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[[Image: | [[Image:Weezinespread.jpg|right|thumb|300px|A spread of ''Weezine'' issues, circa [[Alex Longstreth]].]] | ||
'''Weezine''' was the official Weezer Fan Club periodical, the title being an amalgam of Weezer and 'zine', the shortened moniker for amateur, photocopied publications. | '''Weezine''' was the official [[Weezer Fan Club]] periodical, the title being an amalgam of Weezer and 'zine', the shortened moniker for amateur, photocopied publications. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
When the official Weezer Fan Club was started by [[Mykel and Carli Allan]] in late 1994, one of the first orders of business was to establish a quarterly zine to serve as the primary source of band news for | When the official Weezer Fan Club was started by [[Mykel and Carli Allan]] in late [[1994]], one of the first orders of business was to establish a quarterly zine to serve as the primary source of band news for dedicated fans.{{Citation needed}} The result of this was "''Weezine''", a publication hand-crafted by the two and sent to every fan who maintained membership in the fan club. Each issue of the zine would consist of around 14 pages, each filled with information on b-sides, discography updates, tour dates, interviews with the band, [[Karl's Corner]], forms to order band merch, and anything else related to Weezer. | ||
Following the [[Historic event: 07/09/1997|death of Mykel and Carli]] in [[1997]], [[Karl Koch]] would take over full control of the magazine (beginning with [[Weezine Issue 11 - Fall 1997|issue #11]], which was dedicated as a tribute to the sisters). Production of the zines began to slow down, both due to Koch's busy life, and due to the lack of news caused by the band's [[Weezer#Hiatus|hiatus]]. ''Weezine'', alongside the fan club as a whole, would be officially ended by Koch and the band around [[2000]].<ref>Koch, Karl. 2002. In Between Time: The strange trip between "old" and "new" weez. (an ex-fanclub president's perspective). ''Weezine Volume 2 Issue 1''.</ref> | |||
The original run of ''Weezine'' ran for a total of 14 issues from the Winter of 1994 to May, 1999. | |||
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The publication would be revived in a small capacity in [[2002]], following the reformation of the fan club by Koch and a fan named Suzanne. A second run of "unofficial" Weezines began, start a new volume with [[Weezine Issue 1 - Fall 2002|issue #1]] in Fall of that year. This iteration of the zine generally featured much less interaction with the band, with only brief interviews being placed intermittently throughout each issue.{{Citation needed}} It would only last for 3 issues, ending in the Spring of [[2003]]. | |||
==Issues== | ==Issues== | ||
===Vol. 1=== | ===Vol. 1=== | ||
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*''[[Weezine Issue 2 - Winter 2003|Weezine Issue #2 - Winter 2003]]'' | *''[[Weezine Issue 2 - Winter 2003|Weezine Issue #2 - Winter 2003]]'' | ||
*''[[Weezine Issue 3 - Spring 2003|Weezine Issue #3 - Spring 2003]]'' | *''[[Weezine Issue 3 - Spring 2003|Weezine Issue #3 - Spring 2003]]'' | ||
==Omnibuses== | |||
In [[2015]], a collection of all 14 original ''Weezine'' issues entitled the ''Weezine Omnibus'' was released, exclusively for fan club members. It featured high quality scans of each issue, alongside many of the different letters and goodies that were sent to members of the fan club throughout the 90's. It was compiled and designed by [[Alec Longstreth]] and edited by Karl Koch.<ref>Longstreth, Alec. March 27, 2019. Weezine Omnibus. ''Alec Illustration''. https://alecillustration.blogspot.com/2019/03/weezine-omnibus.html.</ref> | |||
Longstreth and Koch would collaborate again to release a new version of this collection in [[2016]] under the title of ''Weezine Omnibus: Deluxe Edition''. It featured scans of the original color copies of each ''Weezine'' issue, as well as over 100 extra pages containing various fan club materials pulled from Koch's vault. It was intended as a definitive source of fan club info for hardcore Weezer fans.<ref>Longstreth, Alec. April 3, 2019. Weezine Omnibus: Deluxe Edition. ''Alec Illustration''. https://alecillustration.blogspot.com/2019/04/weezine-omnibus-deluxe-edition.html.</ref> | |||
<gallery> | |||
Image:Omnibus 2048x2048.jpg|Cover of the original omnibus. | |||
Image:OmnibusDeluxe grande.jpg|Cover of the deluxe omnibus. | |||
</gallery> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Weezer Fan Club]] | *[[Weezer Fan Club]] | ||
*[[Mykel and Carli Allan]] | *[[Mykel and Carli Allan]] | ||
==References== | |||
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[[Category: Fan club]] | [[Category: Fan club]] | ||
[[Category: Weezine]] | [[Category: Weezine]] | ||