Monday, 15 July 2013
More treasures from comic book stores.
A locally started fanzine from
Nottingham was 'Console-Magazine' (edited by Onn Lee), a monthly zine
about the newly imported video game consoles, many of the games came
from Japanese Manga & Anime, and in a few cases the game was made
in to a Manga, and Anime show, so the cross-over of die-hard console
gamers would soon become aware of Anime and Manga.
The other source of information in the
late 80's and beyond was of course the fledgeling Comic books of
translated Manga from such companies as :- Eclipse International, VIZ
Comics, Dark Horse, First, and even Marvel comics ( under the trade
name Epic Comics).
A few containing snippets and portions
information, such as, Writers profiles, a Letters Page (with names &
address, and some insight from the publishers), cultural articles by
well respected authors and translators, Fan Club details, and of
course all had the original authors, Artists, and Japanese publishers
(This I would use to my advantage later on).
[Information on American and Canadian
Anime fan clubs and pen pals, would be a lifeline and hub for UK fans
in finding out more and even being put in touch with other UK fans
who may live close by. [Note: started to find more details here EDC & Anime Hasshin.]
[With so few people owning home
computers and having Dial-up access to online information, the
written word and the art of letter writing became our super-hiway.]
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Cool, I do love a TV game fanzine. Have a little collection of my own from the '90s (but not this one :( ).
ReplyDeleteThe "Console Magazine" later became 'Electronic Brain', and went semi-pro! One of the contributors put together the 'PC-Engine Guide' too!
DeleteThe original Console Ma'zine become PC Engine Fanatics and then evolved to Electric Brain, which then become semi-pro (was in newsagents for awhile).
ReplyDeleteBack in the days when it was hard to find out stuff, this publication was excellent.
I count myself very fortunate to have the full collection from start, right through to when Electric Brain became mainstream.
Must get round to getting them all scanned so others can access.
Andy
Correction - got it the wrong way round! It was PC Engine Fanatics first of all and then changed to Console Ma'zine.
DeleteHi Andy, Yes could not agree more "Must get round to getting them all scanned so others can access", as the few that I have all falling to bits now! Let me know how that goes, and I will and a link and re-post too.
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