- Gallery (APA/'zine)
"Gallery" was an
APA/'zine for cartoonists and illustrators, a significant proportion of which had contents that wereanthropomorphic orfunny animal in nature, which ran quarterly from the fall of 1989 to the winter of 2004 (issues #0 through #50). It was described by its creator Richard Chandler as “a cross between an APA and afanzine .”History
When Richard Chandler was first getting started in
furry fandom , he became aware of two APAs, "Rowrbrazzle " and its predecessor, "Vootie". He discovered that although he heard about them, he was not able to locate any copies to view because they were only available to members; "Vootie" had ceased publication before "Rowrbrazzle " began, and the waiting list to join the later was estimated to be 3 years long at the time he inquired. While he hadn't seen either APA, he had seen copies of some of the artwork inside them and was very impressed.Lacking drawing skills and not wanting to wait to join, Richard Chandler decided to start his own
fanzine in the fall of 1989. Feeling shut out from the other publications, he decided to make it open to subscribers, and created the first APA that paid royalties. Since he was not well known, he arranged the finances as a non-profit, figuring that would make him look more trustworthy (this was very important to him, and he made other efforts to uphold it as his standard).Matt High , of thecomic book companyAntarctic Press is credited by Richard Chandler as the person who coined the term "APA/'zine " to describe a publication like "Gallery".When he discontinued publication, Richard Chandler stated he was having trouble finding fresh talent and people willing to buy new issues, and felt these were due in part to easy self-publication and the availability of free artwork on the
Internet , and his own inability to attendfan conventions to sell them.Appearance
Physically, it was 8.5 inches wide and 11 inches tall, and many issues were between 200 and 300 pages with 25-32 artists contributing. It was printed (black and white Xerographically) on 20# bond with 60# cardstock covers, and bound with heavy-duty staples, flattened and covered with black masking tape.
Policies
"Gallery’s" rules became a model for other
APA/'zine s like "Huzzah" and "Yarf! ", and helped keep the friendly atmosphere of “give and take” from an APA in a publicly accessiblefanzine .There were three types of members: Member Artists, Contributors, and Subscribers.
*Member Artists were artists whose work was accepted for publication. Member Artists received one copy of "Gallery" at printing cost. Although there were no waiting lists, new Member Artists were required to be Contributors in the first or second issues after they joined or be dropped immediately. If a Member Artist did not contribute artwork for three consecutive issues, the future issues would be sent on Subscriber terms (see below), and that Member Artist was considered a Subscriber until another contribution was received.
:Member Artists could also submit
advertisements of up to one page for inclusion in one issue. They were solely responsible for the accuracy and content of such ads, and could promote anypublication or artwork in which the artist is creatively involved. They were often resubmitted for later issues.*Contributors were a subset of the Member Artists who have contributed artwork to a particular issue, and in addition to their copy at cost, they were paid a royalty of 10¢ (later 15¢) for each copy sold. Regular contributors could actually profit from participation.
*Subscribers were people who wanted to receive "Gallery" and had sent in money in advance to pay for those issues. They received each copy at cost plus the royalty paid to the contributors.
All three groups paid postage and handling.
Royalties were based entirely on participation rather than page count to make accounting simpler. Even so, the price of each issue still fluctuated because there were often different numbers of Contributors with each issue. To accommodate this, "Gallery" used an account system, making it possible for Subscribers to pay only for what they were getting. After payments were made into a subscription account, only three things were deducted from it -- the printing cost of each copy sent, royalties for each artist in that issue, and the postage and handling.
The cover price was computed at cost plus double the artist royalty and rounded up to the nearest dollar (50¢ for earlier issues). Thus for copies sold at conventions, artists received a double royalty. But the vast majority of copies sold at cover price were sold by various mail order services that carried 'zines, which paid a wholesale price which was the same as the subscriber's price.
Artwork
Anyone who was able to demonstrate the talent to express themselves artistically was welcome to try out for admission as a Member Artist, whether professional or amateur. Although many of the artists were furry fans, there was never a requirement for
anthropomorphic orfunny animal art, nor even a theme or other restrictions on creativity (subscribers were required to sign an age statement).Like in an APA, Member Artists were invited based upon the art sent in for review. Richard Chandler stated he looked for things like anatomy, varying line weight, balance, shadows, textures, backgrounds. He also preferred character interaction and pictures that seemed to tell a story, especially comic strips, and considered a good sense of humor to be a plus.
Although content was entirely the responsibility of the Contributors (including the political, sexual, or religious nature of any artwork), he had final choice on whether something would not be used, and warned against personal attacks, and copyright and trademark violations. Another prohibition was against contributions of which 50% had been previously published, or simultaneously submitted to other publications (exceptions were made for limited, members-only publications such as "
Rowrbrazzle ").Contributors
This is a complete list (Note, in some cases only a nickname is known):
Alex Schlarmann :Appeared in issue number: 10–14,19,20,24–29,33–36,38 :Covers: 10,28Alyn Gryphon :Appeared in issue number: 24–28,30,32,33AM Bush :Appeared in issue number: 38Andrew Murphy-Mee :Appeared in issue number: 20,22-26Andrew Thompson:Appeared in issue number: 17,21
Anthony Scott Waters :Appeared in issue number: 22–24,31Antti Remes :Appeared in issue number: 30–32,35Bill Fitts :Appeared in issue number: 1,4,5,8,10–24,27,31Brenda DiAntonis AKA: "XianJaguar":Appeared in issue number: 36–50:Covers: 38Brian Harp :Appeared in issue number: 31,33,37-43Brian McPherson :Appeared in issue number: 26-41,43–46,48-50:Covers: 31Brian Sutton :Appeared in issue number: 1,2,4–6,8,10–12,14,15,19"The Brothers Grinn":Appeared in issue number: 35–46,48,49:Covers: 45
Bryce Nakagawa :Appeared in issue number: 4,5,7,8,10,12–14,17,24,26,28,32,34–37,41,45,46:Covers: 5,35"Caribou" AKA:
Sara Palmer :Appeared in issue number: 32-38"Cataroo" AKA: Rachel Tucker,Rachel Cawley:Appeared in issue number: 18–34:Covers: 27
Charles Davies :Appeared in issue number: 13–21,23,24,26:Covers: 14Cheetah Steele :Appeared in issue number: 32–36,38,41,42,45Chris Sawyer:Appeared in issue number: 32-45:
Chris Whalen :Appeared in issue number: 23–28,30,32Chuck Melville :Appeared in issue number: 0–4,7Conrad Wong :Appeared in issue number: 13–16,19Daphne Lage :Appeared in issue number: 16 – 22,24,26:Covers: 18Dark Natasha :Appeared in issue number: 35–46,48:Covers: 39David Cannon :Appeared in issue number: 3–5,8,10,12–18,30,32,34:Covers: 3David DuPerre' :Appeared in issue number: 30,32-34Dean L. Norton :Appeared in issue number: 19–23,25–32,35,36,42-50:Covers: 26,43,49Debora Carr :Appeared in issue number: 0,1,3,5,6,8,10,12,14,16–24,26–28,32:Covers: 8Dee Schiller :Appeared in issue number: 26,28Diana Vick :Appeared in issue number: 20–25,27–31,33,34,37,44,46:Covers: 20,46Donna Barr :Appeared in issue number: 0–3,19Ed Zolna :Appeared in issue number: 5,6,12Eric Elliot :Appeared in issue number: 1,6,14,15Eugene McDermott :Appeared in issue number: 19-21Frank Gembeck Jr [http://furry.wikia.com/wiki/Frank_Gembeck] :Appeared in issue number: 23,25Genesis Eve Cook AKA: Genesis Whitmore:Appeared in issue number: 14-19,21-23:Covers: 15Herb Bresky :Appeared in issue number: 0-50:Covers: 2,5Jack Cavanaugh :Appeared in issue number: 11-15,17-19,22,24-26, 29Jeremy "Wolf" Kidd :Appeared in issue number: 9-17,19,21,26,27,29,31:Covers: 13Jim Groat :Appeared in issue number: 5,9,10,12-14,19-21,24-26:Covers: 5Jimmy Chin :Appeared in issue number: 6,8-14,16,19,22:Covers: 16Jody Kooistra :Appeared in issue number: 1,3Joe Rosales :Appeared in issue number: 8-12John Boulton :Appeared in issue number: 20,22,23,25-27,29,32,35,44,45:Covers: 22,44John Tatman :Appeared in issue number: 19-44,46Joshua Quagmire :Appeared in issue number: 0-4,9Joyceanna Brock :Appeared in issue number: 29-33JP Morgan:Appeared in issue number: 36-50
JW Kennedy :Appeared in issue number: 23-50:Covers: 50Kathy Marschall :Appeared in issue number: 22-25,28,29,33:Covers: 24Ken Fletcher :Appeared in issue number: 18,19,22-25,27-29,31Kishma Danielle :Appeared in issue number: 28-36Lance Williams:Appeared in issue number: 27-36,40,42-45,47
Larry Dixon :Appeared in issue number: 20,23,25Laura Pierson :Appeared in issue number: 28-30,32,35,38,42,43:Covers: 29,42Lianne Waelder :Appeared in issue number: 0,2,5,8,11-13,15,17-19,21,22,26:Covers: 1Lisa Jennings AKA: ‘’Micole’’:Appeared in issue number: 18 – 34Lyon Castro :Appeared in issue number: 21,22Mario D'Anna, Jr :Appeared in issue number: 17Mark Davis:Appeared in issue number: 21-25,27,28
Matt Harpold AKA: "Turbine Divinity":Appeared in issue number: 44-46,48,49Megan Giles :Appeared in issue number: 35-50:Covers: 41"Micah" AKA: "M. Poomah de Alarcon, Poomah":Appeared in issue number: 25-43:Covers: 27
Michael Caddel :Appeared in issue number: 45-48Michele Gault :Appeared in issue number: 30-32Michele Light :Appeared in issue number: 31-33,35Mike Capriola :Appeared in issue number: 13-23,25,27,29Mike Raabe :Appeared in issue number: 21-39,41-43,50:Covers: 21,34, 37Monika Livingstone :Appeared in issue number: 24,33Nami Jarrett :Appeared in issue number: 32-37:Covers: 33Peter Maloney :Appeared in issue number: 32Phil Morrissey :Appeared in issue number: 35-39,42,44"Polecat":Appeared in issue number: 17-26,28,31-33,35,37,39,42-50:Covers: 48
"Quicksilver":Appeared in issue number: 15,16,29
Randy Zimmerman :Appeared in issue number: 1,4,5,11,14:Covers: 5Rich Larson :Appeared in issue number: 22,23Robert Kirkpatrick:Appeared in issue number: 25
Robert Newell:Appeared in issue number: 13-17
Roy D. Pounds II :Appeared in issue number: 13-34,36,37,39,42-44,46-50Sandi Wilkinson :Appeared in issue number: 21-23,25Sarah Wheeler :Appeared in issue number: 39-43,46,48Scudder Kidwell :Appeared in issue number: 12,13Shon Howell :Appeared in issue number: 0,1,6,8,10,12,14,15Sky Rigdon :Appeared in issue number: 17-19,21,22,24,25:Covers: 19Steve Carter :Appeared in issue number: 41-50Steve Corbett :Appeared in issue number: 9-43Summer Jackson :Appeared in issue number: 29,30,32,34,49,50Susan Van Camp :Appeared in issue number: 3,4,9,11,20:Covers: 9Tanamin Wingate :Appeared in issue number: 29-35Taral Wayne :Appeared in issue number: 2-50:Covers: 4,7,47Ted Sheppard :Appeared in issue number: 1-15,18,22:Covers: 5,6Terrie Smith :Appeared in issue number: 1,2,5-11,13-16,18,20-25,27-43,45,47,50Tim O'Rourke AKA: ‘’TOR‘’:Appeared in issue number: 12,13,15,17-19,23Todd Sutherland :Appeared in issue number: 13-19,26Tom Millorn :Appeared in issue number: 21-25,27,28,32,35:Covers: 23Tygger L Graf AKA: "Lia Graf, Tygger":Appeared in issue number: 12-36:Covers: 12,17,30William Haas :Appeared in issue number: 6-9,11-14"Zorichan":Appeared in issue number: 43-48
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