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R. Seth Friedman then published the magazine for five years in San Francisco, with the help of Christopher Becker, Miriam Wolf and Jerod Pore, until Issue #64 in 1998. Circulation grew to 16,000 during that time.
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In the 1980s and early 1990s, its comprehensive reviews (thousands in each issue) made it the most important publication in its field, heralding the wider spread of what would eventually be called
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About 1/4 of the zines in the collection are listed on Excelsior, the New York State Library's electronic catalog; staff of the Manuscripts & Special Collection can help locate other items.
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was a periodical mostly consisting of short reviews of privately produced printed matter along with contact details of the editors and publishers.
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by Friedman (1997, Three Rivers Press). Until 1989, Gunderloy collected and, in turn, made available several versions of the
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and published a single issue, Issue #45, with the help of BBS enthusiast Bill Paulouskas, cartoonist Ben Gordon, writer
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Two hundred and forty zines that R. Seth Friedman donated are in the collection of the San Francisco Public Library.
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formed a vital directory for connecting like-minded people. It was the literary equivalent to such phenomena as
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Gunderloy later worked as a computer programmer before retiring in 2020. He co-authored the book
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Before the widespread adoption of the web and e-mail beginning around 1994, publications such as
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Shane Williams, Holly Cornell, Al Kowalewski, et al., "Factsheet Five: The Fanzine Fanzine,"
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culture. A number of underground artists and writers read or submitted their work to
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Libraries Preserve the Latest Trend in Publishing: Zines by Ron Chepesiuk
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The magazine was originally published in 1982 by Mike Gunderloy on a
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Mike Gunderloy's Factsheet Five Collection of over 10,000 zines and
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Jerod Pore collected articles and reviews from the print version of
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Mike Gunderloy, Factsheet Five Collection, ca. 1982-1992
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due to frustrations over the infrequent publication of
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Free download of Gunderloy's How to Publish a Fanzine
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Index

Mike Gunderloy

Mike Gunderloy
Zine
Circulation
Pretzel Press
English
ISSN
0890-6823
fanzine
zine
Julie Doucet
Jonathan Lethem
International Sound Communication
cassette culture
spirit duplicator
slanshack
Alhambra, California
Boston
zine
science fiction fanzines
John Brunner
Bob Grumman
avant-garde
Rensselaer, New York
BBS
Jim Knipfel
Mark Bloch
mail art
alt.zines

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