Ratatosk

Ratatosk was a biweekly "news and gossip-mongering zine" edited by Bruce Pelz beginning in November, 1964 and ending after 47 issues in May, 1967. It was very fannish in its presentations of news and it boosted fan funds and Worldcons. Like Starspinkle, it was always a two-page, single-sheet fanzine. The compact format still permitted bits of fan art from artists including ATom, Bill Rotsler, Jim Cawthorn, Eddie Jones, Roy G. Krenkel, and Bruce's then-wife, Dian Pelz, whose humorous illos often related to one of the news stories in the issue.

Pelz said that the zine's name was taken from the name of the squirrel from Norse mythology that ran up and down Yggdrasil, the Tree of Life, carrying rumors from the eagle at the top and the dragon at the bottom, and passing them on to other various creatures that resided on the tree. Ratatosk replaced the previous fannish newszine, Starspinkle, which had been edited by Ron Ellik, who had the fan nickname of "The Squirrel".

Pelz published a fanzine compilation of all the issues in 1992.

Issue	Date	Pages	Notes
1	November 19, 1964	2
2	December 3, 1964	2
3	December 17, 1964	2
4	January 7, 1965	2
5	January 21, 1965	2
6	February 4, 1965	2
7	February 18, 1965	2
8	March 4, 1965	2
9	March 18, 1965	2
10	April 4, 1965	2
11	April 18, 1965	2
12	May 2, 1965	2
13	May 16, 1965	2
14	May 30, 1965	2
15	June 13, 1965	2
16	July 11, 1965	2
17	April 25, 1965	2	So dated on issue; presumably actually July 25
18	August 8, 1965	2
19	September 2, 1965	2
20	September 20, 1965	2
21	October 1965	2
22	October 1965	2
23	November 7, 1965	2
24	November 21, 1965	2
25	December 1965	2
26	December 1965	2
27	January 1966	2
28	January 1966	2
29	February 1966	2
30	March 6, 1966	4
31	March 26, 1966	2
32	April 16, 1966	2
33	May 12, 1966	2
34	May 22, 1966	2
35	June 13, 1966	2
36	July 10, 1966	2
37	July 24, 1966	2
38	August 27, 1966	2
39	September 17, 1966	4
40	October 6, 1966	2
41	November 3, 1966	2
42	January 12, 1967	2
43	January 26, 1967	2
44	April 13, 1967	2
45	April 27, 1967	2
46	May 11, 1967	2
47	May 27, 1967	2

Ratatosk online at fanac.org.

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Publication

1964—1967

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