Editorial thoughts
and musings by Anthony Gagliardo
INTER-FAN, WHERE HAS THE TIME
GONE?
SEE WHERE INTER-FAN IS GOING.
Entry:120400 How
long has it been since Jim Bertges gave INTER-FAN to DOC? How long has it been
since the fanzine "INTER-CHAIN" was published? I wrote for that
fanzine with DOC or Lance as he was known then, in the mid 80's. Now I will be
writing for the same fanzine as afan-net. I don't know if fan-net is a term, if
not you heard it here first.
I
first met Lance in the early 80's. I was managing a convenience store at
that time. He would come in and browse around at the comics that came in. (Note,
this was in the days before there were many specialty shops, they were few and
far between). I saw that he carried with him an illustrators pad. I asked if he
drew and if I could see his illustrations. At that time I was looking for an
artist to draw my story. I explained I was a writer and asked him if he would
draw a character I had in mind. Our first collaboration was "The Wolff
Hunter Saga". Soon a plethora of collaborations started to unfold. At the
submissions page for DOC, on this site you can see part of our work. After
our development of our "Saga" it was time to go to the San Diego Comic
Con.
The
first people we talked to were "Pacific Comics". We explained that we
have been working on a story and were interested for them to look at it. When I
say we, it was really Lance who did the talking. I believe the year was 1982 or
'83. To my surprise they were willing to listen to us then and there. I wasn't
expecting that. And to top it off, this was my first comic convention. I was
awestruck; stupefied was more like it. I have to hand it to Lance, he did a real
good job in explaining our story. Unfortunately, they were not interested in our
type of story. Enter Jim Bertges!
Jim
had "INTER-FAN" and Lance was a member at the time. I do believe that
was when Jim connected Lance to Paul Curtis who was publishing something called
Micro-comics at the time. These were hand-held piblications no bigger than the
palm of your hand. A few of our stories made it in those. it was nice work. You
had the experience of having a dead-line to meet. Lance had to rack his brain
into presenting the story. He always seemed to express my stories accurately
through his illustrations. Then he inherited "INTER-FAN"!
The
idea of "INTER-FAN" from the start is to help creators break into the
business of comics. There a lot of resources out there. In the near future we at
"INTER-FAN" will share these with you. Our goal is to be the one stop
information center with links and editorials of interests. Feel free to submit
work you want want to share with others. You could get feedback from some of the
big-guns of comics and other up and coming professionals. Soon we will be
putting out an INTER-FAN-NET newsletter. Write us with your ideas and help
"INTER-FAN" be your "INTER-FAN". "INTER-FAN" was
made for you, the fan and professional.
How
can we serve you? Help us help you.
Anthony
T. Gagliardo
Editor and Chief
Please
E-mail me with comments at: arneska@hotmail.com