A fanzine ( portmanteau of fan and magazine or-zine ) is a nonprofessional and nonofficial publication produced by fans of a particular cultural phenomenon ( such as a literary or musical genre ) for the pleasure of others who share their interest.

The term fanzine is sometimes confused with " fan magazine ", but the latter term most often refers to commercially produced publications for ( rather than by ) fans.

Today, thanks to the advent of desktop publishing and self-publication, there is often little difference between the appearance of a fanzine and a professional magazine.

A scholar later stated that " One thing you almost never find in a science fiction fanzine is science fiction.

In 1961, Jerry Bails ' Alter Ego, devoted to costumed heroes, became a focal point for superhero comics fandom and is thus sometimes mistakenly cited as the first comics fanzine.

Among them is Charge !, a leading international fanzine exclusively for miniature wargaming enthusiasts for the American Civil War period.

The first association football fanzine is regarded as being Foul, a publication that ran between 1972 and 1976.

The longest running fanzine is The City Gent, produced by supporters of Bradford City FC, which first went on sale at Valley Parade in November 1984 and is now in its 26th season.

In December 1976, the English fanzine Sideburns published a now-famous illustration of three chords, captioned " This is a chord, this is another, this is a third.

The best known fanzine ( or "' zine ") today is Ansible, edited by David Langford, winner of numerous Hugo awards.

Another long-running fanzine, dedicated to the world of Johnny Alpha, is Dogbreath, originally run by the pseudonymous Dr Bob it is now being produced by FutureQuake Publishing.

A zine ( ; an abbreviation of fanzine, or magazine ) is most commonly a small circulation self-published work of original and, or appropriated texts and images usually reproduced via photocopier.

A science fiction fanzine is an amateur or semi-professional magazine published by members of science fiction fandom, from the 1930s to the present day.

The term " fanzine " is also used to refer to fan-created magazines concerning other topics: the earliest rock-and-roll fanzines were edited by science fiction fans.

is derived from the jargon of the fanzine fans.

The fanzine movement is now well represented on the Web ; see webzine.

* The non-canon book The Best of Trek suggests that Uhura's first name is " Penda ", coined when a group of fanzine authors suggested it to her at an early convention.

He is a fan of West Ham United, and a former co-editor of the defunct fanzine Fortune's Always Hiding.

In addition to these supporters ' groups, the club currently has one independent fanzine, United in Endeavour, which raises funds for Cambridge Fans United and is sold at home games.

In 2000, Mark Perry published Sniffin ' Glue: The Essential Punk Accessory, which is a compilation of all the issues of the fanzine with some new material written by him.

" The title of the unofficial fanzine of the town's football club, Blackburn Rovers, is 4, 000 Holes.

The first science fiction fanzine, The Comet, was published in 1930 by the Science Correspondence Club in Chicago and edited by Raymond A. Palmer and Walter Dennis.

The first media fanzine was a Star Trek fan publication called Spockanalia, published in September 1967 by members of the Lunarians.

In the mid-1970s, North Carolina teenager Sam Irvin published the horror / science-fiction fanzine Bizarre which included his original interviews with UK actors and filmmakers ; Irvin would later become a producer-director in his own right.

* Grue ( fanzine ), an influential science fiction fanzine published by Dean Grennell

While in college, he developed an interest in manga, which led him to create his own complete work, Black Magic, which was published in the manga fanzine Atlas.

* " Areopagus Arther " ( 1980 ), published in ATLAS " ( fanzine )

* " Yellow Hawk " ( 1981 ), published in ATLAS " ( fanzine )

* " Colosseum Pick " ( 1982 ), published in Funya " ( fanzine )

* " Pursuit ( Manga )" ( 1982 ), published in Kintalion " ( fanzine )

* " Opional Orientation " ( 1984 ), published in ATLAS " ( fanzine )

* " Battle on Mechanism " ( 1984 ), published in ATLAS " ( fanzine )

* " Metamorphosis in Amazoness " ( 1984 ), published in ATLAS " ( fanzine )

* " Arice in Jargon " ( 1984 ), published in ATLAS " ( fanzine )

* " Bike Nut " ( 1985 ), published in Dorothy " ( fanzine )

* " Colosseum Pick " ( 1990 ), published in Comic Fusion Atpas " ( fanzine )

His first published story was " Hollerbochen's Dilemma ", which appeared in the fanzine Imagination!

The first science fiction fanzine, The Comet, was published in 1930.

Examples of this would include the Goon Defective Agency stories, written starting in 1956 by Irish fan John Berry and published in his and Arthur Thomson's fanzine Retribution.

The term was first coined in 1961 when the British author Michael Moorcock published a letter in the fanzine Amra, demanding a name for the sort of fantasy-adventure story written by Robert E. Howard.

* Charles Saunders ' Imaro novels, beginning with Imaro ( 1981 ), a collection of short stories first published in the seventies for Dark Fantasy fanzine.

Two more essay collections were later published as books, Friendly Fire ( Autonomedia, 1992 ) and Beneath the Underground ( Feral House, 1994 ), the latter devoted to the do-it-yourself / fanzine subculture of the ' 80s and ' 90s which he called " the marginals milieu " and in which he had been heavily involved.

The first science fiction fanzine, The Comet, was published in 1930 by the Science Correspondence Club in Chicago.