Romulan Wine

Romulan Wine is a gen Star Trek: TOS anthology of fiction and articles. 
The first issue of this zine series is actually Vulcanalia. This means that "Romulan Wine" starts with issue #2. 
The fifth issue was called The Porno Issue and is explicit het.
==About the Comic Strip: "Mort III, A Vulcan"==
Cara Sherman and Dave Puckett wrote a comic strip called "Mort III, A Vulcan" in the fourth issue. 
Years later, after learning of Sherman's passing, Puckett wrote: 
==Issue 1==
There is no Romulan Wine 1 as the first issue in this series was Vulcanalia. 
In "Romulan Wine #2," Sherman wrote that "the biggest change [for #2 of her zine] is the title."
==Issue 2==
Romulan Wine 2 	was published in 1972 and contains 91 pages. 
It was published September or afterwards; the Munich Massacre was discussed.
The front cover is by Cara Sherman, the interior illos by M.A. O'Toole (Maryann O'Toole, aka Legolas) and J.P. Toole.
The editor wrote about this second issue and said "the biggest change is the title," a reference to Vulcanalia.
The cost: 
From the zine: 
The zine, like all the issues, contains MUCH chatter and commentary by Sherman that is not represented in the table of contents.
* Editorial by Cara Sherman (2)
* Peter Sunn: The Fiendish Offendie Affair, conclusion, fiction by Cara Sherman (4)
* Quack by Cara Sherman ("...my inane ramblings on everything and nothing..." The title of Sherman's column comes from a philosophy professor at the university she was attending. It is used to describe a long rambling presentation that is boring, gets in the weeds, and may be condescending. ) (23)
* art portfolio by M.A. O'Toole (24)
* High Council (30)
** essay by Bruce Westbrook (the topic: the Planet of the Apes films) (31)
** poems (33)
** letter (a long, long, LONG one from the Carl Gafford, editor of "Minotaur" - the topic: very detailed comments about the first issue) (34)
* More Quack (48)
*Star Retch by Paula O'Keefe (48)
* Sakenn - Quadrangle, comic by Cara Sherman (original sword and sorcery) (62)
*High Council, article by Cara Sherman 
*Johnny Banana Seed, comic satire (78) 
* Still More Quack (81)
* Jayne West of Motor City, text and illos by Cara Sherman (82)
Image:romulanwine2-1.jpg| from issue #2, Cara Sherman, from The Fiendish Offendie Affair
Image:romulanwine2-2.jpg| from issue #2, Cara Sherman, from The Fiendish Offendie Affair
Image:romulanwine2-3.jpg| from issue #2, Cara Sherman, from The Fiendish Offendie Affair
Image:romulanwine2-4.jpg| from issue #2, Cara Sherman, from The Fiendish Offendie Affair
Image:romulanwine2-5.jpg| from issue #2, M.A. O'Toole
Image:romulanwine2-6.jpg| from issue #2, M.A. O'Toole
 
Image:romulanwine2-8.jpg| from issue #2, M.A. O'Toole
Image:romulanwine2-9.jpg| from issue #2, Cara Sherman, "It ain't easy growing up Jewish in essentially stoic neighborhood."
Image:romulanwine2-10.jpg| from issue #2, Cara Sherman, "Has anyone ever told you you're revolting in the nude?"
Image:romulanwine2-11.jpg| from issue #2, one of the three Daves that contributed to this issue
File:Romulanwine2-13.jpg| from issue #2, from Sherman: "Anyway, that's SAKENN. I asked a friend of mine what he thought and he replied simply, "It's Just Conan with pointed ears." SIGH. Since I created Sakenn as an attempt to get away from my late tendencies to over-complicate my characters, and created him before I'd read Conan (though after the comic came out), he'll probably diverge from, the stereotypical barbarian swordsman in some ways. I hope so. I hate the stereotype."
File:Romulanwine2-12.jpg| from issue #2, Cara Sherman
File:Romulanwine2-14.jpg| from issue #2, from Jayne of Motor City
File:Romulanwine2-15.jpg| from issue #2, from Jayne of Motor City
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 2==
==Issue 3==
Romulan Wine 3 was published in 1974 and contains 85 pages. The front cover is by Cara Sherman, the back cover by Maryann O'Toole, the portfolio is by Brian Wenz.
Its creation was accompanied by "three pounds of granola, a half bottle of AB DICK mimeo correction fluid, brand new cylinder (YAYYYY), six gallons of TAB, several hangnails, two neurotic cats, and a threatening card from the Anti-Defamation Council of Pointed Ear People (REALLY! — I'm. still waiting for an explanation, Ray...)..."
* Editor's Usual Blithering (1)
* Table of Contents (2)
* The Origin of Peter Sunn by Cara Sherman (reprinted in Eel-Bird Banders' Bulletin #1) (3)
*Quack by Cara Sherman (article) (24)
* Art Portfolio by Brian Wenz (two of the pieces are R-rated) (25)
* More Quack, review by Cara Sherman of Genesis II, a film by Gene Roddenberry (31)
*Crony the Barbarian by Dave McDonnell (33)
*High Council (HIC!!) by Cara Sherman (36)
** Women's Rule This title was a typo; the editor in the next issue said the correct title was "Women's Role." (or Lack of Such) in Comics, essay by Darbi Penney (37)
** Three Gloomy Poems (38)
** Kraith Review (Whap! Crunch! Ow!) by Cara Sherman (40)
** Letters and other (44)
** DTFFCONVENTION Report by Cara Sherman, see that page (58)
*Sunn of Star Retch, fiction by Paula O'Keefe (63)
*The Pusher by Bill Rupp (fiction) (78)
* Still More Quack (83)
Image:romulanwine3-1.jpg| from issue #3, Cara Sherman
Image:romulanwine3-2.jpg| from issue #3, Cara Sherman
Image:romulanwine3-3.jpg| from issue #3, Cara Sherman
Image:romulanwine3-4.jpg| from issue #3, Brian Wenz
Image:romulanwine3-5.jpg| from issue #3, Brian Wenz
Image:romulanwine3-6.jpg| from issue #3, Brian Wenz
Image:romulanwine3-7.jpg| from issue #3, Cara Sherman
Image:romulanwine3-8.jpg| from issue #3, Cara Sherman
Image:romulanwine3-9.jpg| from issue #3, Cara Sherman
Image:romulanwine3-10.jpg| from issue #3, Cara Sherman
Image:romulanwine3-11.jpg| from issue #3, Cara Sherman
File:Romulanwine3-12.jpg| from issue #3
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 3==
==Issue 4==
Romulan Wine 4 was published 1974 and contains 114 pages. The front cover is by Cara Sherman, the interior illos are by J.P. Moore and M. Coburn. 
The editorial:
Excerpts from the author's notes for "The Maltese Vulcan":
A call for action, but only the proper kinds of action:
The editor (Cara Sherman) includes an unsourced quote from D.C. Fontana (also printed in The Nimoyan #4) about fan merchandising and legalities, and includes Sherman's response: 
More commercialization and comments from Cara Sherman: 
*Peter Sunn and Half the People in the Galaxy in The Maltese Vulcan (Part 1) by Cara Sherman (3)
*Quack by Cara Sherman (article) (22)
* JP Moore Art Portfolio (23)
* What Else? More Quack by Cara Sherman, includes a con report for Equicon, see that page (30)
*High Council by Cara Sherman (31)
** poems by Legolas (Maryann O'Toole) (33)
** poem by Ed Newby (the nudzh) (34)
** letters (kisses, curses, relevant and trivial) (35)
** Book Reviews by by Cara Sherman: "Feminism in Science Fiction" a review of "Star Rider" by Doris Piserchia, a review by Carla Sherman of "Walk to the End of the World" (no author cited) (46)
** Blurbs, commercials, etc (49)
** Dracula illo by Linda White (52)
* More Quack by Cara Sherman (53)
* Half the Quadrangle and No Excuses (Sakenn has no page numbers, you can't type on E-STENCILS!) (54)
* Mort III, A Vulcan, comic strip by Dave Puckett and Cara Sherman (64)
* Tanel of Darthang by Michael Coburn (77)
*Romulus: The Empire Papers -- Entry One: Kirlana by Katherine Nickel (Comments from the zine's editor regarding this story: "I went to the Equicon, and I consequently have become more involved with Star Trek fandom than ever before, doing a lot of Trekkish writing. One of the results of that is the EMPIRE PAPERS series. Everyone who has a story about Romulans, please let me see it. Longish stories — KIRLANA is a novella; I'm half-tempted to run it as a supplement and stick a new rom story in next ish.") (82)
* Jayne West of Motor City by JP Moore (95)
* Last Quacko by Cara Sherman (106)
* Peter Sunn on the Planet of the Frogs by Dennis Rexrode (107)
 
Image:romulanwine4-1.jpg| from issue #4
Image:romulanwine4-2.jpg| from issue #4, this illo had a "warning," see editor's comments
Image:romulanwine4-3.jpg| from issue #4
 
Image:romulanwine4-6.jpg| from issue #4
Image:romulanwine4-7.jpg| from issue #4
Image:romulanwine4-8.jpg| from issue #4
File:Romulanwine4-9.jpg| from issue #4
Image:romulanwine4-10.jpg| from issue #4
Image:romulanwine4-11.jpg| from issue #4
Image:romulanwine4-12.jpg| from issue #4, detail from a page, commentary on the Kraith series
==Issue 5==
Romulan Wine 5 is explicit het and called The Porno Issue. It is undated, but published in January 1975, and contains 100 pages. 
 
The front cover is by Cara Sherman, the interior illos are by Amy Falkowitz, Paula Smith, and M.A. O'Toole.
In "Romulan Wine" #4, Sherman explained the focus of this issue and asked for submissions: 
From the opening editorial in issue #5: 
From "More Quack": 
Also from "More Quack": 
* Editorial by Cara Sherman (2)
*The Maltese Vulcan, part two/conclusion, fiction by Cara Sherman (This is a Peter Sunn story. "Here is the story that finally answers the unanswerable question: Can a nice a 'Orthodox statue with a hard-on find its way into the homes, hearts and so forth of contemporary America? Or would the whole mess be better off packed in a box and shipped to Pizmo Beach?") (3)
*Quack, article by Cara Sherman (28) 
* The Art Portfolio by Maryann O'Toole and Cara Sherman (29)
* More Quack, essay by Cara Sherman (what is pornography, how do you recognize it, how is it different than eroticism) (37)
*May You Always Have Interesting Dreams, fiction by Amy Falkowitz (A human female dreams of having sex with a winged, lizardy alien, but when she wakes, her alien lover is just Spock.) (From the editor: "Yep, that was a Lay-Spock story, all right, Amy Falkowitz says 'Highly tongue-in-cheek' -- perhaps in this case it would be more like tongue-in-ear -- to "poke fun at that type of story.") (39)
* Still More Quack: Anybody care to describe a typical lay-Spock story to me? Better yet, explain why anybody would go through the mental torture prerequisite to formulating a feasible plot to lay the bugger?, essay by Cara Sherman (55)
*Three Lay-Spock Trilogy by Paula Smith (59)
* High Council (species sex jokes) (61)
* long letter of comment by Melody Johnston (62)
* Why do people become fans? More specifically, why am I a fan?, long comments by Cara Sherman about "Why do people become fans? What would Star Trek fandom look like without fanfiction?" (64)
* long letter of comment by Ed Newby (much about the meaning and function of the character, Peter Sunn, about feminism and women's liberation) (66)
* a creative letter of comment written as feedback to Peter Sunn, but is actually a plug for the zine, Independent Entity (70)
*Star Sex, illustrated fiction in script form, by Greg Costikyan and Adam Kasanoff (71)
* You Guessed It, More Quack ("Christ, I started talking about what's so damn funny about sex and end up talking about women's liberation." -- topic is sex, men writing about women's sexual pleasure, sex as vulnerability, why is sex funny, and much more) (81)
* O.G.M.L., or Why Romulans Don't Take Prisoners by Cara Sherman ("Inspired by Chris Miller's "THE NIGHT BEFORE THE LAST DAY THEY FILMED STAR TREK" in the science fiction issue of THE NATIONAL LAMICON which occurred two summers ago. Having proceeded to rot my brain with cunnilingus fantasies spun off of that, I sent a pencil to paper and created a strip story ... If anything in this book makes me a candidate for a morals charge, O.G.M.L. is it.") (83)
* Last Quack, Likewise Last Page (100)
 
Image:romulanwine5-1.jpg|from issue #5, Cara Sherman
Image:romulanwine5-2.jpg|from issue #5, Cara Sherman
Image:romulanwine5-3.jpg|from issue #5, Paula Smith
Image:romulanwine5-4.jpg|from issue #5, M.A. O'Toole
Image:romulanwine5-5.jpg|from issue #5, M.A. O'Toole
Image:romulanwine5-6.jpg|from issue #5, Amy Falkowitz
Image:romulanwine5-7.jpg|from issue #5, Cara Sherman
Image:romulanwine5-8.jpg|from issue #5, Cara Sherman
Image:romulanwine5-9.jpg|from issue #5, Cara Sherman
Image:romulanwine5-10.jpg|from issue #5, Cara Sherman
==References==
Category:Star Trek TOS Gen and Het Anthology Zines
Category:1970s Zines