Florida Fandom

Florida Fandom is a multimedia non-fiction zine edited by Rick and Ruth Coy. The first issues focussed on Star Trek TOS, while later issues included content about Star Wars, comics and various other science fiction and fantasy properties.
The zine ran for four series in print between 1976 and the early 1990s; an online version began on Geocities in 1996 before transferring to its own domain. A special PDF issue was released for the zine's 35th anniversary in 2011 and since then the Coys have been working on The New Florida Fandom Project, where they are reproducing the original zine content with modern formatting.
==About==
==Issue 0==
Florida Fandom 0 (first series) was published in August 1976.
Image:floridafandom0.gif|cover of issue #0
==Issue 1 (v.1 n.1)==
Florida Fandom 1 (first series) was published in October 1976 and contains 9 pages. 
Image:floridafandom.jpg|cover of issue #1
*article about a party at someone's house
*photos of George Takei
*an article about the state of the Star Trek Federation of Fans
*a list of Star Trek clubs, pro books, fan publications
*a quiz
 
==Issue 2 (v.1 n.2)==
Florida Fandom 2 (first series) was published in April 1977 and contains ten pages.
Image:floridafandom2.jpg|cover of issue #2
*a review of Logan's Run
*a report on Southern Fandom Confederation
*an update on Star Trek clubs
*Star Trek quiz
*story contest
==Issue 3 (v.1 n.3)==
Florida Fandom 3 (first series) was published in July 1977 and contains fourteen pages.
Image:floridafandom3.jpg|cover of issue #3
*club updates
* encouragement to send SASEs with correspondence
*Kirby's Second Marvel-out Age? by Phil Raymondo (article)
*an ad for Deep South Con
*letters
*encouragement to go see Star Wars
 
==Issue 4 (v.1 n.4)==
Florida Fandom 4 (first series) was published in September 1977 and contains fourteen pages.
*zine update
*Star Wars quiz
*Kirby's Second Marvel-ous Age? by Phil Raymondo (article)
*The Snodgrass Report
*some Princess Leia art
*some Star Wars reviews
*some con announcements
*a copy of a Star Wars movie ticket stub
*some Darth Vader art by Mark Cantrell
Image:floridafandom4.jpg|cover of issue #4
 Image:floridafanart1.jpg| from issue #4, unknown artist 
==Issue 5 (v.1 n.5)==
Florida Fandom 5 (first series) was published in July 1978 and contains about fourteen pages.
Image:floridafandom5.jpg|cover of issue #5
 
*some club announcements
*Kirby's second Marvel-ous Age? by Phil Raymondo (article)
*a review of the pro book, "Splinter of the Mind's Eye"
*some art (The Flash) by M. O'Neal
*a review of the music for Close Encounters of the Third Kind
*some Star Trek cartoons
*Superheroes of the Tube, article
*some comic book ads
== Issue 6 (v.1 n.6)==
Florida Fandom 6 (first series) was published in April 1979 and contains 16 pages.
Image:floridafandom6.jpg|cover of issue #6
*a fandom profile of Bill Black
*Kirby's second Marvel-ous Age? by Phil Raymondo (article)
*lots of ads
*photos from a con
*letters
*a poem called Day of the Battle, by Mark Cantrell
*much art
==Issue 7 (v.1 n.7) ==
Florida Fandom 7 (first series) was published in July 1979 and contains 16 pages. 
The art is by Steven Fox and Ken Mitchroney.
From the editorial: 
Most of this issue is an nine-page interview with Ken Mitchroney conducted by Beth Weilenman.
File:Floridafandom7-1.jpg|from issue #7 by Ken Mitchroney
File:Floridafandom7-2.jpg|from issue #7 by Ken Mitchroney
File:Floridafandom7-3.jpg|from issue #7
==Issue 8 (v.1 n.8)==
(first series) 
Image:floridafandom8.jpg|cover of issue #8
==Issue 9 (v.1 n.9)==
(first series) 
Image:floridafandom9.jpg|cover of issue #9
==Issue 10 (v.1 n.10) ==
(first series) 
Image:floridafandom10.jpg|cover of issue #10
==Issue 11 (v.1 n.11)==
(first series) 
Image:floridafandom11.jpg|cover of issue #11
==New Series 1 (v.2 n.1)==
Image:floridafandomnew1.jpg|cover of issue #1 (new series)
 
==New Series 2 (v.2 n.2)==
 
Florida Fandom 2 (new series) was published in 1987 and contains 24 pages. 
*columns and artwork related to Star Trek, Star Wars (cartoons), etc. Cover by Jeff Gaither. Column and art by Mark Cantrell.
*Fan Profile of Mark Cantrell, written by Don Vaughan
*part one of an article called "A Computer Primer - Lesson #1: Your First Computer" by Mark Cantrell that appeared in a local Atari computer club newsletter called "Pokey Press"
*art by Mark Cantrell, Jeff Gaither, Steven Fox, G. Raymond Eddy, and others
* Comics Update: Coys Comic Corner by Rick Coy
*Snodgrass Report, about Star Trek: TNG
*comments by Rick Coy about Star Trek: TNG
*lots of ads and flyers for for-profit science fiction products, including several for L. Ron Hubbard's "Mission Earth" and scientology
Image:floridafandom2NEW-1.jpg|from issue #2 (New Series) 
Image:floridafandom2NEW-2.jpg|from issue #2 (New Series)
Image:floridafandom2NEW-3.jpg|from issue #2 (New Series)
Image:Floridafandom2NEW-4.jpg|from issue #2 (New Series)
==New Series 3 (v.2 n.3)==
 
 
File:Floridafandomunknown.jpg|cover of issue #3 (new series)
==New Series 4 (v.2 n.4)==
Image:floridafandomnew4.jpg|cover of issue #4 (new series)
==New Series 5 (v.2 n.5)==
Florida Fandom 5 (new series) was published in 1988 and contains 16 pages. The art is by S. Fox, Jeff Gaither, and TR.
 
* review of "Nightfall" (the movie) by Ruth ("Has anybody seen 'Nightfall'? Don't bother!! Rick is going to do a review of the movie is this issue, but let me tell you, it is one of the worst movies of the year!! Don't wast your money on this piece of trash. I wish I hadn't.")
*wordfind
*illo of a woman and Swamp Thing from DC Comics
*The Star Trek Phenomena: The Snodgrass Report
 
 
Image:floridafandomnew5-1.jpg|from New Series #5
Image:floridafandomnew5-2.jpg|from New Series #5
Image:floridafandomnew5-3.jpg|from New Series #5
==Special Issue 1==
This special issue is about female comic book heroines.
Image:floridafandomunknown2.jpg|cover Special Issue #1
==Special Issue 2 ==
This special issue is about female comic book heroines. It is subtitled, "Return of the Supergirls."
File:Floridafandomspecial.jpg|cover of Special Issue #2
==Gallery of Unknown Covers==
Image:floridafandomunknown3.jpg|cover of unknown issue
Image:floridafandomunknown4.jpg|cover of unknown issue
==References==
Category:1976 Zines
Category:1970s Zines
Category:1980s Zines
Category:Multimedia Zines