Canadian Fandom

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A fanzine published in the 1940s by Beak Taylor. It was titled Eightball for the first three issues. In 1949, Ed McKeown became editor for two issues before turning it over to Gerald Steward. Subsequently, at some point, it was turned over to Bill Grant who renamed it Canfan.

Issue	Date	Pages	Editor	FAPA mailing	Notes
1	February 1943	20			titled Eightball
2	May 1943	12
3	July 1943	16
4	September 1943	18			now titled Canadian Fandom
5	November 1943	22	Beak Taylor
6	1944	24	"
7	August 1944	34	"
8	February 1945	24	"
9	July 1945	26	"	32
10	May 1946	26	"	36
11	July 1946	32	"
12	July 1947	38	"
13	September 1947	36	"
14	February 1948	40	"	42
15	May 1948	38		43
16	July 1949	28	Ned McKeown
17	September 1951	18	"
18	September 1953	23	Gerald Steward
19	December 1953	19	"
20	March 1954	24	"
21	June 1954	29	"
22	September 1954	28	"
23	December 1954	30	"
24	March 1955	22	Bill Grant
25	June 1955	32	"
26	September 1955	26	"
27	December 1955	65	"
28	February 1956	38	"
29	June 1956	34	"
30	September 1956	28	"
31	November 1956	28	"
32	January 1957	20	"
33a	February 1957	38	"		15th anniversary issue; contains Leslie Croutch’s repellently salacious “Torcon Memories.”
34	June 1957	28	"
35	October 1957	30	"
36	March 1958	48	"
37	October 1958	26	"

• Canadian Fandom online at fanac.org
• EightBall online at fanac.org

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Publication

1943—1958

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