Arthur Thomson (fanzines)
- Arthur Thomson (fanzines)
Arthur Thomson (1927-1990) was a highly regarded member of British science fiction fandom from the 1950s onwards, both as a fanzine writer/editor and prolific artist (under the name "ATom") [http://www.fiawol.demon.co.uk/who/atom.html Fanzine bibliography] . Resident illustrator for the influential fanzine "Hyphen", he won the TransAtlantic Fan Fund in 1964 [http://taff.org.uk/taffhist.html#1964 List of TAFF winners] and visited the United States (an event he wrote up for the following year's "ATom Abroad" [http://www.fanac.org/fan_funds/atom/at01.html Online edition of Thomson's "ATom Abroad"] ). Thomson was nominated five times for the Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist, but never won.
Nearly two decades after his death, Thomson's distinctive artwork still appears in such fanzines as the Hugo-nominated, Nova Award-winning "Banana Wings". After Thomson won the 2000 Rotsler Award, it was decided not to present the Rotsler posthumously again. [http://www.scifiinc.org/rotsler/2000-thomson/ List of Rotsler Award winners]
References
External links
* [http://www.fiawol.demon.co.uk/who/atom.html Biography and bibliography by Rob Hansen]
* [http://www.scifiinc.org/rotsler/2000-thomson/ Samples of Thomson's art]
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