Author Archives: Peter A

Our Raisins D’etre

Posted on September 26, 2009 by Peter A

  We’re through the looking glass now, people, and into the first issue of Zeus Plug number one! First up, here’s Jono’s welcome to new readers with a bit of a restatement of our agenda, and the editorial, which I was … Continue reading →

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Our Man in Cymru makes an exhibition of himself

Posted on September 20, 2009 by Peter A

He’s back! And this time he’s indoors! Jono is at the Cardiff Exhibition (although it’s not always Jono, as you’ll see). Witness the spectacle of a man excitedly opening a door! Gas mask! Beetle! Observe a carefully reconstructed tableau of … Continue reading →

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Zeus Plug 1

Posted on September 14, 2009 by Peter A

Al Has It Covered And so to the front cover of Zeus Plug one. Here’s Al: It seemed Peter had been suggesting the idea of a zine composed of a single sheet of paper, folded in on itself with complexity … Continue reading →

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Our Man in Cymru – On Location

Posted on September 12, 2009 by Peter A

Here at Zeus Blog Terraces we may have gone all self-indulgent and DWM-ish on our fanzine pasts of late, but the rest of us have not been idle. Jono for one has been putting his nose to the grindstone on … Continue reading →

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Getting Ready for the Limelight

Posted on September 10, 2009 by Peter A

A Design for Living We put a fair amount of time into considering a roll-out of the new zine. Having come up with the name (I’d wanted to call a zine Zeus Plug for years and it was pretty much … Continue reading →

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Getting Ready for the Limelight

Posted on September 4, 2009 by Peter A

Part Three: We Folded Before We Even Began The problem with inviting a swag of people on board for a new fanzine is that unless you have some hard rules, at early stages things can sometimes stray into the ‘design by … Continue reading →

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Fast Return – August 2009

Posted on September 1, 2009 by Peter A

Okay everyone, we’re over halfway through the year with little to show for it but a polka dot tie and a Song, but let’s look on the bright side… SPREAD ‘EM, HUGHES Ooh! Zeus Blog exclusive! Wellingtown readers and those … Continue reading →

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The Oranges of Zeus Plug

Posted on August 23, 2009 by Peter A

Part Two: The Pitch In our continuing look back on the life of our yearling predecessor, here’s Jono’s emailed pitch (dated 20 February 2006) to fan creators outlining what form Zeus Plug would likely take. For the most part the … Continue reading →

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The Oranges of Zeus Plug

Posted on August 22, 2009 by Peter A

Being a retrospective of Zeus Blog’s precursor, the 2006 pubzine Zeus Plug. Part One: An Immaculate Conception Zeus Plug was born the hotel bar at the City Life hotel, with the first proper ideas being thrown around at the Vulcan cafe on … Continue reading →

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Better Late Than Never

Posted on August 14, 2009 by Peter A

This is Torchwood as drawn largely by RTD in Everything Changes, and the Torchwood that I’d say a lot of fans thought they would be getting two years ago. Continue reading →

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