The idea came along early on to call each issue an "Episode", like the movies. Master James moved to Chicago, and they got to work on Blue Harvest. In one letter to Mistress Mary Jo, Master James suggested "Blue Harvest", but "wondered if it was too obscure a reference"! She liked it too, and assured him that people would 'get it'. It was the title of an old New Order song from 1982 that they both liked. They went through a series of names for this theoretical 'zine "Procession" was a mutual favorite for a while, even though it had nothing to do with Star Wars. While there were already fanfic compilations and gaming 'zines that these people were putting together, there was no source for news, reviews, commentary, and essay on the saga and the newly christened "Expanded Universe". She had long since been acquainted with a thriving subculture of SW fans who had survived the late 1980's Star Wars siesta state by writing fan fic and playing the RPG. He was the very first person who wrote Mistress Mary Jo regarding that letter.Ī few weeks later, a reply landed in Master James mailbox.Īnd so it was, through that correspondence, that Mistress Mary Jo suggested they do a 'zine. Within days of buying that particular issue, she received a letter "from a guy named James in Florida". The letter appeared in CSW #6, March 1993. For the hell of it, she sent a letter to Dark Horse Comics praising its Classic 5lor Wars series. She was in the second half of her first year of law school and still not sure what to do with herself. Mistress Mary Jo Fox was living in McLean in 1993. Master James was lonely in general, and hungry for some SW buddies in particular, so he dropped a letter to a complete stronger halfway across the country. When Dark Horse Comics' Classic Star Wars #6 landed in his lap one day, he read a letter from a young lady who was not only into Star Wars, but into lots of other cool things as well. This was before Cyberpunk made comic books and SF acceptable in the music community, although that was just starting to happen. Most of his friends were would-be rock stars. Unfortunately, no one he knew had any interest in Star Wars. So join 150 or so of your paisanos around the globe and subscribe.Or we'll send over a crate load of Hoojibs! Clone Wars (a look at SW wannabes), reviews, tips and advice for the CCG, Hyperwave Scan (SW references in the media), Sarlacc Pit (collectibles that aren't all that), and plenty of stuff on that bugaboo of fandom: continuity.īlue Harvest is irreverent, absurd, thought-provoking, and filled with pretty pictures and graphics, it is not a zine out to bash things because we can. Our regular features include the prequel rumour column. In 1995, we ran an article about the "Donny and Marie" skit, which was covered in the Star Wars Insider a year and a half later. that same year we were the first to report plans for the star wars special Edition. we were the first publication anywhere to reveal who was going to be producing the prequel trilogy. over the past a years we have scooped even the professionally-produced magazines in 1994. reviews, articles and interviews, all done by our readers and the editors. It ran for at least twenty-two issues (includes one special issue), each issue was called "Episode."įounded in 1993, Blue Harvest is a fanzine for the fans by the fans.
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