illo n.
an illustration
Fancyclopedia
SF Fandom
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1945
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Albert Yeager, Jr.
And then come the inside illos. It would be nice to see a Finlay every now and then., if only to relieve the monotony.
Letter in Startling Stories Summer 88 -
1947
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Larry T. Shaw
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The illos were almost universally stupid in conception, and poor to fair in execution.
Letter in Planet Stories Winter 127/1 -
1949 Planet Stories Spring 120/2
That illo is the best in the ish, but sort of nutz.
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1955
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Roger De Soto
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Over the years, they [sc. fanzines] have developed a special argot: ‘ish’ for ‘issue’; ‘illo’ for ‘illustration’; ‘faned’ (rhymes with ‘Slan head’) for ‘fan editor’, to give a few examples.
Revolving Fan in Amazing Stories May 75
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1959
Dick Eney
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Illo, an illustration. Either the original or a reproduction may be meant.
Fancyclopedia II (1979) 87 -
1961
George H. Scithers
The illo to the immediate left is an experiment—our second try at multicolor work.
in Amra July 2 -
1965
Well, I can take a hint as well as the next man, so find enclosed seven fillos, an illo, and a cartoon.
in Twilight Zine ?Aug.—Sept. 27 -
1979 Science Fiction Review Jan. 34/1
Seventy-six genzines led the Locus poll With one hundred and ten one-shots close at hand. They were followed by rows and rows of the finest offset illos, The dream of every bigname fan.
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1984 Not Tonight, Spock! Jan. (front cover)
Special feature! Fold out illo of Spock.
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1994 Interzone July 5/3
The illos are getting better and you are (wisely) not filling up the magazine with inferior illos but letting many of the stories stand alone.
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2015
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Paul Di Filippo
A gorgeous cover by Richard Corben and interior illos by Rodger Gerberding add to the sepulchral luster.
On Books in Asimov’s Science Fiction Mar. 108/1
Research requirements
antedating 1945
Earliest cite
in 'Startling Stories'
Research History
Geri Sullivan submitted a 1959 cite from Fancyclopedia II.Jesse Sheidlower submitted a 1955 cite from Amazing Stories.
Sue Surova submitted a 1961 cite from Amra.
Fred Galvin submitted a 1958 cite from Ralph M. Holland's "Ghu's Lexicon".
Malcolm Farmer submitted a 1979 cite from Darrell Schweitzer's "Occasionally Mentioning Science Fiction".
Fred Galvin submitted a 1949 cite from a letter to the editor of Planet Stories by Radell Faraday Nelson.
Fred Galvin submitted a 1946 cite from a letter by Travis Willis in Startling Stories.
Fred Galvin submitted a 1947 cite from a letter by Larry Shaw to Planet Stories.
Fred Galvin submitted a 1948 cite from a letter by Dan Lesperance to Startling Stories.
Besides any antedatings, we would be interested to see any cites for this term outside SF fandom.
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