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MonSFFA’ s Executive: MonSFFA CALENDAR OF EVENTS Bernard Reischl President Except where noted, all MonSFFA meetings are held Sundays at 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM Sébastien Mineau at the Days Inn, St-François Room, Vice-President 1005 Guy Street, corner René Lévesque. Sylvain St-Pierre Treasurer Programming is subject to change. Appointed Positions: May 15, 2005 PR, Membership, editor of Impulse Keith Braithwaite 10:30 AM Video Shoot for Timeline, the first of our 2005 video-film projects Web Master 1:00 PM Why Are We Reading Less, Watching More? Bernard Reischl Keith Braithwaite, Gord Morrow, Cathy Palmer-Lister & Audio/Video after the panel, even more video shooting! Wayne Glover Editor of WARP June 19, 2005 Cathy Palmer-Lister Completion of Timeline video shoot Board of Advisors (BoA) We need to have the video ready for Toronto Trek! All members in good standing All hands to battle stations! July 24, 2005 On the Cover: MonSFFA Summer Barbecue, Parc Angrignon The inspiration for the mugging-in-the-alley (May be rescheduled to July 31) scene in MonSFFilms' short film of the same name: The Antlered Avenger depicted August 21, 2005 here is based on the original character and You want to hold a World Con in Montreal? costume design conceived by MooseMan Hosted by the bid organizers of Anticipation – Montreal 2009 WorldCon Bid creator Keith Braithwaite. Two Wacky Pin Guys Contest of Evil Hosted by Bernard Reischl and Mark Burakoff Write to us: MonSFFA Wonderful World of Fan Films PO Box 1186 Guest Speaker: Marc Shainblum Place du Parc Montreal, QC, H2X 4A7 September 18, 2005 www.monsffa.com Classic B Movies in Science Fiction Presented by Keith Braithwaite President: [email protected] MonSFFA Fund Raising Auction A science fiction and fantasy collectibles auction to benefit MonSFFA editor: [email protected] The Real Fine Print: WARP is published quarterly by the Montreal Science Fiction and Fantasy Association (MonSFFA), a non-profit organization of fans interested in sharing their love of science fiction and fantasy. The opinions expressed in WARP are those of the individual writers and do not necessarily reflect those of MonSFFA or the editor. To reprint any article, please contact the writer, or ask the editor to pass on your request. The use of copyrighted material is generally discouraged, but it’s hard to talk about Star Wars without stepping on toes; our apologies to the copyright holders, no serious infringement is intended. This is an amateur production, your tolerance is appreciated by your fans. WARP 60 / SPRING 2005 / 2 Frank Kelly Freas Will Eisner 1922 - 2005 1917 - 2005 T A B L E of C O N T E N T S Spring 2005 • Vol. 19 • 02 Beyond the Stargate: Thor, Hammer of the Gods! FEATURE ARTICLES Page 5 Beyond Stargate: Asgard, Home of the Norse Gods / 5 Eulogies for Frank Kelly Freas and Will Eisner / 7 Stan Lee / 9 REVIEWS Medieval Fair / 12 Remembering Frank Noreascon / 13 Kelly Freas and Will DVD: Farscape / 20 Eisner, Television: Dr. Who / 21 Page 7. Movie: The Forgotten Ones / 23 DEPARTMENTS You’ve Got Mail / 4 SFF Sightings / 6 It Came out of the Box / 10 Stan Lee, Conventions & Events / 31 Page 9 MonSFFA Discount Programme / 31 MONSFANDOM November 2004 - March 2005 / 22 WARP 60 / SPRING 2005 / 3 The “Trekorating” article reminds Anticipation bid committee to host a me of something I’ve noticed panel discussion at our August lately…lots of fans, even hard-core meeting. Many of us missed the panel collectors, are dumping their at Con*Cept because we were at the collections. Gotta store them, gotta breakfast with the guests. dust them, they take up space…I -Cathy wonder how much stuff is on eBay these days. TRADE ‘ZINES RECEIVED I would urge all to participate in nominating and voting for the Aurora Trade ‘Zines are available for Awards. The numbers of those who do your reading pleasure at all nominate and vote are declining, and MonsFFA meetings! the awards need our support if they are to mean anything to Canadian fandom BCSFA Zine January 2005 and prodom. Let’s scatter those pointy Editor: Garth Spencer trophies all across the country. Editorial on the Aurora nominations Glad to see Gord Rose get more includes an interesting book list. involved with masquerades. What he Transformer fans will want to read You’ve Got Mail! did for Con*Cept, he’s doing for Ad “The Botcon Saga.” Astra. He only retired from hosting the Can be downloaded from their events, and now, he’s running them. website: http://bcsfa.bcgreen.com I’ve been able to make a few newer February 26, 2005 fans sit up and take notice when they Challenger 21 Winter 2004-5 Dear MonSFFen: find out that I was Gord’s predecessor Editor: Guy H. Lillian III It’s taken a while, but here’s a loc on when it came to hosting the Ad Astra Guy hasn’t given up on his goal of Warp 59. I’ve complained in the past of masquerades. reviewing every English language lack of employment…well, at this Let’s see an article from Rene fanzine in existence, but he is growing moment, I have two jobs, one full-time Walling on the Montreal in 2009 concerned over postage costs. You temporary in the daytime with Tourism Worldcon bid. I’m sure Rene learned a will have to read this one on the Toronto, and one part-time permanent lot from Torcon on what NOT to do. Internet: http://www.challzine.net in the evening with the Globe and Mail. A quick loc, but what can you do? My weekends are even more precious It’s been a busy week, and now, a now! hectic weekend. Take care all, and see Ethel the Aardvark #116, Jan/Feb I hope you’re all coming to Ad Astra you next issue. Editor: Sue Ann Barber 2005! Check out our website at An interesting and well-written Yours, article, “The Science fiction and www.ad-astra.org. We’re having a Lloyd Penney comics con on the Saturday, and we’ve Fantasy Crossover: Works of Genius or been able to confirm that Cerebus Hi, Lloyd! Trash Culture?” by Damian Christie. creator Dave Sim will be with us for a Warp is late, (what else is new?!) http://home.vicnet.net.au/~msfc/ couple of hours then. Check out all the and a lot has happened since you In Spero Ad Astra Winter 2005 info at the website. Yvonne will be in wrote. Editors: Barry Yoner & Shelley Ann charge of space and science I received your convention listing, Jensen programming, and I’ll be manning our and have included it in this issue. Recipes, Trek filking, reviews, and dealer’s table. Thanks for somehow finding the time to do this, it is so appreciated! 45 Things which Never Happen in Star I’d like nothing better than to do a Trek! new convention list for you and Don Ad Astra was wonderful! I quite Bassie, but there’s just no time! I either enjoyed all the panellists, and Yvonne Vortex SF have to manage my time better or ask is to be congratulated for the Editor: Marc Nadeau people to be more patient. Also, for magnificent job she did for the science News of SF & F movie & television those who asked, Sectarian Wave is panelling. I was told next year’s Ad shows, science & technology. long done, and is now in extensive Astra will be quite a special http://host63.ipowerweb.com/~clu post-production. Should be quite anniversary celebration, and I look bdesm/vortex/index.htm interesting when it’s done, and I’ll let forward to it. you all know when it’s ready to ship. MonSFFA has invited the WARP 60 / SPRING 2005 / 4 Beyond the Stargate Thor: Hammer of the Gods by Barbara Silverman Thor was the eldest son of Odin, however his mother other material possessions. One was a magical belt which was not Odin's wife Frigg, but Odin's mistress, a giantess doubled his strength and a pair of iron gloves, necessary called Jord which in Old Norse meant earth. He was the for wielding the mighty hammer. best loved of the gods, travelling through the cosmos By the close of the Viking era, which was a century of fighting giants and trolls. Thor was not only the champion so before Scandinavia converted to Christianity, Thor had of the gods but also of the common people. become greater than Odin. At the Uppsala temple, his His name came from the Germanic term for thunder statue is the most dominate and was placed between that of and his main weapon was a short handled hammer known Odin and Freyr. The chief defender of both the gods and as Mjolnir, which he used to smashed the skulls of his humans against the evil forces of giants and chaos, Thor is foes. It was believed that he travelled in a chariot drawn by depicted, not as being small and gray as in Stargate, but as two goats named Tanngnjost and Tanngrisnnir and that the a middle-aged man with enormous strength. He had a huge thunder was the sound of this chariot. Due to his red beard, with thick brows over red glowering eyes. Foe association with thunder, the Romans equated their Jupiter to harmful giants, benevolent toward mankind. with the Germanic Thor. Dies Jovis (Jove's day) became Where Odin was considered to be complex Thor's day thus leading to the word Thursday. and crafty, Thor was straight forward and Odin was favoured by nobles and kings, Thor by physical.