Blake, Rabble and Roll

Blake, Rabble and Roll is a gen and slash Blake's 7 fanzine.
==Summary==
From a distributor, Agent With Style: "These zines reflect the darkness of this British series, but bright, sparkling moments shine through and capture your heart. These stories run the gamut from supremely silly to heartbreakingly sad to dastardly manipulation, but you always find something to fascinate you!"
==Issue 1==
Blake, Rabble and Roll 1 was published in October 1989 and is 70 pages long. It is gen.
The art is by Randym and Leah Rosenthal (front cover).
The zine is online here.
* ...As the Leaving of It by Shana Lisa Jensen ("Meeting up with Blake in the afterlife would be Avon's idea of hell, indeed, but why were Cally, Jenna, Gan, Vila, Tarrant and the rest of them there? Was Avon to be surrounded by all those he had killed for the rest of eternity--or had he finally gone mad, at last?") (1)
* Thoughts Provoked by Khrystyna (6)
* The Cell by Sheila Paulson ("Hours after the debacle on Gauda Prime, Avon wakes in a prison cell with a very familiar dead man. But why would Servalan lock him away with Blake's body? Could she have possibly picked a better hell for Avon than this?") (7)
* You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby by Linda Terrell ("A wine that Vila makes up from berries gathered while planetside has a wonderful effect on the Liberator's crew; it makes everyone regress in age-mentally. Everyone, but Vila, that is. How to handle a six-year old stubborn Blake in a thirty-year old stubborn Blake's Body." (reprinted from Interface #11) (19)
* That Which Comes After by Mystery Frank ("Justin Forth is a pathologist, called to Gauda Prime to examine and embalm some rebel bodies. The only problem is, one of the bodies is refusing to cooperate by dying.") ( 29)
* Dialogue by Khrystyna (37)
* Crossing the Line by Diana Romero (38)
* Stand-In by Sheila Paulson ("When an alien attacks Tarrant and pulls him from the link with Jabberwocky, the mindship, it is up to Vila to take his place. Avon is not pleased. Several other things happen in this wonderful tale, but what will really get you is that VILA GETS TO BE THE HERO!") (Jabberwocky universe; reprinted in Jabberwocky Collected and Jabberwocky #2) (39)
* Free Me by Diana Romero (67)
Image:rabble1flyer.jpg|flyer for issue #1
File:blakerabble1-1.jpg| from issue #1, Randym/Leigh
File:blakerabble1-2.jpg| from issue #1, Randym/Leigh
File:blakerabble1-3.jpg| from issue #1, Randym/Leigh
File:blakerabble1-7.jpg| from issue #1
File:blakerabble1-5.jpg| from issue #1
File:blakerabble1-6.jpg| from issue #1
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 1===
==Issue 2==
Blake, Rabble and Roll 2 published in October 1990 and contains 111 pages. It is slash and gen, and it required an age statement.
The art is by Adrian Morgan (front cover), Leah Rosenthal (though "London Bates #93" is on the bottom right corner), Suzie Molnar, and Judith Boguslawski.
The zine is online here.
* Letters of Comment by Youse Guys (1)
* The Works by Michelle Christian (7)
* Haunting Avon by Natasha Barry (9)
* Matter of Conscience by Michelle Christian (23)
* If I Loved You by Natasha Barry (25)
* Though We May Have Different Dreams by Sheila Paulson (37)
* The Final Straw by Teresa Ward (63)
* Pale Shelter by Catocala (69)
* Vila's Reflections at Gauda Prime, poem by Maddog (106) 
* The Way of the Earth by Carol McCoy (107)
* My Friend Soma, poem by Maddog (111) 
 
Image:blakerabble2-1.jpg|from issue #2, Suzie Molnar
Image:blakerabble2-2.jpg|from issue #2, Adrian Morgan
Image:blakerabble2-3.jpg|from issue #2, Adrian Morgan
Image:blakerabble2-4.jpg|from issue #2, Judith Boguslawski
Image:blakerabble2-5.jpg|from issue #2, Judith Boguslawski
Image:blakerabble2-6.jpg|from issue #2, Judith Boguslawski, huddling for warmth
Image:blakerabble2-7.jpg|from issue #2, Leah Rosenthal - has "London Bates #93" on the bottom right corner - reprinted in color as the cover of Southern Lights #10.5 (1999)
 
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 2===
 
==Issue 3==
Blake, Rabble and Roll 3 is gen. It was published in August 1992 and contains 94 pages.
The art is by Kay Wells, Suzie Molnar, Corinna Hansen, Jane Mailander, and Phoenix (cover). The table of contents says there is an illo by Adrian Morgan on page 94, but this is not true.
From Mysti Frank in the zine: "Blake, Rabble and Roll 3 is a non-profit publication of WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T PRESS! All printing rights are returned to the authors and artists upon publication of this zine. Contributors get a free copy of this zine in exchange for their tribs , or a pro-rated discount. No money, font cartridges, Vinnie Terranovas or vacations to Disney World were involved in any negotiations (although the last two will get you free broccoli-and-cheese soup for the rest of your life). Enjoy. Laugh. Cry. Send LoCs!"
Frank thanks someone: "Thank You -- To my sister, who told me to go to bed when I was tired, and babied me when I had a cold, and bitched as she punched an endless supply of zines A reference to hole-punching zines in order to put comb-bindings on them. to help get me to a con on time. You make it all worthwhile, Jen."
===Issue 3: Editorial -- Decline in Fandom - Plagiarism - Dishonesty - Email===
The editorial discusses three things: lack of submissions and the possible decline of Blake's 7 fandom, plagiarism, and email.
The first is how long it took to get submissions for this zine. Oddly, the editor (Mysti Frank) either seems completely oblivious to The Blake's 7 War that had put a giant damper on the fandom, or is disingenuously not mentioning it here: 
The second is fan manners and plagiarism, and Mysti Frank leaves out a very important fact in her mild scold here — the fan who did the plagiarizing from her zine, Kay Wells, is one of the artists in this issue of "Blake, Rabble and Roll." 
Breaking Cover, a Pros story by Ellis Ward, was in an issue of Chalk and Cheese #10 (Frank's zine) and was plagiarized by Kay Wells as the Kirk/Spock story Cover Up. See Cover Up for more.
Since Frank couldn't possibly be unaware of this (having written about it four months earlier in "Chalk and Cheese"), it means she overlooked this fact on purpose, and printed Wells' two illos knowing full-well the artist had been recently censured. It also means Frank was being dishonest with her readers in this editorial: 
Frank also mentions this relatively-new thing—email! 
===Issue 3: Contents===
* This is the Life by Michelle Christian (2)
* The Ultimate Gauda Primer by Jane Mailander (6)
* Cartoon by Jane Mailander (9)
* Fool's Paradise by Renya Spratt (10)
* Brief Encounter by Carol McCoy (12)
* Cartoon by Jane Mailander (19)
* If Thoughts Were Spoken by Michelle Christian (20)
* More Precious Than Gold by Roxie Ray (23)
* Demon in a Bottle by Vickie McManus (32)
* Believe It or Not by Sue Wells and Dee Beetum (crossover with The Greatest American Hero) (34)
* Top Ten Rejected Lines from Blake's 7 by Jane Mailander (41)
* Time: The Greatest Healer of Them All by Renya Spratt (42)
* A Lesson in Loyalty by Teresa Ward and Carol McCoy (44)
* Famous Last Words by Agnes Tomorrow (56)
* Children of the System by Vickie McManus (59)
* Delta Blue Brew, It's Gonna Getchu! by Maddog (60)
* Duel: Vila, Duel: Avon by Michelle Christian (69)
* Dreams by Marian Mendez (71)
File:blakerabble3-1.jpg| from issue #3, Kay Wells
File:blakerabble3-2.jpg| from issue #3, Suzie Molnar
File:blakerabble3-3.jpg| from issue #3, Jane Mailander
File:blakerabble3-4.jpg| from issue #3, Kay Wells
File:blakerabble3-5.jpg| from issue #3, Corinna Hansen
File:blakerabble3-6.jpg| from issue #3, sample text
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 3===
==References==
Category:Blake's 7 Slash Zines
Category:Blake's 7 Gen Zines
Category:1989 Zines
Category:1990 Zines
Category:1982 Zines
Category:Blake's 7 Wars