George Gibson

(June 11, 1928 –)

George William Gibson was a UK fan and fanartist from Yorkshire active in the 1950s. He was a member of the Leeds Science Fiction Association for which he published Orbit, as well as providing some of its covers and interior illustrations. He attended the Supermancon and was a member of Cytricon although it's not known if he attended.

At the Supermancon he met Mal Ashworth who explained, in My First Real Convention:

After this I went to the toilet to refill my zap-gun, along with Mr George Gibson, my friend from Leeds. We had finished testing the range of our guns out of the window overlooking the River Irwell and were refilling them at the washbasins when a Distinguished Looking Old Gentleman asked us what we were doing. Mr Gibson said we were filling our water pistols. The Distinguished Looking Old Gentleman said 'Bloody Idiots', and Mr Gibson, who had got his gun full by then, whirled round on him and said 'Smile when you say that'. The Distinguished Looking Old Gentleman patted Mr Gibson on the shoulder, explained that he was a pro-ed, and offered to splash Mr Gibson all over Fandom (he was only joking really). Mr Gibson just stood there with his mouth wide open and when the Distinguished Looking Old Gentleman had gene cut he managed to gasp 'My Ghod that was Alistair Paterson'. 

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Person

1928—

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