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Both editors contributed columns to this "fannish fanzine", which also included music criticism, art, and regular columns. | Both editors contributed columns to this "fannish fanzine", which also included music criticism, art, and regular columns. | ||
| − | Contributors of writing included Arnie Katz, Richard Meltzer, Ray Nelson, Bob Shaw, and Greg Shaw ([[ | + | Contributors of writing included Arnie Katz ([[FIAWOL]]), Richard Meltzer, Ray Nelson, Bob Shaw, and Greg Shaw ([[Feemwlort]], [[Mojo-Navigator Rock & Roll News]], [[Metanoia]]). |
Contributing artists included Grant Canfield, Tom Foster, Jay Kinney, Ray Nelson and [[Bill Rotsler]]. | Contributing artists included Grant Canfield, Tom Foster, Jay Kinney, Ray Nelson and [[Bill Rotsler]]. | ||
Revision as of 07:18, 25 October 2012
Issue 16 August 1972
Rats! is a science fiction fanzine by Charlene Komar Kunkel and Bill Kunkel.
Rats! was published in New York, U.S.A. beginning in the late 1960s and continuing into the 1970s.
Both editors contributed columns to this "fannish fanzine", which also included music criticism, art, and regular columns.
Contributors of writing included Arnie Katz (FIAWOL), Richard Meltzer, Ray Nelson, Bob Shaw, and Greg Shaw (Feemwlort, Mojo-Navigator Rock & Roll News, Metanoia).
Contributing artists included Grant Canfield, Tom Foster, Jay Kinney, Ray Nelson and Bill Rotsler.
Contributing columnists included John Berry's (Pot Pourri) column 'Kebab', Frank Lunney's (Beabohema) 'Accidents', and Harry Warner, Jr.'s (Horizons), fan history about 'The Fapaish Fifties'.
Letters came from Ray Nelson and Ted Pauls, among others.
Charlene and Bill Kunkel also published Four Star Extra with Joyce Katz and Arnie Katz, and Bill published the fanzine The Main Event with Arnie. Bill Krunkel went on to be a video game developer and journalist, founding the videogame magazine Electronic Games with Arnie Katz and Joyce Worley in 1981 and serving as Executive Editor till 1995. In the 1990s, he and wife Laurie published the fanzine Doodlebug. He later also editing the gaming magazine Tips & Tricks, as well as writing the book, Confessions of a Game Doctor in 2005. He passed away September 2011.
