The Canadian Fancyclopedia: D – Version 1 (May 2009) An Incompleat Guide To Twentieth Century Canadian Science Fiction Fandom by Richard Graeme Cameron, BCSFA/WCSFA Archivist. A publication of the British Columbia Science Fiction Association (BCSFA) And the West Coast Science Fiction Association (WCSFA). You can contact me at: [email protected] Canadian fanzines are shown in red, Canadian Apazines in Green, Canadian items in purple, Foreign items in blue. D DABBLERS / DADAPA / DAFIA - DAFIATE / THE DAILEY DAILEY / DAMN! / DARK FANTASY / DARK VISIONS / DAUGHERTY PROJECT / THE DAUGHERTY PROJECT / DAUGHTER OF SWILL / DAY OF THE DULLSVILLES / DEAD DOG / DEADLINE / DEADWOOD / DEAN NOVA / DEATH WILL NOT RELEASE YOU / DEC / DECADENT WINNIPEG FANDOM / DECKER DILLIES / DEEP CUTS / DEGAFIATE / DEGLER, CLAUDE / DELTA PSI / DEJU VU / DEMOLISHISMS / DEN / DERELICTS / DERELICTI DEROGATIONS / DEROS / DESCANT / DESERONTO SF SOCIETY / DESIGN FOR LIFE / DEVELOPINE / DEVIL'S ADVOCATE / DIACYBERSEMNETIMANTICS / DIARY OF A PUNK LIBRARIAN / DICTATION / DIFFERENTIAL / DIGEST / DIGEST SIZE / DIMENSION / DINOSAUR SPIT! / DIRTY OLD PRO / THE DISRUPTOR / DISTAFF / DISTY / DITTO / DITTOGRAPHY ( DITTOING ) / THE DITTO MASTERS / DITTOZINE / DNP / DNQ / DNQ / DOCTOR OF FANOLOGY / DOCTOR OF FANTASTOLOGY / DOLMEN SHADOW / DOPPLEGANGERS / DOZMO / DRACO NEWSLETTER / DRACO FILM SOCIETY / DRAGONBANE / DRAMA / DREADNOUGHT / DREAMSCAPES / DREAM VENDOR / DRIFT / DROBE / DUFF / DUMMY / DUNBAR CHEESE MECHANIC / DUNC ROCK / DUO DEC / THE DUTCHESS OF CANADIAN FANDOM / DWF MERIT AWARDS DABBLERS -- A unique, long obsolete fannish term coined by Donald Wollheim to describe a situation rare in its day ( 1930s ) but now so common as not to be worthy of mention: the intrusion of science fiction concepts into comics ( back then newspaper comics were meant ) which ordinarily were purely mundane in character. Examples given by Jack Speer include some modern readers might recognize: DICK TRACY, KRAZY KAT, LI'L ABNER, LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE, MUTT AND JEFF, POPEYE, PRINCE VALIENT, TARZAN...and a host of others long since forgotten: ABBIE AND SLATS, BIG CHIEF WAHOO, DUB DABS, THE GUMPS, OAKY DOAKS, SKULL VALLEY and so forth. The fascinating thing is the implication that fans were presumed to be quite familiar with all of the above. (JS) DADAPA -- Faned (O.E.): David Vereschagin, Georges Giguere, Sharee Carton. DADAPA was begun in December of 1977. A monthly APA which lasted at least 33 issues, it was described by Jim Sheddon as "basically a local Edmonton APA of Dadaistic, or Dadaistic humour." (I believe the correct adjective would be 'Dadaist'.) The international movement known as Dadaism "repudiated tradition, culture, and reason", so I assume the APA was off-the-wall at the very least, perhaps with the intention of maintaining a radical, innovative attitude. Vereschagin himself wrote (in #2 of 'Blown in France'): "BIF is the official announcement of DADAPA, the Dada Amateur Press Association. It takes its name from the early 20th century arts movement (or anti-arts movement, depending on your viewpoint). If you don't know Dada, look it up in an encyclopedia. Basically, DADAPA is a fun and nonsense APA, just created on Nov 10th, 1977 and already with a dozen members, just in Edmonton. Our first mailing will be going out Dec 1st... Initial membership is limited to 50." "DADAPA is devoted to dada & humour. For those into punk, new wave, mail-art, rubber-stamps, avant-garde weirdness or regular old fashion wit & mirth." - (RR) [ See BLOWN IN FRANCE ] (Info requested! Details wanted!) DAFIA / DAFIATE -- 'Dafia' is the STATE of drifting away from it all. To 'dafiate' is the ACT of drifting away from it all. 'It' being fandom, and dafiation taking place when other interests beckon, or fandom itself seems less and less enthralling. Dafia is the gentlest form of Gafia. [ See DEGAFIA, FAFIA, GAFIA ] THE DAILEY DAILEY -- Faned: Michael S. Hall. Newszine of some sort, probably printed during a convention updating congoers on what was happening, changes in programming, etc. 1979 - (#1 – Oct 6) (#2 – Oct 7) (#3 – Oct 8) (#4 – Oct 9) DAMN! -- Faned: Norman G. Browne. APAzine for FAPA, pubbed out of Edmonton in 1953, and Wilson Heights, near Toronto, in 1954. He and Les Croutch were two Canadian members of FAPA at this time (there may have been others), and like Croutch he got into trouble over matters sexual. Specifically, he frequently included mailing comments, not on FAPA, but on PAPA, the "Pornographic Amateur Press Association." The fact that PAPA turned out to be a hoax by Browne did not endear him to his fellow FAPAns. Their response may have been one of the factors contributing to his gafiation in late 1954. (RB) 2 [ See BROWNE, NORMAN G., VANATIONS, FILLER, VANCOUVER SF SOCIETY, TORATIONS, PAPA, PAR, CONCUPISCENT TALES & DOCTOR OF FANOLOGY] DARK FANTASY -- Faned: Howard E. 'Gene' Day, the 'Genie of Gananoque'. At least 23 issues pubbed out of Gananoque, Ontario, by Shadow Press beginning in 1973. A "pocket-sized" bimonthly heroic fantasy fictionzine with original fiction and verse. Most of the contributors were Ottawa fans. A pro illustrator himself, Gene often contributed his own art. Larry Dickinson and John Bierly were some of the other artists. 'Dark Fantasy' was renowned for its excellent layout and was often imitated. (RGC) & (TW) In MAPLE LEAF RAG #10 (Dec 1984), Gordon Derry wrote: "Many writers and artists who had their first publication in DARK FANTASY went on to become professionals in their fields: Charles Saunders, Galad Elflandsson, John Bell, Gordon Derry, Dan Day, and Augustine Fennel are some names that come readily to mind. Other well-known DF alumni are Larry Dickinson, Ronn Sutton, Dave Sim, & Tim Hammell." "Almost from the beginning, DF maintained a constant format & style of layout. There was little in the way of reviews and letters in early issues, and these were eliminated after several issues. From then on, DF was dedicated only to publishing fiction, poetry & art in the fantasy, SF & horror genres, with no advertisements to interrupt the brilliant flow of creativity." "Generally the page count was 42-52, in the familiar digest size. The magazine was always strictly B&W, except for issues #22 & #23, which had a second colour on the cover." "Along with Charles Saunders, Gene Day was instrumental in forming the Small Press Writers & Artists Organization, and he served as the President for the first years of SPWAO's life. As well, he introduced many writers & artists to one another, often personally at his studio in Gananoque, which was always open to friends & visitors. It was through Gene and DF that the Ottawa circle of writers -- Charles Saunders, Charles de Lint, Gordon Derry, Galad Elflandsson, John Bell -- all came to know one another. All of these writers are now publishing professionally, and quite simply, this might never have happened if DARK FANTASY had not existed." 1973 - (#1 - ? ) (#2 - ? ) 1974 - (#3 - Mar) (#4 - Jul) (#5 - Oct) 1975 - (#6 - ?) (#7 - ?) 1976 - (#8 - May) (#9 - Sep) (#10 - Dec) 1977 - (#11 - Jan) - "I have always enjoyed DARK FANTASY and even admit to using it as an inspiration for my own zine. DF utilizes good solid design & layout, with clean artwork & copy; though the copy itself could be better handled. I think it is one of the better semi-pro zines around... Artwork is not over-used & follows a rather rigid conformity of one full-page & one half-page illo per story, though a bit more flexibility would be appreciated." (DH) - (#12 - ? ) (#13 - ?) - According to Gordon Derry: "DF#13 never saw print -- an unscrupulous printer took the money for this issue, trashed the master copy, and disappeared from view." Wrote Dale Hammell in 1978: "He may have been rocked with the loss of DARK FANTASY 12 & 13 to THAT PRINTER in California, but Gene Day keeps coming on. Good for him!" The editorial in the LULU REVIEW #2 (Sep 1978) read in part: "It has come to Lulu's attention that several of the zines we've reviewed have been getting royally ripped off by a certain printer. The zines involved (that we know of) are: DARK FANTASY, COPPER TOADSTOOL, THE FEM-ART 3 COLLECTOR, & EQUINOX. The printer offers great prices, the editors send their work and payment; no work is produced, no money or artwork is seen again. This is a criminal and morally obscene practice. All of us involved in LULU are totally outraged... The printer in question is: Mr. Desmaretz of AJD Graphics, Rancho Cordova, California...Needless to say, all publishers are warned to stay away from this guy." - (#14 - Sep) 1978 - (#15 - Jan) - (#16 - Jun) - "DARK FANTASY may not be the best fantasy pub to emerge from Canada's soil, but it damn well is in the top 5; and of course, full honours go to Gene for being the first to break the 'frozen hiatus' that had existed in the Canadian F&SF scene." "A nice cover to this 16th issue, by George Freeman, and a 'hunky-spaceship' piece by the editor his'self... Inside there is the usual, (usual, only in the sense of regularity in every issue), good smattering of fantasy, SF & verse pieces." "Most notable: 'Secret Stones, Hollow Bones', a poem by that mysterious Wendelessen; Wayne Hook's 'Halfway'; and 'House Of The Domovoi' by Glenn Rahman." "Gene's winning layout is still there, the one several digest publishers have used as a model, & the artwork balances the blocks of copy very nicely. Some good unhumorous art by Larry Dickison; and couple of nice grotesque pieces by John Bierly, as well as others." "There are some faults with the printing, as always, (Gene's still trying to find a decent printer), but they can be lived with. Hopefully, DARK FANTASY will thrive for a long while yet; for though it may not (now) be the best Canadian zine, it is regularly good, and a zine to rely on." (DH) (#17 - Jul) (#18 - ? ) 1979 - (#19 - Feb) (#12 - Apr -- late & out of sequence) (#20 - Jul) (#21 - Oct) 1980 - (#22 - Mar) (#23 - Nov) Note: Gene Day passed away in the fall of 1982.