Grip/Issues 16-20

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Grip is a gen multimedia anthology of fiction, art, poetry, and commentary edited by Roberta Rogow.
There were 51 issues published.
The series had an emphasis on Star Trek and Star Wars.
Rogow created this zine series to encourage and highlight fans who did not have a lot of previous experience creating fanworks.
Rogow was very out-spoken in her her mission to keep "Grip's" material G, or mildly PG, rated, and the title, "Grip," was a poke at Grup, a sexually explicit Trek zine. 
Some regular features were the editorial ("The Editor Shoots Her Mouth Off"), fanzine ads ("Backscratching Department"), and letters of comment ("Air-LoC"), the last two spelled a variety of ways.
==Issue 16==
Grip 16 was published in November 1983 and contains 68 pages. 
The art is by art by Gennie Summers (front cover), Jean Ellenbacher (back cover), Gregory A. Baker, Nicole Branch, Barbara P. Gordon, Teresa Homes, Richard Pollet, Melody Rondeau, Michael B. Smith, "Star Stocking," and Carole Swoboda.
It includes "a dire warning for a certain outspoken critic of Media Fandom," which is a nod to Repent Arlan, Said the Dark Venger Man, an RPF, meta essay about Harlan Ellison and his combative relationship with media fandom. 
From the editorial: 
* The Editor Shoots Her Mouth Off by Roberta Rogow (1)
* A is For... by Roberta Rogow (Star Trek: TOS) (2)
* Remembering Spock, filk by Anne Batterby, to the tune of "The Rose" (Star Trek: TOS) (14)
* A Note of Remembrance by Richard Pollet (Star Trek: TOS) (17)
* Genesis, poem by Jo Wenck (Star Trek: TOS) (20)
* ... These Mortals Be... by Dan Dickholz (Star Trek, Savvik) (21)
* Void, poem by Nicole Branch (Star Wars) (34)
* The Gentle Giant, poem by Katheryn Agel (Star Wars) (36)
* Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder by Michael B. Smith (Star Wars) (37)
* Both Sides Now, filk by Jean Ellenbacher, to the tune of the same name (Star Wars) (51)
* The Return of the Jerki by Steve Gordon (Star Wars) (41)
* The Eyes Have It, poem cycle (Mother, Father, Son) by Jean Ellenbacher (Star Wars) (51)
* What if Han Had Missed at the Death Star... ? by Carol-Mel Ambassador (Star Wars) (54)
* Drifting Snow, filk by Jaime Yingling, to the tune of "Country Roads" (Star Wars) (56)
* Repent Arlan, Said the Dark Venger Man by Terence J. Koumaris (meta commentary on Harlan Ellison) (58)
* Science, Good, Bad and Bogus, essay by Harry Andruschak (66)
* The End, filk by Roberta Rogow (also in Rec Room Rhymes #3) (Star Wars) (67)
* Backscratching Department (68)
 
 
Image:grip16-1.jpg|from issue #16, Gennie Summers
Image:grip16-2.jpg|from issue #16, Gennie Summers
Image:grip16-3.jpg|from issue #16, Barbara P. Gordon
Image:grip16-4.jpg|from issue #16, filk
Image:grip16-5.jpg|from issue #16, TACS
Image:grip16-6.jpg|from issue #16, Nicole Branch
Image:grip16-7.jpg|from issue #16 
Image:grip16-8.jpg|from issue #16, Michael B. Smith
Image:grip16-9.jpg|from issue #16, Star Stocking
 
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 16===
==Issue 17==
Grip 17 was published in February 1984 and has 64 pages. There are illos by Barbara P. Gordon, Theresa Holmes, Michael B. Smith (back cover), Mike Worley (front cover), Richard Pollet, Gregory A. Baker, Lynn Eldridge, Star Stocking, Carole Swoboda, and Gennie Summers.
From the editorial: 
* The Editor Shoots Her Mouth Off (1)
* Hill Street Starship, cartoon by Gennie Summers (2)
* The Believability Factor by Gayle Puhl (3)
* Physician, Heal by Lisa Padol (McCoy has learned of Natira's death and it is Spock who comes to offer comfort.) (31)
* For Jim, When You Left Iowa by Barbara Robertson (34)
* The Years Between, poem by Teresa Sarick (36)
* A Game for the Young by Joan Shumsky (37)
* Star Track: The Rash of Kon by Steven Gordon (39)
* Survivor Syndrome (the original story was by Matthew Kohn, but the editor totally rewrote it; the editor talks about it in the editorial.) (45) 
* My Friend, poem by Katrhyn Agel (59)
* Gemini by Tracey Woodend (62)
* Air-LoC (64)
* filks: The Fall by CarolMel Ambassador, As the Fanzines Go Rolling Along by Richard Pollet, The Years Between by Teresa Sarick (66)
File:grip17-1.jpg| from issue #17, Gennie Summers
File:grip17-2.jpg| from issue #17, Gregory Baker
File:grip17-3.jpg| from issue #17, Gennie Summers
File:grip17-4.jpg| from issue #17, Barbara P. Gordon
Image:grip17-5.jpg|from issue #17, TACS
Image:grip17-6.jpg|from issue #17, Star Stocking
 
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 17===
==Issue 18==
Grip 18 was published in July 1984 and has 68 pages. 
The art is by Jean Ellenbacher, Lori Nelson, Contessa, Cheryl Hendricks, Andrea Kunz, Peter Laird, Melody Rondeau, Leah Rosenthal, and Star Stocking.
It contains two Star Wars, one Buck Rogers parody and Star Trek: TOS.
* The Editor Shoots Her Mouth Off (1)
* The Road to Eden by Stephen Mendenhall (Star Trek: TOS/Bob Hope and Bing Crosby fusion) (2)
* Star Trek II: The Rash of Kon by Steven Gordon (Fantasy Island/Star Trek) (17)
* Prescription by Gayle Puhl (32)
* Search, poem by Gloria de Leon (35)
* Ode to XL-52, filk by Teresa Sarick (37)
* Vader vs Vader, part 3 Germs of Endearment by Leah Rosenthal and the Bad Company (39)
* Leia of Alderaan, filk by Jeanne Webster and Mary Nuss (44)
* A Few Words on Meeting Your Maker by Tim Blaes (reprinted in Snowfire #1) (45)
* The Interview by Kathy Fink (47)
* Cluck Codgers by Richard Pollet (49)
* Backscratching Department (68)
 
Image:grip18-1.jpg|from issue #18, Melody Rondeau
Image:grip18-2.jpg|from issue #18, Jean Ellenbacher
Image:grip18-3.jpg|from issue #18, Peter Laird -- "Droid's Day Off"
Image:grip18-4.jpg|from issue #18, Leah Rosenthal
Image:grip18-5.jpg|from issue #18, Leah Rosenthal
Image:grip18-6.jpg|from issue #18, Star Stocking
 
 
==Issue 19==
Grip 19 was published in November 1984 and has 68 pages. It is an all-Star Trek issue, which the editor notes is a first for "Grip."
The art is by Barbara P. Gordon, Gene Reynolds, Mary Bohdanowitz, Jean Ellenbacher, Barbara P. Gordon, Shona Jackson, Peter Laird, Michael B. Smith, Gennie Summers, and Carole Swoboda. 
* McCoy's Luck by Gayle Puhl (16 pages, McCoy fighting depression over the death of an old friend, becomes involved in various intrigues that endanger his life.)
* The Editor Shoots Her Mouth Off (1)
* Who's Ship Is It, poem by Richard Pollet (2)
* McCoy's Luck by Gayle Puhl (3)
* Mission's End by Lisa Padol (19)
* Call You Friend, poem by Sue Betley (23)
* The Answer, poem by Sue Betley (23)
* The Confrontation by Sue Wilson (25)
* Uhura, poem by Teresa Sarick (32)
* Floodgate by CarolMel Ambassador (33)
* Decision, poem by Gloria de Leaon (34)
* The Splurge for Spa, ST III parody (36)
* Klingons a poem by 'Jimmy Kirk, second grade', by Greg Baker (50)
* The Many Splendored Thing by Dan Dickholtz (51)
 
 
 Image:grip19-1.jpg|from issue #19, Barbara P. Gordon 
Image:grip19-2.jpg|from issue #19, Gennie Summers
Image:grip19-3.jpg|from issue #19, Carole Swoboda
Image:grip19-4.jpg|from issue #19, Shona Jackson
Image:grip19-5.jpg|from issue #19 
Image:grip19-6.jpg|from issue #19, Peter Laird
Image:grip19-7.jpg|from issue #19, Peter Laird
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 19 ===
 
==Issue 20==
Grip 20 was published in February 1985 and has 68 pages. It contains three Star Trek: TOS stories (two versions of Spock's death and rebirth) and a Doctor Who/Indiana Jones parody.
The art is by Melody Rondeau, Gennie Summers, Vickie Bernheimer, Jean Ellenbacher, Nancy Gervais, Jackie Pratt, Gayle Puhl, Mike Smith, and Elaine Tripp.
From the editorial: 
* The Editor Shoots Her Mouth Off (1)
* Till There Was Khan, filk by Crystal Hegel (2)
* The Paradise Prisoners by Gayle Puhl (The Enterprise is held by some type of force as it orbits a newly discovered planet. A landing party beams down and McCoy is seized by the beings of the planet and submitted to a mind probe that could prove fatal to the Doctor.) (3)
*"cool, cool," poem by Teresa Sarick (27)
* Where the Heart Is by Richard Pollet (28)
* A Trek Fan's Dream, filk by Winifred Bender (33)
* The Gathering, poem by Elaine Tripp (35)
* Condolence by Carol Mel Ambassador (26)
* Longing, poem by Suzanne Betley (47)
* Even If My Side of the Force is Dark, filk by Mike Smith (48)
* Leia of Alderaan, filk by Cathy Erickson (49)
* No Higher Price by Kristy Merrill (51)
* A Last Farewell by Tracey Woodend (53)
* Headline by Charles Garofalo and Leo Doroshenko (54)
* Indeeanna Moans and the Orthodox Temple of Doctor Who (57)
* Dr. Who?, poem by Lareenia Smith (65)
* Filler, filksong by Leah Rosenthal (67)
* Air-LoC, letter column (68)
 
 
Image:grip20-1.jpg|from issue #20, Jean Ellenbacher
Image:grip20-2.jpg|from issue #20, Gayle Puhl
Image:grip20-3.jpg|from issue #20, Nancy Gervais
Image:grip20-4.jpg|from issue #20, Elaine Tripp
Image:grip20-5.jpg|from issue #20, Gennie Summers
Image:grip20-6.jpg|from issue #20, Melody Rondeau
Image:grip20-7.jpg|from issue #20, Jackie Pratt
Image:grip20-8.jpg|from issue #20, Jean Ellenbacher
Image:grip20-9.jpg|from issue #20, Jean Ellenbacher
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 20===
==References==