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Van Splawn was an early [[fan]] who published the weird fiction fanzine, ''[[The Fantasmith]]'' for [[FAPA]], in 1953.  He was a prolific fanzine editor from the mid-1940s to the mid-1950s.  He was a founder of [[Vulcan Publications]].
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'''Van Splawn''' was a [[St. Louis]] [[fan]] who published the [[weird fiction]] fanzine, ''[[The Fantasmith]]'' for [[FAPA]], in 1953.  He was a prolific [[fanzine]] [[editor]] from the mid-1940s to the mid-1950s.  He was a founder of [[Vulcan Publications]].
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He was a [[fanartist]], too; [[Harlan Ellison]] called him a “true ‘craftsman’ of the field” of [[fanzine]] [[art]] in ''[[Sol]]'' IX.
  
 
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* ''[[Mars]]''
 
* ''[[Mars]]''
 
* ''[[Prometheus]]''
 
* ''[[Prometheus]]''
* ''[[Sevagram]]''
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* ''[[Sevagram (Splawn)]]''
 
* ''[[Soma]]''
 
* ''[[Soma]]''
 
* ''[[Symphony]]''
 
* ''[[Symphony]]''
 
* ''[[Time Stream]]'' (with [[Paul D. Cox]] and [[J. T. Oliver]])
 
* ''[[Time Stream]]'' (with [[Paul D. Cox]] and [[J. T. Oliver]])
 
* ''[[Worlds Apart]]'' (with [[Paul D. Cox]] and [[J. T. Oliver]])
 
* ''[[Worlds Apart]]'' (with [[Paul D. Cox]] and [[J. T. Oliver]])
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Revision as of 05:13, 25 December 2020

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Van Splawn was a St. Louis fan who published the weird fiction fanzine, The Fantasmith for FAPA, in 1953. He was a prolific fanzine editor from the mid-1940s to the mid-1950s. He was a founder of Vulcan Publications.

He was a fanartist, too; Harlan Ellison called him a “true ‘craftsman’ of the field” of fanzine art in Sol IX.

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