So [my roommate from college]‘s aunt and uncle were old-school fen, back in the day. This is what she recently inherited:
Now, I’m going to omit credits on these, simply because some of the names of the artists may be their real names. Since what fandom was then is not what fandom is fandom now, and there’s a big difference between ‘publishing something in a limited-run mail-order printed fanzine in 1973’ and ‘posting it online where google can find it in 2015,’ my policy here is to add credits only if the artists request it (they can email me at this username dot gmail dot com).
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It gets better.
Aw, that’s…
…oh hey tentacles, nice to know some things were always classics.
“Draw me like one of your french girls” before Titanic was even a thing.
Is that Risa?
It’s gotta be Risa.
I actually really like this artist. Fortunately, they were fairly prolific:
You know what, I know what the context for this one and the next is, but they’re better without.
And then the classic ‘caught changing’ pinup, which I find much more entertaining than the reboot version:
And lest you think it’s all about the dudes:
…this is just a small sampling. I haven’t even got to the tentacle-penis pinup or the slavery AU or the “did they go to a Roman planet? and is that a crucifixion in the background of the kirk/spock snogging” pics. Or the tribble humping a wig stand. But this post is long enough.
i argued with a friend who said that fanfiction is nothing compared the artworks that come out of the fandoms but hey. Writing fanfiction isn’t always easy, we deserve just as much recognition.
Can I add that when we do ficlets, if you like them REBLOG THEM. Just like fanartists, we love when you do that sort of thing.
I appreciate every single like I get on my ficlets, but seeing that shit reblogged where other people can read it and maybe find my AO3 is just… Yeah, I love it.
