Kirk (Star Trek: TOS zine)

Kirk is a gen Star Trek: TOS 192-page anthology of fiction, art and poetry. 
The art is by Teruyo Chayama, Suzan Lovett, Christine Meyers, Toni Hardeman, Vel Jaeger, Virginia Lee Smith, Lenore Kleeman, Sylvia Liske, Mel White, Melody Rondeau, LaVena Kay Kidd, Leah Rosenthal, Trish, Ann Humphreys, Russell T. Ross, Gail Bennett, Bonnie Reitz, and Mary Bohdanowitz. 
==Pre-Pub Comment from Vel Jaeger: 1982==
==The Editors and Contributors Hoped It Would Have Shatner's Eye==
The zine was originally meant to have been published through one of William Shatner's official fan clubs, something that got complicated...
From Susan Stephenson in the zine's editorial: 
From Vel Jaeger in the zine's editorial:
==Much Turmoil!==
This publication was caught in the crossfires of the cessation of the fan club, William Shatner Fan Fellowship, and the turmoil that surrounded it.
===Complications: A Letter in Interstat ===
An excerpt from a personal statement in Datazine #24 from one of the editors: 
===Caught in a Publication Snarl===
This zine was originally to have been published by WISH, but the fan club folded before the zine was released. 
Shortly after the fan club's closing, Vel Jaeger wrote: 
From a 1982 ad: 
==The Cover and Lincoln Enterprises==
Majel Barrett-Roddenberry and her very for-profit company, Lincoln Enterprises was entwined with the cover by Doug Little:
From the first issue of Communications Console (Jan/Feb 1982): 
==A Unique Dividing Statement==
In the editorial by Stephenson, an "us and them" distinction was made between "professional" and "fan" creators, even when those "professionals" were long-time, well-known fans. This was quite unique, and part of the semi-pro aspirations and self-promotion (aka puffery) that had a bigger footprint in this zine than most others. The statement also contains a patronizing statement about fan creators, aka people who "write for free."
==Contents==
 
* Section One - Wish Upon a Star:
** Editorial by Vel Jaeger and Susan Stephenson (2)
** Dedication - The Inimitable Star by Marjorie Miller (5)
** We Were All the Same Age ... Once by Ginna LaCroix, art by Toni Hardeman (also in Trek Encore #1) (7)
** Star Dreamer by Elaine Tripp, art by the Tripp (10)
** Family Secrets by Mary Louise Dodge, art by Gail Bennett ("Kirk visits his aunt on Tarsus IV and finds his cousin is a follower of Kodos.") (11)
** Fledglings by Ginger Lee, art by Vel Jaeger (29)
** Academy Cadets by Karen C. Hunter, art by Bonnie Reitz (31)
** Oh No! by Patt Demetri, art by Melody Rondeau (38)
* Section Two - To Boldly Go, art by Trish 
** Aftermath by Armanda Lazar, art by Toni Hardeman and Mary Bohdanowitz (40)
**The Gift Horse by Bonnie Hoffman, art by Lenore Kleeman (45)
** Reality by Ginna LaCroix, art by Virginia Lee Smith (also in Trek Encore #1) (59)
** Would You Believe? by Rebecca Reeves, art by Lavena Kay Kidd (73)
** Star Trek Reflections, poem by V.L. Horn (76)
** The Infinity Factor by Nadya Emanuel, art by Trish (77)
* Section Three - Art and Poetry:
** Doodles by Vel Jaegar and LaVena Kay Kidd (147)
** Miramanee by V.L. Horn (148)
** Images Diminished, poem by V.L. Horn (reprinted from TREKisM #17) (150)
** It Could Have Been Glorious by Catherine L. Whitehead, art by Trish (152)
** The End of His Watch by Lois Kiper (155)
** To Chance It Never by Crystal Ann Taylor (159)
**Intermezzo by Ellen Tulley, art by Vel Jaeger (161)
**Legends and Men by Ginna LaCroix (also in Trek Encore #3) (162)
** Kirk and the Computer Salesman by LaVena Kay Kidd and Vel Jaeger, drawing (164)
* Section Four - The Admiral Takes Command, art by Lenore Kleeman:
** Command Psychology by Rosemarie, art by Trish (166)
** All That Exists Cannot Be Taught by Crystal Ann Taylor, art by Sylvia Liske (169)
**Queen's Gambit by Mel White, art by White (170)
** Maintenance by Valerie DeVries, art by Melody Rondeau (176)
** Miri, poem by Ellen Hully (179)
** A Problem in Supply by Karen C. Hunter, art by LaVena Kay Kidd (reprinted from TREKisM #17) (180)
** The Missing Chapter from 'Death's Angel' (Star Trek pro book) by Kathleen Sky, art by Lenore Kleeman and LaVena Kay Kidd (182)
** Resurrection Mists by J.M Matteis, art by Trish and Ann Humphries (186)
** Trina the Treklit Author by Cheryl Van Til, art by Russell T. Ross (191)
==Sample Interior==
File:Kirkzine-1.jpg|Gail Bennett
File:Kirkzine-2.jpg|Vel Jaeger
File:Kirkzine-3.jpg|Bonnie Reitz
File:Kirkzine-4.jpg|Melody Rondeau
File:Kirkzine-5.jpg|Gail Bennett
File:Kirkzine-6.jpg|Gail Bennett
File:Kirkzine-7.jpg|Virginia Lee Smith
File:Kirkzine-8.jpg|Trish
File:Kirkinside.jpg|Suzan Lovett
File:Kirkzine-9.jpg|Trish
File:Kirkzine-10.jpg|Christine Myers
File:Kirkzine-11.jpg|Vel Jaeger
File:Kirkzine-12.jpg|Leah Rosenthal
File:Kirkzine-13.jpg|Suzan Lovett
File:Kirkzine-14.jpg|Melody Rondeau
File:Kirkzine-15.jpg|the missing chapter to Death's Angel
File:Kirkzine-16.jpg|Russell T. Ross
File:Kirkzine-17.jpg|Russell T. Ross
File:Kirkzine-18.jpg|"Kirk the Computer Salesman" -- LaVena Kay Kidd and Vel Jaeger
 
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Category:Star Trek TOS Gen and Het Anthology Zines
Category:1982 Zines