S and H (Starsky and Hutch letterzine)/Issues 21-25

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Sneak Preview: The next four issues begin to lay the groundwork for the remaining year and a half. While a few fans struggle to keep the discussion of S/H m/m on somewhat neutral terms, there are also references to m/m being ‘tacky and dirty’. M/M fans become increasingly more vocal in their defense of the genre: “No one has the right to dictate to me what I think, feel or do… and no one has the right to tell me how to interpret Starsky and Hutch. If I choose to read erotic literature, that’s my business, and if I choose to write erotic literature, THAT’S my business.” Ironically, only one m/m has been published to date, although a few were just on the horizon.
Even the discussion of the H/C trope is examined using the m/m lens – with some readers finding that a favorable comparison and others finding it less attractive. The abrupt and unexplained cancellation of the m/m zine Code 7 is followed by a flurry of fans alluding vaguely to off screen threats, rumors of outings and lawsuits. No specifics are given, something which will cause even more strife in later issues as fans try to sort out their reactions to the possibility of internal and TPTB censorship. Code 7 will eventually be published secretly that same year but without author or artist names or publishers. And without any advertising.
The letterzine was transitioned to a new editor who immediately adopted a new editorial policy: no discussion of the actors lives or the actor’s opinions of the show, topics outside of Starsky & Hutch would be edited for space and fans who felt that they had been unfairly and/or maliciously treated in the letterzine were to write to their fellow fans privately instead of commenting in the letterzine. This latter requirement will prove difficult to enforce as some subscribers felt that the purpose of the letterzine was to publicly converse with one another, not engage in private offside communications.
The fanzine Graven Images received multiple reviews: most positive and a few negative. There seemed to be very little middle ground in terms of how the zine was received. And last, the first public mentions of Dirty Harry m/m take place with some fans worrying that the existence of the fandom was supposed to be kept secret, while others reassuring them: “It’s okay. Friends don’t need secrets, and H/J is for friends.” 
==S and H 21 (May 1981)==
* contains 40 pages
* it was "Edited by Paula Smith, c/o Megadodo Publishing House, Ursa Minor Beta. Ask for Zarniwoop, and tell him Zaphod sent you."
* the writer of the zines Bird of Paradise and Then We Can Be Heroes says: "The author hasn’t done the rewrites. They’re on ‘hold,’ probably permanently."
* there are some short silly poems
* art by Connie Faddis, C. Frashure (cover), Ruth Kurz, Jan Lindner, Joy Mancinelli, Cheryl Newsome, Paula Smith, T’Vas
* a review by [P S] of Vermont Avenue, see that page
* from the letterzine’s original editor: 
* a plea from the editor: 
* a fan writes of ethics: 
* two zine editors take another to task for blaming someone else for all the mistakes in her zine: 
* a fan comments about art: 
* a fan writes about hurt/comfort: 
* an update on Code 7: 
* a fan mentions that David Soul is in the Trek episode, “The Apple”: 
* a fan at home with a new baby says: 
* a fan writes of shyness/Drawerfic/and criticism: 
* a fan asks: 
* a fan has another explanation of the S/H definition: 
* a fan comments on a zine editor referring to another as a “rival: 
* a fan wonders about the Huggy Award: 
* a fan comments on something some fans sent the actor, David Soul: 
* the author of a zine writes: 
* fan writes about H/J: 
* the editor of R and I says: 
* a fan and editor writes about the absence of SH filksongs: 
* a reader encourages male writers to write some SH fiction: 
* a fan speculates on the Soul and Glaser’s relationship: 
* a fan takes another to task for complaining about a lack in a certain kind of zine: 
* a fan quibbles with the idea of labeling S/H an alternate universe: 
* a fan asks: 
* a fan comments on the popularity of H/C: 
* fan speculates about h/c and S/H: 
* a fan is looking forward to the letterzine going back to the original editor: 
* about gratuitous H/C: 
* a con report for Dobey Con: 
 File:sandh21mancinelli2.jpg| from issue #21, Joy Mancinelli 
 File:sandh21faddis.jpg| from issue #21, Connie Faddis 
 File:sandh21smith.jpg| from issue #21, Paula Smith, "Great Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor" --illustrates the "Kiss in the Alley"! Many fans in the British letterzine, APB, were very keen to see this sketch.
 File:sandh21newsome3.jpg| from issue #21, Cheryl Newsome 
 File:sandh21tvas.jpg| from issue #21, T'Vas 
 File:sandh21newsome2.jpg| from issue #21, Cheryl Newsome 
 File:sandh21kurz.jpg| from issue #21, Ruth Kurz 
 File:sandh21lindner.jpg| from issue #21, Jan Lindner 
==S and H 22 (June 1981)==
* many fans thank another fan for taking on the reins of the letterzine for three issues
* there is a fair amount of talk about Hill Street Blues
* the new editor submits an editorial that says in part: "I will print nothing which contains speculation on the private lives of Paul Michael Glaser or David Soul.” She will cut anything not having to do with S&H if the page count gets too long. “I will print, but with great sadness, letters which contain this fandom’s finely-honed form of one-upmanship... The scoring of points: I am as guilty as anyone. I take my share of the blame. The egos involved in this fandom – mine included—are enormous.” She encourages anyone with a beef against another to do it privately. “That’s why addresses are printed... I am sick of dreading the arrival of the Letterzine… because I am sick of wondering who will be sniping at whom. I am sick of heroin and kisses and S/H vs S&H volleys and snide remarks and willful misunderstandings and all the crap we’ve forcing on each other for months now. If this Letterzine dies out after #25, it’s our own damned fault."
* there is much discussion about what Starsky and Hutch would be if they weren’t cops
* fan just got the new Moody Blues album, “Long Distance Voyager” and says there are a lot of tracks that have '"great meaning for S&H and S/H fans."
* art by Linda Walter, T’Vas, Cheryl Newsome, Joy Mancinelli, Joy Linder, Ruth Kurz, Marian Kelly, Pat Harris, Jean C.
* there is an announcement that the gen zine “Pushin’ the Odds” is canceled “due primarily due to professional commitments.” [Name redacted] just got a promotion at work], a m/m zine by this title came out two years later under a different editor
* the zine Daily Reports has suspended operation due to family illness and moving
* proposed zines: Half You, Half Me (“combined Starsky & Hutch and Star Trek. No death or permanent injury and no OVERT S/H or K/S”), “Late Bloomer,” The Marv Box Memorial Zine” (“The 1st Hill Street Blues zine “), "Off-Duty" [see issue #23], “Gone to Texas” (“not associated with Wide Open Spaces”), Enigma #3, “Soapy Scenes,” 10-13 #2
* forthcoming zines: L.A. Vespers #2, Syndizine #2, Zebra Three #6
* available zines: Zebra Three #6, APB, Casa Cabrillo, Enigma #1 and #2, Judge and Jury, Menagerie #17, Mini-Zine, n!, Records and Information #2, Sins of the Fathers, 10-13 #1, Vermont Avenue, Zebra Three #5
* this issue includes a detailed flyer for Zebra Con #3 to be held November 13–15, 1981, cost was $15 plus three SASE
* and the big news, there is an announcement regarding Code 7: "Due to technical difficulties, Bound in Leather Press regrets to announce the cancellation of Code 7 and All Our World in Us. We will be reimbursing all subscribers to Code 7 over the next few weeks. Our apologies." This zine then went underground and was sold to only a select few. It is not mentioned again by name in the letterzine until a review of the second issue is published in the fall of 1982.
* a fan feels opposition for her use of the Bible and scripture in her comments
* fan in the UK describes the tape show she had at her place. Some folks showed up for the day and watched Starsky and Hutch episodes and some other shows, and she served lunch
* a fan answers a question from the previous issue: 
* a fan writes that Mojave Crossing is the fandom's first get’em and that get’ems, for one thing, "is that for the sheer practice in dealing with feelings, they can be extremely useful."
* a fan thinks about Starsky and Hutch being able to continue as cops after “Sweet Revenge,” (as Starsky was unlikely ever to have gone back to the streets): 
* a fan comments on her recent departure, now temporary, from fandom: 
* a fan mentions Dobey Con: 
* one of its creators, Ruth Kurz, reassures a fan about her mentioning Harry and Johnny: 
* a fan writes: 
* a fan asks for submissions for a zine: 
* a fan comments on h/c: 
* about the line between characters and actors: 
* a fan writes: 
* The original editor writes a farewell editorial: 
 File:sandh22lindner.jpg| from issue #22, Jan Lindner 
 File:sandh22tvas.jpg| from issue #22, T'Vas 
 File:sandh22kurz2.jpg| from issue #22, Ruth Kurz 
 File:Sandh22kurz.jpg| from issue #22, Ruth Kurz 
 File:sandh22mancinelli.jpg| from issue #22, Joy Mancinelli 
 File:sandh22kelly.jpg| from issue #22, Katherine Robertson 
 File:sandh22newsome.jpg| from issue #22, Cheryl Newsome 
==S and H 23 (no month noted, 1981, though it appears to be July)==
* contains 32 pages
* fan weighed in on the new editor’s editorial policy. About three fourths liked it, one quarter didn’t; one long-time fan wrote that she disliked it so much she would not be writing to the letterzine anymore as she felt, among other things, scolded for bringing up The Professionals
* for the first time, the there is a blurb in the zine section that says: "Please note: not all of the zines are strictly S&H. When in doubt, SASE." It should be noted, however, that the only zines available in this issue, aside from the conflicting info about Vermont Avenue and the single story in 10-13, there are no m/m zines being sold. Or proposed.
* a review of Graven Images, see that page
* the editors write that issues #26 and #27 will be published by two fans and issues #28 and #29 will be published by [M W].
* a fan says she is planning a second issue of “Late Bloomer,” even though the first one isn’t out yet. In the end, despite an impressive line-up of committed stories and art, neither issue saw the light of day. [It would be interesting to know which zines any of that material migrated to]
* there is no mention of the controversy regarding the recently canceled Code 7, except that it appears in “Cancelled Zines”
* Cancelled zines include: All Our World in Us, Code 7, “Off Duty,” “Pushin’ the Odds” (by [D D], and The Zine from UNCLE. Bird of Paradise is not mentioned at all.
* original art prints from Graven Images are for sale by mail auction from Connie Faddis. “Minimum bids: One-page drawings: $15 each, double-page drawings: $20”
* art by Greg Franklin, Jean C., Betty DeGabriele, Cheryl Newsome
* there is much chat about what Starsky and Hutch would do if they weren’t cops, was the disease in “The Plague” ever named, why did Starsky have Hutch’s gun in “Murder on Stage 17,” and why did Hutch fake amnesia in “Partners”
* a fan postulates about hankies in pockets, Starsky’s in “The Bait” and Hutch’s in “Tap Dancing”
* the editor of the new British letterzine, APB, says the third issue just went out and all 40 copies were sold. She says, despite what another fan said in a previous issue: 
* a fan writes: 
* a fan states: 
* a fan says: 
* fan writes about h/c: 
* a fan says about SH and S/H: 
* fan speculates on the maturing nature of S/H fiction, which tells one about the amount of privately written/passed around fiction that was out there; the only m/m zine so far was Forever Autumn: 
* S/H seems to be opening up a lot of new areas of exploration: 
* a zine editor writes: 
* A writer disagrees with an earlier statement in issue #22 about who “owns the characters”: 
* from the original editors: 
* a English fan says: 
< File:sandh23newsome.jpg|thumb|inside art from issue #23, Cheryl Newsome 
 File:sandh23degabriele.jpg|thumb|inside art from issue #23, Betty de Gabriele 
 File:sandh23franklin.jpg|thumb|inside art from issue #23, Greg Franklin 
 File:Sandh23 Jean C.jpg|thumb|inside art from issue #23, Jean C. 
 File:sandh23degabriele2.jpg|thumb|inside art from issue #23, Betty de Gabriele 
 File:sandh23franklin2.jpg|thumb|inside art from issue #23, Greg Franklin 
==S and H 24/25 (August/September 1981)==
* contains 68 pages
* a fan agrees with others that the Max Franklin novels are "emotionally arid"
* a fan says she will never write to the letterzine again as other fans '"pick holes in everything I say," and because she received an incredibly "rude and dogmatic"' letter from another fan; she proceeds to lob angry and dismissive parting shots at about nine other fans by name
* a fan complains about the crappy police radio use on the show
* a newspaper clipping about parking
* an essay/article, “A Brief Guide to Selected S&H Locales OR The Editor is a Native Angeleno, You Know OR Skip This Article if You’ve Been Here.” 
* a very short review of Syndizine #2, see that page
* a review of n!, see that page
* a very odd review of Graven Images by Ima Fool, see that page
* a very, very long review of Graven Images, see that page
* another very, very long review of Graven Images, see that page
* a fan proposes a fannish camping trip, a mini-con for writers
* Code 7 and All Our World in Us are still listed as "cancelled," no other information listed
* "Soapy Scenes" is still listed as "forthcoming... still accepting submissions of fiction, poetry, humor, artwork, ANYTHING. At present, we have just over a hundred pages, but we'd like more. Any material reflecting the zine's title will be welcomed with opened arms. Due to circumstances beyond our control, we regret that we shall be unable to accept any material on the S/H theme. This is not our choice, but thus does poverty make cowards of us all. Hence, there will be only one version of Soapy Scenes. The 'Adults Only' version has been, reluctantly cancelled." [this is probably a reference to the recent threats that have affected "Off Duty" and Code 7]
* the zine "Late Bloomer" #1 and #2 is still being advertised
* artists: Connie Faddis (cover), Jean C., Betty de Gabriele, Greg Franklin, Marion Kelly, Cheryl Newsome
* a fan comments on Graven Images: 
* a fan comments about Graven Images: 
* fan comments on Graven Images: 
* a fan says: 
* a fan complains about m/m: 
* the creator of Harry/Johnny writes: 
* a fan writes about writing: 
* a fan says the two stories she rereads: 
* a writer takes other to task regarding off-screen/off-letterzine goings on regarding threats and legal action about m/m, probably alluding to the “cancellation” of Code 7: 
* a fan writes: 
* a fan explains why she likes fan fiction: 
 File:sandh2425art2.jpg| from issue #24/25, uncredited 
 File:sandh2425art3.jpg| from issue #24/25, Greg Franklin 
 File:shlistofzines1981.jpg| from issue #24/25, a list of all known Starsky & Hutch zines as of August/September 1981 
 File:sandh2425art5.jpg| from issue #24/25, Connie Faddis? 
 File:sandh2425art6.jpg| from issue #24/25, Betty de Gabriele 
 File:sandh2425art7.jpg| from issue #24/25, uncredited 
==References==
Category:Starsky & Hutch ZinesCategory:1981 Zines