Tightbeam, May 2019

Overview:

  • Title: Tightbeam, May 2019
  • Author: George Phillies, Jon Swartz
  • Year: 2019
  • Publisher: The National Fantasy Fan Federation
  • Price: $0.00
  • Pages: 35
  • Binding: ebook
  • Type: FANZINE
  • Title Reference: Tightbeam - 2019
  • Notes: #296. PDF format. The cover art by Angela K. Scott is entitled Unicorn vs Alien. The "Memorial Notice" records the death of contributor Tom McGovern. In addition to the listed books and short stories, the reviews column reviews the non-speculative book, Mycroft Holmes by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Anna Waterhouse, the film Captain Marvel and the anime titles Kaguya-sama: Love is War, Kono Oto Tomare! Sounds of Life, and The Magnificent Kotobuki. The essay on the Maximo Big Little Books deals with illustrated superhero novels published in 1940-1 - Maximo the Amazing Superman, Maximo the Amazing Superman and the Supermachine, and Maximo the Amazing Superman and the Crystals of Doom, all written by R. R. Winterbotham and illustrated by Henry E. Vallely or Erwin L. Hess.