Yandro

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Cover of Yandro 137, June 1964, on distinctive “Yandro yellowtwiltone. Art by Joe Staton.

Yandro was an important fanzine published from 1953 to 1986 by Buck and Juanita Coulson, with 259 issues in all.

It began as the clubzine of the Eastern Indiana Science Fiction Association (EISFA), and was so named EISFA and edited by Juanita (then Wellons) and Beverly Amers (later DeWeese). By the late ’50s it had completed turning into Yandro.

Yandro won the Hugo for Best Fanzine in 1965, and was a nominee 10 years in a row. Yandro's title came from a story by Manly Wade Wellman. The fanzine's content covered a wide range of topics, including Buck Coulson's excellent reviews of fanzines and a lively lettercol.

The Coulsons were generous in adding to their mailing list, so Yandro was among the first fanzines received by many a neofan.

The zine was excellently mimeographed (by Juanita, who also skillfully handstenciled the art) on a distinctive mustard-colored Twil-tone that came to be known as “Yandro yellow.”

In Charles Fort Never Mentioned Wombats, Coulson had one of his characters describe Yandro as "a sort of Galapagos tortoise among fanzines, having plodded along the beaches of fandom under its hard-shelled editor since practically the dawn of civilization."

Film critic and one-time fan Roger Ebert wrote:

Locs (letters of comment) were the currency of payment for fanzine contributors; you wrote, and in the next issue got to read about what you had written. Today I can see my name on a full-page ad for a movie with disinterest, but what Harry Warner or Buck Coulson had to say about me — well, that was important.

Contributors included Dan Adkins, ATom, George Barr, Ruth Berman, John Brunner, Sherna Burley, L. Sprague de Camp, Ted Carnell, Jim Cawthorn, Raymond L. Clancy, Richard Delap, Alan Dodd, Margaret Dominick, Elizabeth Fishman, Richard Flinchbaugh, George Foster, John Foyster, Robert Gilbert, Alexis Gilliland, Joe Hensley, Jay Kinney, David Lewton, Denny Lien, Dave Locke, Brian Lumley, Allen Mardis, Derek Nelson, Dan Osterman, Alexei Panshin, Seth Poole, Jerry Pournelle, Dave Prosser, Gene Roddenberry, Bill Rotsler, Dick Schultz, George Scithers, Randy Scott, Robert Silverberg, Reg Smith, Mike Symes, Don Thompson, Maggie Thompson, Bjo Trimble, Bob Tucker, Ted White, Gene Wolfe, and Roger Zelazny.

Awards and Honors

Issue Date Pages Notes
36 January 1956 40 Previously titled EISFA (which see)
37 February 1956 24
38 March 1956 24
39
40 May 1956 22
41 June 1956 24
42 July 1956 24
43 August 1956 22
44 September 1956 22
45 October 1956 24
46 November 1956 22
47 December 1956 24
48 January 1957 46
49 February 1957 28
50 March 1957 30
51 April 1957 22
52 May 1957 22
53 June 1957 22
54 July 1957 28
55 August 1957 26
56 September 1957 22
57 October 1957 22
58 November 1957 24
59 December 1957 22
60 January 1958 36
61 February 1958 22
62 March 1958 26
63 April 1958 24
64 May 1958 22
65 June 1958 24
66 July 1958 28
67 August 1958 30
68 September 1958 22
69 October 1958 24
70 November 1958 22
71 December 1958 28
72 January 1959 38
73 February 1959 28
74 March 1959 22
75 April 1959 28
76 May 1959 30
77 June 1959 22
78 July 1959 28
79 August 1959 22
80 September 1959 28
81 October 1959 30
82 November 1959 22
83 December 1959 28
84 January 1960 48
85 February 1960 28
86 March 1960 26
87 April 1960 30
88 May 1960 24
89 June 1960 28
90 July 1960 32
91 August 1960 26
92 September 1960 30
93 October 1960 28
94 November 1960 24
96 January 1961 44
97 February 1961 28
98 March 1961 28
99 April 1961 32
100 May 1961 52
101 June 1961 30
102 July 1961 28
103 August 1961 36
104 September 1961 30
105 October 1961 28
106 November 1961 36
107
108 January 1962 48
109 February 1962 28
110 March 1962 28
111 April 1962 34
112 May 1962 32
113 June 1962 34
114 July 1962 30
115 August 1962 30
116 September 1962 30
117 October 1962 30
118 November 1962 26
119 December 1962 28
120 January 1963 38 Included a 12 pp. "Bibliographic Supplement #1" on John Russell Fearn, written by Phillip Harbottle
121 February 1963 30
122 March 1963 28
123 April 1963 32
124 May 1963 32
125 June 1963 26
126 July 1963 28
127 August 1963 34
128 September 1963 24
129 October 1963 30
130 November 1963 38
131 January 1964 28
132 January 1964 48
133 February 1964 26
134 March 1964 28
135 April 1964 28
136 May 1964 30
137 July 1964 32
138 August 1964 34
139 September 1964 36
140 September 1964 34
141 November 1964 34
142 November 1964 34
143 January 1965 36
144 February 1965 48
145 March 1965 36
146 March 1965 28
147 April 1965 32
148 May 1965 28
149 July 1965 28
150 August 1965 32
151 September 1965 36
152 November 1965 32
153 November 1965 32
154 December 1965 30
155 January 1966 52
156 February 1966 28
157 April 1966 34
158 May 1966 30
159 May 1966 34
160 June 1966 32
161 July 1966 32
162 August 1966 32
163 September 1966 32
164 November 1966 30
165 December 1966 36
166 December 1966 30
167 January 1967 46
168 February 1967 32
169 March 1967 32
170 April 1967 32
171 May 1967 34
172 June 1967 34
173 July 1967 32
174 September 1967 36
175 September 1967 32
176 November 1967 36
177 December 1967 34
178 February 1967 44
179 March 1968 34
180 April 1968 34
181 May 1968 32
182 July 1968 34
183 August 1968 38
184 October 1968 40
185 December 1968 34
186 March 1969 40
187 April 1969 36
188 May 1969 34
189 June 1969 36
190 August 1969 36
191 September 1969 36
192 October 1969 34
193 November 1969 34
194 December 1969 32
195 January 1970 44
196 March 1970 36
197 April 1970 32
198 June 1970 34
199 August 1970 34
200 September 1970 54
201 October 1970 36
202 November 1970 36
203 December 1970 34
204 February 1971 42
205 March 1971 40 Misnumbered 201
206 May 1971 36
207 June 1971 36
208 July 1971 34
209 September 1971 34
210 October 1971 40
211 December 1971 36
212 January 1972 40
213 March 1972 40
214 May 1972 36
215 July 1972 40
216 August 1972 34
217 November 1972 40
218 December 1972 34
219 February 1973 62 [20th Annish]
220 May 1973 44
221 July 1973 44
222 August 1973 38
223 October 1973 40
224 December 1973 36
225 February 1974 48
226 April 1974 38
227 June 1974 36
228 September 1974 36
229 November 1974 38
230 January 1975 50
231 April 1975 38
232 June 1975 36
233 November 1975 38
234 January 1976 44
235 April 1976 42
236 July 1976 40
237 August 1976 38
238 December 1976 40
239 March 1977 36
240 July 1977 46
241 December 1977 44
242 January 1978 38
243 April 1978 38
244 June 1978 40
245 December 1978 40
246 February 1979 48
247-248 September 1979 74
249 January 1980 40
250 October 1980 50
251 October 1980 50
252 February 1981 46
253-254 September 1981 64
255 March 1982 48
256-257 December 1982 58
258 December 1984 18
259 February 1986 8 Final issue



Publication 19531986
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