Suspended Animation Review

Strange Space Stories #1, published by Main Enterprises, 36 pages, $3.25. Available through mail order.

Small press offerings are often "iffy". What you get can range from highly entertaining to barely passable comics material. However, any time you are dealing with creators who possess the desire, ingenuity, and good ol' fashioned "pluck" it requires to produce and distribute a series, or even a single issue, I consider it a worthwhile gamble. That being the case, fans of the science fiction fare of the 50's should roll the dice on Strange Space Stories #1, from Main Enterprises.

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Suspended Animation Review

Comic Fan #3/56 pgs. & $5.75 from Main Enterprises/various writers and artists /sold at www.mainenterprises.ecrater.com
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Disclaimer: I write for Main Enterprises and am not unbiased in this review.

Fanzines are amateur magazines that reflect the passions of their editors, writers and artists. Comic Fan reflects the love of comic books and strips. I have written for probably more than one hundred fanzines in the last three decades. When I was a younger man, I thought they were a stepping stone to a professional career as a writer. As a modestly successful writer, I later thought of them as a trap, an easy way to self-publish without the growing pains of rejection from professional magazines.

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