<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" > <channel> <title> Comments on: Ink Stains 169: Infinity 1 </title> <atom:link href="https://comicattack.net/ink-stains-169-infinity-1/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://comicattack.net/ink-stains-169-infinity-1/</link> <description></description> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2023 14:36:29 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3</generator> <item> <title> By: kenmeyerjr </title> <link>https://comicattack.net/ink-stains-169-infinity-1/#comment-47539</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[kenmeyerjr]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2023 14:36:29 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://comicattack.net/?p=160375#comment-47539</guid> <description><![CDATA[I think you might be right about Creation. And, hey, I understand your point about this being the start of more prozines, but it seemed to me they existed concurrently with the smaller budget zines just fine.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think you might be right about Creation. And, hey, I understand your point about this being the start of more prozines, but it seemed to me they existed concurrently with the smaller budget zines just fine.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Ron Kasman </title> <link>https://comicattack.net/ink-stains-169-infinity-1/#comment-47535</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Kasman]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2023 11:43:48 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://comicattack.net/?p=160375#comment-47535</guid> <description><![CDATA[This might be a diatribe. I am not sure what a diatribe is so this might be one. Bill Schelly wrote about the golden age of comic fandom and in my mind this zine marked the end of it. I remember this fanzine from when it first came out. Also, I understand that the two editors went on to contribute a lot to the medium and the hobby. I can only respect that. But at the time they were very young, quite courageous and were just figuring things out. I picked up Infinity when it first came out but I don't remember if I bought it or put it back down. It seemed as though everyone was starting a fanzine. The trick was to advertise big name artists. Fantucchio, Corben, Newton, a tracing by Dan Adkins which could be purchased for $5 at the time, more drawings by Jones, Wrightson, Kaluta and the other Jones, then maybe a few drawings by guys who were coming into their own like Rosa, Nelson Christopher, Hanley and the other, other Jones. The editor could fill in the rest with not quite ready to be paid for stuff by local talents if he wished. It would sell. Articles didn't seem to matter much. Poster drawings of barbarians and SF themes mattered a lot. And the FAN in fanzine was nearly gone. They were prozines and the pros didn't have to be at their best. The art could be quick sketches and it would still allow their names to be used in ads. Anyway, Gary Berman and Adam Malin seemed to understand that and be first off the block with putting the idea into practice. Do I remember correctly that they also started the Creation conventions?]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This might be a diatribe. I am not sure what a diatribe is so this might be one.</p> <p>Bill Schelly wrote about the golden age of comic fandom and in my mind this zine marked the end of it. I remember this fanzine from when it first came out. Also, I understand that the two editors went on to contribute a lot to the medium and the hobby. I can only respect that. But at the time they were very young, quite courageous and were just figuring things out.</p> <p>I picked up Infinity when it first came out but I don’t remember if I bought it or put it back down. </p> <p>It seemed as though everyone was starting a fanzine. The trick was to advertise big name artists. Fantucchio, Corben, Newton, a tracing by Dan Adkins which could be purchased for $5 at the time, more drawings by Jones, Wrightson, Kaluta and the other Jones, then maybe a few drawings by guys who were coming into their own like Rosa, Nelson Christopher, Hanley and the other, other Jones. The editor could fill in the rest with not quite ready to be paid for stuff by local talents if he wished. It would sell. Articles didn’t seem to matter much. Poster drawings of barbarians and SF themes mattered a lot. And the FAN in fanzine was nearly gone. They were prozines and the pros didn’t have to be at their best. The art could be quick sketches and it would still allow their names to be used in ads. </p> <p>Anyway, Gary Berman and Adam Malin seemed to understand that and be first off the block with putting the idea into practice. </p> <p>Do I remember correctly that they also started the Creation conventions?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>