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Zine3Cher Zine 3: This Is Cher (SOLD OUT—will run reprint soon)

This Is Cher, A Cher Zine 3, stuffed with the brilliant works of Cher fans everywhere, is now available.

Columns and Reviews:

  • The Virtues of Chastity by Robrt L. Pela (Sidebar conversation with Cher Scholar and Robrt Pela)
  • More Ask Cher Scholar
  • The Valley of the Cher Dolls by JeffRey Clagett
  • Cher and Your Skin (The Infomercials) by Mary McCray
  • Synonyms for Strong (Cher and the Feminists) by Mary McCray interviews Alyson Bardsley, Priscilla Murolo, Tara James and Judith Halberstam
  • Why Is Cher a Gay Icon, comments compiled by Mary McCray
  • Interview with Sonny & Cher Guitartist Frank Wright
  • The Casablanca Years by Mary McCray
  • The Casablanca Years, Part 2 by Dishy
  • Going Solo with Sonny by Mary McCray
  • I Got You Babe, Revisited (Covers of Sonny & Cher Reviewed) by Mary McCray
  • The Video Marathon by Mary McCray, JeffRey Clagett, C. Crumpet Swank, Mr. Cher Scholar, Julie and Dave, and Natalie and Jewel.

Miscellaneous:

  • Meeting Cher by Eddie Casson
  • Cher Scholar Interviews Guitarist Frank Wright
  • Filming Mask (Peter Bogdanovich Talks at a Film Screening) by Mary McCray
  • The Offices of Cher Scholar
  • My Armenian Dinner Party by Mary McCray
  • A Very Sexy Centerfold by Mr. and Ms. Cher Scholar

Plus more poetry by S. Ruth Joffre and Terry Stout, Cher art by Michael Moncrief!

Zine2Cher Zine 2: Golden Greats (SOLD OUT—will run reprint soon)

This sophomore issue.

Columns and Reviews:

Miscellaneous:

  • Haikus for a Half Breed by Christopher Brisson
  • I Know My First Name is Joan: Perils of a Wig-naping, a cartoon by Julie Wiskirchen
  • A Cher Tour of Los Angeles by M.E. Ladd
  • The Sonny & Cher Single Database by Peter Matthew Ambrose
  • The Art of Album Covers by Chelsea Recicar, JeffRey Clagett and M.E. Ladd
  • The Jack Nicholson/Cher Muffin-Off
  • A Battle of the Stars Dinner Party (Jack Nicholson vs. Cher) by M.E. Ladd

Plus more fan poems by Ward Lamb and Pam Roberts, Cher art by Michelle Ross!

Spv1Superpak, Vol. 1

The premiere issue.

Features:

  • Cher Illusion: An Interview with Cher Impersonator Jeffery Thomas by Jeffery Thomas and Julie Robinson
  • I Got You Babe: A Retrospective on the song that made Sonny & Cher stars by M.E. Ladd
  • Cher’s Bane: Sexism, Ageism & Plastic Surgery by Megen Macdonald
  • Cher? Plastic Surgery Poster Girl? by Mary Anne Cassata
  • Web Dedication: a review of Cher Web Sites
  • The Gunslinger Ballads: Cher & the American West by M.E. Ladd
  • Notes From the Celluloid Couch on Moonstruck, Moonstruck Breakfast Recipes by M.E. Ladd

Columns and Reviews:

  • Ask Cher Scholar: The Cher-centric advice column
  • Cher Movies on DVD reviews by Denzil Foster
  • Believe It: Chicago Scores a Threepeat: A review of the trilogy of Cher concerts in the Chicago area by Jo Kozlowski
  • Must-have Re-releases from Sundazed: A review of the first three Sonny and Cher Atco recordings by Jo Kozlowski
  • Cher Bittersweet: The Love Songs Collection by Jo Kozlowski
  • The Soul of Cher: Stars Reviewed by M.E. Ladd
  • The MGM-HBO Concert Reviews by Gerri Priest and Julianne McConnell
  • Cher and Sonny & Cher: Greatest Hits – a review by Jo Kozlowski

Personal Narratives:

  • Tales of a Cherhead
  • After All: Confessions of a Lifelong Cher Fan by Michael J. Fitta
  • The Grand Opening of CHER by Judy Didelot
  • Love & Pain: A Cher Fan Deals with Loss by Laurie Feinstein
  • Don’t Stop Believing: Journey to Cher by Doug Wemple
  • A Force of Life – Cher inspires one fan to keep going by Ericka De Ciutiis

Poetry by Geno Mehalik, Chelsea Recicar, Tammy Hendel and Angie McKenzie, Fan Fiction by Rachel Shattuck, Art by Geno Mehalik, An Anthology of Quotes and finger nail art by Megan Macdonald, , The Obscure Cher Trivia Table, and Cher Stats (the scavenger hunt challenge).