Gallery (APA/'zine)

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Gallery was an APA/'zine for cartoonists and illustrators, a significant proportion of which had contents that were anthropomorphic or funny 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 a fanzine.”

Contents 1 History 2 Appearance 3 Policies 4 Artwork 5 Contributors

[edit] 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 the comic book company Antarctic 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 attend fan conventions to sell them.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Policies

Gallery’s rules became a model for other APA/'zines like Huzzah and Yarf!, and helped keep the friendly atmosphere of “give and take” from an APA in a publicly accessible fanzine.

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 any publication 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.

[edit] 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 or funny 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).

[edit] 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: 10,28

Alyn Gryphon

Appeared in issue number: 24–28,30,32,33

AM Bush

Appeared in issue number: 38

Andrew Murphy-Mee

Appeared in issue number: 20,22-26

Andrew Thompson

Appeared in issue number: 17,21

Anthony Scott Waters

Appeared in issue number: 22–24,31

Antti Remes

Appeared in issue number: 30–32,35

Bill Fitts

Appeared in issue number: 1,4,5,8,10–24,27,31

Brenda DiAntonis AKA: XianJaguar

Appeared in issue number: 36–50

Covers: 38

Brian Harp

Appeared in issue number: 31,33,37-43

Brian McPherson

Appeared in issue number: 26-41,43–46,48-50

Covers: 31

Brian 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: 14

Cheetah Steele

Appeared in issue number: 32–36,38,41,42,45

Chris Sawyer

Appeared in issue number: 32-45:

Chris Whalen

Appeared in issue number: 23–28,30,32

Chuck Melville

Appeared in issue number: 0–4,7

Conrad Wong

Appeared in issue number: 13–16,19

Daphne Lage

Appeared in issue number: 16 – 22,24,26

Covers: 18

Dark Natasha

Appeared in issue number: 35–46,48

Covers: 39

David Cannon

Appeared in issue number: 3–5,8,10,12–18,30,32,34

Covers: 3

David DuPerre'

Appeared in issue number: 30,32-34

Dean L. Norton

Appeared in issue number: 19–23,25–32,35,36,42-50

Covers: 26,43,49

Debora Carr

Appeared in issue number: 0,1,3,5,6,8,10,12,14,16–24,26–28,32

Covers: 8

Dee Schiller

Appeared in issue number: 26,28

Diana Vick

Appeared in issue number: 20–25,27–31,33,34,37,44,46:

Covers: 20,46

Donna Barr

Appeared in issue number: 0–3,19

Ed Zolna

Appeared in issue number: 5,6,12

Eric Elliot

Appeared in issue number: 1,6,14,15

Eugene McDermott

Appeared in issue number: 19-21

Frank Gembeck Jr [1]

Appeared in issue number: 23,25

Genesis Eve Cook AKA: Genesis Whitmore

Appeared in issue number: 14-19,21-23

Covers: 15

Herb Bresky

Appeared in issue number: 0-50

Covers: 2,5

Jack Cavanaugh

Appeared in issue number: 11-15,17-19,22,24-26, 29

Jeremy "Wolf" Kidd

Appeared in issue number: 9-17,19,21,26,27,29,31

Covers: 13

Jim Groat

Appeared in issue number: 5,9,10,12-14,19-21,24-26

Covers: 5

Jimmy Chin

Appeared in issue number: 6,8-14,16,19,22

Covers: 16

Jody Kooistra

Appeared in issue number: 1,3

Joe Rosales

Appeared in issue number: 8-12

John Boulton

Appeared in issue number: 20,22,23,25-27,29,32,35,44,45

Covers: 22,44

John Tatman

Appeared in issue number: 19-44,46

Joshua Quagmire

Appeared in issue number: 0-4,9

Joyceanna Brock

Appeared in issue number: 29-33

JP Morgan

Appeared in issue number: 36-50

JW Kennedy

Appeared in issue number: 23-50

Covers: 50

Kathy Marschall

Appeared in issue number: 22-25,28,29,33

Covers: 24

Ken Fletcher

Appeared in issue number: 18,19,22-25,27-29,31

Kishma Danielle

Appeared in issue number: 28-36

Lance Williams

Appeared in issue number: 27-36,40,42-45,47

Larry Dixon

Appeared in issue number: 20,23,25

Laura Pierson

Appeared in issue number: 28-30,32,35,38,42,43

Covers: 29,42

Lianne Waelder

Appeared in issue number: 0,2,5,8,11-13,15,17-19,21,22,26

Covers: 1

Lisa Jennings AKA: ‘’Micole’’

Appeared in issue number: 18 – 34

Lyon Castro

Appeared in issue number: 21,22

Mario D'Anna, Jr

Appeared in issue number: 17

Mark Davis

Appeared in issue number: 21-25,27,28

Matt Harpold AKA: Turbine Divinity

Appeared in issue number: 44-46,48,49

Megan 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: 45-48

Michele Gault

Appeared in issue number: 30-32

Michele Light

Appeared in issue number: 31-33,35

Mike Capriola

Appeared in issue number: 13-23,25,27,29

Mike Raabe

Appeared in issue number: 21-39,41-43,50

Covers: 21,34, 37

Monika Livingstone

Appeared in issue number: 24,33

Nami Jarrett

Appeared in issue number: 32-37

Covers: 33

Peter Maloney

Appeared in issue number: 32

Phil 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: 5

Rich Larson

Appeared in issue number: 22,23

Robert Kirkpatrick

Appeared in issue number: 25

Robert Newell

Appeared in issue number: 13-17

Roy D. Pounds II

Appeared in issue number: 13-34,36,37,39,42-44,46-50

Sandi Wilkinson

Appeared in issue number: 21-23,25

Sarah Wheeler

Appeared in issue number: 39-43,46,48

Scudder Kidwell

Appeared in issue number: 12,13

Shon Howell

Appeared in issue number: 0,1,6,8,10,12,14,15

Sky Rigdon

Appeared in issue number: 17-19,21,22,24,25

Covers: 19

Steve Carter

Appeared in issue number: 41-50

Steve Corbett

Appeared in issue number: 9-43

Summer Jackson

Appeared in issue number: 29,30,32,34,49,50

Susan Van Camp

Appeared in issue number: 3,4,9,11,20

Covers: 9

Tanamin Wingate

Appeared in issue number: 29-35

Taral Wayne

Appeared in issue number: 2-50

Covers: 4,7,47

Ted Sheppard

Appeared in issue number: 1-15,18,22

Covers: 5,6

Terrie Smith

Appeared in issue number: 1,2,5-11,13-16,18,20-25,27-43,45,47,50

Tim O'Rourke AKA: ‘’TOR, Tim Portillo‘’

Appeared in issue number: 12,13,15,17-19,23

Todd Sutherland

Appeared in issue number: 13-19,26

Tom Millorn

Appeared in issue number: 21-25,27,28,32,35

Covers: 23

Tygger L Graf AKA: Lia Graf, Tygger

Appeared in issue number: 12-36

Covers: 12,17,30

William Haas

Appeared in issue number: 6-9,11-14

Zorichan

Appeared in issue number: 43-48