Beauty and The Beast: The Newsletter/Issues 005-006

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Beauty and The Beast: The Newsletter is a Beauty and the Beast fanclub newsletter and letterzine published out of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
It was published four times a year: March, June, September, and December.
The first issue was published in March 1988 and ended in June 1990. The newsletter spanned from the end of the first season to two months before the show was cancelled. As a result, the letters, fan discussion, and translation of information doled out to fans by TPTB reflected a cycle of excitement and optimism, fear and anxiety about characterizations and show cancellation, fervent mobilization to keep what they loved, and finally, for many fans, the crushing defeat and sense of betrayal that fractured the fandom. 
This zine series was informally continued in Passages, which began the month "Beauty and the Beast: The Newsletter" ceased.
 
== v.2 n.5 (March 1989)==
Beauty and The Beast: The Newsletter v.2 n.5 was published in March 1989 and contains 40 pages.
Editorial and Layout Staff: Patricia Adams, Rita Adams, Scott Coppemon, Eileen Hartwig, Deb Hense, and Linda Palm.
This issue has a long letter about the Viewers for Quality Television. See that page.
This issue includes photos taken in January 1989 at ICON, Iowa's oldest science fiction convention. The club had helped bring Roy Dotrice to Iowa for a mini-B & t B convention within ICON.
BatB goodies for all: 
Don't fret: 
* Whispering Gallery (3)
* Chamber Musings: An Interview with David Greenlee (5)
* Notes from Deb (11)
* Tunnel Visions: Episode Guide (12)
* Con Report for ICON, see that page (15)
* Chamber Musings: Interview with Margaret Besarra (the person who did Vincent's make-up, this interview contains many interjections and comments by Ron Perlman) (17)
* Heard It Through the Pipeline, penpal listings (From the editor: "Correspondence: It has come to my attention that some of you are treating the club correspondence secretary Pat, as a penpal. Please resist the urge. She really doesn't have time for penpals. Please, write to the people who want to be penpals. Several are listed in each issue. I'm positive they are just as nice and interesting as Pat. We must prevent Pat from suffering burnout and possibly quitting. Otherwise, the club will soon be looking for another secretary. And I don't want that to happen!!!") (26)
* Nothing Less, filk by O. McMenomy to the tune of "I Won't Take Less Than Your Love" (27)
* Vinnie, Vinnie, filk by C. Jones to the tune of Get Along Home Cindy, Cindy (27)
* Answers to the Puzzle in the previous issue (34)
* More Candleglow, letters of comment (35)
* Pascal's Pipeline, fan club listings (37)
* Addresses to Write, sponsors and others (38)
===v.2 n.5: Excerpts from Interviews=== 
From the interview with David Greenlee: 
From the interview with Margaret Bessara: 
===v.2 n.5: Excerpts from Fan Letters=== 
 
===v.2 n.5: Sample Interior===
Image:beautyhense5-1.jpg|from v.2 n.5, Deb Hense, portrays David Greenlee/Mouse
Image:beautyhense5-2.jpg|from v.2 n.5, photos from the mini-con at ICON (January 1989)
Image:beautyhense5-3.jpg|from v.2 n.5, photos from the VQT Awards 
Image:beautyhense5-4.jpg|from v.2 n.5, compilation of fan art
Image:beautyhense5-5.jpg|from v.2 n.5, compilation of fan art
== v.2 n.6 (June 1989)==
Beauty and The Beast: The Newsletter v.2 n.6 was published in June 1989 and contains 35 pages.
Editorial and Layout Staff: Patricia Adams, Rita Adams, Scott Coppenoll, Eileen Hartwig, Deb Hense, Linda Palm, and Janet Schmidt.
The art is by Phyliss Berwick and others. 
In the previous issue, the editor anticipated that this issue would be smaller than it is due to problems with the postal service, and with theft by fans. "The June issue will be smaller than normal for us. Because the post office lost approx. 100 issues of the December mailing to California, we have to replace those issues at no cost to those members. This represents a drain on our resources. Also affecting the June issue size is the cost of replacing all the B&tB zines that were stolen from our con-suite in January [at ICON (US SF Convention)]. These zines were loaned by friends so that those attending the con would have a chance to see what was available. Unfortunately, all of them disappeared. If one of them had disappeared, I might reasonably expect to see it mailed back, but all of them disappearing? This represents deliberate theft, and not an accidental walking off with an issue." -- from issue #5 Fans rallied "A big THANK YOU to those members who sent in copies of the Beast storyzines and/or money to replace those that were stolen at our convention in January of this year." , and this issue was of normal size. 
From the editor: 
* Whispering Gallery (3)
* Chamber Musings: Interview with Kathryn Spitz (the candlemaker on the show) (6)
* Tunnel Visions, episode guides (11)
* She is My Beauty, poem by Brenda K. Geraci (15)
* Chamber Musings: Interview with Kim Leigh Clark (miscellaneous tunnel dweller) (Excerpt: "I have to credit for getting me into this business is fandom. I went in as a fan. Wanting to get into them not knowing how to go to conventions. Finally going. Thank-you George Lucas for inventing Star Wars. And through the conventions talking to people, meeting friends that last a lifetime. Meeting friends in the industry. We've all gone from making these things in our back yards. To watching us all grow. Watching friends of mine that are getting screen credit for their work. A few of us decided to go into acting, but what got me into this really - was the conventions. I love the conventions and I would like to make something out of my career that I can give to people that the actors and actresses gave to me.") (17)
* Of Finer Things, poem by Carol Richard (23)
* Theory for a Phenomenon: Dedicated to Ron Koslow, Rick Baker, Ron Perlman by Lois Caton (24)
* Double Crosstix, puzzle (25)
* LOC about Aggiecon (27)
* A Rose By Any Other Name: Some Thoughts About Beauty and the Beast and Romeo and Juliet, article by Reed Cockrell (Last paragraph: "In many ways, Vincent and Catherine have chosen a much more difficult path than either Romeo and Juliet or Bridgit and Ian from the book "Three Hundred Days" did. But, so far, they have managed to hang on to what they have. They are indeed, like Romeo and Juliet, tragic heroes in the best sense of the term. But with a little luck, "Beauty and the Beast" might avoid becoming a tragedy.") (29)
* Tunnel Con 1 ("Start saving your pennies, nickels, dimes, dollars now. There will be an all Beauty and the Beast convention in Las Vegas the summer of 1990. Not this year, next year!!! All the fan groups are banding together to help on this one. It's going to be wonderful!!! ") (31)
* Whispering Gallery, continued (32)
* Pascal's Pipeline, fan clubs (33)
* Standard Policy/Addresses (34)
===v.2 n.6: Excerpts from Fan Letters===
===v.2 n.6: Sample Interior=== 
File:Beautyhense6-1.jpg|from v.2 n.6, Phyllis Berwick
File:Beautyhense6-2.jpg|from v.2 n.6, photo of G.R.R. Martin, likely taken at Aggiecon
File:Beautyhense6-3.jpg|from v.2 n.6, fan essay
File:Beautyhense6-4.jpg|from v.2 n.6
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