Voice of the Imagi-Nation

VOM started as the lettercolumn in Imagination!, the LASFS clubzine that Forrest J Ackerman edited starting in 1937. (Imagination! was nicknamed Madge, hence the initialism VOM.)

When Imagination! ceased publishing, Ackerman turned it into a fanzine on its own and in 1939 started including other material such as art and articles, though the letter column was always the center of the fanzine. There were a total of fifty issues, the last in 1947.

VOM won the 1946 Best Fanzine Retro Hugo at L.A.con III in 1996.

See also VOMbozine.

Issue	Date	Pages	Notes
1 V1.1	January 1939	14
2 V1.2	April 1939	12
3 V1.3	September 1939	14
4 V1.4	December 1939	17	includes supplement
5 V2.1	April 1940	15
6 V2.2	April 1940	18
7	June 1940	12
8	August 1940	24
8A	August 1940	26	Expanded issue sold for a nickel to benefit the Chicon I
9	October 1940	10
10	December 1940	12
11	January 1941	10
12	March 1941	16
13	April 1941	12
14	May 1941	11
15	June 1941	12
16	July 1941	26
The Denventioneer A	July 1941	2
The Denventioneer B	July 1941	26
17	August 1941	24
18	October 1941	22
19	November 1941	18
20	January 1942	14
21	February 1942	14
22	April 1942	14	marked "Halloween" and “April Foools”
23	June 1942	18	includes supplement
24	August 1942	20
25	October 1942	14	includes supplement
26	November 1942	15
27	September 1943	16
28	November 1943	14
29	January 1944	18
30	March 1944	15
31	April 1944	13
32	May 1944	10
33	June 1944	9
34	July 1944	8
35	August 1944	14
36	October 1944	12
37	December 1944	18
38	January 1945	12
39	February 1945	14
40	March 1945	8
41	April 1945	8
42	May 1945	10
43	June 1945	10
44	July 1945	8
45	August 1945	8
46	September 1945	8
47	October 1945	13
48	November 1945	11
49	July 1946	12
50	July 1947	8	Last issue

Voice of the Imagi-Nation online at fanac.org

From Fancyclopedia 2, ca. 1959

VOICE OF THE IMAGI-NATION, 4sj & Morojo's letterzine which flourished for fifty issues in the early 40s. It was originally just the lettercolumn of the LASFS OO, Imagination!, but later took off on its own under Acky's ministrations. The word VoMaiden designated one of the fans' drawings of nekkid wimmen which were published therein, sometimes with a fantasy background to justify their appearance in a fanzine. Ackerman defended this publication on the ground that fanzines should publish what fans want, especially something like this that couldn't appear in a general mag because of various silly rules. But the VoMaidens were criticized mostly for lack of artistic merit, not for reasons of morality. See Imagination.

From Fancyclopedia 1, ca. 1944

Voice of Madge. The pet name became the one generally used; full name is Voice of the Imagi-Nation.

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Publication

1937—1947

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