Bibliotheca: H. P. Lovecraft - a Shadow special publication

As well as regularly publishing Shadow during the late 1960's and early 70's, Dave Sutton also produced a couple of other publications, including Weird Window (showcasing original short stories) and Bibliotheca: H. P. Lovecraft.

 Cover art: Kevin O'Neill (from The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath)

 Back Cover: Art by Brian J. Frost

Contents page

Shadow - the later issues

Rounding off my scans of covers from David A. Sutton's fanzine Shadow:

Issue 12 November/December 1970

Cover art: Brian J. Frost

Issue 12 May/June 1971

Cover art: David Fletcher

Issue 14 September 1971

Cover art: Brian J. Frost

 Issue 15 December 1971

Cover art: David Fletcher

Issue 16 March 1972

Cover art: Alan Hunter

Issue 17 June 1972

Cover art: Jim Pitts

Issue 19 April 1973

Cover art: Jim Pitts

Issue 20 October 1973

Cover art: Jim Pitts

Issue 21 August 1974

Cover artwork: David Fletcher

(Final issue)

Shadow - David A. Sutton's groundbreaking fanzine from the 60's and 70's

I was recently going through my copies of Dave Sutton's great little literary fanzine, Shadow, looking for artwork by Jim Pitts for the forthcoming book to be published next year by Parallel Universe Publications. I wondered, perhaps, whether the early covers would be of interest to some of you, even if the first few issues had no artwork on them.

Issue 1, January 1968

Issue 2 August/September 1968

Issue 3 October/November 1968

Cover art: David A. Sutton

Issue 4, December/January 1968/69

Issue 5 February/March 1969

Cover art: Eddy C. Bertin

Issue 6 April/May 1969

Cover art: Brian J. Frost

Issue 7 September 1969

Cover art: Eddy C. Bertin

Issue 8 October/November 1969

Cover art: David A. Sutton

Issue 9 January/February 1970

Cover art: David A. Riley

Issue 10 April/May 1970

Cover art: Brian J. Frost

Issue 11 July/August 1970

Cover art: Brian J. Frost

My first published piece: Frank Kafka: Narrator of Nightmares in Shadow # 6

My first published piece was in David Sutton's celebrated fanzine Shadow back in April/May 1969 in its sixth issue. This was an article titled Franz Kafka: Narrator of Nightmares, with a totally inappropriate illustration by yours truly. Other contributors to this issue were Brian J. Frost, Eddy C. Bertin, Alan Jones, and David Sutton.