Shangri L'Affaires
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Shangri L'Affaires (frequently known by its nickname Shaggy) began as a one-sheet page of news and publicity for LASFS, started in 1940.
During the ’40s, it was edited by a series of very well-known fans, including Forry Ackerman, Walter and Eleanor Daugherty, Francis Towner Laney, and Charles Burbee. The page count gradually increased, including material other than news, becoming a genzine. By end of 40s, its name had been shortened to Shangri-LA and during the ’50s, it was mainly known by the nickname Shaggy, though it had become sporadic.
The fanzine started in 1940 to replace Imagination! which had ceased publication. Initially, it was a communal affair with no one listed as editor, then with Walt Daugherty as editor. Three issues were published, then it disappeared in 1942, claiming that it had changed its name to Shangri-L'Affaires. After the first 38 issues of Shangri-L'Affairs, Walt Daugherty became the editor and changed the name to Shangri-LA for the next 35 issues, before it once again changed back to "Shangri-L'Affaires".
It was revitalized under Bjo Trimble aided by a group of L.A. fans who pooled some money and bought a new Gestetner mimeograph, solving a continuing production problem. The last issue of 50s, a Christmas 1959 issue, featured a large art supplement, and Bjo's fan fiction "The Littlest Fan". By the mid ’60s, Shaggy was edited by Ted Johnstone.
In 1965, new policies set up that restricted its availability. It was no longer available for trade with other fanzines: contribution, subscription, or LoC were the only ways for outsiders to get an issue. It was still free to LASFS members, but only if they picked up their copy within two meetings of publication.
In late ’60s, Shaggy was edited by Ken Rudolph and it enjoyed widespread popularity, due to its wide circulation and Rudolph's ability to produce elaborate and impressive issues.
Shaggy was nominated for the 1946 Best Fanzine Retro Hugo at L.A.con III in 1996.
Contents
Shangri-La (Series 1, 1940-41)[edit]
Published semi-annually.
Issue | Date | Pages | Editor | Notes |
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1 | March–April 1940 | 22 | Combined effort, with no one listed as editor | |
2 | October 1940 | 30 | Walter Daugherty | One page Ray Bradbury SF fandom parody fiction "FAN-TASTIC". Half page drawing of Ray Bradbury. Full page drawing of 4SJ ACKERMAN. |
3 | July 1941 | 24 | Walter and Eleanor Daugherty | Final issue |
Shangri-L'Affaires (Series 1, 1941)[edit]
A "roving fanzine" bundled with various fanzines produced in L.A. Bi-weekly
Issue | Date | Pages | Editor | Notes |
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1 | March 1941 | 1 | Forrest J Ackerman | Bound with VoM 12 |
2 | March 1941 | 2 | " | |
3 | April 1941 | 1 | " | Bound with VoM 13 |
4 | April 1941 | 2 | " | |
5 | May 1941 | 1 | " | Bound with VoM 14 |
6 | May 1941 | 2 | " | |
7 | May 1941 | Bound with Damn Thing 5. One source says "June 1941" | ||
8 | June 1941 | 2 | Ackerman and Morojo | Bound with VoM 15 |
9 | June 1941 | Bound with Polaris, V2 #2. | ||
10 | July 1941 | 1 | Ackerman and Morojo | |
11 | July 1941 | 1 | Ackerman | Bound with VoM 16 |
12 | 1941 | 2 | " | |
13 | November 1941 | 1 | Bound with VoM 19/ |
Shangri-L'Affaires (Series 2, 1941-1947)[edit]
This was a standalone fanzine. Some of the attributions to Charles Burbee below may be in error, since he was also the publisher during this time, and some sources may incorrectly also list him as editor.
Issue | Date | Pages | Editor | Notes |
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1 | December 1941 | 1 | Forrest J Ackerman | |
2 | January 1942 | 2 | " | |
3 | February 1942 | 2 | " | |
4 | July 1942 | 4 | Gus Willmorth | |
5 | August 1942 | 8 | Gus Willmorth, Arthur Louis Joquel | |
6 | September 1942 | 2 | Forrest J Ackerman | |
7 | December 1942 | 4 | Arthur Louis Joquel | |
8 | January 1943 | 6 | Arthur Jean Cox | |
9 | February 1943 | Phil Bronson | ||
10 | May 1943 | " | ||
11 | August 1943 | 10 | Walt Daugherty | |
12 | September 1943 | 12 | " | |
13 | April 1944 | 11 | Arthur Louis Joquel | |
14 | May 1944 | 9 | Charles Burbee | |
15 | June 1944 | 10 | " | |
16 | July 1944 | 13 | " | |
17 | August 1944 | 16 | " | |
18 | September 1944 | 20 | " | |
19 | October 1944 | 20 | " | |
20 | November 1944 | 18 | " | |
21 | December 1944 | 18 | " | |
22 | January 1945 | 13 | " | |
23 | February 1945 | 26 | " | |
24 | March 1945 | 18 | " | |
25 | April 1945 | 38 | ||
26 | July 1945 | 18 | Gerald Hewett | Cover by Joe Gibson |
27 | October 1945 | 20 | " | |
28 | February 1946 | 28 | Arthur Louis Joquel | |
29 | April 1946 | 22 | Charles Burbee | Cover by Hannes Anderson |
30 | May 1946 | 24 | " | |
31 | July 1946 | 22 | " | |
32 | September 1946 | 32 | " | Pacificon reports |
33 | October 1946 | 26 | " | |
34 | December 1946 | 26 | " | |
35 | March 1947 | 26 | " | |
36 | June 1947 | 19 | " | |
37 | August 1947 | 20 | " | |
Philcon Edition | September 1947 | 6 | " | |
38 | November 1947 | 20 | Charles Burbee | include 1-page supplement |
Shangri-La (Series 2, 1947-90)[edit]
The title is changed back to "Shangri-La", and numbering continues from that of the 1940-41 series. Later, the title returns to Shangri L'Affaires. Issue 13, April 1944, uses the longer name. Issue 14 (mislabeled as issue 10 on the cover, but correct on the table of contents), October 1949, uses the shorter name. Some issues used the shortened name exclusively. Editors included Dave Ossman and Bill Mosleigh
Continues numbering from the end of Shangri-La Series 1.
Issue | Date | Pages | Editor | Notes |
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4 | January-February 1948 | 21 | Dale Hart | |
5 | March-April 1948 | 20 | " | |
6 | May-June 1948 | 22 | " | |
7 | July-August 1948 | 21 | " | |
8 | September-October 1948 | 24 | Arthur Jean Cox | |
9 | November-December 1948 | |||
10 | January 1949 | 36 | Walt Daugherty | |
11 | March 1949 | 42 | Forrest Ackerman | |
12 | June 1949 | 36 | Eph Konigsberg | Commemorative Reprint Issue. |
13 | August 1949 | Louise Leipiar | ||
14 | October 1949 | 32 | Forrest Ackerman | Misnumbered as #10 on cover |
15 | November 1949 | 52 | Anna Moffatt and Len Moffatt | |
16 | December 1949 | 34 | E. E. Evans | |
17 | January 1950 | 28 | Walt Daugherty | |
18 | February 1950 | 35 | Freddie Hershey | |
19 | April 1950 | 28 | Dave Lesperance | The editor is credited as "AUD-DEL" |
20 | 1950 | 17 | Arthur Jean Cox & Dave Lesperance | |
21 | July 1950 | 24 | Jessie Wilt, Ira Rosen | |
22 | September 1950 | 35 | ||
23 | November 1950 | 30 | Helene Mears | Cover by Rotsler |
24 | November 1950 | 22 | John Van Couvering | Junior Member Issue. Misnumbered as #23 |
25 | January 1951 | 26 | ed. Rory Faulkner & Alan Hershey | |
26 | February 1951 | 28 | Rick Sneary | |
27 | March 1951 | 22 | Al Lewis | |
28 | 1951 | |||
29 | September 1951 | 32 | Ed Connor | |
30 | December 1951 | 20 | Anna Moffatt and Len Moffatt | |
31 | March 1952 | 34 | Audrey Clinton and Ed Clinton | |
Summer 1952 | 26+ | Ed Clinton, Dave Fox, Eph Konigsberg, Jim Wilson. Art Editor: Con Pederson | ||
32 | Fall 1952 | 26 | Jim Wilson | |
Summer 1953 | 12 | Hern Hutter | ||
Fall/Winter 1953 | 26 | Dave Ossman and Bill Mosleigh | ||
[Summer] 1956 | 18 | Pete Vorzimer, Ron Ellik, Paul Turner | ||
[Fall] 1956?, [[May 1957?] | 16 | Paul Turner | ||
38 | Fall 1957 | 16 | George Fields |
(There appears to be one missing issue from our list for these final years.)
Shangri L'Affaires (Series 3, 1958-1987)[edit]
Next, the title was changed back to Shangri L'Affaires. This third series continued the numbering from "Shangri L'Affaires", Series 2.
Issue | Date | Pages | Editor | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
39 | October-November 1958 | 30 | Charles Burbee & Djinn Faine | |
40 | December 1958 | 30 | Djinn Faine | |
41 | February 1959 | 34 | Djinn Faine | Cover lists title as "Shaggy"; inside it's "Shangri-L'Affaires" |
42 | April 1959 | 36 | Al Lewis | |
43 | 1959 | 36 | " | |
44 | July 1959 | 50 | " | |
45 | 1959 | 46 | " | |
46 | October 1959 | 51 | " | |
47 | December 1959 | 52 | " | |
48 | January 1960 | 34 | John Trimble | |
49 | February-March 1960 | 32 | " | Titled "L'Affaires Shangri Fact & Friction"? |
50 | April 1960 | 46 | " | |
51 | July 1960 | 44 | " | |
52 | September 1960 | 48 | " | |
53 | October-December 1960 | 34 | John Trimble & Bjo Trimble | |
54 | January-February 1961 | 30 | ||
55 | March-April 1961 | 32 | ||
56 | May 1961 | 32 | ||
57 | July 1961 | 32 | ||
58 | September 1961 | 28 | ||
59 | November-December 1961 | 28 | Fred Patten | |
60 | December 1962 | 34 | Al Lewis & Ron Ellik? | |
61 | June 1962 | 32 | a committee of Al Lewis (Editor-Who-Writes-The-Editorial), Fred Patten (Editor-Who-Writes-The-Letter-Column), Ron Ellik (Editor-Who-Handles-The-Mailing-List), John Trimble (Editor-Who-Edits), & Bjo Trimble (Editor-Who-Selects-The-Artwork). | TAFF Progress Report #3 inserted |
62 | November 1962 | 46 | " | Front cover by Bjo Trimble |
63 | January 1963 | 32 | Steve Tolliver | |
64 | March 1963 | 30 | " | |
65 | May 1963 | " | ||
66 | September 1963 | 30 | " | |
67 | November-December 1963 | 32 | Redd Boggs | |
68 | January 1964 | 37 | " | |
69 | May-June 1964 | 30 | " | |
70 | January 1965 | 28 | Ted A. Johnstone | |
71 | July 1965 | 44 | " | |
72 | April 1968 | 52 | Ken Rudolph | |
73 | June 1968 | 92 | " | |
74 | September 1968 | 68 | " | Cover by Tim Kirk, Reduced in size from 8.5 X 11 (AQ) to 7 X 10 (A5); switched duplication to Xerox. |
75 | December 1968 | 72 | " | Goes on hiatus for a decade |
76 | June 1980 | Marty Cantor & Mike Gunderloy | Titled "Shaggy" | |
77 | October 1980 | Marty Cantor & Mike Glyer | Titled "Shaggy" | |
78 | 1982 | Cantor & Mark R. Sharpe | Titled "Shaggy" | |
79 | 1983 | Mark R. Sharpe |
Shangri L'Affaires (Series 3, commonly called "Volume C", 1985-1997)[edit]
After a year-and-a-half, a final series was created containing another 8 issues.
Issue | Date | Pages | Editor | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Vol C #1 | Christmas, 1985 | |||
Vol C #2 | Spring 1986 | 24 | Charles Lee Jackson II | |
Vol C #3 | 1986 | 24 | " | |
Vol C #4 | Summer 1987 | 36 | " | |
Vol C #5 | Autumn 1988 | 28 | " | |
Vol C #6 | 1989 | " | ||
Vol C #7 | Winter 1992 | 24 | " | |
Vol C #8 | Autumn 1997 | 24 | " |
A single issue labeled Series 3, No. 1, was published by Ed Cox in the mid-’60s, apparently just to throw archivists off.
Shangri L'Affaires (Special Issues)
Issue | Date | Pages | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Pacificon edition | July 1946 | 6 | |
Meretritious (Christmas Art Supplement #1) | December 1959 | ed. Bjo Trimble. Multi-color printing. | |
Christmas Art Supplement #2 | December 1960 | ed. Ron Ellik. Art & fiction | |
Holiday Art Supplement #3 | December 1961 | " | |
1961 Calendar Supplement | 1961 | ed. Bjo Trimble | |
1963 Christmas Art Supplement | 1963 | ||
1968 Christmas Art Supplement | 1968 | ed. Ken Rudolph and Jim Schumacher | |
Shangri L'Affaires Art Supplement | n.d. | ed. Ron Ellik |
- Shangri L'Affaires online at fanac.org
- Shangri-LA online at fanac.org
Publication | 1940—1997 |
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