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TETRAGRAIWTON FRAGI fol me 3, numbei ! FO NL #44) is published monthly b)of the UFO (UNITED F^iMfINE ORGANIZATION) as a neasletter/letterapa for the m© i

pture members of the UFO, Members get TF for thf? cost of postaqe, anto applicant's gh postage mor. ••.•-, .s Officially Requenafced. If you're on Spec

•one in the group wants to knotu if you're interested in joining. Otherwises 50e each,, i% last issue is #3?; back issues: 2~3?14-15,18,19,23-25.27,

40. Applicants ore euelcome to participate in the NL if they chip in for postagatters on ditto masters (or else I won''t be responsible for leqil ty!)

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WGESs >\dd Fandom Funnies fo and put Fandom Funni^cid Corai I (limited, and drop Syzygy-, Put Fangs #1 back or tl

checklist.

10 GAINEOs Lost is Ron Baker, who Didn't Write. I don't :but IT.r; surprised and disappointed to sea him drop,

to reinstate him because the I

nd he u' :now what was going on, an- . st Writ i

RoGk hasn't gotten Clyde's #1 . Sorry.Terrence, ;q:s at a istill un\ a copy. Sent nd noting si

i-shed up on your applies :;or membership next month.

tITE & MUST PUBLISH... Must write; Vines Kimszel, Stsve Kri ill Mutsin, and Jay Zill li st publish by NEXT mi

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Glad, to hear you've goi atin your hot little hands,, Here, 1 just r:. xvedOs eight, and have written Chris a detailed loe„

the rscord« my judging; of Os eight iss5 out of fOo

oie hei ' > fscls he .t about?seas ;:• 3„ Review copies ox your

nes can be pent to Paul instead elf. but •&t case., no official r of then trill appear in

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a poor idea*. In . fa Irather start ,3 of our oun. better suited to whatever

purposes « ,t and ti t a debt to society or I

fug or ie preprinted ch« I see a lol 3 ho• that goin :;o be kept ' -:: data?

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;her than ~yv which f jualitj iown purpose.

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a bit pissed for never r« . X but bkaifault„ It doesn't take that long to sit doim and type out a arather than ezpect Kurt to therao a hurried >?-,

Alsos it seeas. to me anyway9 that we are roup oft's wrong with th< t. The word ,rfan:: doasn't ihply a-iythi: g f

"print runs of 20 copies" or even about the 1 of quality ofIt does iaply where our activation cones iron for these aonewhatbisarre projects of ours*—uaaiely not to sake a livi • ; * beoa

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.ewe get you -v Maine confuse* ?ry„ But;e as good ee the last.issue—it seemed

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. : the Nebulas. It would be composed of writers and artistiself there wares to the semi-pro sines, with a • i of three sales per

iesfcers of the organized a fanzine, bei ! fort st<stories thai: wil jible for t ards will be those aj

that appej -ore times a year. There's more to it,contact Chet Ciingan at P( . 7336, Oroville, CA, 95365. The r

unlesi ' sea there is a definite ix :to him! It help (this project that is) get

or sad faataa he recognitioneautiful sei tor a series of arguements, ve on.....

.X Just as a correction on your vsting grid, Rich Morrlssejr"Also9 could you change ?sy position for the mailing oi

hit mora time in 77

out a few more a #3 to a few oaza, no don't be surprised if you her con.

• sfhing to giA acceptance.

Lnce- Many thanks for sending along C•:.... •Lariy th f. ros.

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I have left at the moment is to tell you a bit about myself andting to bran in publishing under the AD Press c< with i

rlock H is that interests any of you. I plan on tryA; ERS artists John Linton, Frank Utpatel, & Stev

a few mi Eists, bins I have to see how they will !r twelve plate ffo*lio at a re

Llaborating on some mystery :t stories wil. f Mag. 1

Note: If any of you are really dying to A •to get a copy fro- Hurst Collector-:

car, ,. that 1 : ie was worth I don't know........

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s 21 and I liked the ;*Esquebedo Demerary',; cartoon in spite of itself), Lthose drawings of Batman gat a little tiring. Perhaps you could spur your artists

3tion of i • more imaginati . i? 'e g i Schumsr Ls onc artists, and he seems to do a good job with the zine's logos and graphics. As forA the only real complaint I have is that "Panic in the Night" was predictable, Butde from making to clues too easy to figure out, the story was fairly well written.

Perhaps predictably, "Comic Oddities'* and "Bat-Adages" were my favorite articles.This isn't going to be easy, but; text: 3.5/4; art; 2/3; productions ?/3; totsboss ratings of ?»5 seem to be contageous today,,.)

FREE FALL 8

Mike "A Or perhaps that should be "Mike Main and Paul Chadwick", since Paul seeto pop up as much as you do, T guess Free Fall's big strength is its

personality, which makes it funto read. And Paul's graphics are excellent 33 usual.7 complaint is the printing. Some people have complimented you en good printing,

order people have complained. But !T,y copy was badly bled-tbrough to the po:ity, in places. FF ?"s front cover struck ma as being 3 little bit weak, but

the front cower this time I think is one of Paul's better efforts. Production; saying"continued next page" at the bottom of every page is unnecessary. I think most readersare smart enough to know that whan you finish one page, you qo onto the next.Art? 3.5/3.5; Copy; 3/3*5; production! '1.5/3; totals 8

Gnome gats a personal LoC Rsal Soon F\Jgw. No kidding, J

s Rock: In case I forgot to mention it before, putting together a UFO info sheetwould definitely be a good idea.

a KeeterS 3oy. I sure hops that no one figures out where you really are; it could hsdisastrous results, you know, But tell me —does Henry Kissengor A

7 that all the time?

. Fiutschler" Despite what Steve Kester says, I'm sure that your letter was indeedoffset. I*us seen direct image paper offset masters, but I've never

J them, I understand they*re great if you like to print fingerprints, though.Direct image offset is like ditto in that the original and the master are the samesheet, but a direct image offset master is printed in exactly the same manner as

her kind of offset master/plate. A ditto master, on the er hand, has itsL: right on the original, whereas for a direct image offset master, the ink stj

from the press. So a direct image offset master really bears little similar. ,a ditto master, y Going into Engineering school next year, eh? Watch out, or you'll

rt to make ma feel nostalgic. Anyone who keeps track of that sort of thing knows"m a senior in civil engineering now (and starting to think shout an 'AS.). I

pose right now you're getting tons of advice from everyone who's older than youare, but if you don't mind a little more, take ail the math you can before you qet •

ege! Math courses at big universities are no fun at all, and you're likely toa yourself a lot of frustration if you can at least get through first term calculus

before you start college. Well, good luck in getting into a good schoolI Q "WaitLege". Vas, I remember that phrase, jj Nope, I'm not a speedfreak.' The only drug I

5i<er use (other than a pain killer, when I had wisdom teeth removed, of course) iscaffeine, in the form of tea, and even then, not too frequently; just when I'm in

•.:•. of dozing off. but. I have to stay awake. I think I went through about a jar ofinstant tea a term, my freshman year, trying to keep myself awake while reading

istry text book<».[] As for my large amount of fanac, let's just say '*m3 compulsive worker. It seems to run in the family.

y Scialiss Sorry about the bad repro. I happened largely because of 1) the poorcondition of your typeface, 2) those lousy thermofax masters of mine, and

3) . a you typed on both sides of the sheet. The n ime you write a J.' ..- /WId you 7 your selectric on only one side of the sheet : else get

i di naster? jj Wo, I don't think there's any hostility toward you or Cam-g to get his money back- hut asking For

• •-, It's a good don't LL g worth that much. But in

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ress stuff (dussno ct • • La, • . •'. • l • • i •

ood issue by "Mr. Ripcord". Gr srsr9Good

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:• , Overall,a greatixture of fact a istionjT.HL,. \ fees:: t

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IAT8ANIA #22 -- Satmania is the fanzine for Batman fans and is ana of the oldest comic*h <.h< , fanzin9s 8t5n i5aln'3 Published, Today the editor is Richard I

oh\» LS^I," S mrf!* f f* UFDi THl3 iS8Ue' RiCh'S fifth' featur; i". Batfxction by Chris Lowdar with illos by Arlan Schumer, a section of

what the Flash-not to mention the Spirit-would have f ioutera Jay Zilber's -Update", here taking a look at the Joker and o

Depart two of the Bet, acklist, and more. Other artworkHiofrlaaS" "^ ^ °th8r8' Sl"°n' 24 P^S' a11 °ff

-005 #9 —Bulldog is:G stripsina, but not the kind you usually think of.. . /ef >i but rathar, it's a nawepapa*« about strips, such as Russ inning's first TARZAN story! st

,a by Dannis HUtott , about new newspaper strips ano intakes Jt! «• corner, Bob Blndig'. look at PrJ

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UNLIMITED #2 - CU ia a strj - CBnfc, faai,eu.Dm .... Shaltcn9a FABULPUS FURRY FRI I , and Jay

«V0;..and Fat Freddy', tool Thara are some Lp9 tc,sorga Erling (jh, ront co

i the issuB ara 8 faa ada an aditorial and letters.Vincent kimszal, editor; 45*. 30 ptsgss. * P ^ '

As, Paul Chadwiek, Bill ffiotse, and f .. feat.Endeavor is i Fiction/sty

tla, "Black Future54, and Kurt Eifichaan'e "Littla : >i®s",wi-s an inter 0ff9r, sint A , ihi, ,

rip, which bands out thv Foe the best UFO faminsis contributors — aha espaar in funny aniaal

» STRAWGE 9'!'T UNNATURAlBaa an exciting nsts artistic approach toi<urooski, Angus l%cl«ade and Red Snyder. II

Kurt .A. -., oditor, $1,.,

FREE FALL #8 -«• This ie f.. omies genjine, peof artwofik am Paul Chads

ligh*', win»•'•• . • may aaks ball

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ins Muat carry tha UFO syrsbol on tha front or back cov€or contents page.ship sust not e*e»ed 15 asambers at any one time.shell .a ted to the position of Chairman of the co-opshall be held once a year in Augusts with results announce

fica Mill start with October. Snou.'d aa may c bib elections and appoint a temporary Chairman

be elected. Should the Chairman prows incompetents he may bs ihe us removed from office, ha sill aopoint a temporary Chairnan

i elected* A Publicity Manager will be atime and in the earns asm the Chairman, Tha Publicity Sfenager'a duties arc

ons,

zins, with the exception of short newsletters,, must, carryerrentA . 3 with their prices end addresses of their publishers,

Th© he main being a member. Whenever a member re•a or ©alls 04i aw bs must swiftly inform the NL editor so tha

a UFO zine is leas than 10 pages,, it m.. it, listii . is zinss; nee, • »ss of w . and aof content*.

&RTjCL£ ..El- Wb» api end a copy of theii rineg each .aaabsr-of tha co-op for revie«w THsy should also inform tha hi editor of their wish for

• that ha .can bX is done on » yss/no basis.«-ISIl£kOi,.. Suggestions 7 iip additJ Constitution should be

irsuan so that h* een bring the suggestirans to the-' at' r of the other meam.V»0 <}BCU»i me fi£^J(!yp AM A AHO-TUA) IT M^f <S€ V&Tft

|Ql A17. . ire are re.3|uir»d ta participate in the voting and discus;3 NL. Any wan*;®:? mho is nolb heard from for tao con

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'GNOME "• was all pleasan: at and. . s ated tS te i

Tony S s a real let=down codarticles in ••• [he art on the strip was nica lot to be desired. rou were still in the i ,GNOMF is between issue

Kurt Erichsen

i '.W Kings "N-219Corvallis, Oregon 97330

=9d December 12, 1976

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