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[randy_byers]

One of the greatest fanzine covers I've ever seen, although I'll grant you I haven't seen that many compared to some. This is Richard Bergeron's cover for Warhoon 26. I'm not sure what year it's from, but perhaps somebody can tell me. Sometime in the '60s, I'm thinking. Three unevenly-spaced staples, you'll notice.

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[gerisullivan.livejournal.com]

Yes; Alpajpuri = Paul Novitski.

The other interesting fact about that Warhoon cover is that it was a last-minute substitution for the 2-page collage cover Bergeron intended to run. The lowest price for engraving and printing that cover ran to $75 and he simply couldn't justify the cost. So he rewrote the first 17 lines of his editorial, recounting the gruesome tale and offering the collage cover art for free to anyone who wanted to pony up the $75 to run it themselves. I wonder if anyone took him up on the offer.

[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

Fascinating question! Might be worth throwing out on fmzfen.