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The first issue was released in Bloomington, Illinois, U.S.A. December 1938, intended as a 'rider' with a weekly newszine called [[Fantasy News]]. It was a typed, doubled-sided news sheet subtitled "Tucker's Candid Comment". As of the sixth issue, it no longer accompanied ''Fantasy News'', but was now a 'rider' with [[Nova]]. Issue 2, the convention issue, was 6 pages, and Issue 10 of August 1939, saw ''Le Zombie'' emerge as a four page zine with photos and a cover, and become a subscription zine. | The first issue was released in Bloomington, Illinois, U.S.A. December 1938, intended as a 'rider' with a weekly newszine called [[Fantasy News]]. It was a typed, doubled-sided news sheet subtitled "Tucker's Candid Comment". As of the sixth issue, it no longer accompanied ''Fantasy News'', but was now a 'rider' with [[Nova]]. Issue 2, the convention issue, was 6 pages, and Issue 10 of August 1939, saw ''Le Zombie'' emerge as a four page zine with photos and a cover, and become a subscription zine. | ||
| − | With issue 11, Sully Roberts was Associate Editor and occasional art work. Issue 12 featured illustrations, with Walter Marconette (editor of [[Scienti-Snaps]]) as Art Director. | + | With issue 11, Sully Roberts was Associate Editor and occasional art work. Issue 12 featured illustrations, with Walter Marconette (editor of [[Scienti-Snaps]]) as Art Director. |
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| + | Contributors include Al Ashley, Charles A. Beling, Louis Russell Chauvenet, [[Leslie Croutch]] (editor of [[Light]]), E. Everret Evans, Joe Gilbert, William Groveman, Walt Liebscher, Walter Marconette (editor of [[Scienti-Snaps]]), Julius Schwartz (editor of [[The Time Traveler]]), Walt Sullivan, Dale Tarr and C.S. Youd (editor of [[The Fantast]] and [[Fantasy War Bulletin]]). | ||
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| + | Issue 28 featured an announcement that the zine would now be a monthly. A number of issues featured actual prints of photograph attached to the cover including one by [[Harry Warner, Jr.]]; another is a photo of Paul Freehafer ([[Polaris]]), Bob Madle, Erle Korshak, Ross Rocklynne, Walt Leibscher, Date Tarr, Forrest Ackerman, Julius Unger, Robert Thompson and Gertrude Kuslan on the cover and another is a photo of Sully Roberds on the cover. Issue 44 had a photo from the Michigan Convention on the cover. Issue 45 featured the supplementary 1941 Fanzine Yearbook compiled by Tucker, Harry Pratt and [[Art Widner]]. All issues featured letters and fanzine reviews and news. | ||
Cover artists include Ray Bradbury, Walt Carrithers, Walt Daughterty, Roy Hunt, and Damon Knight. | Cover artists include Ray Bradbury, Walt Carrithers, Walt Daughterty, Roy Hunt, and Damon Knight. | ||
Revision as of 22:44, 21 February 2011
Le Zombie was a science fiction fanzine published by Wilson "Bob" Tucker.
The first issue was released in Bloomington, Illinois, U.S.A. December 1938, intended as a 'rider' with a weekly newszine called Fantasy News. It was a typed, doubled-sided news sheet subtitled "Tucker's Candid Comment". As of the sixth issue, it no longer accompanied Fantasy News, but was now a 'rider' with Nova. Issue 2, the convention issue, was 6 pages, and Issue 10 of August 1939, saw Le Zombie emerge as a four page zine with photos and a cover, and become a subscription zine.
With issue 11, Sully Roberts was Associate Editor and occasional art work. Issue 12 featured illustrations, with Walter Marconette (editor of Scienti-Snaps) as Art Director.
Contributors include Al Ashley, Charles A. Beling, Louis Russell Chauvenet, Leslie Croutch (editor of Light), E. Everret Evans, Joe Gilbert, William Groveman, Walt Liebscher, Walter Marconette (editor of Scienti-Snaps), Julius Schwartz (editor of The Time Traveler), Walt Sullivan, Dale Tarr and C.S. Youd (editor of The Fantast and Fantasy War Bulletin).
Issue 28 featured an announcement that the zine would now be a monthly. A number of issues featured actual prints of photograph attached to the cover including one by Harry Warner, Jr.; another is a photo of Paul Freehafer (Polaris), Bob Madle, Erle Korshak, Ross Rocklynne, Walt Leibscher, Date Tarr, Forrest Ackerman, Julius Unger, Robert Thompson and Gertrude Kuslan on the cover and another is a photo of Sully Roberds on the cover. Issue 44 had a photo from the Michigan Convention on the cover. Issue 45 featured the supplementary 1941 Fanzine Yearbook compiled by Tucker, Harry Pratt and Art Widner. All issues featured letters and fanzine reviews and news.
Cover artists include Ray Bradbury, Walt Carrithers, Walt Daughterty, Roy Hunt, and Damon Knight.
Sixty seven issues were produced between the 1930s and the 1960s. The last print issue appeared in December 1975. After 25 years Bob Tucker resumed publishing in October of 2000, and Le Zombie became an "ezine', called e-zombie. Five issues were released, the most recent in August 2001.
A number of terms were coined in the pages of Le Zombie" the term "space opera" appears for the first time in an issue in 1941.
During World War II Le Zombie teamed with Harry Warner's Spaceways to sponsor the "Fanzine Service" to get fanzines to people serving in the war.
