Jeff Johnston

Jeff Johnston was a writer and zine publisher. His publishing company was Kzinti Press. 
Johnston was an early publisher of Star Wars zines and in his fan correspondence, he often used the term eofandom. He defined this term as "the period between the time when the potential for a fandom exists, but has not been realized is known in sf fandom as 'eofandom'." from Comlink #30 
According to a 1987 issue of Comlink, Johnston gafiated in 1980.
==M.J. Fisher and Jeff Johnston are the Same Person==
The editor and publisher of Spectrum states in the first issue that "Fisher" took the zine over from Johnston:
It is unknown if Fisher/Johnston intended to keep these two identities separate, or if the fact they were the same person was a fandom open secret. 
The editor of Stardate in April 1976 connects the two names twice in his publication: "Johnston, who puts out SPECTRUM under the alias of M.J. Fisher (see the fanzine reviews), recently wrote these interesting remarks in response to some inquiries on my part concerning fanzine reviewing..." And: "I really wasn't fair to M.J. (alias Jeff Johnston) last issue, and this issue of SPECTRUM makes me swallow my words emphatically." from Stardate #8 
Up to issue #32 of "Spectrum," "M.L. Fisher is listed as the editor and publisher. From #33 onward, the publisher is listed as Kzinti Press.
From Joan Verba in Boldly Writing: "Edited by Jeff Johnston (whose pen name was M. J. Fisher), [Spectrum] contained mostly editorial matter, but it was always interesting."
==Jeff, in Some of His Own Words==
Jeff wrote of his interest in fandom and of the birth of Star Wars fandom in Alderaan #5 in 1979:
==SekWester*Con, The Mimeo Machine, and "The Cage"==
When Jeff attended SeKWester*Con, Too (1977), he brought his trusty mimeo and created a zine in four days: 
==Publications==
===Meta===
* Breaking into Print: Publishing Yourself (1979)
* Commercialism in Strekdom (1976)
* Con Descending (1976)
* CONfusion (1975)
* Cynical Fandom (1976)
* Fannish Thoughts: Many fans might be left in the lurch of fandom (1976)
* The Future of Star Trek Fandom (with John Baker) (1977)
* Getting Ahead in Fandom (1976)
* The Glory and the Dream (1978)
* The Golden Age of Strekdom (1976)
* Highbrow Fandom? (1975)
* Loonies in Fandom? (1977)
* No Easy Answers (1978)
* On the Border (1976)
* The Right of Fanzine Reviewing: Part 2 (1976)
* The Right to Say (1975)
* The Starving Artist Syndrome (1977)
* Statistical Fandom (1977)
* The Story of The Cage, the Se-Kwester*Con Too Conzine... or... How Not to Publish a Fanzine (1977)
* A Survival Guide for Strekcons (1977)
* A Tall Tale (1976)
* Vulcan Lit... or, "Spock's Problem" (1978)
* The Wall (1977)
* Who Comes With Summer (1979)
===Zines Johnston Published===
* Alderaan (Kzinti Press)
* The Cage
* Spectrum (Kzinti Press)
* Spectrum (S.T.A.R. Toledo)
* Varient (S.T.A.R. Toledo)
* The STrekfan's Glossary of Abbreviations and Slanguage (Kzinti Press)
* Who's Who in Star Trek Fandom (Kzinti Press)
===Other Zine Contributions===
* 2nd Age
* Alpha Continuum
* Archives
* Beta Niobe Revisited
* Chekov's Station
* Communication the Hard Way... Fan Publishing
*Con Survival Guide
* Diamonds and Rust
* JDIFC Journal
* The Halkan Council
* How to Start a Club
* Implosion
* Interstat
* A Piece of the Action
* S.T.A.R. Base Akron's Log
* So You Want Publicity
* Star Trek: That Which Survives
* Stardate
* Subpace Chatter
==Gallery==
File:Alder1.jpg|cover of Alderaan #1
File:Spectrum35a.jpg|cover of Spectrum #35, the famous "Wicked Wanda" cover
File:Spectrum30.jpg|cover of Spectrum #30
File:Warpedspace40 mjfisher.jpg|interior art Warped Space #40
Image:Fanzine-skywalker-03.jpg| cover of Skywalker, #3 
==References==
Category:Fanwriters
Category:Zine Publishers