En Garde

(Did you mean the Richard Schultz late-60s fanzine?)

En Garde! (the exclamation mark was sometimes omitted on the pictorial cover, or by others mentioning it) was a FAPAzine published by Abby Lu Ashley and Al Ashley during the 40s. Its covers were created individually using an air brush by Jack Wiedenbeck and Al Ashley, and assisted by Abby Lu Ashley, and Earl Perry. Contents included Al Ashley, writing about his concept of the Slan Shack (realised after the move in 1943) and even Slan Center, and Jack Wiedenbeck's fanzine artwork review column "The Fapictorial Review". En Garde! was included in Pacificon's fanthology, Pacificon Combozine.

Iss­ue	Date	Pa­ges	FAPA mail­ing	Notes
1	March 1942	6		FAPA 19 postmailing
2	June 1942	12	20
III	Fall 1942	13	21
IV	Winter 1942	14	22
5	March 1943	16	23
6	Summer 1943	15	24	"Slan Shack" (brief announcement of plans) and "Slan Center" (longer introduction of the idea; "when Niel DeJack and Dalvan Coger were [here] just before Niel went in the army") pp2–3; Midgicon conrep pp10–12
7	September 1943	11	25
8	December 1943	12	26	CoA to 25 Poplar (i. e. the frst Slan Shack); SLAN CENTER AGAIN pp1–4; "... with jaundiced eye" mailing comments 5–9; Walt Liebscher poem, story and 3 Al's poems 9–10; The Fapictorial Review p12
9	March 1944	14	27
10	June 1944	12	28
11	September 1944	11	29
12	December 1944	22	30B
13	April 1945	15	31	(numbers and dates for missing #13 and 14 from Pavlat-Evans)
14	July 1945	21	32	(and mailings per FAPA Book 2)
15	October 1945	20	33
16	January 1946	30	34
17	April 1946	42	35
17.5	July 1946	6		In Pacificon Combozine

• En Garde online at fanac.org (missing 13 and 14 as of 2023)

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Publication

1942—1946

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