Focal Point

(Did you mean the fanspeak?)

Mike McInerney, Arnie Katz and rich brown published 60 issues (including two half-issues) of the modestly named Focal Point, a "fanzine of news, views and reviews," during the mid-1960s.

Brown and Arnie Katz revived the Focal Point title for a second and third volume in the early '70s.

Volume 1 (Mike McInerney and rich brown)

Issue	Date	Pages	Notes
1	January 8, 1965	2
2	January 1965	24	Included Barricini #1
3	February 1965	2
4	March 1965	6
5	March 1965	4
6	March 1965	6
7	April 1965
8	May 1965
9	May 1965	6
10	June 1965	6
11	June 1965	2
12	July 1965	8
13	August 1965	2
14	September 1965	6
15	November 1965	4
16	November 7, 1965	4	Features a Rotsler cartoon and an account of crashers at a LASFS Halloween party, who injured Owen Hennifen and Dian Pelz with a knife and gun.
17	December 1965	4
18	January 8, 1966	2
19	January 1966	2
20	February 1966	4	Fan-Noise #1 was a rider
21	1966	4
22	mid-August 1966	4
23	June 25, 1966		This was apparently a hoax issue by an unknown 3rd party
23	1966	2	Special Tricon Issue, ed. by Mike McInerney only

Volume 2 (rich brown and Arnie Katz)

Issue	Date	Pages	Notes
6	June 1970
7	June 22, 1970	16
8	July 1970
9	July 1970	12
10	August 1970
11	August 1970
12	August 1970	10
12.5	1970	54	Special Bob Shaw issue
13	September 1970	12
14	September 1970
15	October 12, 1970	16
16	October 1970	18
17	November 9, 1970	22
18	November 23, 1970	12
19	December 7, 1970	12
20	December 21, 1970	20
21	January 4, 1971	18
22	January 1971	12
23	February 1, 1971
24	February 15, 1971
25	March 1, 1971	12
26	July 1972	36	Date is correct and on issue
27	March 29, 1971	12
28	April 12, 1971
29	April 26, 1971	12
30	May 31, 1971	14	Final issue of Volume 2

Volume 3 (rich brown and Arnie Katz)

Issue	Date	Pages	Notes
31 (V3.1)	July 6, 1971	30
32 (V3.2)	August 17, 1971	36
(V3.3)	October 1971
34 (V3.4)	November 6, 1971	24
35 (V3.5)	July 1972		Final issue

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