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Thanks for your interest in the John G. Fantucchio tribute website. We'd love to hear from you. John G. has made a huge impression on many of us in our youths and will surely continue to for many years to come. Please feel free to:
- Tell us about yourself, your recollections of Mr. Fantucchio and his work in the 60's, 70's or later.
- Please send us scans of any Fantucchio original art you may own (like the Mr. Terrific & Wildcat pen & ink to the right). Drawings, paintings, commissions, convention sketches, fanzine art that was never published ... anything!
- Send your comments on the website. Since I'm pretty new to being a webmaster, I'm especially interested in bugs and glitches so be sure to tell me if something looks funky (I already know about the wacky looking Checklist Chart when viewed in a Firefox browser).
Point of Contact:
Aaron Caplan
1310 E. Maple Ave
Sterling, VA 20164
Note: Sorry people, the above email is not a link, it's an image.
So you'll have to physically type out my e-address! Bestest, Anti-spam Aaron
John G. Fantucchio
Mar 15 1938 - Aug 4 2016
John displays his artwork at an exhibit in Glen Echo MD in Sept 2010
Comic Fanzines Wanted!!
Sell me your comic book fanzines ... will buy or trade fanzines from 1960-1972!
Do you have comic fanzines for sale or trade? Well I'm buying comic book fanzines so sell them to me! My name is Aaron Caplan, a private collector of comic fanzines from the 1960's and early 70's. I am also an amateur historian, specializing in comic fandom of the 60's. I will trade, purchase collections or buy single issues to find the zines I need. I'm especially interested in ditto (printed via spirit duplicator) and/or mimeographed fanzines from 1961 - 1970. I also collect EC fanzines of the 50's, including EC Fan Bulletin, HooHah, Potrzebie, Squatront, EC Scoop, EC Fan Journal, et al. Science Fiction and horror zines are also of interest as well as original fanzine art.
Here's a very abbreviated list of the comic fanzines I seek (editor and/or publisher listed if known):
Action Hero (Wayne Howard)
Admiral Publications (C Burkett)
Adventure Heroes Hideaway
All Dynamic (Alan Light, #2 only)
All Star Begotten Comics
(LASFS)
All Streak Comics (Tommy Prouty)
Amateur Komix
(Gary Accord)
Asterisk (Schelly/Morra)
Aurora (Len Wein)
Batwing (Larry Herndon)
Beabohema (Lunney)
Blood & Thunder (Lon Mitchell)
Bombshell (Tony Rutherford)
Capa-Alpha (K-a)
Character Get Together
(Vern Deebs)
The Collector (Bill G. Wilson)
Comic Art (Don & Maggie)
Comic Crusader (Greim, 1-4 only)
Comic Examiner (Jim Dee)
Comicdom
The Comic Fan (Buddy Saunders)
Comic Fandom (Charles Korbas)
Comic Fantasy (Bud Fern)
Comic Feature (not the 80's mag)
Comic Forum
(Billy McKinnon)
Comic Heroes Revisited (Bubnis)
Comiclub
(Gabe Eisenstein)
Comic Showcase
(Robert Ritter)
Comic World News (Paul Feola)
Comics Blast
Comi-Rama
(Ron Kettle)
Complete EC Checklist (EC - 1950's)
Condor Comics
Cortana (Clint Bigglestone)
Cosmostiletto (Gene Klein)
Countdown
(Jim Rossow)
CPL
(Bob Layton & CPL Gang)
Dateline: Comicdom
Dynamic Comics
EC Fan Bulletin (EC - 1950's)
EC Fan Journal (EC - 1950's)
EChhhh (EC - 1950's)
EC World Press (EC - 1950's)
Emperial Comics (Vanden Eynden)
Facts Behind Superman (1954)
Famous Fiends of Filmland
Fandom Presents
(Golden Gate)
Fandom's Special
(Cardoza)
FANtastic (Johnny Chambers)
Fantastic Fanzine (1-5 only)
Fantasy Fandom Crossroads
Fantasy Hero (Bill Dubay)
Fantasy News (Wasserman)
Fanzation
(Bob Beerbohm)
Fanzine Illustrated (John Furek)
Farce of Fandom (Barry Siegel)
Faun (Gene Klein)
Fighting Hero Comics (GB Love)
Flame On (Jim Halperin)
Flare Comics
(Jeff Gelb)
Gateway Con II Memory Book 68
Giallar (horror zine, R Harris)
Gore Creatures
(#14 and under)
Gotham Gazette
(Steve Kelez)
Hero (Larry Herndon)
Heroes (Jeff Gelb)
Heroes Hangout (Rudi Franke)
HooHah (EC - 1950's)
Incognito (Bill Schelly)
Incognito Extra (Bill Schelly)
Jeddak (Paul Moslander)
Mantis (Gene Klein)
Marvel Main
(Mike Howell)
Mask & Cape (Gemignani/Perrin)
Mastermind
(Steve Fears)
Men of Mystery
(Jeff Gelb)
MetroCon Progress Report 1971
Motley
(John Kowal)
Museum
(Chuck Robinson)
New Comic News (Bruce Williams)
New World of Comics
Odd (Herring Bros)
Plague (Jiro Tomyama -1961)
Potrzebie (EC - 1950's)
Power Comics (Larry Walczak)
Quark (L Couch)
Ray Gun
(John Nyman)
Rocket's Blast (GB Love #1-28)
Sata Illustrated
(Bill Pearson)
Shroud (Bill Schelly)
Sooner Comics
(Matt Curtis)
Spidey Fan (Wally Conger)
Spotlite
(Parley Holman)
Squatront (EC - 1950's)
Star Studded Comics (TX Trio)
Starling (sci-fi, Hank Luttrell)
Stories of Suspense
(Wolfman)
Super Adventures (Wolfman)
Super Heroes Anonymous (Schelly)
Super Spy (Larry Walczak)
Super Theater
(Lon Mitchell)
Texans Only (Kent Russell)
Tinderbox
(Gene Klein)
Trident
(Paul Viczarromdo)
Valor
(Jim Gardner)
Web Spinner (Mike Appel)
Weirdom (Dennis Cunningham)
Wonderment
(Mike Raub)
Xero
(Dick & Pat Lupoff)
Yancy Street Gazette (Ziegler)
Yancy Street Journal
(Arbunich)
Ymir (Johnny Chambers)
Yep, some of these are pretty obscure. But don't let the above list restrict you ... I'm just giving examples. So if you've got comic fanzines, original fanzine art or sci-fi/horror zines for sale or trade, I'm buying. Please don't hesitate to give me a call or email:
Aaron Caplan
1310 E. Maple Ave
Sterling, VA 20164
Cell: 703-731-8048
aaron [at ]fantucchio [dot] com
or aaron [at]gsaservice [dot] com
Your Fantucchio artwork is needed!
Help support this site! If you own convention sketches, drawings, doodles, commissioned work, paintings, or other art by John Fantucchio, please send an image or scan. If displayed, I will make sure you are fully credited.
Original Art from Fantucchio! Never Before Seen!
Click on each painting to view super-charged image!
"Avenging Agent V194"
According to John, she's "a counter-espionage heroine working for you-know-who."
"Son of Lubbock, Texas"
As exhibited at the Del Ray Artisans Gallery in Alexandria VA at a show with the theme of "It Only Rock N' Roll and I Like it."
"U.S.A. on Deimos"
A futuristic trek to a far distant world painted with electrifying colors. In case you didn't know, Deimos is a Martian moon.
"Let's Rock and Roll Baby"
For many years, this painting adorned the hallway as you entered JGF's studio.
"July Magic"
This breezy piece is on display at the Del Ray Artisans Gallery from July 1–22, 2011 as part of their Made in the U.S.A. Art Show.
"Agent Zoey"
This should have been the cover of a Heinlein paperback!
"Radio Station WJW"
A three dimensional, mixed media painting reflecting on the DJ who coined the term "Rock N' Roll."
Fantucchio and Fanzine Related Links/Sites to Check Out:
The John Fantucchio Page was probably the first and only John G. Fantucchio tribute site out there on the web for the longest time (until now) and is part of the Inter-Fan fandom group.
Ken Meyer Jr has developed an excellent blog on fanzines called Ink Stains. You'll have to click around because Ken profiles a different fanzine per blog, but each one is terrific!
Chris Wallace's Comic Book Fanzines: Chain Letters for Disturbed Children is a nicely done blog site devoted to "comic book fandom and the fanzines that kept them informed." Love the title.