Somebody has scanned (pretty low res, but just-about readable) the only three issues of Army Man, an 80s fanzine/magazine made by Letterman writer / future Simpsons scriptwriter George Meyer. There’s more about it here and here.
Is it just me, or do some of the humour, some of the ideas and the whole ‘people who work for big names letting off steam with an entertaining, witty side project’ remind you of Manzine?
(via MeFi)
Tags: fanzine, manzine, print, side projects
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Never seen if before Andrew, honest. It’s brilliant though.
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Pingback from magCulture.com / editorial design on March 24, 2010 at 1:24 pm
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Other than both being fanzines, Army Man looks like a different thing entirely – it reads to me like discarded sketches from professional sketch writers
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Hi Mark
I completely take your point – really I was referring more to them being fanzines by industry insiders trying to break out of the day job, rather than in.
Contentwise, they’re far apart.
Best
Andrew
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