In the time before the Internet existed, nerdy fandoms built communities in whatever way they could, including conventions, local clubs, mailing groups and fanzines. I won’t get into the history of fanzines here, but it is a long history and they definitely served their purpose of connecting people over shared love of something, whether that was anime or the early days of Kirk-Spock slash fiction. In another time, MAHQ might’ve existed as a fanzine (with a significantly smaller scope, of course). In the last few years, the English-speaking mecha fandom has seen a resurgence in fanzines with modern renditions created […]
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