RARE.2024.0064: Purchased, 2023 September
[identification of item], En Garde! Zine, SPEC.RARE.0335, Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, Ohio State University
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Processed by: Allison McPherson, 2024 September; Finding Aid Written by: Allison McPherson, 2024 September
A zine is an original work or collection of texts and images that are self-published in small, limited batches. In the 1940s the creation of the term fanzine came from individuals self-publishing science fiction zines. Husband Al Ashley and wife Abby Lu Ashley cowrote their first En Garde! fanzine in 1942 while living in Battle Creek, Michigan. They worked with Jack Wiedenbeck to create the airbrushed cover art for the zine publications.
En Garde! Zine contains issues #2, #7, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, and #17. Issue #2 is missing the cover art. The issues were published from 1942-1946 with Fantasy Amateur Press Association (FAPA) mailing. This science fiction fanzine often explored the concept of the Slan Shack, also known as a science fiction house.