Arthur Louis Joquel II

Arthur Joquel II (1940s). Courtesy of Rob Hansen.

(February 9, 1919 – March 31, 1974)

Arthur Louis “Art” Joquel II, a longtime LA fan nicknamed Alojo in Esperanto, He and Donn Brazier are credited with coining the abbreviation fmz. Among other fmz, he published Sun Trails, Scorpio, and Fanfile in the 1940s.

A member of LASFS, he guest edited several issues of Shangri L'Affaires from 1942–46. During World War II, he started several chain letters, one of the ways fandom sustained itself in that period.

Occasionally, he published poetry under the pseudonym Fywert Kinge. He also published at least one story in the pulps under the pename William Graham, and a variety of nonfannish publications. He dabbled in the occult.

He married Marie Louise Burnett on June 17, 1938, and they had a daughter, Chloe, on September 6, 1943. It doesn’t seem to have been a successful or long-lasting marriage.

From Fancyclopedia 1, ca. 1944

Alojo Nickname for Arthur Louis Joquel II.

• Obituary by Forrest J Ackerman, Luna Monthly 52 (May 1974).
• “Arthur Louis Joquel II: The Man” by Francis Towner Laney, Spacewarp 36 (March 1950).
• “Arthur Louis Joquel II as a Fortean” by Joshua Blu Buhs, From an Oblique Angle, August 29, 2014.
• “Arthur Louis Joquel II” by Rob Hansen.
• FindaGrave entry.

Fanzines and Apazines:

• Atomic Age
• Coventry
• Death's Secret Messengers
• Fanfile [1942]
• Fmz Digest [1941]
• FutuREsearch [1944]
• In Memoriam: H. G. Wells, 1866 - 1946 [1946] (with Forrest J Ackerman)
• Scorpio [1941]
• Shangri L'Affaires [1942-46] (some issues)
• Songs for Sorrow and Beauty [1944] (with James Kepner)
• Specula [1941]
• Spectra [1941]
• Sun Trails [1941]

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Person

1919—1974

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