Void
(For other entries on nothingness, see Void.)
Void was a fanzine published by George F. Clements with a single 30-page issue in November 1952. Clements hoped it would appear every three months or so but it never saw a second. In a letter to Then, Vin¢ Clarke quoted Paul Enever (10 March 1953) saying that after Clements sent out that first issue "Void got 12 subs in all plus two 'exchanges'", implying that Clements felt this was insufficient interest to justify continuing[1]. This is confirmed by an untitled February 1953 Operation Fantast publication[2] in which Ken Slater said:
George Clements asks me to advise folk that Void is null and .... ! Twelve subs, three promises, half a dozen letters of comment, and 4 exchange offers did not offer him sufficient encouragement.
Clements said in Void, "Although not an artist, I aim to present fantasy as a visual art". To this end he engaged Alan Hunter as effectively his art editor, commissioning work from Fantasy Art Society members and tracing it onto stencil. Hunter also provided the cover and there are interior pages from Staff Wright, Bill Price, Les Chapman, John duJardin and Ken McIntyre.
- Void online at fanac.org (PDF)
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- ↑ Vince Clarke in "Then –The Letters: 1930s and 1940s" at fiawol.org.uk.
- ↑ at fanac.org (PDF).
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