Dracula (1980 zine)

Dracula is a gen 124-page Dracula zine. While it focuses on Dracula, the 1979 movie that stars Frank Langella, other versions of Dracula are represented as well. 
The content is almost all fiction, art, and poetry, with a single essay by Jean Lorrah. The cover art is by Gordon Carleton. The interior art is by Martynn, Michael Goodwin, Susan W. Perry, Kelly Hill, Jane Firmstone, James Odbert, Connie Faddis, Lisa Mason, Signe Landon, Miriam Amos, Deb Walsh, Edith Crowe, Tracy Taylor, Jeanne Sullivan, Bev Zuk, Terri Korthals, and Cory Correll. 
Despite the editorial notes that stated "issues are slated to appear annually at Halloween", only one issue was ever published. From Warped Space #43 (February 1980): 
==Cost of the Zine==
"1st Class cover and mailing cost is $9.75; UPS cover and mailing cost is $8.73; 3rd Class cover and mailing cost $8.55. S.a.s.e. for overseas prices. Prices quoted are for this first issue only; s.a.s.e. for price information on the second issue. Cover price $7.50."
==Art: Differing Venues, Differing Reproduction Quality==
The art that fans saw in a zine, despite being the "same," were often quite different due to how it was reproduced. One example is this illo by Susan Perry-Lewis. There are at least four ways fans may have viewed it.
1) in the very first original print run of this zine, "Dracula"
2) in possible reprints of "Dracula" done by either the original publisher or an authorized agent; these copies were likely not as high-quality as the original first-run due to costs and fussiness (the publisher of "Dracula" talks about the higher cost of the art, silk screened and otherwise, in the zine's editorial
3) as the illo was printed, with permission, in other venues such as another zine, or in the case of this illo, as it appeared in a MediaWest*Con publication/program book
4) a completely rogue, photocopied copy by fans who wanted to keep or share it with other fans
The fact that the original art, even in the best editor's hands, may not have been given the reproduction care, due to lack of ability and other reasons, that showed the art in the way the original artist intended is a completely different topic!
 Image:draculaart.jpg| portrait by Susan Perry-Lewis, nominated for a 1981 Fan Q, reprinted in the book that MediaWest*Con put out for fans voting in the 1981 awards 
Image:dracula1979-18.jpg|the portrait as it appears in the zine itself; keep in mind this example is a photocopy, either authorized or unauthorized
==The Zine's Editorial==
From "A Word of Explanation/Coming Attractions" at the end of the zine: 
==Contents==
* Life-Line by Anne Elizabeth Zeek, a Star Wars crossover with Dracula, it was nominated for a Fan Q (reprinted in Kessel Run #4) (3)
* Assorted Vampiric Verses by Amy L. Manring ("The Count" and "Awaiting the Return of Count Dracula" are reprinted from The Clipper Trade Ship #23 and Maine(ly) Trek #1) (43) (3)
* Canticles by Susan Matthews (44)
* Nina's Song by Ronni Sacksteder (46)
* Mina by Jani Hicks (47)
* Dinner Suite: Billerbeck Hall by Jani Hicks (48)
* Love Unending by Carol Hansen (50)
* Sunset by Jani Hicks (51)
* Dark Prince by Jani Hicks (reprinted from Warped Space #42) (52)
* Lucy Seward: To a Creature of the Night by Jani Hicks (reprinted from Warped Space #42) (54)
* Untitled by Beth Bowles (54)
* The Shadows are Many by Jani Hicks (56)
* The Born-Again Vampire by Jani Hicks (58)
* Do Not Think Me Dead by Franny Moore-Kyle (60)
* Untitled, three poems by Kathy Esselman (63)
* Requiem by Robin Cloward (65)
* Night Vision by Tracy Taylor
* Nightspirit by Linda Stoops (68)
* Who's There by Maggie S. Hart (70)
* Foreplay by Susan Matthews (72)
* Nosferatu by Jane Firmstone (reprinted from Warped Space #39) (73)
* Initiation Night by Shirley Emerson (77)
* Ode to a Bat by Amia Twytte (85)
* So Long, Blood Sucker by Nan Helsing (86)
* Dracula Meets The New Woman, essay by Jean Lorrah (86)
* St. Michael's Mount by Barb Gompf and Desiree Bell (90)
* On Location by Valerie Piacentini (91)
*Waiting on the Wings by Linda Stoops (91)
* I Never Drink... Wine by Laurie Haldeman (94)
* It Die, to Sleep by Mary Lee Casico (96)
* A Word of Explanation/Coming Attractions by Lori Chapek-Carleton (121)
==Sample Interior==
Image:dracula1979-1.png|table of contents page, address redacted
Image:dracula1979-2.jpg|sample text
Image:dracula1979-3.jpg|Martynn for "Life-Line"
Image:dracula1979-4.jpg|Martynn for "Life-Line"
Image:dracula1979-5.jpg|Michael Goodwin
Image:dracula1979-6.jpg|
Image:dracula1979-7.jpg|
Image:dracula1979-8.jpg|Kelly Hill
Image:dracula1979-9.jpg|Jane Firmstone (reprinted from Warped Space #42)
Image:dracula1979-10.jpg|James Odbert
Image:dracula1979-11.jpg| James Odbert
Image:dracula1979-12.jpg|Connie Faddis, reprinted from the back cover of Warped Space #39
Image:dracula1979-13.jpg|Lisa Mason
Image:dracula1979-14.jpg|Susan W. Perry
Image:dracula1979-15.jpg|Susan W. Perry
Image:dracula1979-16.jpg|Signe Landon
Image:dracula1979-19.jpg|Deb Walsh
Image:dracula1979-20.jpg|Edith Crowe (reprinted from Warped Space #39)
Image:dracula1979-21.jpg|Signe Landon
Image:dracula1979-22.jpg|Susan W. Perry
Image:dracula1979-23.jpg|Susan W. Perry: titled "Welcome"
Image:dracula1979-24.jpg|Susan W. Perry
Image:dracula1979-25.jpg|Bev Zuk, portrays Dracula and Lucy
Image:figleafdraculaandlucy.jpg|original art by Beverly Zuk sold on eBay with a fig leaf, portrays Dracula and Lucy 
Image:dracula1979-26.jpg|Bev Zuk: "To Sleep, To Die"
Image:dracula1979-27.jpg|Cory Correll
==Reactions and Reviews==
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==References==
Category:Dracula
Category:1980 Zines