{"id":141,"date":"2007-06-06T08:40:38","date_gmt":"2007-06-05T19:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/?p=141"},"modified":"2007-06-07T07:57:43","modified_gmt":"2007-06-06T18:57:43","slug":"reverse-the-polarity-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/?p=141","title":{"rendered":"Reverse the Polarity! 24"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As fans we often pride ourselves on being part of a highly creative community and reading RTP!<\/em> seems to really make this ring true.\u00a0 <\/span>This issue not only gives us the mix of reviews, fiction, interviews, artwork and opinion that you\u2019d expect, but also manages to present an original 8 page comic strip.\u00a0 <\/span>More on that later, but I mention it now to illustrate how RTP!<\/em> always manages to surprise with its content, in an almost \u2018bigger on the inside\u2019 sort of way.
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\n<\/span><\/font><\/span>Anyone who knows Andy Poulsen must have read the absorbing interview with a wry smile on their faces.\u00a0 <\/span>I\u2019ve always liked him, and if Poulsen occasionally comes across as a little full of himself, reading about his various enterprises and achievements makes it very difficult to deny him that.\u00a0 <\/span>The interview seems to shy away from nothing, and I\u2019m left wondering if NZ fandom should feel a collective twinge of remorse over what Poulsen\u2019s had to bear in the wake of 1990\u2019s WhoCon, and collective admiration at how well he\u2019s come out of it since.<\/font><\/span> <\/font><\/span>The centrepiece of the issue is undoubtedly Peter Adamson\u2019s latest instalment of his Cydonia<\/em> epic.\u00a0 <\/span>Stark and beautifully crafted images with an almost poetic narrative make this strip unique and fascinating. More frivolously, I wonder if Adamson is re-establishing the might of the \u2018other alien race\u2019 which appears in this strip, to redress the treatment they received in their recent televised \u2018monster-match\u2019?<\/font><\/span><\/font><\/span>But what really made RTP!<\/em> 24 a Fanzine that I wanted to read was the fact that it tackled Torchwood<\/em> (At last!)\u00a0 <\/span>Literally tackled, given the tone of the relevant articles.\u00a0 <\/span>I seem to be part of a minority that enjoyed Doctor Who<\/em>\u2019s first adult spin-off, but David Ronayne does argue very convincingly for the prosecution.\u00a0 <\/span>Slightly less convincing was Editor Alexander Ballingall\u2019s sweeping statement: “The regulars beyond Jack are all boring\u2026\u201d <\/font><\/span>RTP!<\/em> is better than that, and so is Ballingall in his reviews, artwork and replies to one of the wittiest and most entertaining letters pages which I\u2019ve ever read.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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In this incredible age of \u2018Who healthiness\u2019 which we\u2019ve unexpectedly found ourselves living in, RTP!<\/em> manages to find its own particular, fun and irreverent voice to celebrate this as well as showcasing fan talent of an international standard.\u00a0 <\/span>That the \u2018funky vegetarian platter\u2019 of New Zealand Fanzines deserves a wider audience and contributor list is beyond doubt.\u00a0 <\/span>But I have the impression that it has been a little overlooked and neglected by Fandom in the past (although this never shows in quality) so perhaps it should be asked: \u201cdo we deserve RTP!<\/em>\u201d? <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Ed note: RTP!s new online home is at <\/em>http:\/\/rtpblogsphere.blogspot.com\/<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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