Hyphen
Hyphen was a fanzine, the successor to Slant, published between 1952 and 1965 by Walt Willis and Chuck Harris. Ian McAulay became co-editor with issue 25, and Madeleine Willis also acted as co-editor.
Hyphen was more fannish and less sercon than Slant and is widely regarded as one of the greatest fanzines ever published. Contributors included Atom, who drew much artwork straight onto stencil; Bob Shaw, whose regular column was titled “The Glass Bushel”; and James White. An occasional feature was "The History of Irish Fandom", in which Hyphen regulars wrote about themselves.
A final issue was published in 1987, after a hiatus of 22 years, to celebrate 40 years of Irish Fandom. Hyphen was nominated for the 1956 Best Fanzine Hugo and, in 2004, the 1954 Best Fanzine Retro Hugo.
Issue | Date | Pages | Notes |
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1 | May 1952 | 16 | |
2 | September 1952 | 20 | |
3 | February 1953 | 28 | |
4 | October 1953 | 28 | |
5 | November 1953 | 22 | |
6 | January 1954 | 26 | |
7 | March 1954 | 28 | |
8 | April 1954 | 30 | |
9 | July 1954 | 44 | |
10 | September 1954 | 34 | |
11 | November 1954 | 34 | Noted for the First Word on Page 28. |
12 | December 1954 | 52 | |
13 | March 1955 | 42 | |
14 | June 1955 | 42 | |
15 | November 1955 | 40 | |
16 | August 1956 | 30 | |
17 | December 1956 | 42 | |
18 | May 1957 | 40 | |
19 | January 1958 | 26 | |
20 | February 1958 | 26 | |
21 | October 1958 | 42 | |
22 | March 1959 | 26 | |
23 | November 1959 | 24 | |
24 | March 1960 | 24 | |
25 | November 1960 | 26 | Ian McAulay became co-editor. |
26 | January 1961 | 24 | |
27 | March 1961 | 26 | |
28 | May 1961 | 26 | |
29 | September 1961 | 26 | |
30 | December 1961 | 24 | |
31 | March 1962 | 26 | |
32 | March 1963 | 28 | |
33 | June 1963 | 24 | |
34 | September 1963 | 24 | |
35 | April 1964 | 24 | |
36 | February 1965 | 22 | |
37 | Autumn 1987 | 62 | Final ish, after a 22-year hiatus. Ebook. |
- Hyphen online at fanac.org.
- Hyphen at eFanzines.
From Fancyclopedia 2, ca. 1959 |
(Madeleine Willis) "A fanzine", defines Chuck Harris laconically, "First issue May 1952". It was co-edited by Walt Willis and Harris, but was really more or less the product of the group known as the Oblique Angles. It became a focal point for a lot of people on the fringe of fandom as well as within it, succeeding Quandry as Zeitgeistsprecher of the old Sixth Fandomites who opposed 7th Fandom during the Sixth Transition. It influenced Anglofandom (and US Fandom) muchly by its amiably irreverent attitude toward fandom and stf in general -- the "Serious Constructive Insurgentism" of Walt Willis' which found its most perfect, if not most typical, expression in The Harp Stateside and such other works as Through Darkest Ireland and The Enchanted Duplicator. "Neither Walt nor I cared for the name when Madeleine coined it," Chuck explains, "but now we think it's about perfect and wouldn't change it for anything." |
Publication | 1952—1987 |
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