Tightbeam

Tightbeam, our third-oldest fanzine, was first published in 1960 as Hyperspace Tightbeam.  By its third issue, the name was shortened to Tightbeam. More than 50 years after its first publication, in 2013, the Library of Congress assigned to Tightbeam the periodical classification ISSN 2329-4809.  Over our near-century of existence, records have been lost, so we no longer have a complete set of Tightbeam issues. The fanzines seen here include zines issued electronically and zines recovered from a variety of sources, notably FANAC.org from Joe Siclari and Edie Stern. 

Editors:
George Phillies phillies@4liberty.net
Jon Swartz jon_swartz@hotmail.com

Submission Details

Past Editors/Issues

Tightbeam – letterzine

YearEditor(s)Issues Available in PDF
1960Walter Coslet, Art Hayes & Marion Zimmer Bradley 
1961Art Hayes10.5
1962 12
1962 13
1963 15
1962Don Anderson16
 Al Lewis5A
  17
1963Dave Hulan, Lee Riddle, G.M. Carr & Gary Labowitz18
1963 19
1963 20
1963G.M. Carr21
1963Gary Labowitz22
1964Felice Rolfe23
 Janie Lamb (published after issue 25)24 (March)
 Art Hayes?25
 Roy Tackett26
  27
  28
1965Norm Matcalf, Duncan MacFarland, Art Hayes, G.M. Carr & Cindy Heap32
 Cindy Heap Claims to be from 1964?34
1966Bill Mallardi35
 Bill Bruce38
  39
1966Stan Woolston, Bil Bruce, Jim Schumacher, Greg Shaw & Bill Malardi 
1967Fred Hypes & John Jusske43
  44
 Don Miller46
1968Wally Weber47
 Gary Labowitz47.5
1968-70Gary Labowitz49
 Gary Labowitz50
 Gary Labowitz53
1969Gery Labowitz54
 Gary Labowitz55
 Gary Labowitz56
 Gary Labowitz57
 Gary Labowitz58
1970Gary Labowitz59
 Gary Labowitz60
 Gary Labowitz61
 Gary Labowitz62
 Gary Labowitz63
 Gary Labowitz64
1971Frank Denton & Chuck Ruthford65
 Frank Denton & Chuck Ruthford66
 Frank Denton & Chuck Ruthford67
 Frank Denton & Chuck Ruthford68
 Frank Denton & Chuck Ruthford69
 Frank Denton & Chuck Ruthford70
1972 71
 Verne O’Brien72
  April
  73
 Joe Siclari74
 Joe Siclari75
1973Joe Siclari76
 October78
 Need to assign84
  85
  86
  87
  88
  89
  90
  91
  92
1974Beth Slick1974.01
  1974.015
  1974.03
  1974.05
  1974.07
  1974.09
1974Beth Slick1974.11
1975Beth Slick, Gary Labowitz1975.01
  1975.03
  1975.05
  1975.07
1976Lynne Holdom & Joanne Burger1976.07
  1976.09
1977John Robinson 
1978-81Dave Minch & Lynne Holdom97
1978September99
 Dave Minch & Lynne Holdom107
1979Dave Minch109
 Lynne Holdom18
1979Dave Minch & Lynne Holdom110 (#20 on cover)
1979Lynne Holdom21
1980Lynne Holdom22
 Lynne Holdom24 (May)
 Lynne Holdom25
1981Lynne Holdom30
1982Owen K Laurion37
 Owen K Laurion JuneJune
1982 127
1983-1985Owen K LaurionSpecial
1985 138
1986Owen K Laurion & Sally Syrjala141
   
 Sally Syrjala1983
 Owen K Laurion & Sally Syrjala143
 Sally Syrjala145
1987Sally Syrjala & Lynne Holdom150-151
1988Lynne Holdom 
1989Lynne Holdom & Ingrid Maack 
1990-91Catherine Mintz & Diane Miller 
1992Catherine Mintz 
1993Catherine Mintz & Diane Miller 
1994-1996Diane Miller & Janine Stinson200
1997-2001Janine Stinson215

“The Fan” – TNFF/Tightbeam combined

YearEditor(s)Issues in PDF
2001-2002Janine Stinson 
2003Janine Stinson & Ruth R Davidson 
2004Bob Sabella & Ruth R Davidson 
2005Bob Sabella, Jeffrey Redmond, Chris Garcia & Ruth R Davidson 
2006Ruth R Davidson, Jeffrey Redmond, Chris Garcia & Janine Stinson 
2007Janine Stinson, Jeffrey Redmond & Ruth R. Davidson 
2008Ruth R. Davidson & Heath Row 
2009-2011Heath Row 

Tightbeam – Genzine

YearEditor(s)Issue
2012-2015David Speakman261
 David Speakman262
 David Speakman263
 David Speakman264
 David Speakman265
 David Speakman266
 David Speakman267
 David Speakman268
 David Speakman269
 David Speakman270
 David Speakman271
 David Speakman272
2016-2017Bob Jennings273
 Bob Jennings274
 Bob Jennings275
 Bob Jennings276
 Bob Jennings277
 Bob Jennings278
 Bob Jennings279
 Bob Jennings280
 Bob Jennings281
 Bob Jennings282
 Bob Jennings283
 Bob Jennings284
 Bob Jennings285
 Bob Jennings286
 Bob Jennings287
 Bob Jennings288
2018George Phillies and Jon Swartz289
2018George Phillies and Jon Swartz290
2018George Phillies and Jon Swartz291
2019George Phillies and Jon Swartz292
2019George Phillies and Jon Swartz293
2019George Phillies and Jon Swartz294
2019George Phillies and Jon Swartz295
2019George Phillies and Jon Swartz296
2019George Phillies and Jon Swartz297
2019George Phillies and Jon Swartz298
2019George Phillies and Jon Swartz299
2019George Phillies and Jon Swartz300
2019George Phillies and Jon Swartz301
2019George Phillies and Jon Swartz302
2019George Phillies and Jon Swartz303
2020George Phillies and Jon Swartz304
2020George Phillies and Jon Swartz305
2020George Phillies and Jon Swartz306
2020George Phillies and Jon Swartz307
2020George Phillies and Jon Swartz308
2020George Phillies and Jon Swartz309
2020George Phillies and Jon Swartz310
2020George Phillies and Jon Swartz311
2020George Phillies and Jon Swartz312
2020George Phillies and Jon Swartz313
2020George Phillies and Jon Swartz314
2020George Phillies and Jon Swartz315
2021George Phillies and Jon Swartz316
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2022George Phillies and Jon Swartz328
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