Dargelos

Dargelos was a slash fan fiction writer who has written in many fandoms under many pseudonyms (Araminta Carrington, Fanny Adams and others) since the mid 1980s. 
She wrote extensively in Starsky and Hutch, Professionals, Oz, Highlander and occasionally in a number of other fandoms. Her fanworks have won at least one Huggy Award, and they have been highly recommended by their fellow fans over the years. 
Later, Dargelos turned pro.
Dargelos also produced fan art and co-chaired Zebracon as Jean C.. She also made Starsky & Hutch fanvids during the VCR-vidding era.
Much of Dargelos' art is signed with the name Jean and a small pentagram.
She passed away on December 2, 2023 at the age of 71 after battling cancer.Morgan Dawn's personal notes, accessed December 3, 2023.
==Some Fannish History==
From A Brief and Very Personal History of Slash (1999).
==Links to Dargelos' Fiction==
* The Outpost
* Starsky & Hutch Archive
* Starsky & Hutch
* The Professionals
==Print Zines==
===Blake's 7===
Powerplay | The World Turned Upside Down
===Dorothy Dunnett===
Marzipan and Kisses | Whispering Gallery
===Harry and Johnny===
A Little Past, A Little Future | A Portfolio of Poetry and Portraits
===Miscellaneous===
Alternaties | Behind Bars | Crossed Swords | Dark Side of the Moon | Diverse Dimensions | Everything But the Kitchen Sink | Falling from Grace | Free for All | From Ash to Flame | Mulder's Spooktown Cafe | The Osiris Files | Priority Hawk | Queendom | White Rabbit | Wild Cards
===The Professionals===
Brit Shriek! | British Takeaway | Cat Tales | Cat Tales | Cow Tales & Udder Atrocities | Discovered on a Rooftop | Foxhole in a Graveyard | In the Public Interest | Magnetism | Pig Tails & Other Swill | Starlight, Starbright | Teo Torriatte
===Robin of Sherwood===
Adult Situations | The Hooded Man | Loxley | Sonic Screwdriver
===Starsky & Hutch===
All Our World in Us | Bonaventure | Between Friends | Celebration | Code 7 | Credit List (Starsky and Hutch zine) | The Fix | Gunther's Revenge | Hanky Panky | Memories | Moonlight and Mists | Mind If I Join Ya? | No Pants, No Badge, No Gun | No Easy Answers | Nightlight | Penal Code | Renascence (Starsky and Hutch zine) | Rerun | S and H | Strokes | Shadowplay (Starsky and Hutch zine) | Strange Justice | Ten-Thirteen | Three Eleven | Who You Know, What You Know, & How You Know It...
===Star Wars===
Far Realms | Legends of Light | Obsc'zine | Skywalker
==Fans Comment on Dargelos' Fiction==
 
==The "White Rabbit" Controversy==
In 2010, Dargelos had some issues with permissions and her fanwork, White Rabbit. See Talk:Dargelos.
==Fanart ==
As Jean C., Dargelos was a well-known Star Trek and Starsky & Hutch fan artist and contributed to a number of zines with her illustrations. She won a Major Oak Award for her Robin of Sherwood fan art, as well as Encore Awards for her Starsky & Hutch art. 
===Blake's 7===
File:The World Turned Upside Down-9.jpg|from The World Turned Upside-Down (1985) -- The editor of that zine wrote in it: "[Jean C], who doesn't even like B7 but gave me 16 wonderful illustrations (some of the aforementioned cuddle scenes that made the editor very, very happy)."
File:The World Turned Upside Down-13.jpg|from The World Turned Upside-Down (1985)
File:The World Turned Upside Down-10.jpg|from The World Turned Upside-Down (1985)
File:Farrealms8-23.jpg|Star Wars, from Far Realms #8 (1986)
File:Powerplay2-4.jpg|from Powerplay #2 (1988)
File:The World Turned Upside Down-11.jpg|from The World Turned Upside-Down (1985)
File:Powerplay2-4.jpg|from Powerplay #2 (1988)
File:Powerplay2-5.jpg|Gareth Thomas, from Powerplay #2 (1988)
 File:Powerplay2-4.jpg|from Powerplay #2 (1988)
===The Professionals ===
 
File:Pros - Always Together by Jean C.jpg|"Always Together" (unknown date) 
File:Pros Art Wild Rover by Jean C Study 1.jpg|"Wild Rover" (unknown date)
Image:doyledavinci.png|"Doyle as Da Vinci Angel" (unknown date)
 
Image:clissoldbodie1984.jpg| William Bodie (1984)
Image:raydoylesmoking.png| Ray Doyle/Martin Shaw (1984)
Image:doylefigleaf.png| sports an pesky fig leaf by a fan selling this art on ebay (1984)
Image:clissolddoyle1984.jpg| Ray Doyle, the original art of "Killer Angel" (1984)
File:Pros Art Killer Angel by Jean C Study 3 appeared in zine Discovered On A Rooftop.jpg|"Killer Angel" from Discovered on a Rooftop (1985) 
File:Discoveredonarooftop-19.jpg|from Discovered on a Rooftop (1985)
 
File:Pros Art by Jean C Study 2.jpg|from Discovered on a Rooftop (1985) 
Image:clissolddoyle1985.jpg| Ray Doyle (1985) 
File:Doyleleaves.png| Ray Doyle (1985)
File:Martinat16.png| "Martin at 16" - portrays Martin Shaw (1985)
File:Magart4.jpg|from Magnetism (1985)
File:Magart18.jpg|from Magnetism (1985)
Image:pros jean c 1985.jpg| Bodie and Doyle from an AU, set in the Regency period (1985)
Image:jeanlewiscollins1985.jpg| William Bodie (1985)
File:Pros Fan Art by Jean C 22.jpg|original art from In the Public Interest #1 (1985)
File:Pros Fan Art by Jean C 1985.jpg|original art from In the Public Interest #1 (1985)
File:Redhairdoyle.jpg| Ray Doyle: "Red Hair" (1986)
File:Kitchen2-2.jpg| the character Murphy from Everything But the Kitchen Sink #2 (The Professionals) (1986)
File:Teo-7.jpg|from Teo Torriate (1986), for the story, "Love in a Combat Zone"
File:Teo-9.jpg|from Teo Torriate (1986), for the story, "Consecration"
File:Teo-10.jpg|from Teo Torriate (1986), for the story, "Consecration"
File:Teo-12.jpg|from Teo Torriate (1986), for the story, Loving Can Be a Heavy Cross, a very controversial story
File:teo-11.jpg|from Teo Torriate (1986), for the story, Loving Can Be a Heavy Cross"
File:teo-13.jpg|from Teo Torriate (1986), for the story, Loving Can Be a Heavy Cross
File:teo-14.jpg|from Teo Torriate (1986), for the story, Loving Can Be a Heavy Cross
File:teo-15.jpg|from Teo Torriate (1986), for the story, Loving Can Be a Heavy Cross
File:Cattales4.jpg|from Cat Tales (1986) -- "After years of avoiding Pros fandom, this was the one that pulled me in, first by attracting my eye with the distinctive [Jean C. artwork." comment by kslangley at What was your first fandom?, August 28, 2016
File:Cattales8.jpg|from Cat Tales (1986) -- "I bought that zine, [Cat Tales], 22 years ago. In fact, it was the zine that finally (after years of I-don't-*need*-*another*-fandom avoidance) sucked me into Pros fandom. Well, to be precise, it started with the artwork. I was strolling through the Dealer's Room at ZCon and saw some of the pieces up on the wall. I love fan artwork in all it's varied glory (mostly of the hand-drawn variety and not so much of the CGA stuff). So, attracted by the art, I picked up the zine and thumbed through it, said what the heck and bought it. Then I went merrily around the room picking up other Pros zines that were available. (And when I went back to the hotel room, my friend -- who also had been avoiding the fandom -- went back and bought her own copies. Fans sure are strange sometimes. :-) )"2008 comments at CI5hq
File:Cattales10.jpg|from Cat Tales (1986)
File:Cattales9.jpg|from Cat Tales (1986)
File:Martinshawjean.png|Martin Shaw (1986) 
File:Foxhole9.jpg|from Foxhole in a Graveyard (1988)
File:Foxhole10.jpg |from Foxhole in a Graveyard (1988)
=== Robin of Sherwood ===
Image:jeanclissoldmichaelpraed1985.jpg|original art (1985) 
 
File:Rosclissold.png| original art (1986) 
File:Adultsituations2-1.jpg|from Adult Situations #2, portrays Philip Mark (who was portrayed by Lewis Collins) (1987)
File:sonicscrew4.jpg|titled "Summer-Crowned King", from The Sonic Screwdriver #4 (1988)
File:Hoodedmanwillis-7.jpg| from The Hooded Man (1988) 
File:Hoodedmanwillis-8.jpg | from The Hooded Man (1988) 
 
 
File:Hoodedmanwillis-2.jpg|The Hooded Man (1988)
File:Loxley2.jpg|from Loxley #2 (1991)
===Star Wars===
File:Ob3-15.jpg|Vader: "You're not on any mercy mission this time, your highness." Leia: "DARTH VADER... only you could Be so Bold!" -- from Obsc'zine #3, some Leia/Vader smut (1978)
File:Skywalker6-3.jpg|from Skywalker #6 (Star Wars) (1983)
File:Skywalker6-25.jpg|from Skywalker #6 (Star Wars) (1983)
File:Legendsoflight2-35.jpg|from Legends of Light #2 (Star Wars) (1984)
===Starsky & Hutch ===
 
File:Sandh19.jpg |(1981) from S and H #19
File:Sandh22back.jpg|(1981) from S and H #22
File:Sandh23 Jean C.jpg|(1981) from S and H #23
File:Sandh27art4.jpg|(1981) from S and H #27
File:Sandh27art2.jpg|(1981) from S and H #27
File:Sandh27art1.jpg|(1981) from S and H #27
File:Sandh27insideback.jpg|(1981) from S and H #27
File:Ten2.jpg|from Ten-Thirteen #2 (1981) - "The cover has nice portrait work in a dramatic but somewhat unsettled composition." S and H #33/34 "Special mention goes to [Jean C.] for her front cover with its echoes of Durer’s “the Knight, Death, and the Devil." S and H #33/34 
File:Allourworld3.jpg|from All Our World in Us (1981): "The Wedding Picture" - "Seemed it so to us - When I was thine and thou wast mine, - And all these things were thus, - But all our world in us?" (an excerpt from a poem by Dante Gabriel Rossetti) 
Image:creditlist.jpg|from Credit List (1981)
File:Phonebooth3.jpg|cover of Phone Booth (1981 or 1982)
File:Sandh35art7.jpg|(1982) a Wrath of Kahn/ZebraCon pun from S and H #35 
File:Strokesart4.jpg|from Strokes for the poem, "I Come to You in Gentle Need" (1982)
File:Gunther interior by Jean C.jpg| from Gunther's Revenge (1982)
File:Gunther interior by Jean C 2.jpg‎| from Gunther's Revenge (1982)
File:Sandh30art1.jpgfrom S and H #32 (1982)
File:Code7-2art4.jpg|from Code 7 #2 (1982) - "Most of the illos in the zine are by [Jean C., with a dark, sketchy quality about them..." from S and H #37 (1982)
File:Strange justice interior by Jean C 3.jpg| from Strange Justice (1982)
File:Strange justice interior by Jean C.jpg| from Strange Justice (1982), winner of an Encore Award - "[Jean C.’s] work for ‘Kindred Spirits’ is the best she’s ever done, simply splendid in composition, technique, and insight…" from S and H #38
 
File:Strange justice interior by Jean C 2.jpg| from Strange Justice (1982), winner of an Encore Award -- [Jean C.]’s work is the first bonus of the zine. She has in recent outings done some sloppy, derivative, undisciplined work. It’s a pleasure to find her back in stride here. Her illos for ‘Kindred Spirits’ are careful, fascinating and original. The high quality of the material she was given to illustrate many have something to do with this. With lesser words for inspiration, [Jean C.] tends to get lazy. But give her the Good Stuff, and she’ll give us something as luscious as the two-page spread (pp.144-145) in which the eyes in particular are breathtaking. She does that better than anybody else; cleaving through the surface expressions of her subjects by letter their eyes speak. She’s done a fine job, especially in this two-pager, wherein Hutch’s features skillfully metamorphose into those of a Mayan warrior. Distinguished work." from S and H #37
File:Rerun1-9.jpg| from Rerun #1 (1983) for the story Grey Panthers, Starsky is disguised as an elderly woman in order to catch a mugger - "Enjoyed also [Jean C's] illos. She is a fine artist who puts a lot of 'character' into the drawings she does." from a LoC in "Rerun" #2 
 Image:groundhog.jpg| (1982)
File:Whoyouart9.jpg|from Who You Know, What You Know, & How You Know It... (1983), reprinted in Bonaventure (1990) -- "Hot House Flower," portrays Vanessa Hutchinson 
File:Whoyou-3.jpg|from Who You Know, What You Know, & How You Know It... (1983) -- "The artwork in this zine was a treasure. [Jean C.], as always, is one of my favorites." from Between Friends #1 
File:Whoyou-4.jpg|from Who You Know, What You Know, & How You Know It... (1983)
File:Whoyouart11.jpg|from Who You Know, What You Know, & How You Know It... (1983)
File:Hankypanky9.jpg|from Hanky Panky #9 (1983) -- "Lymond who?" is a reference to The Lymond Chronicles 
File:Moonlight interior by Jean C.jpg| from Moonlight and Mists (1985)
File:Nopants7.jpg| from No Pants, No Badge, No Gun (1985)
 
 
 
File:Fix1art1.jpg|from The Fix #1 (1987)
File:Noeasyfrontispiece.jpg| from No Easy Answers (1988)
File:Shadowplay5.jpg|from Shadowplay (1989) -- on the illo: "When had speech become so unnecessary?"
File:mindif6.jpg|from Bonaventure (1990), reprinted in Mind If I Join Ya? (2004), uses the The Brass Bed photo reference 
===Other Fandoms===
 
File:hjportart1.jpg|from A Portfolio of Poetry and Portraits, portrays Johnny from the Harry & Johnny fandom (1981)
File:hjportart2.jpg|from A Portfolio of Poetry and Portraits, portrays Harry (Dirty Harry) from the Harry & Johnny fandom (1981)
File:Skywalker6-11.jpg|from Skywalker #6 (The Wrath of Khan) (1983) 
File:Dd2-7.jpg|from Diverse Dimensions #2, "Wedding Picture" (Battlestar Galactica (1978) (1983)
File:Priorityhawk-2.jpg|from Priority Hawk (Buck Rogers in the Twenty-Fifth Century ) (1983)
File:Priorityhawk-3.jpg|from Priority Hawk (Buck Rogers in the Twenty-Fifth Century ) (1983)
File:Queendom-12.jpg|from Queendom (Queen) (1984)
File:Queendom-17.jpg|bandmmbers as characters from The Wizard of Oz, from Queendom (Queen) (1984)
File:Queendom-15.jpg|a bandmember on a tarot card, from Queendom (Queen) (1984)
File:Queendom-13.jpg|a bandmember on a tarot card, from Queendom (Queen) (1984)
File:Queendom-7.jpg|a bandmember on a tarot card, from Queendom (Queen) (1984)
Image:zaxjean1985.jpg| portrays Zax from Facelift (1985) 
File:Bodiefacelift1986jeanclissold.jpg| portrays Zax from Facelift, and William Bodie (1986) 
File:Fanzine-theosirisfiles-02.jpg|cover of Osiris Files #2 (Beauty and the Beast (TV)) (1988)
Image:pointbreakjean.jpg| Point Break, Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves (1991)
File:Wildcards2art6.jpg|The Lost Boys, from Wild Cards #2 (1993)
File:Spooktown-19.jpg| from Mulder's Spooktown Cafe The X-Files (1997) 
Image:fallingfromgrace-2.jpg|from Falling from Grace (Hard Target) (1998)
 
Image:fallingfromgrace-4.jpg|from Falling from Grace (Hard Target) (1998)
Image:fallingfromgrace-5.jpg|from Falling from Grace (Hard Target) (1998)
 
==Fan Vids==
Dargelos and her friend, Pam Jensen, were among the first wave of live action vidders. Starting in 1981 they produced a series of vids, mainly in Starsky & Hutch fandom. Many of the vids were short snippets using a stanza or two of a familiar song, strung together in one long medley. Their music choices covered a wide range from show tunes, to the Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, Neil Young and Queen.
Portions of this list of vid titles has been confirmed by Dargelos-those vids have been clearly marked. Some of the titles may have been fan generated based on their hearing a snippet of lyrics. Others may have been copied without credit to the actual vidders onto a tape that contained Dargelos and Pam Jensen vids. Neither playlists nor credits appeared on most songtape copies.Feb 2023 Note (by Dargie/Dargelos: This list of songs includes ones I've never even heard of. Anything edited by "Davis" is not our work, and can be removed from the list except, perhaps the citation from "The Roar of the Greasepaint, The Smell of the Crowd" (incorrectly titled "Face Like Dracula." Should be: "Look at that Face.") Pam was a big Anthony Newly fan, and though I don't remember the cut, there is a good chance we used it. In the list below I have marked confirmed use with a *. The rest of the list should be considered iffy
VIDS CONFIRMED BY DARGELOS IN FEBRUARY 2023
*Anything Goes (played over the vidder's closing credits, see screencap below) (some copies of the songtape end here) - CONFIRMED
*Be My Love by Mario Lanza - CONFIRMED
*Black Magic sung by Judy Garland - Dargelos - CONFIRMED
*Boy From NYC - Dargelos - CONFIRMED
* Come On Get Happy sung by Judy Garland - CONFIRMED
*Cowboy Song (Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys) - Dargelos - CONFIRMED
* Devil in Blue Jeans (Somebody's Knocking) - Dargelos - CONFIRMED
*Face Like Dracula (from "The Roar of Greasepaint, The Smell of the Crowd" play) - song title is actually ""Look at that Face" - CONFIRMED
* Forget Your Troubles – Dargelos (this may be a fan generated title for “Come On Get Happy” sung by Judy Garland - CONFIRMED
*Heart of Gold - Dargelos - CONFIRMED
*In My Life (I Love You More) sung by The Beatles - CONFIRMED
*Killer Queen (Multiple Fandoms) - Dargelos - CONFIRMED
*Lady In Red (From the film "In Caliente") - Dargelos - CONFIRMED
*Like A Melody ("A pretty girl is like a melody") performed by Irving Berlin - Dargelos - CONFIRMED
*Little Girls (Thank Heaven For Little Girls) - Dargelos - CONFIRMED
*Otta Be In Pictures - Dargelos - CONFIRMED
*Singing In the Rain/Blueberry Hill Medley - Dargelos & Pam Jensen - CONFIRMED
*Sisters of Mercy sung by Leonard Cohen - CONFIRMED
*Under the Bamboo Tree (from "Meet Me In St. Louis" soundtrack) - Dargelos & Pam Jensen - CONFIRMED
*Whiskey Heaven sung by Fats Domino - CONFIRMED
* You Made Me Love You - Dargelos & Pam Jensen - CONFIRMED
UNCONFIRMED - EDITORS UNKNOWN, OFTEN MISATTRIBUTED TO DARGELOS AND PAM JENSEN
*All My Life - Dargelos (UNCONFIRMED)
* Better Than It’s Been - Dargelos (UNCONFIRMED)
*Comedy Spoof - Dargelos (UNCONFIRMED)
*Drinking Song - Dargelos (UNCONFIRMED)
*El Condor Pasa (If I Could) by Simon & Garfunkel (UNCONFIRMED)
*Gonna Be Allright - Dargelos (UNCONFIRMED)
*Grains of Sand (UNCONFIRMED)
*Hammer and Nail - Dargelos (UNCONFIRMED)
*He Says - Dargelos (UNCONFIRMED)
*If You Like Me - Dargelos (UNCONFIRMED)
*Only Yesterday - Dargelos (UNCONFIRMED)
*Opening Credits from Starsky & Hutch set to classical music - Dargelos (UNCONFIRMED)
*So Long - Dargelos (UNCONFIRMED)
*The Gangs All Here by Dropkick Murphys (UNCONFIRMED)
*Too Late For Praying (Children of Today) sung by Gordon Lightfoot(UNCONFIRMED)
*Warm Gun ("Happiness is a warm gun') sung by The Beatles - Dargelos (UNCONFIRMED)
*What Did You Do? by Gene Austin (UNCONFIRMED)
*Whisper My Name sung by Gordon Lighfoot (UNCONFIRMED)
MAY HAVE BEEN EDITED BY CAROL DAVIS
*Following the Leader from the stage play "Peter Pan" - this vid may be attributed in error to Dargelos - possibly edited by someone named "Davis"
*I’ll Be There sung by Bobby Darin - this vid may be attributed in error to Dargelos - possibly edited by someone named "Davis"
*Just a Fantasy sung by Billy Joel - this vid may be attributed in error to Dargelos - possibly edited by someone named "Davis"
*Live Til You Die sung by Tift Merritt - this vid may be attributed in error to Dargelos - possibly edited by someone named "Davis"
*Magical Mystery Tour sung by The Beatles- this vid may be attributed in error to Dargelos - possibly edited by someone named "Davis"
*One (from the "Chorus Line" play) - this vid may be attributed in error to Dargelos - possibly edited by someone named "Davis"
*The Tide Slowly Turning sung by Moody Blues (song set to the "Ocean Scene" from the episode "Targets Without a Badge") - this vid may be attributed in error to Dargelos - possibly edited by someone named "Davis"
*Waterfall sung by Chris Williams - this vid may be attributed in error to Dargelos - possibly edited by someone named "Davis"
*Where Did The Chicken Lay The Eggie by Billy Cotton & His Band - this vid may be attributed in error to Dargelos - possibly edited by someone named "Davis"
*You Can’t Do Me This Way sung by Mark Chestnut - - this vid may be attributed in error to Dargelos - possibly edited by someone named "Davis"
==Memorial Comments==
 
==References==
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