February 1991Pt. 2 Protoculture Addicts Fan Magazine

  Protoculture Addicts No. 11.  FEBRUARY 1991 

NADIA, HARLOCK, COMIC PREVIEW, TFOS: Macross Characters.

Protoculture Addicts – The Anime & Manga Fan Magazine.  Published quarterly by, Ianus Publications, based in Montreal, Québec province, Canada - ISSN 0835-9563  $2.95 CAN $2.50 US.

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December 1990 Pt4. Protoculture Addicts Fan Magazine

 Protoculture Addicts No. 10.  DECEMBER 1990 (Interview with Tom Mason & Chris Ulm. FAN ARTICLES SPECIAL, News & Reviews, Fan Art, RPG).

Protoculture Addicts – The Official Robotech TM. Fan Magazine Published quarterly by, Ianus Publications, based in Montreal, Québec province, Canada - ISSN 0835-9563  $2.95 CAN $2.50 US.

The 36 pages where taken up with a varied contents, such as;

Editorial, By Alain Dubreull , INTERVIEW WITH Tom Mason & Chris Ulm, 

FAN ARTICLE SPECIAL, NEWS & REVIEWS, FAN ART, RPG.

INVID.

PAGE 2 CONTENTS

PAGE 3 EDITORIAL

PAGE 4-5 THE VOICE OF FREEDOM FIGHTERS

PAGE 6 THE VOICE OF FREEDOM FIGHTERS,

PAGE 7 THE SHAPING OF PROTOCULTURE. 

PAGE 8-9 UH! chronicle of the odd & Bizarre...

PAGE 10 - 11 INTERVIEW WITH Tom Mason & Chris Ulm.

PAGE 12 - 13 INTERVIEW WITH Tom Mason by Jenny O'Donnell.

PAGE 14 - 17 SHORT STORY  Opening Act By Joshua Follick. 

PAGE 18 - 19 FAN ART. 

PAGE 20        FAN ARTICLES   Leonard's & ADM. Hayes' point of view. 

                        by Edward McKeown.

PAGE 21-22  WHAT IS PROTOCULTURE?

PAGE 23- 25  VERITECH LOG  Alcohol Effects Table 

                        by Mark Kintigh & Andy Hummell

PAGE 26-27   ENERGY POINTS

PAGE 28        THE SHADOW CYCLONE

PAGE 29        VERITECH ACES

PAGE 30-35   NEWS & REVIEWS

PAGE 36 BACK COVER ( )

PAGE 3 EDITORIAL

PAGE 4-5 THE VOICE OF FREEDOM FIGHTERS

PAGE 6 THE VOICE OF FREEDOM FIGHTERS,

PAGE 7 THE SHAPING OF PROTOCULTURE.

PAGE 10 - 11 INTERVIEW WITH Tom Mason & Chris Ulm.

PAGE 12 - 13 INTERVIEW WITH Tom Mason by Jenny O'Donnell.

PAGE 18 - 19 FAN ART. 

PAGE 30-31   NEWS & REVIEWS

PAGE 32-33   NEWS & REVIEWS

PAGE 34-35   NEWS & REVIEWS

PAGE 36 BACK COVER ( ).

November 1990 Pt. 4 Protoculture Addicts 9.

Protoculture Addicts No.9

The Official Robotech Fan magazine (published quarterly by IANVS PUBLICATIONS)

Protoculture Addicts – The Official Robotech (TM). Fan Magazine (36 pages) Published quarterly by, Ianus Publications, based in Montreal, Québec province, Canada - ISSN 0835-9563 $2.95 CAN $2.50 US

This is only a snapshot of this little fanzine\magazine, that had been waking up Robotech Fans to Anime.

[NOTE: please try and track down your own copy of Protoculture Addicts to fill in the gaps of enjoyment and education.]

Front cover;

INTERVIEW with Streamline Pictures,

SHORT STORIES SPECIAL,

NEWS & REVIEWS,

FAN ART.

It's the Contents page;

EDITORIAL, by JC & AD... Page 3,

THE VOICE OF THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS (LETTERS)... Page 4,

FLOWER OF LIFE;

The Shaping of Protoculture, by Alain Dubreil... Page 6,

Uh?! (9), by Jean Carrieres & Alain Dubreil... Page 7,

Lyrics (5)... Page 9

FANIMANGA (ANIME & MANGA)

Interview with Streamline Pictures Staff;

Carl Macek, by Alain Dubreil... Page 10

Jerry Beck, by Walter Amos... Page 11

News & Reviews, by YM & CJP;

PA News... Page 30

Robotech News... Page 30

Miscellaneous... Page 31

Animation... Page 32

Manga... Page 32

SHORT STORIES

Higher Missions, by Kenneth C. Colman... Page 15

Casualties, by Christian Smith... Page 17

For Bravery Under Fire..., by Jeremy Trabue... Page 21

FAN ART... Page 34

Cover

Contents page 

(so you can see what was read and talked about).

Editorial 

Anime and ROBOTECH clubs.

Part of the Interview with Carl Macek. (of Streamline Pictures).

Part of the Interview with Jerry Beck (of Streamline Pictures).

NEWS

NEWS

FAN ART by;

Alex W. Fong/Phil Moy, C. R. Hover, Jason Minor, Neil Young.

REL RAY published the ROBOTECH novels.

[NOTE: the years have not been kind to the paper, darkening to a brown colour.]

August 1990 Pt.5 Protoculture Addicts No. 8

 Protoculture Addicts No. 8 August 1990 - The Dangaio & Gunbuster issue (Summer 1990)

Protoculture Addicts – The Official Robotech (TM). Fan Magazine (36 pages) Published quarterly by, Ianus Publications, based in Montreal, Québec province, Canada - ISSN 0835-9563 $2.95 CAN $2.50 US

[NOTE: at the time of publishing Back issues: Issues #2 and #3 were  OUT OF PRINT.]

[NOTE: the years have not been kind to the paper, darkening to a brown colour.]

This is only a snapshot of this little magazine with a big heart!

This Issue focuses on Dangaio & Gunbuster, Dirty Pair Designs, Mekton RPG, Short story.
The regular features such  as “The voice of the Freedom Fighters” (the Fan letters page);
Editorial, By JC & AD (Jean Carrieres & Alain Dubreull);

The Shaping of Protoculture; Our Subscription service; Clubs: fan clubs addresses, and “It's dead Jim's Clubs  [deceased fan clubs] 

Pen Pals [out of the 6 pen-pals printed, yours truly Carlo Bernhardi form England was one!]; 

FANIMANGA (had articles on Mekton II RPG: Macross to Mekton Mecha conversion)

Dirty Pair Designs - “A Plague of Angels” Artwork by Adam Warren,

Special Dangaio & Gunbuster U.S Renditions' Robert Napton & David Riddick Interview.

[NOTE: I may review this or summarize the interview if there is demand for it.]

The Art of Dangaio & The Art of Gunbuster

NEWS AND REVIEWS: Animation, Anime for sale, Conventions, Translated Manga,

[Protoculture Addicts had moved to a bigger Office, and hoped to be Bi-monthly in February of 1991]; 

Mangactuality (the expected manga and manga-like [English] publications for July, August, and September)

Front cover - Noriko Takaya & Gunbuster

Back issues.

ROBOTECH Novels .

Contents Page

Editorial Page.

Mangactuality
and 
Fan Art

'Black magic (1-4) Spring 1990

Back cover Ad.

Dangaio & Gunbuster (VHS NTSC tapes 1 episode each) published by U.S Renditions.

[NOTE: I can not do justice of how important 'Protoculture Addicts' was in informing fans and creating a sense of community in the era before the Internet's World Wide Web, and its modern Social media!]

April 1990 Pt.5 Protoculture Addicts 7.

  One of the most iconic front covers of the 90's

Issue 7 of 'Protoculture Addicts' which at that time was the official Fanzine for Robotech, (produced and printed in Canada in the Spring of 1990 - April 1990).

The 36 pages where taken up with a varied contents, and in this issue there was very heart felt Editorial, showing solidarity with those remembering the14 victims of violence on the 6^th. Of December 1989 at Ecole Polytechnic (part of the University of Montreal - Canada).

With such regular features as “The voice of the Freedom Fighters” (the Fan letters page) proving that the fanzine did indeed publish letter the criticised the publication, “The shaping of Protoculture” (feed-back to readers including :- addresses for Pen Pals, retail stores that do mail-order, and other Fan clubs), even song lyrics taken from three Robotech stories.

The main articles that are displayed on the front cover were very interesting, a 4 page Interview with Toren Smith (of Studio Proteus) by Alain Dubreuil, an introduction to Katsuhiro Otomo's film AKIRA by Emro Townsend also 4 pages, some beautifully detailed art from the Anime “Megazone 23 - part 3. we also find some optional rules for the 'Robotech' Role Plating Game of 'Southern Cross' too.

The “News & Reviews” page focussed on available translated Manga, Anime magazines, Fanzines, and fan clubs too).

I can do justice of how important 'Protoculture Addicts' was in informing fans and creating a sense of comradery in the era prier to the Internet's World Wide Web.

An interview by Fred Patten, with Claude J. Pelletier (Editor in Chief) in October 2004. (The article was published in Comics Buyer's Guide #1601.) can be found at...HistoricalNotes

Well worth a read.

 Back cover, Add for "Gubuster" & Dangaio" dated January 1990.

To get your own copy either electronic or printed of the Protoculture Addicts magazine please go to 

protoculture Addicts Catalog.

Robotech Pt. 2

Robotech comic-books and novels gave us (in the UK); a grasp of the plots of this Science Fiction series called Robotech, that was like nothing else we had come across to this side of the pond.

Comico's 'Robotech - The Macross saga' (Issues 1 - 36).

 'Robotech - Masters' (Issues 1 - 24).

ROBOTECH SPECIAL MAY-1988

(Dana's Story - An ending...And a beginning..of the amazing odyssey of ROBOTECH.)

'Robotech - The New Generation' (Issues 1 - 25).

The flood of these helped maximized the impact, with the simultaneous release of Comico's 'Robotech - The Macross saga' (Issues 1 - 36), 'Robotech - Masters' (Issues 1 - 24), and 'Robotech - The New Generation' (Issues 1 - 25), and add to this the Robotech Novels by “Jack McKinney” from Del Rey Books coming out every month for the first year, to a total of 21 novels, as well as Matchbox Toys. 

The American company 'Harmony Gold' was getting very well known!

[Note: Del Rey Books' Publishers note states that “While the above biogrophy is accurate, it is actually a composite bio of two authors who agreed to merge minds and identities to become Jack McKinney, and reflects the influence of various friends and advisors for the Robotech series.”]

To my knowledge only 3 separate VHS (Pal) video tapes were ever released in the UK in the 1980's showing episodes from the 'Robotech' series; “Codename Robotech” (a promotional compilation of episodes – some looped), Robotech episodes 1 & 2 (this Little Gem, had the wrong graphic on its front cover!), and 'Robotech II the Sentinels' (an all new storyline from Carl Macek & Harmony Gold Animated in Japan, cancelled after only 3 episodes – then edited into a movie). 

 

[Side note: the Robotech Art 1 (1986); has 25 pages devoted to Robotech's roots in Japanese Anime from the 1950's to the mid 1980's, a 2 page introduction on “Harmony Gold” (the American production company) as well another 2 pages listing the staff and their job tiles who work for “Harmony Gold”, and the a comprehensive list of name changes from the Japanese Anime to the American Robotech TV show ( I was able to provide these name changes to Helen McCarthy for an early article she would write on Robotech) – And you will be surprised to know about the days before and after the “Carl F. Macek Gallery” (1982) which sold pencil art & original cels & film posters of animation from around the World.]

There were also detailed Robotech Role-Playing game books and promotional gazettes published by Palladium books that had started to be imported by the late 80's given Mecha fans.

Palladium books also distributed Robotech episodes on VHS (NTSC) tapes in the US & Canada.

The Canadian Official Robotech Fanzine 'Protoculture Addicts' was the first of the irregular publications to hit our shores in the UK, that centred on this much beloved TV show and also hinted at a much wider world of animation that did not dumb-down to its young audience, referred to as Japanimation.

[Note: I have tried to convey the impact to the UK in the 1980's, so I've not lingered on details, and leave it up to you the reader to search for more information.]

In the 1980's without Macross there would be no Robotech, and without Robotech and its Fandoms in Canada and in the USA peeking our curiosity for giant robots and providing us with the springboard to look in to its Japanese origins and other Anime, the UK Anime Fandom would have surely stalled!

Robotech should no longer be thought of as “frankenstein's monster” but a doorway to Anime from a simpler time that reached so many!

More on Comic Book stores

Our Local Heroes were people who ran comic book stores.

Manager Lance Fielder from 'Another World' comic book store (specialists importers of Science fiction) in Leicester.

FanZines.

I first picked up an Issue of 'Protoculture Addicts' which at that time was the official Fanzine for Robotech, (produced and printed in Canada) sometime in the late 80's. With such features as “The voice of the Freedom Fighters” (Fan letters page), “Japanimation & manga” (Reviews), “The shaping of Protoculture” (feed-back to readers including :- addresses for Pen Pals, retail stores that do mail-order, and other Fan clubs), the “News & Reviews” page focussed on available translated Manga, Anime magazines, Fanzines, and fan clubs too).

['Protoculture Addicts' started with only 6 fanzines by the end of 1989, this would only grow and grow, more on this later..!]

[With some very well known Fan Clubs from America; C/FO (Cartoon/Fantasy Organisation), Anime Hasshin (run by Lorraine Savage), and Earth Defence Command (EDC) – just a few of the clubs in all, and I must say that many individuals and organisers help support the UK Anime fandom, and are in touch to this day!]

 [Note: started to find more details here EDC & Anime Hasshin.]

Mektek

After picking up the two fanzines together MekTek 2 (Summer 1988) & MekTek 3 (Summer 1989) from 'Another World' comic book store in Leicester in the winter1989, these yearly British FanZines centred on Battle Suit Warfare games mainly BattleTech with new rules and scenarios for players, and surprisingly a follow-up on the Japanese roots of these Giant robots used in the games, edited by Ashley Watkins, with contributions such as the Stunning black & white Artwork by Steve Kyte

(Patlabor, Macross), and the many reviews from Helen McCarthy on Manga and Anime in the UK.

[I think 'MekTek 3' told us about an up and coming Science fiction Convention over the Easter weekend April 14th & 15th 1990 (note: this will be ground Zero for the UK Anime Fandom as I would know it).]

[I wrote to Ashley Watkins in November of 1989, and got a reply in January 1990 with flyers for EastCon 90 and the contact details for a very busy lady, by the name of Helen McCarthy (we have been Anime friends ever since).]

[Not forgetting the early form of Etiquette the Stamped Self Addressed Envelope (SSAE), this also enabled the recipient to reply a lot sooner.]

[just think of it.....the time it took to gather this information and then publish it once a year, if Wiki or Google was down for just a day the shock would reverberate across the internet and smart-phones, how like sheep have we become trusting on the reliance of technology?!]

[More on these pioneering fanzines will come later..!!]