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for "Favourite Fan Publication" three times, winning the award in 1980 and 1981. The fanzine had earlier led to publisher Lock winning two Eagle Awards β€” the 1977 Eagle for "Favourite British Fan Personality" and the 1978 Eagle for "Favourite British Writer". (Lock was also nominated for the
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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,
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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."
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by "Superswipe," "Schwipe" or "B. L. Schwipe" (some episodes written by Mark Bryant, penciled by Malcolm Lomax, and inked by Superswipe) (issues #6–12) β€” a spoof of
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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),
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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
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featured American and British comics industry news and gossip, interviews, comic reviews, essays, columns, and comic strips.
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ran interviews in early issues, it began running regular interviews with comics industry figures in earnest with
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Starting with issue #25 (Sept. 1979) and running through the final issue was the ongoing science-fiction strip
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by himself, Lock began accepting contributions from others with issue #4 (Feb. 1975). Nige Edwards became
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by B. J. Martin and Nick Martin (issues #28, 31–34) β€” a strip which moved over from the defunct fanzine
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featured a number of recurring columns by a regular stable of contributors, including Lock himself (
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transitioned into a professionally produced comics magazine, and was the recipient of multiple
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news, thus providing a dose of monthly comic industry news for readers of both publications.
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on November 17, 1973, and he sold early issues to customers waiting outside the frequent
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began publishing original comic strips early on, starting with Lock's own strip
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Noriune, Harlan (November 1981). "Where's Bem? (interview with Martin Lock)".
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by Martin Lock ("M. Lock") β€” usually at the back of the magazine
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in the period 1976 to 1978, with his most regular strips being
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began featuring original covers, with art by the likes of
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by Ed Sallis β€” "a column of fan news and fanzine reviews"
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which was published from 1973 to 1982. The brainchild of
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story by Ash that took up a large portion of the issue.
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by "Reg Uspatoff" ("R.U.") β€” the title being a play on "
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was formed in 1977 in part due to a letter published in
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from issue #13 (May 1977) until issue #34 (July 1981).
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issue #25 also featured a seven-page comics story by
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for Favourite Fan Publication in both 1980 and 1981.
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had become the UK's leading comics zine, winning the
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The title of the publication officially changed from
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A bonus episode of 684:β€” Lock's introduction to each issue 567:'s assistant editor at that time.) 158:Comics, News, Criticism, Interviews 900:), Martin Dutton, Martin Longley, 451:began incorporating Mike Cruden's 14: 1549:Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide 474:British Amateur Press Association 440:, which were introduced in 1977. 1850:Magazines disestablished in 1982 731:Mal Burns' Unamerican Activities 23: 1446:. (Retrieved 9 September 2018.) 1430:. (Retrieved 9 September 2018.) 1384:(2013). Retrieved Feb. 8, 2020. 1213:(2013). Retrieved Jan. 8, 2020. 818:(Aug. 1978) featured a 16-page 798:was a long-time contributor to 34:needs additional citations for 1464:. No. 70. pp. 13–14. 1: 1855:Magazines published in London 1845:Magazines established in 1973 1339:. No. 69. December 1981. 1302:Lock, Martin. "News at BEM," 1289:Lock, Martin. "News at BEM," 1222:Lock. Martin. 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