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Shangri-La, issue 5, March-April 1948
Page 17
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[two illustrations at top of the page; one a bird-type animal with horns and one large eye, with "Harz" underneath; the other one a bat-like animal with "Hodgkins" above. The title "SHANGRI-LETTERS" appears between the two illustrations.] [centered] Readers' Reactions, With Editorial Comments [name underlined] William Rotsler didn't write a letter, but he did contribute pictorial caricatures. Hart & Hodgkins may be seen above, and Budoff & Evans are much in evidence on page seven. [name underlined] Don Wilson, who publishes "Dream Quest," leads off with a good-humored blast from 495 N. 3rd St., Banning, California: "Nice-looking cover by Budoff...in its crudity it is easy on the eyes, like this letter isn't. The Chinese lettering is well-done." ((Walter J. Daugherty contributes our multilith plates and runs off the impressions. Budoff drew both covers directly onto the plate itself.)) "You didn't say anything in the editorial. Ghufoo, man, how do you expect me to feud with you if you don't print anything I can feud about?" ((Then he has a lot of comment on the individual items. He liked the Ackerman article, he didn't like "The Conditioned Response," etc. Incidentally, the latter was a satire on anti-vivisectionists, Don. You must have read it too hastily. Remember the Hearst Newspapers. Of all causes to espouse, they oppose the use of subjects, animal or human, in scientific experimentation.)) Continuing: "You haven't done so badly, considering the state of the nation, and if you can keep going and infuse some outside blood into the mag and the staggering wreckage of the club, there's hope for you yet. Yeah, there is hope. Here's wishing you luck, anyway. And I mean Ackerman, too." He concludes, in a postscript: "I hope you fellows realize that you are in one hell of a position due mainly to Wild Hair, The Hirsute Fanzine. If you ignore them, you give silent nod to the truth of their statements. If you blast back at them, you make yourselves out ridiculous. And if you try to come back in kind, you will fail miserably, because beside the mighty minds of the Burb and company, anyone else's attempts fall flat on their faces. But your new mag will perhaps justify you, since a fanzine is the most important thing anyone can bequeath to fandom, and if you can turn out a good fanzine free from the Club taint, ok. This is not to be regarded as an endorsement of the Lasfs or any of its policies, but rather an admission that you have taken a big step up the stairway to renewed worthwhileness." ((Thanks for your long letter, D.W. I received several pieces of mail but your letter was the longest. May I have your comment on this issue?)) [centered] /Letters con'd on the next page/ [centered] - 17 -
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[two illustrations at top of the page; one a bird-type animal with horns and one large eye, with "Harz" underneath; the other one a bat-like animal with "Hodgkins" above. The title "SHANGRI-LETTERS" appears between the two illustrations.] [centered] Readers' Reactions, With Editorial Comments [name underlined] William Rotsler didn't write a letter, but he did contribute pictorial caricatures. Hart & Hodgkins may be seen above, and Budoff & Evans are much in evidence on page seven. [name underlined] Don Wilson, who publishes "Dream Quest," leads off with a good-humored blast from 495 N. 3rd St., Banning, California: "Nice-looking cover by Budoff...in its crudity it is easy on the eyes, like this letter isn't. The Chinese lettering is well-done." ((Walter J. Daugherty contributes our multilith plates and runs off the impressions. Budoff drew both covers directly onto the plate itself.)) "You didn't say anything in the editorial. Ghufoo, man, how do you expect me to feud with you if you don't print anything I can feud about?" ((Then he has a lot of comment on the individual items. He liked the Ackerman article, he didn't like "The Conditioned Response," etc. Incidentally, the latter was a satire on anti-vivisectionists, Don. You must have read it too hastily. Remember the Hearst Newspapers. Of all causes to espouse, they oppose the use of subjects, animal or human, in scientific experimentation.)) Continuing: "You haven't done so badly, considering the state of the nation, and if you can keep going and infuse some outside blood into the mag and the staggering wreckage of the club, there's hope for you yet. Yeah, there is hope. Here's wishing you luck, anyway. And I mean Ackerman, too." He concludes, in a postscript: "I hope you fellows realize that you are in one hell of a position due mainly to Wild Hair, The Hirsute Fanzine. If you ignore them, you give silent nod to the truth of their statements. If you blast back at them, you make yourselves out ridiculous. And if you try to come back in kind, you will fail miserably, because beside the mighty minds of the Burb and company, anyone else's attempts fall flat on their faces. But your new mag will perhaps justify you, since a fanzine is the most important thing anyone can bequeath to fandom, and if you can turn out a good fanzine free from the Club taint, ok. This is not to be regarded as an endorsement of the Lasfs or any of its policies, but rather an admission that you have taken a big step up the stairway to renewed worthwhileness." ((Thanks for your long letter, D.W. I received several pieces of mail but your letter was the longest. May I have your comment on this issue?)) [centered] /Letters con'd on the next page/ [centered] - 17 -
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