Willish

From Fancyclopedia 2, ca. 1959

Any of the special issues of various fanzines (MAD, SOL, OOPSLA, CF, and FANTASIAS) which were dedicated to Walt Willis and published to assist his journey to the ChiCon. They contained material by WAW, tributes to him, and, usually, other material. Often they had installments of "Willis Discovers America", a serial about WAW's fictional adventures here written before his trip. (The Harp Stateside was written after his return to Ireland.)

Fancyclopedia 2 didn't need to explain that Willish was a scientificombination of Willis and ish, and neither do we, but we mention that the associated fan fund was WAW With the Crew in '52.

The term Willish continued in use for subsequent Willis fanthologies and festschrifts, most notably Warhoon 28 (1978).

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Publication

1951—

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