Guns and Red Roses

Guns and Red Roses is a mostly gen manga Eroica anthology. Two issues were published.
An age statement was required for purchase.
==Issue 1==
Guns and Red Roses 1 was published in December 1989 and contains 176 pages. 
Along with fiction, it contains background information on "Eroica" and other Yasuko Aoike manga; plus artwork, original manga and cartoons by Cyrissa Adamson, Pat Cash, Larry DeSouza, Nei Mo Han, April Lee, Bonnie Reitz, Colleen Winters, and V.M. Wyman. It has a color cover by Ni Mo Han.
Some of the art by TACS was repurposed in Tales of Eroica Coloring Book.
It was the winner of a 1990 Fan Q.
This zine required an age statement to purchase.
From the editorial: 
Summaries below are from the title page.
* Hi There (AKA Editor's Corner) (4)
* Eroica's World: Background Information by Marg Baskin (6)
* Someone is Killing the Great NATO Agents of Europe by Nie Mo Han ("It began as a straightforward mission. But then everything goes awry, leaving the Major fighting for survival and Dorian facing one of the most difficult moments of his life.") (gen) (sequel: "Win, Place or Die" in Guns and Red Roses #2) (14)
* Masque for Three by Barbara T ("When the Major accepts an invitation from Sophie Wolf to join her in Athens, he vows to relax. Then Eroica arrives on the scene.") (het) (Klaus/OFC) (39)
* From Eroica with Love by TACS (manga format, slash: Dorian/Klaus) (reprinted as the first part of Tales of Eroica Coloring Book) (63)
* A Piece of Tail by Janice Hornyak ("Dorian witnesses the Major's capture by KGB agents, and sets about arranging a rescue. the biggest hurdle may be talking the Major into the pink bunny suit...") (gen) (84)
* Situation Normal by JoLynn Horvath ("Waiting fro an airplane at London's Heathrow airport, Dorian fights boredom by helping himself to some trinkets belonging to his fellow travelers. It's only when the shooting starts that he realizes that one of those trinkets could cost him his life.") (gen) (99)
* Diamond by Karen Klinck ("After M.I. 6 agent Jack Bancoran arrests the Earl of Red Gloria as the prime suspect in a diamond heist, both the Earl and Maraich vanish.) (Eroica/Patalliro!, slash: Bancoran/Maraich, non-explicit) (172)
* Further Reading: Other Manga by Y. Aoike, article by Nei Mo Han (172)
* Anime House Wants You: Submission Guidelines (176)
 
 File:gunsandred1inside.jpg| from issue #1, Ni Mo Han 
 
Image:gunsandredroses1-2.jpg|from issue #1, April Lee
Image:gunsandredroses1-3.jpg|from issue #1, Ni Mo Han
Image:gunsandredroses1-4.jpg|from issue #1, V.M. Wyman
Image:gunsandredroses1-5.jpg|from issue #1, V.M. Wyman
Image:gunsandredroses1-6.jpg|from issue #1, TACS
Image:gunsandredroses1-7.jpg|from issue #1, TACS
Image:gunsandredroses1-8.jpg|from issue #1, Cyrissa Adamson
Image:gunsandredroses1-9.jpg|from issue #1, Cyrissa Adamson
Image:gunsandredroses1-10.jpg|from issue #1, Ni Mo Han
Image:gunsandredroses1-11.jpg|from issue #1, Ni Mo Han
Image:gunsandredroses1-12.jpg|from issue #1, Ni Mo Han
Image:gunsandredroses1-13.jpg|from issue #1, Pat Cash
Image:gunsandredroses1-14.jpg|from issue #1, Pat Cash
==Issue 2==
 
 
Guns and Red Roses 2 was published in May 1991 and contains 158 pages. 
The front and back covers are by Heather Bruton, with additional interior art by Bonnie Reitz, Joyce Norton, V.M. Wyman, Terrie Smith, and April Lee.
 
From the editorial: 
From the submissions guidelines: 
* Hi There (2)
* Submissions Guidelines (3)
* The Price by JoLynn Horvath, art by April Lee (4)
* Ashes in the Morning by Karen Klinck, art by Terrie Smith (26)
* Embassy Feint by Colette T. Bolech, art by Heather Bruton (short dialogue) (42)
* Lover of the Night by JoLynn Horvath, art by Joyce Norton (44)
* Win Place or Die by Heather Bruton, art by Heather Bruton (sequel to "Someone is Killing the Great NATO Agents of Europe" in Guns and Red Roses #1) (62)
* Thoughts Contingent on a Blythe Spirit by V.M. Wyman, art by V.M. Wyman (a Lupin III crossover, has a stand-alone sequel novel: Thoughts Contingent on the Wrong Box) (78)
Image:gunsredroses2-1.jpg|from issue #2, April Lee
Image:gunsredroses2-2.jpg|from issue #2, April Lee
Image:gunsredroses2-3.jpg|from issue #2, Terrie Smith
Image:gunsredroses2-4.jpg|from issue #2, Terrie Smith
Image:gunsredroses2-5.jpg|from issue #2, Joyce Norton
Image:gunsredroses2-6.jpg|from issue #2, Joyce Norton
Image:gunsredroses2-7.jpg|from issue #2, Heather Bruton
Image:gunsredroses2-8.jpg|from issue #2, Heather Bruton
Image:gunsredroses2-9.jpg|from issue #2, V.M. Wyman
Image:gunsredroses2-10.jpg|from issue #2, V.M. Wyman
 
Category:From Eroica With Love Zines
Category:1989 Zines
Category:1991 Zines