The Laughing Mutoid

The Laughing Mutoid is an adult het humor anthology. The first four issues are all Blake's 7 and the last three are multifandom but very heavy on Blake's 7.
==Issue 1==
The Laughing Mutoid 1 was published in 1988. It contains all Blake's 7.
All of the content is by Cathy Conrad.
* CathyCon 2, editorial
* An Electric Affair (1)
* But, It was Just a Game! (4)
* An Unlikely Tryst (8) 
* Confrontation (18)
* The Rest of Vila's Limerick, poem
==Issue 2==
The Laughing Mutoid 2 was published in January 1989 and contains 44 pages. It contains all Blake's 7, one of which is a slash story.
All of the content is by Cathy Conrad.
From the zine: 
* CathyCon 2, editorial
* Bison's Revenge ("A sequel (sort of) to "An Unlikely Tryst" from LM #1. Features a character of decidedly Southern flavor, who exacts her revenge on Avon. Can you hear the shrieking from Southern Alabama?!?") (1)
* The Game Goes On ("Soolin tries to get revenge for Vila's, er, little joke from "But It Was Just A Game" 1n LM #1. Well, she tries to, anyway.") (8)
* Brawn Before Brains" (slash) (14)
* Confessions of a Supreme Commander ("Just a typical busy day in the life of our favorite megalomaniac.") (17)
* Who's Possessed? ("Cally is taken over by the long-dead spirit of Xaviera Hollander, otherwise known as The Happy Hooker. Will Avon stand the strain? How will they get Cally back to normal? Or does anyone want to get her back to normal...?") (21)
* Amagon Nights (31)
==Issue 3==
The Laughing Mutoid 3 was published in 1989 and contains 26 pages. All of the content is Blake's 7.
All of the content is by Cathy Conrad.
From the zine: 
* CathyCon 2, editorial 
* For the Love of a Space Rat (1) 
* Work of Art (5)
* Of Aurons and Skinny Beds (10)
* Freedom City Follies (17)
==Issue 4==
The Laughing Mutoid 4 was published in 1989 and has 34 pages. It contains all Blake's 7.
From the zine: 
* CathyCon 2, editorial
* The Best-laid Plans by Jennifer Smallwood (1)
* The Measure of a Man by Cathy Conrad (4)
* Clothes Can Make the Man by Tenaya (9)
* Improbable Orbit by Roxie Ray (gen) (12)
* Fractured Filks: Go Ask Travis by Cathy Conrad (13)
* Deliverance Times Five by Cathy Conrad (14)
* Your Secret Pal by Anna Collins Smith (18)
* Rooms on Fire by Roxie Ray (filk) (19)
* The Apology by Cathy Conrad (20)
* Jungle Love by Cathy Conrad (24)
* Cupid's Choice by Cathy Conrad (28)
==Issue 5== 
The Laughing Mutoid 5 was published in 1990 and contains 32 pages. Mainly B7 and Dark Shadows but also includes one Star Trek: TNG story. Het (comedy) but not explicit.
* CathyCon 2, editorial
* Things Change by Cathy Conrad (Blake's 7)
* Delta House by Cathy Conrad (Blake's 7)
* The Pajama Party by Carol Grasgreen, Cami, Terri Halasz, & Angela Reese (Blake's 7)
* Ask Dr. Sharon by Sharon Maust (advice column) (Blake's 7) non-fiction
* Telepathic Terrorists (ad) 
* Circle in the SAND by Cathy Conrad (filk) (Blake's 7)
* Mellow Yellow by Cathy Conrad (filk) (Blake's 7)
* art by Leah Rosenthal (frontispiece)
==Issue 6==
The Laughing Mutoid 6 was published in Summer 1990. 
* Editorial (1)
* Letters of Comment (2)
* Clay (Blake's 7) ("Rebellious red Georgia clay traps Tarrant and Servalan on the planet Vim. Is the South gonna rise again?") (4)
* Big Bad Mama by Cathy Conrad (Blake's 7) (8)
* Ask Dr. Sharon, questions by Cathy Conrad, answers by Sharon Maust ("More mellow advice from Auron’s foremost media sex therapist. From mixed- up rebel leaders to psychiatrists in love with vampires, she’s got all the answers!!") (10)
* Night Maneuvers ("Julia Hoffman puts an aphrodisiac into Barnabas Collins’s injection. What would the A.M.A. think?") (Dark Shadows) (12)
* The Seduction of Six by Cathy Conrad ("Number Six, alias “The Prisoner," meets a determined female Number 2. Will they add, subtract, multiply or divide?") (Blake's 7/The Prisoner) (17)
* Vampires Anonymous ("In 1795 Collinsport, Barnabas Collins decides to join avery unusual self-help group.") (Dark Shadows) (23)
* Psychedelic Sarcophagus by Cathy Conrad ("Ever wonder why the spaceship in the B7 episode Sarcophagus looked like a moldy Big Mac?") (Blake's 7) (28)
* Avon and the Brat Pack, Part Three: It's 10 O'Clock-- Do You Know Where Your Crew Is? by Carol Grasgreen, Cami, Terri Halasz & Angela Reese ("Avon’s on vacation at Graceland. Whatever will the Brats do while he’s away? NBs Find out what happened at Graceland in Laughing Mutoid #7/") (Blake's 7) (37)
* Getting a Lift by Cathy Conrad ("Remember the B7 episode. Gold? What happened when an unidentified dizzy blonde in blue jumpsuit and space booties got in an elevator where Avon is waiting?") (Blake's 7) (41)
* Feats of Brilliance ("An alien queen with a foot fetish goes after one footloose-and-fancy- free pilot in this Lost in Space farce.") (Lost in Space) (45)
* Enterprise or Bust (Star Trek: TNG) ("Deanna Troi’s looking more shapely than usual. But how?") (49)
==Issue 7==
The Laughing Mutoid 7 was published in Spring 1991. 
* Avon and the Brat Pack, Part Three: Avon at Graceland by Carol Grasgreen, Cami, Terri Halasz & Angela (Blake's 7)
 
* Mixed Signals by Cathy Conrad (Blake's 7/Dark Shadows)
* The Mostly Improbable, Neary Unbelievable, Seemingly Impossible but Nonetheless True Post-Gauda-Prime Story by Cathy Conrad (Blake's 7/Twin Peaks)
* Fractured Fairytales: Vila and the Beanstalk by Cathy Conrad (Blake's 7)
* Fractured Fairytales: Callyrella by Cathy Conrad (Blake's 7)
* Magic Scorpio Ride by Cathy Conrad (filk) (Blake's 7)
* B7 art by Leigh Motooka
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 7==
==References==
Category:Multimedia Gen and Het Zines
Category:Blake's 7 Het Zines
Category:1988 Zines
Category:1980s Zines
Category:1990s Zines