Ken Meyer Jr.’s Ink Stains 32: Adams, Kaluta, Wrightson, DeZuniga, Buckler, and Much More!

If you’re a fan of fanzines, then you’ve got to check out Ken Meyer, Jr.’s monthly column Ink Stains.  Each month Ken (who is an amazing artist) posts… well, let’s let Ken explain…

I have a collection of over 200 fanzines from the 60’s-80’s that I plan to scan and talk about, one at a time. I hope to have some of the participants answer a few questions. Many of those participants are established comics professionals now, while some have gone on to other things. I will show a few snippets from each zine and give you a link to download a pdf of the whole thing, which I hope all of you will do!

For Ink Stains 32, Ken took a look at Phase [Part 1 of 3 is linked] from 1971.   Published by Phase Publications/Sal Q.

Until Ken’s post, I had never seen or even heard of Phase.  It’s an interesting argument that Phase isn’t really a fanzine, it’s a prozine.  Look at the names of those who contributed to Phase – Neal Adams, Mike Kaluta, Berni Wrightson, Tony DeZuniga, Rich Buckler, Ken Barr, Frank Brunner, Jeff Jones, Gerry Conway, Ernie Colon, Tom Sutton and more!  Keep in mind that in most cases we’re not talking just spot illos but full stories!

I’d say that although the contributors are pros, they’re also fans.  Don’t we have better nits to pick?

Ah, the memories of the glory days of fanzines.  Thanks to Ken Meyer, Jr. for making these available!