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| − | '''APA-L''', based in [[Los Angeles]], is one of the few weekly [[apae]] extant, and one of a not very much larger group of local apas. It was founded in | + | '''APA-L''', based in [[Los Angeles]], is one of the few weekly [[apae]] extant, and one of a not very much larger group of local apas. It was founded in 1964 and as of 2024 was still active with over nearly 3000(!!) mailings. |
| − | Inspired by [[APA-F]] (the first weekly [[fan]] [[APA]], put out in [[New York]]) [[Bruce Pelz]] felt that a weekly [[APA]] should be [[collated]] at [[LASFS]] meetings (though APA-L is not officially a part of [[LASFS]]). With the help of his then-wife, [[Dian]] (who became the first [[Official Collator]] of the [[APA]]). and several other local members, APA-L started its weekly run with its first [[disty]] on October 22, 1964. As of the beginning of 2015, APA-L had produced just under 2,600 [[distributions]]. | + | Inspired by [[APA-F]] (the first weekly [[fan]] [[APA]], put out in [[New York]]), [[Bruce Pelz]] felt that a weekly [[APA]] should be [[collated]] at [[LASFS]] meetings (though APA-L is not officially a part of [[LASFS]]). With the help of his then-wife, [[Dian Pelz|Dian]] (who became the first [[Official Collator]] of the [[APA]]). and several other local members, APA-L started its weekly run with its first [[disty]] on October 22, 1964. As of the beginning of 2015, APA-L had produced just under 2,600 [[distributions]]. |
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| + | [[Lenny Bailes]] remembered that when APA-L was started, Dian Pelz stated that it was for LASFS members only, but [[Redd Boggs]] and [[Tom Gilbert]] decided to pull off a coup. Gilbert wrote to several [[APA-F]] members including [[Dave Van Arnam]], [[Pat Lupoff]], [[Dick Lupoff]], [[Rich Mann]], and Bailes. He told them about the creation of APA-L, invited them to send in [[LASFS]] dues that he would present to the sec-treasurer and submit contributions. As Bailes remembered it, they did this for the first or second "disty" of APA-L and dumbfounded Bruce and Dian. | ||
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| + | [[Marty Cantor]] was OC as of 2022. | ||
Most [[APAs]] call the bundles they produce "[[mailings]]". Even though APA-L usually has out-of-area contributors, some even outside of the US, most contributors are [[LASFS]] attendees and pick up their copies right after [[collation]]. Therefore, instead of "mailings," APA-Lers call the [[collated]] [[APA]] issues "[[distributions]]". It is usually shortened to "[[disty]]". | Most [[APAs]] call the bundles they produce "[[mailings]]". Even though APA-L usually has out-of-area contributors, some even outside of the US, most contributors are [[LASFS]] attendees and pick up their copies right after [[collation]]. Therefore, instead of "mailings," APA-Lers call the [[collated]] [[APA]] issues "[[distributions]]". It is usually shortened to "[[disty]]". | ||
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At one point, the [[APA]] ceased production for a period of about 11 weeks. However, once it recommenced distribution, there have been no further gaps in its production. There have been a few of what have been called "Fractional distributions" along the way (e.g., APA-L #30.5). In at least one case, this was done so that a certain contributor would break his string of contributing to each distribution. He managed to hear about it and contribute a [[zine]] to that distribution, anyway. | At one point, the [[APA]] ceased production for a period of about 11 weeks. However, once it recommenced distribution, there have been no further gaps in its production. There have been a few of what have been called "Fractional distributions" along the way (e.g., APA-L #30.5). In at least one case, this was done so that a certain contributor would break his string of contributing to each distribution. He managed to hear about it and contribute a [[zine]] to that distribution, anyway. | ||
| − | Of considerable note is APA-L contributor [[Fred Patten]], who | + | The period in 1972 when [[APA-L]] was invaded by large numbers of [[crudzines]] is known as the '''Crud Crisis.''' |
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| + | Of considerable note is APA-L contributor [[Fred Patten]], who had a zine in each and every distribution of APA-L even after sufffering a stroke, able to move only his left leg and left arm. It had been said that if Fred ever stopped producing a zine for APA-L, the world would come to an end. (He did stop after [[disty]] 2680, but APA-L (and the world) went on!) He also published ''[[The Best from APA-L]]''. | ||
APA-L's previous [[Official Collator]] [[Tim Merrigan]] put in more than 18 years at that job. When APA-L and [[APA-F]] were at their height, [[Dave Van Arnam]] was publishing four weekly [[fanzines]] -– two for [[APA-F]] and two for APA-L–some of them 20pp or more in length. | APA-L's previous [[Official Collator]] [[Tim Merrigan]] put in more than 18 years at that job. When APA-L and [[APA-F]] were at their height, [[Dave Van Arnam]] was publishing four weekly [[fanzines]] -– two for [[APA-F]] and two for APA-L–some of them 20pp or more in length. | ||
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| + | * [https://fanac.org/fanzines/Prehensile/Prehensile13.pdf LASFS 40th / Apa-L 10th Anniversary issue] of ''[[Prehensile]]'' (1974). | ||
| + | * "{{link | website=https://www.lasfsinc.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=46&Itemid=136 | text=APA-L}}" by [[Lee Gold]]. | ||
<tab head=top> | <tab head=top> | ||
Mailings || Dates || OE | Mailings || Dates || OE | ||
| − | 1 -- ?? ||October 1964 -- ?? ||[[Dian Pelz]] | + | 1 -- ?? || October 1964 -- ?? || [[Dian Pelz]] |
| − | ?? - ?? ||?? -- ?? ||[[Tim Merrigan]] | + | 172-175 (at least) || 1968 || [[Marty Cantor]] |
| − | ?? -- | + | ?? - ?? || ?? -- ?? || [[Tim Merrigan]] |
| + | Late 500s || ?? -- ?? || [[Marty Cantor]] | ||
| + | 800 -- 824 || ?? -- ?? || [[Marty Cantor]] | ||
| + | ?? -- ?? || 2001 -- ?? || [[Marty Cantor]] | ||
| + | ?? -- ?? || || [[Heath Row]] | ||
</tab> | </tab> | ||
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| + | * {{fanzineindex |name=APA-L Official Organ|dir=APA-L_OO}} | ||
'''Members and [[Apazines]]:''' | '''Members and [[Apazines]]:''' | ||
| + | * [[Dan Alderson]] -- ''[[O (Alderson)]]'', ''[[The Wereld Schemering Weekly Wombat]]'' | ||
* [[Alpajpuri]] -- ''[[Djinn]]'' | * [[Alpajpuri]] -- ''[[Djinn]]'' | ||
| − | * [[Stan Burns]] -- ''[[Conversations With | + | * [[Lenny Bailes]] -- ''[[IPZIK!]]'' |
| + | * [[Bob Bernacky]] -- ''[[ReCaLcItRaNt PlEbNeY]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Bill Blackbeard]] -- ''[[A Patch of Grem Lichan]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Redd Boggs]] -- ''[[Spirochete]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Stan Burns]] -- ''[[Conversations With a Pregnant Donut Lady]]'' | ||
* [[Marty Cantor]] -- | * [[Marty Cantor]] -- | ||
| + | * [[Phil Castora]] -- ''[[Voices from a Hot Water Bottle]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Dan Deckert]] -- ''[[Entropy (Deckert)]]'' | ||
* [[Tom Digby]] -- ''[[Probably Something]]'' | * [[Tom Digby]] -- ''[[Probably Something]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Dick Eney]] -- | ||
| + | * [[Jay Freeman]] -- ''[[The Why and the Wherefore]]'' | ||
* [[Don Fitch]] -- ''[[From Sunday to Saturday]]'' | * [[Don Fitch]] -- ''[[From Sunday to Saturday]]'' | ||
| − | * [[Dan Goodman]] -- | + | * [[Jay Freeman]] -- ''[[Square Root of Serendipity]]'' |
| + | * [[Bob Geisenhainer]] -- ''[[Grøtch]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Tom Gilbert]] -- ''[[Carcasilla]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Mike Glyer]] -- ''[[Galactic Jive Tales]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Barry Gold]] -- ''[[Mallorn Leaf]]'', ''[[1811]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Dan Goodman]] -- | ||
* [[Ed Green]] -- ''[[Knight of the Pens]]'' | * [[Ed Green]] -- ''[[Knight of the Pens]]'' | ||
| − | * [[John Hertz]] -- '' | + | * [[Hilda Hannifen]] -- ''[[Mockturtle]]'' |
| − | * [[Dick Lupoff]] -- ''[[OSO]]'', ''[[OPOSO]]'' | + | * [[Jack Harness]] -- ''[[The Gallant Gallstone]]'' |
| + | * [[Marty Helgesen]] -- | ||
| + | * [[John Hertz]] -- ''[[Vanamonde]]'', ''[[The Cowbird of Wonder]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Fref Hollander]] -- ''[[Der Hollander]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Dave Hulan]] -- ''[[Niddhoggr]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Katya Hulan]] -- ''[[The Outside World]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Ted Johnstone]] -- ''[[B-roll Negative]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Dwain Kaiser]] -- ''[[The House of the Games]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Jim Keith]] -- ''[[Galoot]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Mike Klassen]] -- ''[[Fafiation]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Betty Knight]] -- ''[[The Speckled Rabbit Speaketh]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Al Lewis]] -- ''[[A Statement of Posture]]'', ''[[Why Not]]'', ''[[The House without a Name]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Jim Lucas]] -- ''[[Lakh Luch]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Dick Lupoff]] -- ''[[OSO]]'', ''[[OPOSO]]'', ''[[OPO]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Pat Lupoff]] -- ''[[OPO]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Richard Mann]] -- ''[[Deception]]'', ''[[Hombren]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Mike McInerney]] -- ''[[Barricini]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Ed Meskys]] -- ''[[Mayhem Annex]]'' | ||
* [[June Moffatt]] -- ''[[De Jueves]]'' | * [[June Moffatt]] -- ''[[De Jueves]]'' | ||
* [[Patrick Nielsen Hayden]] -- ''[[Sing Ye Now the Praises of CorFlu]]'' | * [[Patrick Nielsen Hayden]] -- ''[[Sing Ye Now the Praises of CorFlu]]'' | ||
* [[Marilyn Niven]] -- ''[[Fuzzily]]'' | * [[Marilyn Niven]] -- ''[[Fuzzily]]'' | ||
* [[Ulrika O'Brien]] -- | * [[Ulrika O'Brien]] -- | ||
| − | * [[Fred Patten]] -- | + | * [[Fred Patten]] -- ''[[Rabanos Radiactivos!]]'', ''[[A Fanzine for Jack Harness]]'' |
* [[Bruce Pelz]] -- | * [[Bruce Pelz]] -- | ||
| − | * [[Dian Pelz]] -- | + | * [[Dian Pelz]] -- ''[[HET BPEMЯ]]'' |
| − | * [[Andy Porter]] -- | + | * [[Andy Porter]] -- ''[[A Fanzine for Fred Whitledge]]'' |
| + | * [[Felice, Rolfe]] -- ''[[Mayhem Annex]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Terry Romine]] -- ''[['At's A;ll 'He 'Rote]]'' | ||
* [[Bill Rotsler]] -- ''[[Masque]]'' | * [[Bill Rotsler]] -- ''[[Masque]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Heath Row]] -- ''[[Telegraphs & Tar Pits]]'' | ||
* [[Jan Ryan]] -- | * [[Jan Ryan]] -- | ||
| − | * [[John Ryan]] -- | + | * [[John Ryan]] -- |
| + | * [[Gretchen Schwenn]] -- | ||
| + | * [[Kay Shapero]] -- | ||
| + | * [[Don Simpson]] -- | ||
| + | * [[Criss Stevens]] -- ''[[Barefoot Contessa]]'' | ||
* [[Milt Stevens]] -- ''[[All Digression Weekly]]'' | * [[Milt Stevens]] -- ''[[All Digression Weekly]]'' | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Creath Thorne]] -- ''[[Jerboa]]'' |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Bjo Trimble]] -- ''[[Expletive]]'' |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[John Trimble]] -- ''[[APALing]]'' |
| − | * | + | * [[Ellie Turner]] -- ''[[GremLinkin]]'' |
| − | + | * [[Dave Van Arnam]] -- ''[[First Draft]]'', ''[[MaLAise]]'', ''[[Fair Play]]'' | |
| − | + | * [[Ted White]] -- ''[[MaLAise]]'', ''[[L (White)]]'' | |
| − | + | * [[Fred C. Whitledge]] -- | |
| − | + | * [[Alan Winston]] -- | |
| + | * [[Rick Young]] -- | ||
| + | * [[Bernie Zuber]] -- | ||
| + | * Unknown -- ''[[Woody Allen Is a Hobbit...Really!]]'' | ||
| + | {{publication | start=1964}} | ||
[[Category:APA]] | [[Category:APA]] | ||
[[Category:US]] | [[Category:US]] | ||
Latest revision as of 05:02, 24 October 2024
APA-L, based in Los Angeles, is one of the few weekly apae extant, and one of a not very much larger group of local apas. It was founded in 1964 and as of 2024 was still active with over nearly 3000(!!) mailings.
Inspired by APA-F (the first weekly fan APA, put out in New York), Bruce Pelz felt that a weekly APA should be collated at LASFS meetings (though APA-L is not officially a part of LASFS). With the help of his then-wife, Dian (who became the first Official Collator of the APA). and several other local members, APA-L started its weekly run with its first disty on October 22, 1964. As of the beginning of 2015, APA-L had produced just under 2,600 distributions.
Lenny Bailes remembered that when APA-L was started, Dian Pelz stated that it was for LASFS members only, but Redd Boggs and Tom Gilbert decided to pull off a coup. Gilbert wrote to several APA-F members including Dave Van Arnam, Pat Lupoff, Dick Lupoff, Rich Mann, and Bailes. He told them about the creation of APA-L, invited them to send in LASFS dues that he would present to the sec-treasurer and submit contributions. As Bailes remembered it, they did this for the first or second "disty" of APA-L and dumbfounded Bruce and Dian.
Marty Cantor was OC as of 2022.
Most APAs call the bundles they produce "mailings". Even though APA-L usually has out-of-area contributors, some even outside of the US, most contributors are LASFS attendees and pick up their copies right after collation. Therefore, instead of "mailings," APA-Lers call the collated APA issues "distributions". It is usually shortened to "disty".
At one point, the APA ceased production for a period of about 11 weeks. However, once it recommenced distribution, there have been no further gaps in its production. There have been a few of what have been called "Fractional distributions" along the way (e.g., APA-L #30.5). In at least one case, this was done so that a certain contributor would break his string of contributing to each distribution. He managed to hear about it and contribute a zine to that distribution, anyway.
The period in 1972 when APA-L was invaded by large numbers of crudzines is known as the Crud Crisis.
Of considerable note is APA-L contributor Fred Patten, who had a zine in each and every distribution of APA-L even after sufffering a stroke, able to move only his left leg and left arm. It had been said that if Fred ever stopped producing a zine for APA-L, the world would come to an end. (He did stop after disty 2680, but APA-L (and the world) went on!) He also published The Best from APA-L.
APA-L's previous Official Collator Tim Merrigan put in more than 18 years at that job. When APA-L and APA-F were at their height, Dave Van Arnam was publishing four weekly fanzines -– two for APA-F and two for APA-L–some of them 20pp or more in length.
- LASFS 40th / Apa-L 10th Anniversary issue of Prehensile (1974).
- "APA-L" by Lee Gold.
| Mailings | Dates | OE |
|---|---|---|
| 1 -- ?? | October 1964 -- ?? | Dian Pelz |
| 172-175 (at least) | 1968 | Marty Cantor |
| ?? - ?? | ?? -- ?? | Tim Merrigan |
| Late 500s | ?? -- ?? | Marty Cantor |
| 800 -- 824 | ?? -- ?? | Marty Cantor |
| ?? -- ?? | 2001 -- ?? | Marty Cantor |
| ?? -- ?? | Heath Row |
- APA-L Official Organ online at fanac.org
Members and Apazines:
- Dan Alderson -- O (Alderson), The Wereld Schemering Weekly Wombat
- Alpajpuri -- Djinn
- Lenny Bailes -- IPZIK!
- Bob Bernacky -- ReCaLcItRaNt PlEbNeY
- Bill Blackbeard -- A Patch of Grem Lichan
- Redd Boggs -- Spirochete
- Stan Burns -- Conversations With a Pregnant Donut Lady
- Marty Cantor --
- Phil Castora -- Voices from a Hot Water Bottle
- Dan Deckert -- Entropy
- Tom Digby -- Probably Something
- Dick Eney --
- Jay Freeman -- The Why and the Wherefore
- Don Fitch -- From Sunday to Saturday
- Jay Freeman -- Square Root of Serendipity
- Bob Geisenhainer -- Grøtch
- Tom Gilbert -- Carcasilla
- Mike Glyer -- Galactic Jive Tales
- Barry Gold -- Mallorn Leaf, 1811
- Dan Goodman --
- Ed Green -- Knight of the Pens
- Hilda Hannifen -- Mockturtle
- Jack Harness -- The Gallant Gallstone
- Marty Helgesen --
- John Hertz -- Vanamonde, The Cowbird of Wonder
- Fref Hollander -- Der Hollander
- Dave Hulan -- Niddhoggr
- Katya Hulan -- The Outside World
- Ted Johnstone -- B-roll Negative
- Dwain Kaiser -- The House of the Games
- Jim Keith -- Galoot
- Mike Klassen -- Fafiation
- Betty Knight -- The Speckled Rabbit Speaketh
- Al Lewis -- A Statement of Posture, Why Not, The House without a Name
- Jim Lucas -- Lakh Luch
- Dick Lupoff -- OSO, OPOSO, OPO
- Pat Lupoff -- OPO
- Richard Mann -- Deception, Hombren
- Mike McInerney -- Barricini
- Ed Meskys -- Mayhem Annex
- June Moffatt -- De Jueves
- Patrick Nielsen Hayden -- Sing Ye Now the Praises of CorFlu
- Marilyn Niven -- Fuzzily
- Ulrika O'Brien --
- Fred Patten -- Rabanos Radiactivos!, A Fanzine for Jack Harness
- Bruce Pelz --
- Dian Pelz -- HET BPEMЯ
- Andy Porter -- A Fanzine for Fred Whitledge
- Felice, Rolfe -- Mayhem Annex
- Terry Romine -- 'At's A;ll 'He 'Rote
- Bill Rotsler -- Masque
- Heath Row -- Telegraphs & Tar Pits
- Jan Ryan --
- John Ryan --
- Gretchen Schwenn --
- Kay Shapero --
- Don Simpson --
- Criss Stevens -- Barefoot Contessa
- Milt Stevens -- All Digression Weekly
- Creath Thorne -- Jerboa
- Bjo Trimble -- Expletive
- John Trimble -- APALing
- Ellie Turner -- GremLinkin
- Dave Van Arnam -- First Draft, MaLAise, Fair Play
- Ted White -- MaLAise, L
- Fred C. Whitledge --
- Alan Winston --
- Rick Young --
- Bernie Zuber --
- Unknown -- Woody Allen Is a Hobbit...Really!
| Publication | 1964— |
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