J’ACCUSE

— Faned: Ralph Alphonso. Perzine?

1972 – (#1 – Oct)

JABBERWOCKY

— Faned: James A. Hall. Genzine.

1977 – (#1 – Jul) (#2 – Sep)

JAM IT

— Faned: Garth Danielson. Perzine.

1978 – (#1 – May)

JIGSAW

— Faned: Bob Furnell. Mediazine pubbed by TASC, the Telefantasy Appreciation Society of Vancouver, B.C., in the 1990s. Though concentrating primarily on British TV series from SUPER CAR to RED DWARF, it also features information on American shows from THE TIME TUNNEL to STAR TREK. Generally averaged 30 pages with myriad photographs, show news updates, reviews of books based on TV series, media convention reports, show star interviews, and retrospective articles. I suspect, though I do not know, that much of the material was provided by various official fan clubs, because the quality of information and writing is very high, very professional. At any rate, a solid effort, with many contributors. Well worth reading.

199? – (#1 -?) (#2 – ?)

– (#3 – ?) Articles: Star Trek-TNG, Doctor Who, Adam Adamant Lives, Doomwatch.

– (#4 – ?) Articles: The Champions, Doctor Who, Star Trek – TNG.

– (#5 – ?) Articles: Supermarionation, ST-TNG, Doctor Who – Shada, Red Dwarf, Deep Space Nine.

– (#6 – ?) Articles: Doctor Who – The Sylvester McCoy years, S. McCoy & Sophie Aldred Interviews.

– (#7 – ?) Articles: Sylvestor McCoy Interview Pt 2, The search for the lost DW, The Tomorrow People.

– (#8 – ?) Articles: Celebrate 30 years of Doctor Who, Lost DW, Red Dwarf, DS9, ST-TNG.

– (#9 – ?) Articles: Peter Davison Interview, Sapphire & Steel, Visions 93 report.

– (#10 – ?) Articles: Special Red Dwarf issue, Danny John-Jules interview, Sapphire & Steel.

– (#11 – ?) Articles: Deep Space Nine, Peter Davison interview Pt 2, The Outer Limits, Mini Reviews.

– (#12 – ?) (#13 – ?) (#14 – ?) (#15 – ?) (#16 – ?) (#17 – ?) (#18 – ?) (#19 – ?)

– (#20 – ?) Articles: DW movie sneak preview, Making the X files, Blakes 7 story guide, Mini Reviews.

– (#21 – ?) (#22 – ?) (#23 – ?) (#24 – ?) (#25 – ?) (#26 – ?) (#27 – ?) (#28 – ?) (#29 – ?) (#30 – ?) (#31 – ?)

– (#31 – ?) (#32 – ?) (#33 – ?) (#34 – ?) (#35 – ?) (#36 – ?) (#37 – ?) (#38 – ?)

2000 – (#39 – ?) Articles: The five seasons of Babylon 5, Nicolas Briggs interviewed, Space 1999.

Possibly further issues.

The one thing that bugs me about JIGSAW is the Furnell NEVER lists the date of the issue in the colophon, or anywhere else. I know NOT dating zines is something of a British fanzine tradition, and maybe Furnell picked up the habit from that tradition, but it sure is annoying when compiling bibliographical information! The most he gives on occasion is the month and day of the deadline for submissions to the next issue, but not the year, or when the issue will actually be published. Arrgh!

JOE BLOW – SUPERFAN

— Faned: Ralph Alphonso. Perzine. 16 pages.

1973 – (#1 – Jun)

JUST ME

— Faned: Michael J. Wallis. Perzine pubbed out of Toronto, Ontario, with #1 to be distributed at Windycon.

1980 – (#1 – Oct) – “This may be a bit of rambling beginning as I have, in classic style, procrastinated to the last minute before beginning at the beginning… I came across a copy of LOVE MAKES THE WORLD GO AWRY #3 that Fran (Skene) had given me at Autoclave 4, and I thought… if Fran can do a small personal fanzine, maybe I can too…” (MW)

Mike goes on to ponder the difficulty of a zine establishing its own character, the usefulness of fandom, the need to be creative, & how to avoid convoluted thinking (& writing) when struggling though an editorial. Several illustrations & quoted song lyrics comprise the rest of the 6 page issue.

1981 – (#2 – Jan or May, depending on source) – “Michael has a new address, & a new lady in his life, lots of locs from #1, & a little souvenir for everyone of that new invention, the automatic teller.” (LP)

(#3 – Jul, or mid-1982, depending on source) – “Michael announces a new zine, ALUMINIUM, Taral reviews that year’s Disclave in Washington, and locs round it out. Final issue.” (LP)

Writing in SFEAR #1 in 1985, Lloyd Penny commented: “Personal fanzines must be tougher to produce than other fanzines. I cannot speak from experience, but from what I’ve observed from others. I’ve witnessed Torfan Mike Wallis print up his personal zine JUST ME. What had been designed to be a personal communications/diaryzine wound up being a psycho-analytical mope every issue.”