. . . . . . . . "1982"^^ . "5"^^ . . . . . . . "BEM"@en . . "63086651"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "Worcester"@en . . . . . . . . . "BEM, originally known as Bemusing Magazine, was a British fanzine focused on comic books which was published roughly five times a year from 1973 to 1982. The brainchild of Martin Lock, BEM featured American and British comics industry news and gossip, interviews, comic reviews, essays, columns, and comic strips. Billed as \"The Comics News Fanzine,\" BEM eventually transitioned into a professionally produced comics magazine. As time went on, the fanzine also became more of a \"strip-zine,\" with original comics content \u2014 some of it written by Lock \u2014 increasing year by year. Notable artistic contributors to BEM over the years included Brian Bolland, Dave Gibbons, Mike McMahon, Bryan Talbot, , and ."@en . . . . . . . . . "BEM"@en . . . . "BEM fanzine .jpg"@en . "Cover of issue #22 . Artwork by Hunt Emerson."@en . . . "BEM (magazine)"@en . . . . . . . . "BEM, originally known as Bemusing Magazine, was a British fanzine focused on comic books which was published roughly five times a year from 1973 to 1982. The brainchild of Martin Lock, BEM featured American and British comics industry news and gossip, interviews, comic reviews, essays, columns, and comic strips. Billed as \"The Comics News Fanzine,\" BEM eventually transitioned into a professionally produced comics magazine. As time went on, the fanzine also became more of a \"strip-zine,\" with original comics content \u2014 some of it written by Lock \u2014 increasing year by year. Notable artistic contributors to BEM over the years included Brian Bolland, Dave Gibbons, Mike McMahon, Bryan Talbot, , and ."@en . "Cover of issue #22 (Jan. 1979). Artwork byHunt Emerson."@en . . "1120061945"^^ . . . . . . . . "United Kingdom"@en . "Comics, News, Criticism, Interviews"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "English"@en . . . . . . . . "1973-11-17"^^ . "1973-11-17"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . "36"^^ . . . . . . . . "14359"^^ . .