Fantasia (multimedia zine)

For other things with this title, see Fantasia.
Fantasia is a gen multifandom (almost all Blake's 7) anthology. 
==General Reactions and Reviews==
==Issue 1==
Fantasia 1 was published in January 1988 and contains 88 pages. It has a front cover by Julie Montgomery. The other art is by Tom and Bill Carroll.
The zine is online here.
From the editorial: 
* Nonsense from the Editors (3)
* Rebirth by Deborah A. Millitello (Blake's 7) (4)
* Regret, poem by Deborah A. Millitello (Blake's 7) (21)
* Silent Cries by Cassandra Hayes (Blake's 7) (22)
* A Dirty Mind by Julie Montgomery and Melissa Brown (Blake's 7) (26)
* A New Beginning by Sarah Jane Keating (Blake's 7) (28)
* Blessed Be, poem by Lucy Leung (Blake's 7) (37)
* No Time for Bonzo by Karen M. D'Elia (Doctor Who, fourth Doctor) (38)
* Much, Adieu by by Deborah A. Millitello (Robin of Sherwood) (45)
* Strange Names I Have Heard, non-fiction by Melissa A. Brown (fannish names in the phone book) (56)
* Time in a Bottle by Deborah A. Millitello (Blake's 7) (59)
* Memories by Sarah Jane Keating (Blake's 7) (67)
* Legend by Karel Smolders (Blake's 7) (68)
* Gods Weep, poem by Deborah A. Millitello (Blake's 7) (80)
* The Last Garden by Leslie Surgento (original sf) (81) 
* Gauda Prime, filk to the tune of "Desert Moon," by Melissa Brown and Julie Montgomery (Blake's 7) (89)
 
 
Image:fantasiablakes1-1.jpg|from issue #1, Tom and Bill Carroll
Image:fantasiablakes1-2.jpg|from issue #1 
Image:fantasiablakes1-3.jpg|from issue #1, Tom and Bill Carroll
Image:fantasiablakes1-4.jpg|from issue #1, Tom and Bill Carroll
==Issue 2==
Fantasia 2 was published in August 1988 and contains 81 pages. Art by Celeste Hotaling, Kevin Handling and Amy Whiteneck. 
It has the subtitle: "The One That Got Away" which refers, as explained in an editorial, to the escape of a mouse in the editor's household during a zine meeting.
The zine is online here.
* Nonsense from the Editors, editorial (3)
* All That Glistens, fiction by Amy L. Whiteneck (Blake's 7) Avon is after Servalan’s jewels. Can he pull off the heist?") (Blake's 7) (4)
* Alone by Diane Rabuano ("Vila finds himself alone on the Liberator. Avon gives a back rub.") (Blake's 7) (9)
* Infinity's Line by Irene Stubbs ("Was Orac right about Blake? Avon’s search for truth leads him from Terminal to Gauda Prime.") (Blake's 7) (14) 
* Servalan, filk to the tune of "Julia" by The Eurythmics, by Sarah Jane Keating (Blake's 7) (14)
* After the Children Have Gone by Carole Smith ("Avon tries to help grief-stricken Cally after the events of “Children of Auron”.") (Blake's 7) (21)
* See Avon Run by Beth Ryan ("Vila, with Orac’s help, stumbles upon a funny tidbit about Avon’s childhood. (Blake's 7) (25)
* Birds of a Feather, non-fiction by Cassandra Hayes (Robin of Sherwood) (28)
* Gambit, Post and Pre by Irene Stubbs ("As Jerriere tries to explain the fallout of “Gambit” to Servalan, she realizes that Blake and Co weren’t the only visitors from Liberator that night. A surprise guest next door overhears the conversation.") (Blake's 7) (34)
* All's Fair in Love by Deborah Williams ("Avon tries to let go of Cally before Terminal. She’s having none of it.") (Blake's 7) (39)
* Goodbye, Cally by Diane Rabuano ("Avon and the others grieve for Cally on Terminal.") (Blake's 7) (43)
* Thoughts of a Pair of Genetically-Alike Sisters by Daisy (Deek) and Lucy (Mickey) Leung ("Cally and Zelda mind-talk to each other, with a certain dark-haired man a regular subject.") (Blake's 7) (46)
* Stranger Names We Have Heard by Corpse Keld The Little Thief (Blake's 7) (49)
* When Will It End, filk to the tune of "Don't Let It End" by Styx, by Cassandra Hayes (Blake's 7) (50)
* The Once and Future Queen by Karel Smolders ("The last great war of Rebellion vs Federation destroyed both the Federation and the human civilization as we knew it. Aging Avon is stranded on the post-apocalyptic Earth, searching for survivors to try and rebuild a better world.") (Blake's 7) (51)
* Bedtime Story, Deborah Millitello ("On Kezaarn, Vila tells his children In this story, Vila is married to Kerril. Their four children are Jenna, Roj, Callie, and Kerr. Kerril is pregnant, and they plan to name the baby either Gan or Dayna. a bedtime story where he’s a big damn hero. But what did really happen that day?") (Blake's 7) (60)
* Submission guidelines for #3; ads for Liberator tree ornaments, Outer Worlds (Blake's 7) 
 
 
Image:fantasiablakes2-1.jpg|from issue #1, Celeste Hotaling
Image:fantasiablakes2-2.jpg|from issue #1, Celeste Hotaling
Image:fantasiablakes2-3.jpg|from issue #1, Kevin Handling
Image:fantasiablakes2-4.jpg|from issue #1, ad for fan-made crystal D.S.V.s
==Issue 3==
Fantasia 3 has the subtitle: "Oops!" It was published in 1989. The front cover is a Bloom County parody. Art by Celeste Hotaling and Sarah Jane Keating.
* Dee Beetem and Sue Wells, "Believe It Or Not" (Blake's 7/Greatest American Hero)
* Tamara Verbande, "The Engineer" (Blake's 7)
* Daisy and Lucy Leung, "M: The Rambling of Vila" (Blake's 7)
* Deborah Millitello, "The Mirror of His Eyes" (Blake's 7)
* Tamara Verbande, "Interim" (Blake's 7)
* Carol K. Smith, "Payback's a Bitch" (Blake's 7)
* other fandoms: Robin of Sherwood and Doctor Who
==References==
Category:Multimedia Gen and Het Zines
Category:Blake's 7 Gen Zines
Category:1988 ZinesCategory:1989 Zines