Spockanalia - Star Trek fanzine 

The history and significance of fan culture often go unnoticed, as we tend to prioritize “original” ideas, even though most are shaped by what came before. Fans are driven by strong emotional connections and engage with media in creative ways by producing art, writing, fashion, and more. To be a fan is to be an enthusiast and share some amount of devotion to either a celebrity, character, or work, and many choose to show their love through crafting something physical or something that can be revisited. 

Star Trek is famously known as being one of the first real fandoms ever to exist.  Most likely, where words like “Fandom” and “Fanfiction” came from. Spockanalia, one of the first fanzines ever published, popularized the idea of creating fan art and fan fiction for a form of media. While most of Spockania was made up of original stories, poetry, and art by fans, it also held letters from the actors written in and out of character. This fanzine was so huge that it even reached Gene Roddenberry, creator of Star Trek, himself, to whom he would write to the creators of Spockanalia and print multiple copies of the zine to give to his staff.