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Artwork by <a href="/wiki/Hunt_Emerson" title="Hunt Emerson">Hunt Emerson</a>.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Editor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Lock" title="Martin Lock">Martin Lock</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Categories</th><td class="infobox-data">Comics, News, Criticism, Interviews</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Frequency</th><td class="infobox-data">5 times a year</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publisher</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Lock" title="Martin Lock">Martin Lock</a> (1973–1980)<br /><a href="/wiki/New_Media_Publishing" class="mw-redirect" title="New Media Publishing">New Media Publishing</a> (1981–1982)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First issue</th><td class="infobox-data">November 17, 1973<span class="noprint">; 51 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1973-11-17</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Final issue<br />Number</th><td class="infobox-data">1982<br />36</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Based in</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a> (1973–<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1977)<br /><a href="/wiki/Worcester,_England" title="Worcester, England">Worcester</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1977–1982)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>BEM</b></i>, originally known as <i><b>Bemusing Magazine</b></i>, was a British <a href="/wiki/Fanzine" title="Fanzine">fanzine</a> focused on <a href="/wiki/Comic_books" class="mw-redirect" title="Comic books">comic books</a> which was published from 1973 to 1982. The brainchild of <a href="/wiki/Martin_Lock" title="Martin Lock">Martin Lock</a> and billed as "The Comics News Fanzine," <i>BEM</i> featured American and British comics industry news and gossip, interviews, comic reviews, essays, columns, and comic strips. </p><p>Over the years, <i>BEM</i> transitioned into a professionally produced comics magazine, and was the recipient of multiple <a href="/wiki/Eagle_Awards" title="Eagle Awards">Eagle Awards</a> (as well as for publisher Lock). As time went on, the fanzine also became more of a "<a href="/wiki/Strip-zine" class="mw-redirect" title="Strip-zine">strip-zine</a>," with original comics content — some of it written by Lock — increasing year by year. Notable artist contributors to <i>BEM</i> over the years included <a href="/wiki/Brian_Bolland" title="Brian Bolland">Brian Bolland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dave_Gibbons" title="Dave Gibbons">Dave Gibbons</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_McMahon_(comics)" title="Mike McMahon (comics)">Mike McMahon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Talbot" title="Bryan Talbot">Bryan Talbot</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Willis1_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Willis1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Ash_(comics)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chris Ash (comics) (page does not exist)">Chris Ash</a>, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dave_Harwood&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dave Harwood (page does not exist)">Dave Harwood</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publication_history">Publication history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BEM_(magazine)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Publication history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lock launched <i>Bemusing Magazine</i> on November 17, 1973, and he sold early issues to customers waiting outside the frequent <a href="/wiki/Comic_Mart" title="Comic Mart">comic marts</a> held in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Willis1_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Willis1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as the annual edition of the <a href="/wiki/British_Comic_Art_Convention" title="British Comic Art Convention">British Comic Art Convention</a> ("Comicon"). After producing the first three issues of <i>Bemusing</i> by himself, Lock began accepting contributions from others with issue #4 (Feb. 1975). Nige Edwards became <i>Bemusing</i>'s assistant editor with issue #4, staying on until mid-1977. The zine produced roughly five issues a year. </p><p>One of <i>Bemusing Magazine</i>'s key features was its publication of U.S.-based comics industry news that Lock acquired from the long-running American fanzine <i><a href="/wiki/The_Comic_Reader" title="The Comic Reader">The Comic Reader</a></i> (<i>TCR</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-Willis1_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Willis1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>BEM</i> was generally published on alternate months of <a href="/wiki/Richard_Burton_(comics)" title="Richard Burton (comics)">Richard Burton</a>'s UK fanzine <i><a href="/wiki/Comic_Media_News" class="mw-redirect" title="Comic Media News">Comic Media News</a></i>, which also used <i>TCR</i> news, thus providing a dose of monthly comic industry news for readers of both publications.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Bemusing</i> #8 (Jan. 1976) was a combined issue with issue #4 of <a href="/wiki/Rob_Barrow" class="mw-redirect" title="Rob Barrow">Rob Barrow</a>'s <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Comic_Fandom_Bulletin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Comic Fandom Bulletin (page does not exist)">Comic Fandom Bulletin</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Bemusing</i> #9 (May 1976) was a double-issue, as it also contained the fanzine-within-a-fanzine <i>The U.K. Heroine Addict</i>, an attempt by Lock to increase British membership in the U.S.-based Comics Heroines Fan Club.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The title of the publication officially changed from <i>Bemusing Magazine</i> to <i>BEM</i> with issue #15 (Sept. 1977). (An earlier fanzine called <i>BEM</i> was published in the UK from 1954 to 1958; that fanzine — whose publishers included Mal Ashworth and Tom White — was focused on science fiction.)<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>BEM</i> was a supporter of the <a href="/wiki/Eagle_Award_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eagle Award (comics)">Eagle Awards</a>, which were introduced in 1977. <i>BEM</i> published nominating ballots in the lead-up to voting, and always posted a list of each year's Eagle Award winners. In later years, Lock polled his own readers with the "BEM Ballot." </p><p>With issue #16 (Dec. 1977), <i>BEM</i> began incorporating Mike Cruden's <a href="/wiki/Zine" title="Zine">adzine</a> <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fantasy_Trader&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fantasy Trader (page does not exist)">Fantasy Trader</a></i> into its pages. Cruden at that point became the fanzine's "consulting editor," staying in that role until 1980. One of Cruden's main duties was coordinating <i>Reaction</i>, the lengthy and spirited <a href="/wiki/Comic_book_letter_column" title="Comic book letter column">letters page</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-TCJ50_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TCJ50-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of <i>BEM</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (The <a href="/wiki/British_Amateur_Press_Association_(comics)" title="British Amateur Press Association (comics)">British Amateur Press Association</a> was formed in 1977 in part due to a letter published in <i>Reaction</i>.)<sup id="cite_ref-Willis1_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Willis1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The covers of most early issues featured a selection of miniaturized reproductions of the comics being written about inside the issue. With issue #21 (Nov. 1978), <i>BEM</i> began featuring original covers, with art by the likes of <a href="/wiki/Mike_Higgs" title="Mike Higgs">Mike Higgs</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Nick_Neocleous&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nick Neocleous (page does not exist)">Nick Neocleous</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Ash_(comics)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chris Ash (comics) (page does not exist)">Chris Ash</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russ_Nicholson" title="Russ Nicholson">Russ Nicholson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hunt_Emerson" title="Hunt Emerson">Hunt Emerson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brian_Bolland" title="Brian Bolland">Brian Bolland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Talbot" title="Bryan Talbot">Bryan Talbot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dave_Gibbons" title="Dave Gibbons">Dave Gibbons</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_McMahon_(comics)" title="Mike McMahon (comics)">Mike McMahon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Staton" title="Joe Staton">Joe Staton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colin_Wilson" title="Colin Wilson">Colin Wilson</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dave_Harwood&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dave Harwood (page does not exist)">Dave Harwood</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kevin_O%27Neill_(comics)" title="Kevin O'Neill (comics)">Kevin O'Neill</a>. Notable interior illustrators for <i>BEM</i> included Ash, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mercy_Van_Vlack&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mercy Van Vlack (page does not exist)">Mercy Van Vlack</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kev_F._Sutherland" title="Kev F. Sutherland">Kev F. Sutherland</a>. </p><p><i>BEM</i> #31 (Dec. 1980) was a combined issue with another fanzine, Mike Taylor's <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Masters_of_Infinity&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Masters of Infinity (page does not exist)">Masters of Infinity</a></i> #6.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (Taylor became <i>BEM</i>'s assistant editor at that time.) </p><p>By the late 1970s <i>BEM</i> had become the UK's leading comics zine,<sup id="cite_ref-TCJ50_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TCJ50-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> winning the <a href="/wiki/Eagle_Award_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eagle Award (comics)">Eagle Award</a> for Favourite Fan Publication in both 1980<sup id="cite_ref-BEM31_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BEM31-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 1981.<sup id="cite_ref-TCJ81_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TCJ81-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>BEM</i> was acquired by the U.S.-based publisher <a href="/wiki/New_Media_Publishing" class="mw-redirect" title="New Media Publishing">New Media Publishing</a> (NMP) in 1981, ostensibly to distribute <i>BEM</i> in the U.S. and widen its readership. The changeover, however, led to production delays: issue #34 was published in July 1981 and issue #35 (NMP's first issue) didn't arrive until spring 1982. In addition, <i>BEM</i>'s continued focus on the British comics scene led to low sales. The end came shortly when New Media Publishing went out of business in 1982.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Willis1_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Willis1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the end, <i>BEM</i> published 36 issues from November 1973 to 1982. </p><p>In 1981, as <i>BEM</i> wound down, Lock revived <i><a href="/wiki/Fantasy_Advertiser" title="Fantasy Advertiser">Fantasy Advertiser</a></i>, a popular British fanzine dating back to 1965 which had been dormant for years. Lock incorporated the "BEM News Service" comic industry news feature into <i>Fantasy Advertiser</i>, which he edited until 1985,<sup id="cite_ref-burrows2_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-burrows2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> putting out 20 issues.<sup id="cite_ref-Willis2_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Willis2-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meanwhile, in 1984, Lock started his own comics publisher, <a href="/wiki/Harrier_Comics" title="Harrier Comics">Harrier Comics</a>, which operated until 1989. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Features_and_columns">Features and columns</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BEM_(magazine)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Features and columns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>BEM</i> featured a number of recurring columns by a regular stable of contributors, including Lock himself (<i>News at BEM</i>, <i>Emlock Tale-Enders</i>, and <i>Worlds of Emlock</i>), Ed Sallis (<i>Fan Things</i>), K. Williams (<i>Sigh</i>), Kathleen Glancy (<i>Katholocity</i>), Ruan Lanihorne (<i>Made in Britain</i>/<i>Unamerican Activities</i>), Rich Morrisey (<i>Rich Morrisey's America</i>), and Howard P. Siegel (<i>Made in America</i>). </p> <ul><li><i>Bemusings</i>/<i>News at BEM</i> — Lock's introduction to each issue</li> <li><i>Comics News</i> — U.S. and British industry news, usually compiled by Lock</li> <li><i>Reg Uspatoff</i> by "Reg Uspatoff" ("R.U.") — the title being a play on "<a href="/wiki/United_States_Patent_and_Trademark_Office" title="United States Patent and Trademark Office">U.S. Registered Patent Office</a>"</li> <li><i>Rich Morrisey's America</i> written by the publisher of the U.S. fanzine <i><a href="/wiki/Batmania" title="Batmania">Batmania</a></i> (issues #8–17)</li> <li><i>Made in America</i>by Howard P. Siegel — U.S. comics history</li> <li><i>Made in Britain</i> by Ruan Lanihorne; later became known as <i>Unamerican Activities</i></li> <li><i>Mal Burns' Unamerican Activities</i></li> <li><i>Katholocity</i> by Kathleen Glancy</li> <li><i>Sigh</i> by K. Williams</li> <li><i>Fan-Things</i> by Ed Sallis — "a column of fan news and fanzine reviews"</li> <li><i>Review Section</i> (later known as <i>Bemuscene</i>) — with contributions from various reviewers</li> <li><i>Reaction</i> — lengthy letters pages</li> <li><i>Emlock Tale-Enders</i> by Martin Lock ("M. Lock") — usually at the back of the magazine</li> <li><i>Worlds of Emlock</i> by Martin Lock</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Comic_strips">Comic strips</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BEM_(magazine)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Comic strips"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Bemusing</i> began publishing original comic strips early on, starting with Lock's own strip <i>Captain Nuts</i> (produced under his alias, "Superswipe"). Issue #8 saw the introduction of a dedicated comics page, "Page Four Funnies," which lasted until issue #12, when the strips began to be distributed throughout the fanzine. Cartoonist <a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Ash_(comics)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chris Ash (comics) (page does not exist)">Chris Ash</a> was a long-time contributor to <i>BEM</i> in the period 1976 to 1978, with his most regular strips being <i>Captain Frog</i> and <i>The Adventures of Stangroom the Woodpecker</i> (possibly a reference to fellow fanzine artist <a href="/w/index.php?title=Howard_Stangroom&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Howard Stangroom (page does not exist)">Howard Stangroom</a>). Issue #20 of <i>BEM</i> (Aug. 1978) featured a 16-page <i>Captain Frog</i> story by Ash that took up a large portion of the issue. </p><p><a href="/w/index.php?title=Terry_Moore_(British_cartoonist)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Terry Moore (British cartoonist) (page does not exist)">Terry Moore</a>'s <i>Thundermole</i> was a regular feature in <i>BEM</i> from issue #13 (May 1977) until issue #34 (July 1981).<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Starting with issue #25 (Sept. 1979) and running through the final issue was the ongoing science-fiction strip <i><a href="/wiki/Her_Majesty%27s_Ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Her Majesty's Ship">H.M.S.</a> Conqueror</i>, written by Lock and illustrated by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dave_Harwood&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dave Harwood (page does not exist)">Dave Harwood</a>, with each strip often running 4-5 pages per issue. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephen_Baskerville_(comics)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stephen Baskerville (comics) (page does not exist)">Stephen Baskerville</a> was a guest artist on <i>H.M.S. Conqueror</i> with issue #30. A bonus episode of <i>H.M.S. Conqueror</i>, written and drawn by Paul Alexander, appeared in <i>BEM</i>'s final issue, #36. (The stories published in <i>BEM</i> later made their way into the first few issues of <i>Conqueror</i>, the first title published by Lock when he founded <a href="/wiki/Harrier_Comics" title="Harrier Comics">Harrier Comics</a> in 1984.) </p><p><i>BEM</i> issue #25 also featured a seven-page comics story by <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Campbell" title="Eddie Campbell">Eddie Campbell</a>, which was illustrated by Harwood. Other cartoonists with strips published in <i>BEM</i> over the years included <a href="/w/index.php?title=Leslie_Stannage&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Leslie Stannage (page does not exist)">Leslie Stannage</a>, Philip Morton (<i>Gleitzman</i>), Martin Dutton, Martin Longley, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mark_Casto&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mark Casto (page does not exist)">Mark Casto</a>, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=J._H._Szostek&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="J. H. Szostek (page does not exist)">J. H. Szostek</a>. Other one-off strips were produced by the likes of <a href="/wiki/Rex_Dixon" class="mw-redirect" title="Rex Dixon">Rex Dixon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rob_Davis_(comics)" title="Rob Davis (comics)">Rob Davis</a> (issues #23 & 24), Marc Baines (#14), and Dave Byrom (#14). </p><p>Regular strips in <i>BEM</i> over the years included: </p> <ul><li><i>Captain Nuts</i> by "Superswipe," "Schwipe" or "B. L. Schwipe" (some episodes written by Mark Bryant, penciled by Malcolm Lomax, and inked by Superswipe) (issues #6–12) — a spoof of <i><a href="/wiki/Peanuts" title="Peanuts">Peanuts</a></i></li> <li><i>Mighty Man</i> by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Leslie_Stannage&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Leslie Stannage (page does not exist)">Leslie Stannage</a> (issues #9–12)</li> <li><i>Captain Frog</i> by Chris Ash (issues #13–19)</li> <li><i>The Adventures of Stangroom the Woodpecker</i> by Chris Ash (issues #13-16)</li> <li><i>Thundermole</i> by <a href="/wiki/Terry_Moore_(cartoonist)" title="Terry Moore (cartoonist)">Terry Moore</a> (most issues #13–34)</li> <li><i>Blue Lamp</i> by <a href="/wiki/Terry_Moore_(cartoonist)" title="Terry Moore (cartoonist)">Terry Moore</a> (issues #21, 28)</li> <li><i>Nasty Comix</i> by Mark Casto (issues #23–28, 36) — <a href="/wiki/Underground_comix" title="Underground comix">underground comix</a>-type strip</li> <li><i>H.M.S. Conqueror</i> by Lockwood and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dave_Harwood&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dave Harwood (page does not exist)">Dave Harwood</a> (issues #25–36)</li> <li><i>The Imago</i> by B. J. Martin and Nick Martin (issues #28, 31–34) — a strip which moved over from the defunct fanzine <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Graffik_Sense&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Graffik Sense (page does not exist)">Graffik Sense</a></i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_interview_subjects">Notable interview subjects</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BEM_(magazine)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notable interview subjects"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although <i>BEM</i> ran interviews in early issues, it began running regular interviews with comics industry figures in earnest with <a href="/wiki/Dez_Skinn" title="Dez Skinn">Dez Skinn</a> in issue #27, March 1980. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rob_Barrow" class="mw-redirect" title="Rob Barrow">Rob Barrow</a> (#9, May 1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Boyette" title="Pat Boyette">Pat Boyette</a> (#36, 1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Gerber" title="Steve Gerber">Steve Gerber</a> (#18, Apr. 1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Gibbons" title="Dave Gibbons">Dave Gibbons</a> (#33, Apr. 1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Grant_(writer)" title="Alan Grant (writer)">Alan Grant</a> (#29, Aug. 1980)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fred_Himes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fred Himes (page does not exist)">Fred Himes</a> (#36, 1982)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Howard_the_Duck" title="Howard the Duck">Howard the Duck</a>" (#12, Feb. 1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Levitz" title="Paul Levitz">Paul Levitz</a> (#30, Nov. 1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Marrs" title="Lee Marrs">Lee Marrs</a> (#32, Feb. 1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_MacManus" title="Steve MacManus">Steve MacManus</a> (#29, Aug. 1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Mantlo" title="Bill Mantlo">Bill Mantlo</a> (#24, July 1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Mills" title="Pat Mills">Pat Mills</a> (#35, Spring 1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Ranson" title="Arthur Ranson">Arthur Ranson</a> (#36, 1982)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Red_Sonja" title="Red Sonja">Red Sonja</a>" (#19, June 1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._Craig_Russell" title="P. Craig Russell">P. Craig Russell</a> (#33, Apr. 1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurt_Schaffenberger" title="Kurt Schaffenberger">Kurt Schaffenberger</a> (#34, July 1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dez_Skinn" title="Dez Skinn">Dez Skinn</a> (#27, Mar. 1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Wagner" title="John Wagner">John Wagner</a> (#29, Aug. 1980)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BEM_(magazine)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>BEM</i> was nominated for the <a href="/wiki/Eagle_Award_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eagle Award (comics)">Eagle Award</a> for "Favourite Fan Publication" three times, winning the award in 1980<sup id="cite_ref-BEM31_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BEM31-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 1981.<sup id="cite_ref-TCJ81_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TCJ81-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The fanzine had earlier led to publisher Lock winning two Eagle Awards — the 1977 Eagle for "Favourite British Fan Personality"<sup id="cite_ref-Eagle77_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eagle77-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the 1978 Eagle for "Favourite British Writer".<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (Lock was also nominated for the 1977 Eagle for "Favourite British Comics Writer".)<sup id="cite_ref-Eagle77_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eagle77-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BEM_(magazine)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Fantasy_Advertiser" title="Fantasy Advertiser">Fantasy Advertiser</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Speakeasy_(magazine)" title="Speakeasy (magazine)">Speakeasy</a></i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BEM_(magazine)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notes">Notes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BEM_(magazine)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Willis1-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Willis1_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Willis1_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Willis1_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Willis1_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Willis1_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Willis, Russell. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://stufffromunderthestairs.tumblr.com/post/36040059860/an-interview-with-martin-lock-part-1-the-bem">"AN INTERVIEW WITH MARTIN LOCK (PART 1 | THE BEM YEARS),"</a> <i>Under the Stairs</i> (2013). Retrieved Jan. 8, 2020.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFLock1977" class="citation news cs1">Lock, Martin (September 1977). "News at BEM". <i>BEM</i>. No. 15. p. 2.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BEM&rft.atitle=News+at+BEM&rft.issue=15&rft.pages=2&rft.date=1977-09&rft.aulast=Lock&rft.aufirst=Martin&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABEM+%28magazine%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Comic Fandom Bulletin and Bemusing Magazine</i> #8 (Jan. 1976).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLock" class="citation web cs1">Lock, Martin. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://fanlore.org/wiki/The_Heroine_Addict">"The Heroine Addict"</a>. Fanlore<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 February</span> 2023</span>. <q>...I was the same Martin Lock who had been involved with the Comics Heroines Fan Club back in, gulp, the 1970s.... I'd been a member of the team under Al Tanner and later Steven R. Johnson ... and had masterminded the first 'UK Heroine Addict' as a cunning ploy to increase the club's British membership. There was a second UK issue too, but that was made in America, with rather less involvement from me, but in Britain the first THA-UK went out to all the subscribers to BEM ... and thanks to the international mail system, it went to the main US membership of the club too.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Heroine+Addict&rft.pub=Fanlore&rft.aulast=Lock&rft.aufirst=Martin&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ffanlore.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_Heroine_Addict&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABEM+%28magazine%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://fanac.org/fanzines/BEM/">"BEM"</a>. <i>The FANAC Fan History Project</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+FANAC+Fan+History+Project&rft.atitle=BEM&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ffanac.org%2Ffanzines%2FBEM%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABEM+%28magazine%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-TCJ50-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-TCJ50_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-TCJ50_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">"Fan Press," <i>The Comics Journal</i> #50 (Oct. 1979), p. 19.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Lock, Martin. "News at BEM," <i>BEM</i> #30 (Nov. 1980), p. 2.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Lock, Martin. "News at BEM," <i>BEM</i> #31 (Dec. 1980), p. 2.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-BEM31-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-BEM31_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BEM31_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">"The Eagle Awards 1979," <i>BEM</i> #31 (Dec. 1980), p. 32.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-TCJ81-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-TCJ81_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-TCJ81_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"Marvel's X-Men Sweep British Eagle Awards". <i>The Comics Journal</i>. No. 69. December 1981.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Comics+Journal&rft.atitle=Marvel%27s+X-Men+Sweep+British+Eagle+Awards&rft.issue=69&rft.date=1981-12&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABEM+%28magazine%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"Newswatch: New Media Distribution out of Business". <i>The Comics Journal</i>. No. 72. May 1982. p. 16.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Comics+Journal&rft.atitle=Newswatch%3A+New+Media+Distribution+out+of+Business&rft.issue=72&rft.pages=16&rft.date=1982-05&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABEM+%28magazine%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-burrows2-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-burrows2_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Gavin Burrows, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lucidfrenzy.blogspot.com/2010/11/bookmark-this-comic-fans-return-of.html">"Bookmark this, comic fans! The return of sweet 'FA'"</a>, Lucid Frenzy Junior, 8 November 2010</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Willis2-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Willis2_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Willis, Russell. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://stufffromunderthestairs.tumblr.com/post/36421760939/an-interview-with-martin-lock-part-two-the">"AN INTERVIEW WITH MARTIN LOCK (PART TWO | THE FANTASY ADVERTISER YEARS),"</a> <i>Under the Stairs</i> (2013). Retrieved Feb. 8, 2020.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVisconti2021" class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Visconti, Patrícia (23 September 2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210924020022/https://www.socialcomics.com.br/portal/terry-moore:-o-autor-dos-thrillers-assustadores-e-fantasiosos-119">"Terry Moore: O autor dos thrillers assustadores e fantasiosos"</a> (in Portuguese). Social Comics. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.socialcomics.com.br/portal/terry-moore:-o-autor-dos-thrillers-assustadores-e-fantasiosos-119">the original</a> on 24 September 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">5 April</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Terry+Moore%3A+O+autor+dos+thrillers+assustadores+e+fantasiosos&rft.pub=Social+Comics&rft.date=2021-09-23&rft.aulast=Visconti&rft.aufirst=Patr%C3%ADcia&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.socialcomics.com.br%2Fportal%2Fterry-moore%3A-o-autor-dos-thrillers-assustadores-e-fantasiosos-119&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABEM+%28magazine%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Eagle77-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Eagle77_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Eagle77_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120404034513/http://www.eagleawards.co.uk/category/previous-winners/1977/">Previous Winners: 1977</a>, at the official Eagle Awards website, archived at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. (Retrieved 9 September 2018.)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120404030611/http://www.eagleawards.co.uk/category/previous-winners/1978/">Previous Winners: 1978</a>, at the official Eagle Awards website, archived at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. (Retrieved 9 September 2018.)</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sources">Sources</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BEM_(magazine)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNoriune1981" class="citation news cs1">Noriune, Harlan (November 1981). "Where's Bem? (interview with Martin Lock)". <i>Fantasy Advertiser</i>. No. 70. pp. <span class="nowrap">13–</span>14.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Fantasy+Advertiser&rft.atitle=Where%27s+Bem%3F+%28interview+with+Martin+Lock%29&rft.issue=70&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E13-%3C%2Fspan%3E14&rft.date=1981-11&rft.aulast=Noriune&rft.aufirst=Harlan&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABEM+%28magazine%29" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BEM_(magazine)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://davidprice5.wixsite.com/classicukcomicszines/bem"><i>BEM</i> at CLASSIC UK COMICS ZINES</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external 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