fanzine

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• Because they were created and distributed by fans, most of whom did not have professional editorial experience, fanzines struggled to sell advertisements.

• Circle members might travel for hours to attend “lay-around” gatherings, where they would socialize, read fanzines and create norms to guide the community they were building together.

• I bought Tarzan comic books, and even had a few issues of ERB-dom, a mimeographed fanzine devoted to the works of Burroughs.

• In 1987, a fanzine began circulating called The Betty Pages, which shared stories from her life.

• So, I started writing to this girl Tobi Vail who had a fanzine called Jigsaw, and she was very supportive.

• I cannot countenance any more breathless, fanzine-style chronicling of her attire.