Bill Kunkel

(1950 -- September 4, 2011)

Fan artist Kunkel's artwork consisted of satirical cartoons who was married to fellow fan Charlene Kunkel. He was a contributor to Trap Door and other fanzines.

He also co-founded the first magazine devoted to video and computer games, Electronic Games. Kunkel worked as a game designer, a comic book writer, and professional cartoonist. The Kunkel Awards for video game journalism are named after him. (See https://www.spj.org/kunkel.asp.)

Fanzines and Apazines:

• Doodlebug (with Laurie Yates)
• Four-Star Extra with (Charlene, Kunkel, Arnie Katz, and Joyce Katz)
• Genook
• Rats! (with Charlene Kunkel)

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