John B. Michel

John B. Michel (1917-1969) was a science fiction fanzine editor and publisher, who also contributed art, articles, poetry, and fiction to most of the prominent fanzines of the 1930s and early '40s.

Michel was actively involved in the early years of the Fantasy Amateur Press Association. In summer 1938 he ran for the organization's Presidency. He co-edited the second and third issues of FAPA's newsletter, The Fantasy Amateur, and solo edited the fourth issue. And in 1940 he was honored with the FAPA Laureate Award for best fanzine artist.

Michel also enjoyed some success publishing in the prozines, usually under the pseudonym "Hugh Raymond". In the 1930s and '40s, his fiction appeared in such pulps as Avon Fantasy Reader, Comet, Cosmic Tales, Future, Science Fiction Quarterly, Stirring Science Stories, Super Science Stories, Uncanny Tales, Unknown, and Wonder Stories Quarterly.

Zines edited and/or published by Michel

• The Fantasy Amateur
• Flabbergasting Stories
• The Foundation of the CPASF
• Futurart
• Futurian News
• International Observer
• The Mentator
• Michel's Magazine
• Science Fiction Advance
• The Science Fiction Bard
• Science-Fiction Bugle
• The Science Fiction Love Letter
• Science Fiction Progress
• Science Fiction Turns to Life
• Sunrise in Evening
• Terrible Tales of Tittering Terror
• Unity, Democracy, Peace
• Vantage Point
• War and Science Fiction
• A Warning
• Who Are The Friends of the I.S.A.?
• The Works

In addition, Michel contributed to

• Agenbite of Inwit
• The Alchemist
• Arcturus
• Astronaut
• Cthulhu
• The Fantast
• The FAPA Fan
• Futuria
• The Futurian Fan
• Futurist
• Galaxy
• Imagination!
• Nepenthe
• The Phantagraph
• Pseudo-Science Romancer
• Sappho
• Science*Fiction
• Science-Fiction Collector
• The Science Fiction Critic
• The Science Fiction Fan
• The Science Fiction Scout
• S-F Dividend
• Sweetness and Light
• Voice of the Imagi-Nation
• Le Vombiteur
• Le Vombieur Litteraire