The Last G-FAN Arrives

Above, G-FAN #150.

Earlier today, J. D. Lees and I had a small exchange over one of our favorite non-kaiju topics, Ronald Reagan. I sent him the blog post of the photo of Reagan hosting Death Valley Days. This was before he ran for California governor.

A little while ago, I made my eight-mile trek to the post office at Continental Divide to pick up my mail. Included in my mailbox was the last issue of G-FAN (number 150), the Godzilla/kaiju fan magazine J. D. published since the 1990s. Funny how things work out. Here we were discussing another favorite topic and, lo and behold, the last G-FAN arrives.

While it is sad that an end of an era is here, at least now that J. D. has retired from teaching and now G-FAN, he can enjoy more of life's pleasures. He (and wife Ruth) have an open invitation to come down to visit New Mexico and the Four Corners region. I think they would enjoy seeing Durango, Colorado and Monument Valley (which, by the way, made it into 2004's Godzilla Final Wars) and sample New Mexico cuisine.

G-FAN #150 is a thick issue with 130 pages (or, if one is counting the inside front and back covers, 132 pages) and is loaded with lots of good stuff for leisurely summertime reading. My last G-FAN write-up is on page 59. J. D. included a photo of Kenji Sahara and me from 2009. It has been a while since I've seen that picture and noticed that I was heavier back then. I'm now in the 150s. 

Anyway, as others have posted online (mainly at Facebook), while it is sad to see the end of G-FAN, but at least we can dig the issues out on occasion for re-reading pleasure.