The British Amateur Press Association was an
amateur press association created by comics fans in late 1977, following a proposal from Phil Greenaway in the
letter pages of the
comics fanzine ''
BEM''; the first mailing (under the name ''PAPA'', the first initial standing for "Prime") was circulated in January 1978. Greenaway was the first
Central Mailer and his successors included Maureen "Mo" James, Howard Stangroom, Les Chester, and
Steve Green. For most of its existence, up to thirty members of BAPA submitted multiple copies of at least two
A4 pages to the central mailer every two months. BAPA was disbanded on 17 August 2004
[Dave Langford, 'Infinitely Improbable', ''Ansible'' 206, (September 2004) ISSN 0265-9816] with a final mailing distributed early in 2005. A one-off publication was also distributed under the name B-APA (sic) in 2005, in memory of Andy Roberts; a similar publication was announced in 2008, in memory of
Steve Whitaker.
Notable members of this association included
Eddie Campbell
Eddie Campbell (born 10 August 1955) is a British comics artist and cartoonist who now lives in Chicago. Probably best known as the illustrator and publisher of ''From Hell'' (written by Alan Moore), Campbell is also the creator of the semi-au ...
,
Mark Finch,
John Freeman,
Steve Green, artist
Nigel Kitching,
Martin Lock, Andy Roberts,
Martin Skidmore (later publisher of ''
Fantasy Advertiser'' and then editor of
Trident Comics), and artist Steve Whitaker.
See also
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List of companies based in London
References
Comics magazines published in the United Kingdom
Comics-related organizations
Comics publications
1977 establishments in the United Kingdom
Organizations established in 1977
Communications and media organisations based in the United Kingdom
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