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[[File:Steinpix.jpeg|thumb|upright=1.2|'''''[[Spacewarp]]'' 9 featured a [[Steinpix|Steinpic]] cover by Bob Stein.''' ]] | [[File:Steinpix.jpeg|thumb|upright=1.2|'''''[[Spacewarp]]'' 9 featured a [[Steinpix|Steinpic]] cover by Bob Stein.''' ]] | ||
| − | '''Robert L. Stein''' was a [[Milwaukee]] [[fan]], active in the 1940s and ’50s. | + | '''Robert L. Stein''' was a [[Milwaukee]] [[fan]], active in the 1940s and ’50s. He served in the Navy between 1943 and 1945. |
A [[fanartist]], he was famed for [[hekto]] “[[Steinpix]]” in which “Bob merrily adopted the technique of splashing the ink on with a brush rather than the conventional pen. These rainbowish concoctions went well with the multicolored balance of ''[[Spacewarp]]'' and were a distinguishing feature of the magazine for many issues,” [[The Purple Dawn|according to]] [[Redd Boggs]]. | A [[fanartist]], he was famed for [[hekto]] “[[Steinpix]]” in which “Bob merrily adopted the technique of splashing the ink on with a brush rather than the conventional pen. These rainbowish concoctions went well with the multicolored balance of ''[[Spacewarp]]'' and were a distinguishing feature of the magazine for many issues,” [[The Purple Dawn|according to]] [[Redd Boggs]]. | ||
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Revision as of 17:17, 26 September 2021
(Did you mean a 21st-century pro?)
(January 25, 1925 – April 26, 2000)
Robert L. Stein was a Milwaukee fan, active in the 1940s and ’50s. He served in the Navy between 1943 and 1945.
A fanartist, he was famed for hekto “Steinpix” in which “Bob merrily adopted the technique of splashing the ink on with a brush rather than the conventional pen. These rainbowish concoctions went well with the multicolored balance of Spacewarp and were a distinguishing feature of the magazine for many issues,” according to Redd Boggs.
He attended Philcon, the 1947 Worldcon, and bid unsuccessfully for Milwaukee in 1948. He belonged to the N3F and FAPA.
Over Labor Day weekend, 1948, he ran Beercon, which was attended by a number of Michifen and chronicled by Hal Shapiro in Spacewarp 19 (October 1948).
- Tympany (with Redd Boggs)
- Astronaut (with Redd Boggs)
| Person | 1925—2000 |
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