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Squint 7

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Tom Brinkmann writes about unusual off-the-beaten-path magazines, digests, and tabloids. A regular contributor to The Digest Enthusiast, his latest article, “The Creature from the Black Lagoon with The Seven Year Itch,” appears in issue ten. Tom is also an illustrator and publisher. His latest artzine, Squint 7, features 16 pages of his amorphic images and portraits presented in classic mini-comics’ format. Send inquiries to Tom at vaioduct at aol dot com.

Two volumes of Tom’s book, Bad Mags, were published in 2008 (Vol. 1) and 2009 (Vol. 2). Now out of print, copies are still available in secondary markets.

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Opening Lines

“He felt the anxiety that smothered the fort move into his throat where his yellow kerchief was knotted, and down into his middle where his service belt held a holstered Colt and field kit.”“The Fight at…

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Fantastic May 1976

Among other topics, Ted White discusses two spoken-word record albums in this editorial this issue— Robert E. Howard: From the Hells Beneath the Hells (Alternate World Recordings) and Robert E. Howard’s Conan (Moondance Production). After his…

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True Crime Detective Winter 1952

“Here he [J. Edgar Hoover] tells the almost unknown story of Kathryn Kelly, under whose evil guidance her husband, Machine-gun Kelly, rose to eminence in the criminal world. Mr. Hoover omits one interesting detail. It was…

Interviews

Cartoon Trader

Excerpt from my tribute, “The Creative Works of Joe Wehrle, Jr.” from The Digest Enthusiast No. 8, June 2018: “In 1989, my wife Karen and I came up with the idea of producing a monthly Cartoon…

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Western Magazine Oct. 1956

Contents Page L.L. Foreman “Gunslingers of the Cibola” art by Carl Burgos Joseph Chadwick “Trouble with the Tough Tollivers” art by Matt Baker Todhunter Ballard “Dark Kill” art by Carl Burgos Western Magazine Vol. 2 No.…

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Crime Syndicate Magazine No. 2

Crime Syndicate Magazine No. 2 May 2016 Dietrich Kalteis “Bottom of the Ninth” Matt Andrew “The Song Remains the Same” Mike O’Reilly “Fight in the Dog” Preston Lang “The Counselor” Michael Bracken “Sugar” Stephen McQuiggan “Thunderstone”…

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Galaxy July 1970

Contents Page Ejler Jakobsson: Asbestos, Too Robert A. Heinlein “I Will Fear No Evil” Part I art by Jack Gaughan Robert Silverberg “The Throwbacks” (Urban Monad) art by Jack Gaughan Lauri Virta’s Containers for the Condition…

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Michael Shayne Feb. 1957

Most of the Mike Shayne short novels that appeared in his digest magazine were ghost written under the Brett Halliday pseudonym. But this issue features the first of a three-part series presenting a brand new full-length…