Fanzines Devoted to Robert E. Howard

[mrp]

I stumbled across this at a local comic/book shop today...



an issue of the 'zine Delap's F&SF Review from January 1977 devoted to S&S material and Howard in particular. It was produced in Culver City California...

and it got me to thinking about other 'zines devoted to Howard that might be out there. I know of Amra (I have the paperback best of collections of articles form it-Blade and Spell of Conan, but no actual issues), but I was wondering if there might be more out there I am not aware of. I am interested in either whole 'zines devoted to Howard and his creations, or issues of other 'zines that have a Howard focus like this issues of Delap's F&SF Review I discovered today.

Anyone know of any of these out there...?

-M

[deuce]

Right on, MRP!  I actually owned about 10 Amras at one point, but only two (barely) survived the Flood of '12.

REHupan, Lee Breakiron (his real name) is the MAN when it comes to keeping track of all the REH fanzines. We hope he'll publish a book someday. Here's this to get ya started:



robert-e-howard.org/NemedianChroniclers1.html

[mrp]

Ugh, I completely forgot about the Howard Collector. Thanks for the link deuce.

-M

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I have seen the odd fanzine/ small-press magazine style publications with reviews of Howard's work, articles, poetry, etc.

THE HOWARD REVIEW: edited by Dennis McHaney, Memphis, TN.  I think there's about 5 issues published between 1974- 1976, then they were published sporadically, the last issue was 14, in 2008.
link 
howardworks.com/mchaney.html


Issue 2



CROSS PLAINS: edited by and published by George T. Hamilton. 1974-1975

link
howardworks.com/georgehamilton.html


Stephen Fabian cover art for the last issue 7, 1975

This is an excellent page from Howardworks with the 'Publications about Robert E. Howard'
howardworks.com/about.htm

[deuce]

Damon Sasser talks about the beginnings of REH: Two-Gun Raconteur here --



www.rehtwogunraconteur.com/40-years-of-reh-two-gun-raconteur-the-first-issue-and-an-unforeseen-consequence/



TGR is celebrating its 40th anniversary as a Howard fanzine/journal this year.  

[deuce]

Lee Breakiron is widely considered the expert on the history of REH fandom and fanzines. Here is his article looking at the very beginnings of such 'zines and their evolution over the decades:


robert-e-howard.org/NemedianChroniclers19AE15.pdf

[deuce]

The full text of The Howard Collector #2, Spring 1962. Edited by the late, great Glenn Lord.


archive.org/stream/Howard_Collector_02_Spring_1962.Glen_Lord_CosmicJukebox/Howard_Collector_02_Spring_1962.Glen_Lord_CosmicJukebox_djvu.txt



howardworks.com/howardcollector2.html

[deuce]

Considering its fairly long run -- in zine terms -- and the fact it was an actual "zine", not just a blog, I'm posting a link to the archive of Garrett H. Romaine's The Hyborian Review online e-zine:

www.barbariankeep.com/hyborev.html

It's not bad, especially for those interested in the Conan pastiche novels.

[Von K]

Great linkage here Hun and Deuce. Gonna take me a while to catch up...

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Here's a look at the REH Fanzines by Roy Thomas and Fred Blosser (SSOC 11)

[deuce]

Scans of several REHupa zines, including Rusty Burke's first one:


web.archive.org/web/20051223152705/http://www.rehupa.com:80/hall_main.htm

[deuce]

Roy G. Krenkel, Frazetta's best friend and a diehard REH fan, was essentially the "house artist" for Amra:


www.castaliahouse.com/forgotten-sword-and-sorcery-artists-roy-g-krenkel/

[deuce]

Amra #5. Cover by George Barr.

[deuce]

The ISFDB entries for Amra:


www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?31244

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Jul 11, 2018 11:15:25 GMT -5 deuce said:

The ISFDB entries for Amra:


www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?31244

Thanks for the link, Deuce.