Grip/Issues 6-10

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Grip is a gen multimedia anthology of fiction, art, poetry, and commentary edited by Roberta Rogow.
There were 51 issues published.
The series had an emphasis on Star Trek and Star Wars.
Rogow created this zine series to encourage and highlight fans who did not have a lot of previous experience creating fanworks.
Rogow was very out-spoken in her her mission to keep "Grip's" material G, or mildly PG, rated, and the title, "Grip," was a poke at Grup, a sexually explicit Trek zine. 
Some regular features were the editorial ("The Editor Shoots Her Mouth Off"), fanzine ads ("Backscratching Department"), and letters of comment ("Air-LoC"), the last two spelled a variety of ways.
==Issue 6==
 
Grip 6 was published in February 1980 and contains 56 pages. 
The art is by Terry Lipanovich, Juan Gonzales, Bob Cochran, Bob Eggleton, Lynn Ethridge, Theresa Holmes, Vel Jaeger, Randall Landers, Richard Pollet, Leah Rosenthal, and Sharon Thompson.
* The Editor Shoots Her Mouth Off (1)
* One Day on the Star Trek: The Motion Picture Line, cartoon (2)
* AirLoC (Letters of Comment) (3)
* The Presence by Randall Landers (sequel to "Spectres Within the Shadows" in "Grip" #4) (Star Trek: TOS) (7)
* Reunion by Tessa Thomas ("The Interplanetary Museum of History has a new exhibit: a model of the legendary ship Enterprise. Thanks to Mr. Spock's telepathic abilities many of the old crew are drawn to the museum and to a reunion that could be their last.") (Star Trek: TOS) (17)
* Mayday Orbit by Ellen Rowe ("This story slightly overlaps "Romulan Zone Rescue" in "Grip" #5.") (Star Trek: TOS) (25)
* Journey's End, poem by Elaine Tripp (Star Trek: TOS) (28)
* I've Endured, poem by Greg Baker (Star Trek: TOS) (29)
* Star Trek's Alive, filk to the tune of "Stayin' Alive," by Elaine Tripp (Star Trek: TOS) (31)
* Ilea, filk to the tune of "Maria" from "West Side Story," by Roberta Rogow (reprinted in Rec-Room Rhymes #2) (Star Trek: TOS) (32)
* Willie's, filk to the tune of "Billy Boy" by Roberta Rogow (reprinted in Rec-Room Rhymes #2, where it had the title "Willy D") (32)
* First Encounter by Richard Pollet (Star Trek: TOS) (34)
* The Return of Leia by Randall Landers (continues Anthony Citro's "Get-Leia" tale in Grip #2) (Star Wars) (40)
* Trapped, poem by Richard Pollet (Star Trek: TOS) (44)
* Filk-Songs (45)
** Starfleet Officers, filk to the tune of "We Three Kings," by Jayne Moore (46)
** Yuletide Flight, filk to the tune of "Good King Wenceslaus," by Jayne Moore, Cat Lennon, and Kris Seng (48)
** A Trekker's Life, filk to the tune of "I've Been Working on the Railroad," by Joan Ryan (48)
** The Trekker's Go Filking Along, filk by Greg Baker and Roberta Rogow (49)
* Hello from Dolly, fiction by Roberta Rogow (Moonraker) (50)
* Buck Rogers, a review of the television show by Miriam Rogow (She hates it.) (Buck Rogers) (54)
* Buck Rogers, Roberta's Rebuttal by Roberta Rogow (She loves it.) (Buck Rogers) (55)
* Body Clock Shifts and the History of Automatic Transmission, a review by I Abro Ciati (review of "Connections," a show on BBC West, PBS) (56)
* A Dog-Gone Good Idea, cartoon by Bob Cochran (57)
 
 
Image:grip6-1.jpg|from issue #6, Lynn Ethridge
Image:grip6-2.jpg|from issue #6, Lynn Ethridge
Image:grip6-3.jpg|from issue #6, Terry Lipanovich
Image:grip6-4.jpg|from issue #6, Sharon Thompson
Image:grip6-5.jpg|from issue #6, filk
Image:grip6-6.jpg|from issue #6, Vel Jaeger
Image:grip6-7.jpg|from issue #6, Bob Eggleton
Image:grip6-8.jpg|from issue #6, Lynn Ethridge
 
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 6===
==Issue 7==
Grip 7 was published in July 1980 and is 60 pages long.
The art is by Terri Lipanovich, Shona Jackson, Bob Eggleton, Lynn Ethridge, Vel Jaeger, Randall Landers, Richard Pollet, Leah Rosenthal, and Dot Sasscer.
* The Editor Shoots Her Mouth Off, editorial (1)
* The Klingon Soldier, poem by Jocelyn Feaster (Star Trek) (2)
* Crackjacks fiction by Gregory Baker and Pat Paul (Star Trek) (3)
* She's My Ship, cartoon by Leah Rosenthal (30)
* Some "Leaving a Planet" Litanies, poem by Jocelyn Feaster (32)
* Venture into Hell "Shortly after [the 1978) Star Trek Atlanta], I took my first professional submission, entitled "Venture Into Hell," and submitted it to Marshak and Culbreath. They rejected it (and I would reject it myself today), but they also referred me to the Star Trek fanzines which specialized in new writers. I became a semi-regular contributor to Roberta Rogow’s Grip, and I became aware of a whole new level of fandom." -- from Landers at A Tribute to Gene Roddenberry, printed Eridani #15 by Randall Landers (the editor describes this as a "get'em" and the first time one has been in this zine series) (Star Trek) (33)
* Old Trekkers Never Die, filk by Greg Baker and Roberta Rogow (reprinted in a slightly different form from APA-FILK) (Star Trek) (43)
* Lucky Bucky, poem by Roberta Rogow (Buck Rogers) (44)
* Vader vs. Vader by Leah Rosenthal (the logical extension of the final scenes of TESB) (Star Wars) (46)
* Costume Call, article by Geraldine Sylvester (costuming) (49)
* The Birth of an APA-Zine, article by Harry Andruschak (about APA-FILK) (51) 
* Star Blazers, a review by Jeanette Eilke (Japanese space opera) (53)
* Advice to Academic (and Other) Job-Seekers by Vida Hull (58)
* Backscratching Department, zine ads (60)
* Tooting-My-Own Horn Department (back cover, art by Shona Jackson) 
 
 
Image:grip7-1.jpg|from issue #7, Vel Jaeger
Image:grip7-2.jpg|from issue #7, Terri Lipanovich
Image:grip7-3.jpg|from issue #7, Dot Sasscer
Image:grip7-4.jpg|from issue #7, Leah Rosenthal
Image:grip7-5.jpg|from issue #7, Vel Jaeger
Image:grip7-6.jpg|from issue #7, Lynn Eldridge
Image:grip7-7.jpg|from issue #7, Leah Rosenthal
Image:grip7-8.jpg|from issue #7, Bob Eggleton
Image:grip7-9.jpg|from issue #7, Carrie Rowles
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 7===
==Issue 8==
 
Grip 8 was published in November 1980 and is 60 pages long.
The art is by Shona Jackson, John Gonzales, Lynn Eldridge, Liz Frim, Barbara Stultz, Richard Pollet, Leah Rosenthal, Dot Sasscer, Irene Shafer, and Mark Thorner.
From the editorial: 
* The Editor Shoots Her Mouth Off (1)
* Air-LoC, Letters to the Editor (3)
* The New Captain of the Enterprise by Richard Pollet (Kirk is missing, and the Enterprise has to handle an attack on Vulcan.) (Star Trek: TOS) (5)
* Kah-Lair by Cheryl Hendricks (21)
* Seven for the "Varda," filk to the tune of "Echad Mi Yodeah," by Roberta Rogow (reprinted in Rec-Room Rhymes #2) (Battle Beyond the Stars) (Battle Beyond the Stars) (30)
* The Starship Trouper's Fanclub by the Taperecorder Brigade (32)
* A Circle in the Moonlight by Gregory Baker (A story about two off-beat members of the Big E.) (33)
* The First GRIP Finish-the-Story Contest (41)
* When We First Met, poem by Richard Pollet (44)
* The Choice, poem by Louise Rogow (45)
* My Fair Jeddi (spelled that way in the table of contents, "Jedi" is on the filk itself), filk by Leah Rosenthal (46)
* How We Spent Our Summer Vacation, 25 Crises in Silver Spring by Roberta Rogow and Sharron Baker (47)
* Threnody for Augustrek, filk by Roberta Rogow (reprinted in Rec-Room Rhymes #2, where it has the added credits of "Greg Baker and friends") (54)
* The Editor's Dilemma: "Kiss" by Feyrer, filk to the tune of "Kiss of Fire," by Roberta Rogow (commentary on slash) (reprinted in Rec-Room Rhymes #2) (56)
* Continuation of Star Trek Book Reviews, by Randall Landers (57)
* The Ship of Imagination Doesn't Make Local Stops, Review of "Cosmos" by Gregory Baker (59)
* Backscratching Department (6)
 
File:Recroom2-1.jpg|from issue #8, The Editor's Dilemma: "Kiss" by Feyrer
Image:grip8-1.jpg|from issue #8, Lynn Eldridge
Image:grip8-2.jpg|from issue #8, Shona Jackson
Image:grip8-3.jpg|from issue #8, Mark Thorner
Image:grip8-4.jpg|from issue #8 
Image:grip8-5.jpg|from issue #8, Richard Pollet
Image:grip8-6.jpg|from issue #8, Dot Sasscer
Image:grip8-7.jpg|from issue #8, detail from a bigger illo, Lynn Eldridge
Image:grip8-8.jpg|from issue #8, Barbara Stultz
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 8===
==Issue 9==
Grip 9 was published in February 1981 and is 58 pages long.
The art is by Cheryl Newsome, Ron Schark, Bob Eggleton, Lynn Eldridge, Nancy Gervais, Juan Gonzales, Abbie Herrick, Michael B. Smith, Sharon Thompson, Theresa Holmes, and Richard Pollet.
From the editorial: 
Also from the editorial: 
* The Editor Shoots Her Mouth Off (1)
* A Sense of Values, poem by Richard Pollet (Star Trek: TOS) (3)
* A Question of Motive by Randall Landers (5)
* A Vulcan Joke, cartoon by Richard Pollet (15)
* Aftermath of a Decision, poem by Jocelyn Feaster (16)
* Moments in Time by Nancy Gervais (18)
* An Average Day the Nobel Prize Way, parody by Sue Pinsely (ST:TMP) (21)
* Heroes, poem by Julia D. Alderson (26)
* The One That Got Away, fiction by Roberta Rogow Battle Beyond the Stars (28)
* 'Droids Are People, filk to the tune of "Kids are People," by Roberta Rogow (androids, robots, droids) (reprinted in Rec-Room Rhymes #2) (39)
* From the Jaws of Victory by Richard Pollet (41)
* Blizzard Bound, poem by Ellen Rowe (46)
* Star Wars Corn, cartoon by Abbie Herrick (47)
* Holy Frack, or Sacrilegious Felgercarb?, article by Randal Landers (49)
* You Can't Beat the Human Spirit, but Everything Else is Okay, review by Greg and Sharron Baker (54)
* Air-LOC, letters of comment (55)
* Back-Scratching Department 
 
 
Image:grip9-1.jpg|from issue #9, Richard Pollet
Image:grip9-2.jpg|from issue #9, Sharon Thompson
Image:grip9-3.jpg|from issue #9, Cheryl Newsome
Image:grip9-4.jpg|from issue #9, Nancy Gervais
Image:grip9-5.jpg|from issue #9, Bob Eggleton (in the credits, the name Tony Starsquire is on the illo)
Image:grip9-6.jpg|from issue #9, Ron Schark
Image:grip9-7.jpg|from issue #9, Ron Schark
Image:grip9-8.jpg|from issue #9, Abbie Herrick
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 9===
==Issue 10==
Grip 10 was published in August 1981 and is 60 pages long.
The art is by Dot Sasscer, Ron Schark, Lynn Eldridge, Abbie Herrick, Shona Jackson, Vel Jaeger, J. Delisa, Richard Pollet, Louise Rogow, Melody Rondeau, Leah Rosenthal, Adrienne Shanler, and Michael B. Smith.
From the editorial:
Also from the editorial:
* The Editor Shoots Her Mouth Off, editorial (1)
* Air-LoC (2)
* My Old Man, filk by Gregory Baker (7)
* Gone Fishin' by Roberta Rogow (Star Trek: TOS story, After the 5 year mission McCoy has joined Natira on her new world and has joined in helping establish the Fabrini people. With Natira and McCoy is their son Lenar. They are strangers to each other and draw a little closer with a day spent together as McCoy introduces Lenar to fishing.) (9)
* All Things Must End by Richard Pollet (16)
* Words from Dr. McCoy by Michael Smith (15, 20)
* The Enterprise Crew, poem by Richard Pollet (21)
* The Ultimate Frontier, poem by Richard Pollet (23)
* Kirk's Angel by Sherri McGhee (25)
* Zafed Beeblebrox and Me, filk by Gregory Baker (29)
* Fable Hero, poem by Cheryl Hendricks (30)
* No Time for Love, poem by Irene Shafer (32)
* The Return of Leia, part 2 by Abbie Herricks (33)
* What Do You Do with a Frozen Corellian by Faith Carp and Louise Rogow (43)
* A Bounty Hunter's Song, filk by Roberta Rogow (52)
* TIE-Fighters in the Sky, filk by Leah Rosenthal (53)
* One Day at the Obelisk, cartoon by Adrienne Shanler (54)
* How to Avoid Eating a Wiener Without Mustard by H.J.N. Andrushak (55)
* Toeholds and Wormholds by Gregory Baker (56)
* More Star Trek Book Reviews by Randall Landers (58)
* The Critics, cartoon by Michael B. Smith (59)
* Backscratching Department (60)
File:grip10-1.jpg|inside page from issue #10, Melody Rondeau
File:grip10-2.jpg|inside page from issue #10, Vel Jaeger
File:grip10-3.jpg|inside page from issue #10, Richard Pollet
File:grip10-4.jpg|inside page from issue #10, J. Delisa and Leah Rosenthal
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 10===
==References==