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CLAIMS DEPARTMENT & THE DRINK TANK

By Chris Garcia: For years, Worldcons (and a buncha other cons) have had Fanzine Lounges, areas where fanzinistas gather to chat, swap zines, read, and generally do the things that go on …

I take a long, rambling look at the Hugo Awards for Best Professional Artist and Best Fan Artist, what might be wrong and what we should do about it.

​Page 2: Photo from San Jose library Comix exhibit Page 4: Editorial – On Being Open to Surprise by Allison Hartman Adams Page 5: Editorial – We Love Art…Clearly by James Bacon Page 7:...

INTRODUCTION: This piece is cross-posted on my blog as well as File 770; thanks to Mike Glyer for offering to host it there. The title is a humorous reference to British YouTuber hbomberg…

A series of Nominee interviews, some looks at the ballot, and more!!! ​ePub coming soon.

Christopher J Garcia, or just Chris, is a fan, a fanzine editor, painter, and dad of two beastlings, from Boulder Creek, CA. He started Claims Department in 2005 as his piece for the Fantasy Amateur.....

​Table of contents 3 My Introduction to Mel Brooks, by Steven H Silver 4 In the Beginning, There Was Your Show of Shows , by Janice Gelb 8 The 2066 Year Old Man, by Henry Herz 13 Review of The 2000...

David Hodson joins us in bringing a masterfully thorough piece by Udo Klotz:  Fanzines - A dying species.  Join us as we look at the history of German fanzines!!! (ePub versions coming soon!)

This time we take a look at the murder of Celeste Rivas Hernandez and  my Opera Podcast alongside a whole buncha clip art!!!