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'''Members and [[Apazines]]:'''
 
'''Members and [[Apazines]]:'''
* [[Dan Alderson]] -- ''[[O (Alderson)]]''
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* [[Dan Alderson]] -- ''[[O (Alderson)]]'', ''[[The Wereld Schemering Weekly Wombat]]''
 
* [[Alpajpuri]] -- ''[[Djinn]]''
 
* [[Alpajpuri]] -- ''[[Djinn]]''
 
* [[Lenny Bailes]] -- ''[[IPZIK!]]''
 
* [[Lenny Bailes]] -- ''[[IPZIK!]]''
 
* [[Bob Bernacky]] -- ''[[ReCaLcItRaNt PlEbNeY]]''
 
* [[Bob Bernacky]] -- ''[[ReCaLcItRaNt PlEbNeY]]''
 
* [[Bill Blackbeard]] -- ''[[A Patch of Grem Lichan]]''
 
* [[Bill Blackbeard]] -- ''[[A Patch of Grem Lichan]]''
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* [[Redd Boggs]] -- ''[[Spirochete]]''
 
* [[Stan Burns]] -- ''[[Conversations With a Pregnant Donut Lady]]''
 
* [[Stan Burns]] -- ''[[Conversations With a Pregnant Donut Lady]]''
 
* [[Marty Cantor]] --
 
* [[Marty Cantor]] --
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* [[Tom Digby]] -- ''[[Probably Something]]''
 
* [[Tom Digby]] -- ''[[Probably Something]]''
 
* [[Dick Eney]] --
 
* [[Dick Eney]] --
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* [[Jay Freeman]] -- ''[[The Why and the Wherefore]]''
 
* [[Don Fitch]] -- ''[[From Sunday to Saturday]]''
 
* [[Don Fitch]] -- ''[[From Sunday to Saturday]]''
 
* [[Jay Freeman]] -- ''[[Square Root of Serendipity]]''
 
* [[Jay Freeman]] -- ''[[Square Root of Serendipity]]''
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* [[Tom Gilbert][] -- ''[[Carcasilla]]''
 
* [[Tom Gilbert][] -- ''[[Carcasilla]]''
 
* [[Mike Glyer]] -- ''[[Galactic Jive Tales]]''
 
* [[Mike Glyer]] -- ''[[Galactic Jive Tales]]''
* [[Barry Gold]] -- ''[[Mallorn Leaf]]''
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* [[Barry Gold]] -- ''[[Mallorn Leaf]]'', ''[[1811]]''
 
* [[Dan Goodman]] --
 
* [[Dan Goodman]] --
 
* [[Ed Green]] -- ''[[Knight of the Pens]]''
 
* [[Ed Green]] -- ''[[Knight of the Pens]]''
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* [[Marty Helgesen]] --
 
* [[Marty Helgesen]] --
 
* [[John Hertz]] -- ''[[Vanamonde]]'', ''[[The Cowbird of Wonder]]''
 
* [[John Hertz]] -- ''[[Vanamonde]]'', ''[[The Cowbird of Wonder]]''
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* [[Fref Hollander]] -- ''[[Der Hollander]]''
 
* [[Dave Hulan]] -- ''[[Niddhoggr]]''
 
* [[Dave Hulan]] -- ''[[Niddhoggr]]''
 
* [[Katya Hulan]] -- ''[[The Outside World]]''
 
* [[Katya Hulan]] -- ''[[The Outside World]]''
 
* [[Ted Johnstone]] -- ''[[B-roll Negative]]''
 
* [[Ted Johnstone]] -- ''[[B-roll Negative]]''
 
* [[Dwain Kaiser]] -- ''[[The House of the Games]]''
 
* [[Dwain Kaiser]] -- ''[[The House of the Games]]''
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* [[Mike Klassen]] --  ''[[Fafiation]]''
 
* [[Betty Knight]] -- ''[[The Speckled Rabbit Speaketh]]''
 
* [[Betty Knight]] -- ''[[The Speckled Rabbit Speaketh]]''
 
* [[Al Lewis]] -- ''[[A Statement of Posture]]'', ''[[Why Not]]'', ''[[The House without a Name]]''
 
* [[Al Lewis]] -- ''[[A Statement of Posture]]'', ''[[Why Not]]'', ''[[The House without a Name]]''
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* [[Dick Lupoff]] -- ''[[OSO]]'', ''[[OPOSO]]'', ''[[OPO]]''
 
* [[Dick Lupoff]] -- ''[[OSO]]'', ''[[OPOSO]]'', ''[[OPO]]''
 
* [[Pat Lupoff]] -- ''[[OPO]]''
 
* [[Pat Lupoff]] -- ''[[OPO]]''
* [[Richard Mann]] -- ''[[Deception]]''
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* [[Richard Mann]] -- ''[[Deception]]'', ''[[Hombren]]''
 
* [[Mike McInerney]] -- ''[[Barricini]]''
 
* [[Mike McInerney]] -- ''[[Barricini]]''
 
* [[Ed Meskys]] -- ''[[Mayhem Annex]]''
 
* [[Ed Meskys]] -- ''[[Mayhem Annex]]''
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* [[Marilyn Niven]] -- ''[[Fuzzily]]''
 
* [[Marilyn Niven]] -- ''[[Fuzzily]]''
 
* [[Ulrika O'Brien]] --
 
* [[Ulrika O'Brien]] --
* [[Fred Patten]] -- ''[[Rabanos Radiactivos!]]''
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* [[Fred Patten]] -- ''[[Rabanos Radiactivos!]]'', ''[[A Fanzine for Jack Harness]]''
 
* [[Bruce Pelz]] --
 
* [[Bruce Pelz]] --
 
* [[Dian Pelz]] -- ''[[HET BPEMЯ]]''
 
* [[Dian Pelz]] -- ''[[HET BPEMЯ]]''
 
* [[Andy Porter]] -- ''[[A Fanzine for Fred Whitledge]]''
 
* [[Andy Porter]] -- ''[[A Fanzine for Fred Whitledge]]''
 
* [[Felice, Rolfe]] -- ''[[Mayhem Annex]]''
 
* [[Felice, Rolfe]] -- ''[[Mayhem Annex]]''
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* [[Terry Romine]] -- ''[['At's A;ll 'He 'Rote]]''
 
* [[Bill Rotsler]] -- ''[[Masque]]''
 
* [[Bill Rotsler]] -- ''[[Masque]]''
 
* [[Heath Row]] -- ''[[Telegraphs & Tar Pits]]''
 
* [[Heath Row]] -- ''[[Telegraphs & Tar Pits]]''
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* [[Criss Stevens]] -- ''[[Barefoot Contessa]]''
 
* [[Criss Stevens]] -- ''[[Barefoot Contessa]]''
 
* [[Milt Stevens]] -- ''[[All Digression Weekly]]''
 
* [[Milt Stevens]] -- ''[[All Digression Weekly]]''
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* [[Creath Thorne]] -- ''[[Jerboa]]''
 
* [[Bjo Trimble]] -- ''[[Expletive]]''
 
* [[Bjo Trimble]] -- ''[[Expletive]]''
 
* [[John Trimble]] -- ''[[APALing]]''
 
* [[John Trimble]] -- ''[[APALing]]''
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* [[Dave Van Arnam]] -- ''[[First Draft]]'', ''[[MaLAise]]'', ''[[Fair Play]]''
 
* [[Dave Van Arnam]] -- ''[[First Draft]]'', ''[[MaLAise]]'', ''[[Fair Play]]''
 
* [[Ted White]] -- ''[[MaLAise]]''
 
* [[Ted White]] -- ''[[MaLAise]]''
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* [[Fred C. Whitledge]] --
 
* [[Alan Winston]] --  
 
* [[Alan Winston]] --  
 
* [[Rick Young]] --  
 
* [[Rick Young]] --  

Revision as of 06:42, 15 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.

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

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Publication 1964
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