Avon: On-Line

Avon: On-Line is a gen Blake's 7 anthology with three issues.
A 1991 ad in The Neutral Arbiter describes it as a zine that features "first person Avon and Vila stories."
==The Vampire Connection==
==Elrod Comments on Blake's 7 Avatars, and the Planning of a Fourth Issue of "Avon: On-Line"==
While a fourth issue was planned, it was never completed, likely a victim to Elrod's changing views on the legalities and ethics of fanworks in the autumn of 1992. See The Marion Zimmer Bradley Fanfiction Controversy, and P.N. Elrod for more information.
==General Reactions and Reviews ==
 
==Issue 1==
Avon: On-Line 1 First edition: April 1988 (reprints: November 1988, July 1989, October 1989). It contains 68 pages.
The art is by Stefanie K. Hawks (cover), Map, Guy Brownlee, Edith DeGolyer, and Earlene Benson Martin.
* P.N. Elrod, "Recovery" (fiction) ("Critically injured by an explosion, Avon plans an escape from Servalan's interrogators -- despite Vila's reluctant help.") (2)
* Veggie Table, "Gangrene Lipids" (poem) (15)
* Veggie Table, "Heartburn Like and Abcessed Lesion" (poem) (16)
* P.N. Elrod, "Stealer's Choice" (fiction) ("Vila's on his own and swept up in a grandiose -- not to mention dangerous -- get-rich-quick scheme hatch by the lucious Cleo and her diabolic nephew.") (17)
* Map, "An Ode to Pylene 50 and Others" (poem) (45)
* P.N. Elrod, "Fugitives" (fiction) ("#1 in our PGP series, though each tale stands on its own. A year after Gauda Prime, Avon goes on the run with soma-drugged Vila, and a murderous pilot who wants their escape ship.") (48)
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==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 1==
==Issue 2==
Avon: On-Line 2 First edition: January 1989 (Reprints: April 1989, May 1989, December 1991). It contains 116 pages.
The first print run was 100.
The art is by Stefanie K. Hawks (cover), Linda Holt, Map, Guy Brownlee, Lia Frederick, and Joy Marie Ledet. There is an art portfolio of "Avon's Pin-Up Gallery." It does not include Blake...
* Mark Elrod & P.N. Elrod, "Vortex" (Doctor Who crossover, fiction) ("A collision between the TARDIS and another time traveler engulfs the Liberator and Travis's command ship in a deadly temporal trap. Blake must decide if he can trust the elegant, silver-haired Timelord and his exotic, secretive companion, Therese.") (1)
* Vogon Poetry and Filks by various demented Vogons (47)
** Map, "The Rebel in the Liberator Hat" (filk, The Lady in the Tutti Frutti Hat")
** ?, "Dueling Duet" (poem)
** Gil Bert & Sully Van, "Avon's Aria" (filk, Poisoning Pigeons in the Park, by Tom Lehrer)
** Einstein Rosenbridge, "Orac" (poem)
** Einstein Rosenbridge, "Beau and Darrow" (poem)
** Map, "Put the Blame on Avon" (filk, Put the Blame on Mame)
* P.N. Elrod, "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Star One" (fiction) ("Vila reveals all the grim details when he and Avon have an unexpected -- and quite embarrassing -- encounter with Travis and the lecherous Commander Prevel.") (53)
* "The Missing Are Furry" (75)
** Veggie Table, "Abstract Assonant Aliteration" (poem)
** Veggie Table, "Job Security" (poem)
** Veggie Table, "Excedrin Headache #721" (poem)
** Veggie Table, "The Flying Finger of Fiendish Fate Frights Again" (poem)
** Veggie Table, "A Vogon by Any Other Name" (poem)
* P.N. Elrod, "Breakout" (fiction) ("#2 in the "Fugitives" PGP series. In a desperate attempt to escape Riganth Prison, Avon and Vila hijack a ship with a deadly cargo.") (76)
* P.N. Elrod, "Haven" (fiction) ("#3 in the "Fugitives" PGP series. Avon finds that a remnant of resisters may prove to be even more dangerous to him than the Federation.") (88)
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==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 2==
==Issue 3==
Avon: On-Line 3 has the subtitle "Fraud." First edition: December 1990 (Reprint: August 1992). It contains 95 pages. The art is by Linda K. Holt and Denise Loague.
From the zine: 
In 1991, Elrod wrote about this zine in The Neutral Arbiter: 
 
* Letters of Comment (1)
* Fraud, Part I: Anna, fiction by Jay Marchand ("Jay Marchand has written a unique look at Avon as seen through his lover and ultimate betrayer, Anna Grant.") (1)
* Fraud, Part II: Avon, fiction by P.N. Elrod ("P.N. Elrod picks up the story from Avon's point of view as he meets with unlooked-for-help when his attempt to buy exit visas ends with disaster.") (47)
* Fraud, Part III: Grant, fiction by P.N. Elrod ("#4 in our "Fugitives" series, Avon's life goes on the one when Anna's brother learns the truth of how she really died.") (72)
File:avononline-3-1.jpg|inside issue #3, Denise Loague
File:avononline-3-2.jpg|inside issue #3, Denise Loague
File:avononline-3-3.jpg|inside issue #3, sample text
File:avononline-3-4.jpg|inside issue #3, Denise Loague
File:avononline-3-5.jpg|inside issue #3, Linda K. Holt 
File:avononline-3-6.jpg|inside issue #3, Linda K. Holt 
File:avononline-3-7.jpg|inside issue #3, Denise Loague
 
File:avononline-3-9.jpg|inside issue #3, Denise Loague
File:avononline-3-10.jpg|inside issue #3, Linda K. Holt 
File:avononline-3-11.jpg|inside issue #3, Linda K. Holt 
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 3==
==Notes==
==References==
Category:Blake's 7 Gen Zines
Category:1988 Zines
Category:1989 Zines
Category:1990 Zines