became the first [[Official Collator]] of the [[APA]]). and several other local members, APA-L started its weekly run with its first [[disty]] on October 22, 1964. As of the beginning of 2015, APA-L had produced just under 2,600 [[distributions]]. | + | Inspired by [[APA-F]] (the first weekly [[fan]] [[APA]], put out in [[New York]]), [[Bruce Pelz]] felt that a weekly [[APA]] should be [[collated]] at [[LASFS]] meetings (though APA-L is not officially a part of [[LASFS]]). With the help of his then-wife, [[Dian Pelz|Dian]] (who became the first [[Official Collator]] of the [[APA]]). and several other local members, APA-L started its weekly run with its first [[disty]] on October 22, 1964. As of the beginning of 2015, APA-L had produced just under 2,600 [[distributions]]. |
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| + | [[Lenny Bailes]] remembered that when APA-L was started, Dian Pelz stated that it was for LASFS members only, but [[Redd Boggs]] and [[Tom Gilbert]] decided to pull off a coup. Gilbert wrote to several [[APA-F]] members including [[Dave Van Arnam]], [[Pat Lupoff]], [[Dick Lupoff]], [[Rich Mann]], and Bailes. He told them about the creation of APA-L, invited them to send in [[LASFS]] dues that he would present to the sec-treasurer and submit contributions. As Bailes remembered it, they did this for the first or second "disty" of APA-L and dumbfounded Bruce and Dian. | ||
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| + | [[Marty Cantor]] was OC as of 2022. | ||
Most [[APAs]] call the bundles they produce "[[mailings]]". Even though APA-L usually has out-of-area contributors, some even outside of the US, most contributors are [[LASFS]] attendees and pick up their copies right after [[collation]]. Therefore, instead of "mailings," APA-Lers call the [[collated]] [[APA]] issues "[[distributions]]". It is usually shortened to "[[disty]]". | Most [[APAs]] call the bundles they produce "[[mailings]]". Even though APA-L usually has out-of-area contributors, some even outside of the US, most contributors are [[LASFS]] attendees and pick up their copies right after [[collation]]. Therefore, instead of "mailings," APA-Lers call the [[collated]] [[APA]] issues "[[distributions]]". It is usually shortened to "[[disty]]". | ||
At one point, the [[APA]] ceased production for a period of about 11 weeks. However, once it recommenced distribution, there have been no further gaps in its production. There have been a few of what have been called "Fractional distributions" along the way (e.g., APA-L #30.5). In at least one case, this was done so that a certain contributor would break his string of contributing to each distribution. He managed to hear about it and contribute a [[zine]] to that distribution, anyway. | At one point, the [[APA]] ceased production for a period of about 11 weeks. However, once it recommenced distribution, there have been no further gaps in its production. There have been a few of what have been called "Fractional distributions" along the way (e.g., APA-L #30.5). In at least one case, this was done so that a certain contributor would break his string of contributing to each distribution. He managed to hear about it and contribute a [[zine]] to that distribution, anyway. | ||
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| + | The period in 1972 when [[APA-L]] was invaded by large numbers of [[crudzines]] is known as the '''Crud Crisis.''' | ||
Of considerable note is APA-L contributor [[Fred Patten]], who had a zine in each and every distribution of APA-L even after sufffering a stroke, able to move only his left leg and left arm. It had been said that if Fred ever stopped producing a zine for APA-L, the world would come to an end. (He did stop after [[disty]] 2680, but APA-L (and the world) went on!) He also published ''[[The Best from APA-L]]''. | Of considerable note is APA-L contributor [[Fred Patten]], who had a zine in each and every distribution of APA-L even after sufffering a stroke, able to move only his left leg and left arm. It had been said that if Fred ever stopped producing a zine for APA-L, the world would come to an end. (He did stop after [[disty]] 2680, but APA-L (and the world) went on!) He also published ''[[The Best from APA-L]]''. | ||
APA-L's previous [[Official Collator]] [[Tim Merrigan]] put in more than 18 years at that job. When APA-L and [[APA-F]] were at their height, [[Dave Van Arnam]] was publishing four weekly [[fanzines]] -– two for [[APA-F]] and two for APA-L–some of them 20pp or more in length. | APA-L's previous [[Official Collator]] [[Tim Merrigan]] put in more than 18 years at that job. When APA-L and [[APA-F]] were at their height, [[Dave Van Arnam]] was publishing four weekly [[fanzines]] -– two for [[APA-F]] and two for APA-L–some of them 20pp or more in length. | ||
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| + | * [https://fanac.org/fanzines/Prehensile/Prehensile13.pdf LASFS 40th / Apa-L 10th Anniversary issue] of ''[[Prehensile]]'' (1974). | ||
| + | * "{{link | website=https://www.lasfsinc.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=46&Itemid=136 | text=APA-L}}" by [[Lee Gold]]. | ||
<tab head=top> | <tab head=top> | ||
Mailings || Dates || OE | Mailings || Dates || OE | ||
| − | 1 -- ?? ||October 1964 -- ?? ||[[Dian Pelz]] | + | 1 -- ?? || October 1964 -- ?? || [[Dian Pelz]] |
| − | ?? - ?? ||?? -- ?? ||[[Tim Merrigan]] | + | 172-175 (at least) || 1968 || [[Marty Cantor]] |
| − | Late 500s ||?? -- | + | ?? - ?? || ?? -- ?? || [[Tim Merrigan]] |
| − | 800 -- 824 ||?? -- | + | Late 500s || ?? -- ?? || [[Marty Cantor]] |
| − | ?? -- | + | 800 -- 824 || ?? -- ?? || [[Marty Cantor]] |
| + | ?? -- ?? || 2001 -- ?? || [[Marty Cantor]] | ||
</tab> | </tab> | ||
'''Members and [[Apazines]]:''' | '''Members and [[Apazines]]:''' | ||
* [[Alpajpuri]] -- ''[[Djinn]]'' | * [[Alpajpuri]] -- ''[[Djinn]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Lenny Bailes]] --''[[IPZIK!]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Bill Blackbeard]] -- | ||
* [[Stan Burns]] -- ''[[Conversations With a Pregnant Donut Lady]]'' | * [[Stan Burns]] -- ''[[Conversations With a Pregnant Donut Lady]]'' | ||
* [[Marty Cantor]] -- | * [[Marty Cantor]] -- | ||
| + | * [[Dan Deckert]] -- ''[[Entropy (Deckert)]]'' | ||
* [[Tom Digby]] -- ''[[Probably Something]]'' | * [[Tom Digby]] -- ''[[Probably Something]]'' | ||
* [[Don Fitch]] -- ''[[From Sunday to Saturday]]'' | * [[Don Fitch]] -- ''[[From Sunday to Saturday]]'' | ||
| − | * [[Dan Goodman]] -- | + | * [[Mike Glyer]] -- ''[[Galactic Jive Tales]]'' |
| + | * [[Dan Goodman]] -- | ||
* [[Ed Green]] -- ''[[Knight of the Pens]]'' | * [[Ed Green]] -- ''[[Knight of the Pens]]'' | ||
| − | * [[John Hertz]] -- '' | + | * [[Hilda Hannifen]] -- ''[[Mockturtle]]'' |
| + | * [[Marty Helgesen]] -- | ||
| + | * [[John Hertz]] -- ''[[Vanamonde]]'', ''[[The Cowbird of Wonder]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Al Lewis]] -- ''[[A Statement of Posture]]'', ''[[Why Not]]'' | ||
* [[Dick Lupoff]] -- ''[[OSO]]'', ''[[OPOSO]]'' | * [[Dick Lupoff]] -- ''[[OSO]]'', ''[[OPOSO]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Pat Lupoff]] -- | ||
| + | * [[Richard Mann]] -- | ||
| + | * [[Mike McInerney]] -- | ||
| + | * [[Ed Meskys]] -- ''[[Mayhem Annex]]'' | ||
* [[June Moffatt]] -- ''[[De Jueves]]'' | * [[June Moffatt]] -- ''[[De Jueves]]'' | ||
* [[Patrick Nielsen Hayden]] -- ''[[Sing Ye Now the Praises of CorFlu]]'' | * [[Patrick Nielsen Hayden]] -- ''[[Sing Ye Now the Praises of CorFlu]]'' | ||
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* [[Fred Patten]] -- ''[[Rabanos Radiactivos!]]'' | * [[Fred Patten]] -- ''[[Rabanos Radiactivos!]]'' | ||
* [[Bruce Pelz]] -- | * [[Bruce Pelz]] -- | ||
| − | * [[Dian Pelz]] -- | + | * [[Dian Pelz]] -- ''[[HET BPEMЯ]]'' |
| − | * [[Andy Porter]] -- | + | * [[Andy Porter]] -- |
| + | * [[Felice, Rolfe]] -- ''[[Mayhem Annex]]'' | ||
* [[Bill Rotsler]] -- ''[[Masque]]'' | * [[Bill Rotsler]] -- ''[[Masque]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Heath Row]] -- ''[[Telegraphs & Tar Pits]]'' | ||
* [[Jan Ryan]] -- | * [[Jan Ryan]] -- | ||
| − | * [[John Ryan]] -- | + | * [[John Ryan]] |
| + | * [[Gretchen Schwenn]] | ||
| + | * [[Kay Shapero]] | ||
| + | * [[Criss Stevens]] -- ''[[Barefoot Contessa]]'' | ||
* [[Milt Stevens]] -- ''[[All Digression Weekly]]'' | * [[Milt Stevens]] -- ''[[All Digression Weekly]]'' | ||
| − | * [[Dave Van Arnam]] -- | + | * [[Dave Van Arnam]] -- ''[[First Draft]]'' |
| − | * [[Rick Young]] | + | * [[Ted White]] |
| − | * [[Bernie Zuber]] | + | * [[Alan Winston]] |
| − | * Unknown -- | + | * [[Rick Young]] |
| − | + | * [[Bernie Zuber]] | |
| − | + | * Unknown -- ''[[Woody Allen Is a Hobbit...Really!]]'' | |
| − | {{publication | start= | + | {{publication | start=1964}} |
[[Category:APA]] | [[Category:APA]] | ||
[[Category:US]] | [[Category:US]] | ||
Latest revision as of 08:44, 28 February 2024
APA-L, based in Los Angeles, is one of the few weekly apae extant, and one of a not very much larger group of local apas. It was founded in 1964 and as of January 2022 was still active with over 2957 (!!) mailings.
Inspired by APA-F (the first weekly fan APA, put out in New York), Bruce Pelz felt that a weekly APA should be collated at LASFS meetings (though APA-L is not officially a part of LASFS). With the help of his then-wife, Dian (who became the first Official Collator of the APA). and several other local members, APA-L started its weekly run with its first disty on October 22, 1964. As of the beginning of 2015, APA-L had produced just under 2,600 distributions.
Lenny Bailes remembered that when APA-L was started, Dian Pelz stated that it was for LASFS members only, but Redd Boggs and Tom Gilbert decided to pull off a coup. Gilbert wrote to several APA-F members including Dave Van Arnam, Pat Lupoff, Dick Lupoff, Rich Mann, and Bailes. He told them about the creation of APA-L, invited them to send in LASFS dues that he would present to the sec-treasurer and submit contributions. As Bailes remembered it, they did this for the first or second "disty" of APA-L and dumbfounded Bruce and Dian.
Marty Cantor was OC as of 2022.
Most APAs call the bundles they produce "mailings". Even though APA-L usually has out-of-area contributors, some even outside of the US, most contributors are LASFS attendees and pick up their copies right after collation. Therefore, instead of "mailings," APA-Lers call the collated APA issues "distributions". It is usually shortened to "disty".
At one point, the APA ceased production for a period of about 11 weeks. However, once it recommenced distribution, there have been no further gaps in its production. There have been a few of what have been called "Fractional distributions" along the way (e.g., APA-L #30.5). In at least one case, this was done so that a certain contributor would break his string of contributing to each distribution. He managed to hear about it and contribute a zine to that distribution, anyway.
The period in 1972 when APA-L was invaded by large numbers of crudzines is known as the Crud Crisis.
Of considerable note is APA-L contributor Fred Patten, who had a zine in each and every distribution of APA-L even after sufffering a stroke, able to move only his left leg and left arm. It had been said that if Fred ever stopped producing a zine for APA-L, the world would come to an end. (He did stop after disty 2680, but APA-L (and the world) went on!) He also published The Best from APA-L.
APA-L's previous Official Collator Tim Merrigan put in more than 18 years at that job. When APA-L and APA-F were at their height, Dave Van Arnam was publishing four weekly fanzines -– two for APA-F and two for APA-L–some of them 20pp or more in length.
- LASFS 40th / Apa-L 10th Anniversary issue of Prehensile (1974).
- "APA-L" by Lee Gold.
| Mailings | Dates | OE |
|---|---|---|
| 1 -- ?? | October 1964 -- ?? | Dian Pelz |
| 172-175 (at least) | 1968 | Marty Cantor |
| ?? - ?? | ?? -- ?? | Tim Merrigan |
| Late 500s | ?? -- ?? | Marty Cantor |
| 800 -- 824 | ?? -- ?? | Marty Cantor |
| ?? -- ?? | 2001 -- ?? | Marty Cantor |
Members and Apazines:
- Alpajpuri -- Djinn
- Lenny Bailes --IPZIK!
- Bill Blackbeard --
- Stan Burns -- Conversations With a Pregnant Donut Lady
- Marty Cantor --
- Dan Deckert -- Entropy
- Tom Digby -- Probably Something
- Don Fitch -- From Sunday to Saturday
- Mike Glyer -- Galactic Jive Tales
- Dan Goodman --
- Ed Green -- Knight of the Pens
- Hilda Hannifen -- Mockturtle
- Marty Helgesen --
- John Hertz -- Vanamonde, The Cowbird of Wonder
- Al Lewis -- A Statement of Posture, Why Not
- Dick Lupoff -- OSO, OPOSO
- Pat Lupoff --
- Richard Mann --
- Mike McInerney --
- Ed Meskys -- Mayhem Annex
- June Moffatt -- De Jueves
- Patrick Nielsen Hayden -- Sing Ye Now the Praises of CorFlu
- Marilyn Niven -- Fuzzily
- Ulrika O'Brien --
- Fred Patten -- Rabanos Radiactivos!
- Bruce Pelz --
- Dian Pelz -- HET BPEMЯ
- Andy Porter --
- Felice, Rolfe -- Mayhem Annex
- Bill Rotsler -- Masque
- Heath Row -- Telegraphs & Tar Pits
- Jan Ryan --
- John Ryan
- Gretchen Schwenn
- Kay Shapero
- Criss Stevens -- Barefoot Contessa
- Milt Stevens -- All Digression Weekly
- Dave Van Arnam -- First Draft
- Ted White
- Alan Winston
- Rick Young
- Bernie Zuber
- Unknown -- Woody Allen Is a Hobbit...Really!
| Publication | 1964— |
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