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Rare 1980s Sci-Fi Convention Documentary

Collector's Fantasy Video Magazine Vol.1 No.1 This was the premiere edition of a "video magazine" dedicated to exploring science fiction and fantasy fandom in the mid/late-1980s. Today this "magazine" serves as documentary footage of a quaint, far less sophisticated approach to fandom. Over the Christmas holidays I rescued this recording from its original videocassette format and converted it to digital format. This "magazine" was produced in 1987 by the late Chris Foxx and Mary Brown, and several of the crew went on to become film industry professionals. As part of this restoration project I made color corrections, expanded the monaural audio track to simulated stereo, and replaced the lead-in music with a unique sequence that I created in GarageBand to ensure that no outside entities should profit from this upload, which is presented simply as preservation of Producer Chris Foxx's original vision. Put simply, I will not make any money from this video. =================== In this "issue" the producers covered a great variety of topics. The Doctor Who Celebration & Tour '87 '88, a traveling road show featuring props, costumes, and set pieces from the BBC production of Doctor Who, which had taken the southeastern United States by storm thanks to local public broadcasting stations. An interview with actor Jon Pertwee, who played the 3rd Doctor on Doctor Who. An interview with talented new comic artist Craig Brasfield. The 6th Annual Alabama Record Collector's Association convention. A visit to Magnum Opus Con 2, where they interview: Comic artist Bob Burden, creator of The Flaming Carrot and the Mystery Men before the characters had been turned into a film. Brian Sloman, Director of Special Projects, Lionheart Television, regarding Doctor Who. Will it be turned into a feature film, like Star Trek? A walk through Magnum Opus Con 2, from fan interviews to exhibitors in the dealer's room. Maciej Zakazewski of Starfire Forge discusses his swords, Susan Honeck of Honeck Sculpture regarding her lost wax cast dragons featuring opals, Mark Anthony from the Wizard's Nook regarding plasma spheres (which became popular around that time), writer Lamar Waldron discusses the Artists' Alcove, Peter Laird, co-creator of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, discusses the origin of the Turtles and an upcoming toy line (this is before things went crazy big for them). Tish Grolier (the infamous Trish) leads a workshop in figure painting. Art Director Rosanne Stutts discusses the art exhibit and the artists who display there. Artist Doug Chaffee discusses the challenge of retaining your creativity as a producing artist, while painter David Dorman mentions his initial desire to do comics before becoming a cover artist. The autograph area is shown, with performers like Patrick Troughton (the 2nd Doctor from Doctor Who), Anthony Ainley (the original Master from Doctor Who), James Doohan (Star Trek's original Scotty), George Takei (Star Trek's original Lieutenant Sulu), Jenette Goldstein (Vasquez from Alien), author Alan Dean Foster trying to look super cool (LOL), ======= Fred Dahlke, founder of the Alabama Record Association (ARCA), Scott Michaels, President of ARCA. Exhibitor Mike Morton shows off and explains a vinyl record referred to as the Beatles Butcher Cover. Exhibitors discuss the future of the compact disc. ======= A preview of the Celebration & Tour '87 '88 shows off some of the collection of that traveling tour, and mentions that the 7th Doctor will be announced in England (in actuality, the 7th Doctor was unveiled to the world at Mercer University in Atlanta, when the traveling tour was passing through). Video of Jon Pertwee telling stories to attendees. Paul Jenkins conducts a delightful in-depth interview with Jon Pertwee about his career prior to, during and after Doctor Who. They discuss Pertwee's time on the program The Navy Lark. Also discussed is how Pertwee became the 3rd Doctor and how he eventually left the show. A nice tribute to actor Patrick Troughton is included, along with footage of the actor signing autographs at Magnum Opus Con 2 (where he died). Jon Pertwee laughingly discusses his fake "war" with his friend Troughton. What a wonderful treasure for fandom! Thanks to Whit Norris for providing me with the original source VHS tape from which this video was captured. Thanks to Chris Foxx and Mary Brown and their friends for documenting early fandom in Georgia. …