Joe Kennedy
(August 21, 1929 –)
Joseph Charles Kennedy, aka JoKe, was a New Jersey fan active from the 1940s through the ’60s. He hosted Dovercon at his house in 1944.
He published the fanzines Fantasy Review, Vampire, Terrifying Test-Tube Tales and the cardzine QX the CARDZINE and was one of the founders of SAPS. He was one of the founding members of ESFA, a member of The Arisians and a member of Vanguard and VAPA. He was a fanartist and cartoonist, too.
He warned fandom about the Grulzak.
He began writing professionally with science fiction for pulp magazines. He has since become a well-known poet, writing as X. J. Kennedy, a penname he also used for his 1983 fantasy novel. (He added the X to distinguish himself from Joseph P. Kennedy, patriarch of the political family.)
- Bibliography at ISFDB.
- Website.
- “New York Fan History” by Joe Kennedy.
- “A Year in the Life of a Fan: Joe Kennedy in 1946” by First Fandom Experience, August 28, 2022.
- Assorted Musings [1946] (with Joe Kennedy)
- Fantasy Review (Vampire Annuals) [1940s]
- Green Thoughts [1950] (for FAPA)
- Grulzak [1946-48]
- Joe's Jottings [1945-46] (for VAPA)
- QX the CARDZINE [1944-46]
- Spacehound's Gazette [1947-] (for SAPS)
- Tails of Passionate Fans [1946] (with Lloyd Alpaugh, George Fox and Ron Maddox)
- Tales of Antiquity [1945] (for VAPA)
- Terrifying Test-Tube Tales [mid-40s] (with George R. Fox)
- Vampire [1945-47]
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