X-APA
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| Zine | |
|---|---|
| Title: | X-APA |
| Publisher: | Steve Addlesee |
| Editor(s): | Ray Barber (1979?[1]-1981?)
Mary Gilmore (1981[2]-?) Steven Addlesee (1994-1997) |
| Type: | APA |
| Date(s): | 1978 - 1997[3] |
| Frequency: | Bi-monthly |
| Medium: | |
| Fandom: | X-Men |
| Language: | English |
| External Links: | archive link later version |
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Cover of issue #97, artist Steve Addlesee
X-APA was a bi-monthly APA zine in the X-Men fandom. As Randy Linder, the publisher of X-APA zine Mutant Force put it, "While I assume that most of X-APA’s membership got together because of their interests in comics in general and the X-Men in particular, the reason we stay is because we enjoy getting to know each other and ongoing commentary on any and all subjects.”[4]
Things that may be found in a typical 'zine:
- reviews of the x-comics
- convention reports
- comments/essays about various characters
- artwork (usually X-related) or photos
- fan-fiction
- an update on how the contributor's life is going
- mailing comments: responses to/ remarks about the 'zines in the last issue of X-APA[5]
Issue 1-58 (1979-1989) are kept as part of the Michigan State University's Comic Art Collection[6]. It appears the apa was discontinued sometime in 1997, at issue #97, which corresponds to the date central mailer at the time, Steve Addlesee, gave up the position[7].
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Contributors in 1997:
We're a small group right now, but an enthusiastic one:
- Ed draws comic strips showing the lighter side of the X-Men, along with lots of other beautiful color art
- Steve provides the APA with a lot of nice art (he's a professional comics inker). He's also writing "X-Treme Protocol", a seriously dark 'n gritty fanfic saga.
- Chris D. reviews current comics and is contributing a lot of fanfic. His newest saga pits the original five X-Men against a Brotherhood of Evil Mutants that makes Stan Lee's version look like a bunch of real wimps!
- Greg is also an artist and publishes all kinds of things.
- Chris C. is hard at work on his novel, "Dogs of War", dealing with the first overt contact between humans and aliens, set in an alternate Marvel Universe.
- Rebecca writes "The Avalon Project", starring Magneto and all the nutty people who have come to live on Avalon with him.[5]
Notable Fanworks
- Kid Dynamo by Connie H was published as part of X-APA circa 1988.
References
- ^ File 770 #19, 1981
- ^ File 770 #26, 1981
- ^ (date of last update to the website)
- ^ M. Horvat Collection of Genre APA zines, University of Iowa Special Collections website
- ^ a b X-APA web page, archive link
- ^ Index to Comic Art Collection - Michigan State University Library website
- ^ Steven Addlesee - Bio - DeviantArt (Wayback Jun 10/23)