Nancy Rapp

(June 23, 1931 -- May 4, 2002)

Born Nancy Share and often called Nan, Nancy Rapp entered fandom in the 1940s, writing and drawing for fanzines. She sometimes signed her illos Kabu. He sister Marie-Louise Share was also a fan.

She married fan Art Rapp in 1961. She invented the fannish ghod Ignatz. She taught her son to stick out his tongue and go "pfft!" when the N3F was mentioned.

Fanzines:

• Bronc
• Churn [1961] (with Art Rapp)
• Hodgepodge [1953-56] (with Marie-Louise Share for SAPS)
• Ignatz [1952-59] (for FAPA and SAPS)
• Spacewarp (assisting Art Rapp)
• Spaghetti [1984] (for SAPS)
• Spaghetti Not [2001-02] (for SAPS)
• Torrents [1954-57] (for FAPA)

Her photograph appears on page 16 of A Wealth of Fable (1992), the fan history of the 1950s by Harry Warner, Jr.

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