Ape Chronicles is the fanzine of the Planet Of The Apes Fan Club (not affiliated directly with 20th Century Fox). It is the longest running Planet Of The Apes themed fanzine publication and the longest running fan club. Planet of the Apes Fan club was started in 1991 by Terry Hoknes in response to a new promotion of the Planet Of The Apes franchise through comic books put out by Adventure Comics during 1990-1993.

Ape Chronicles fanzine was published bi-monthly from 1991 to 1998. At that time the website was established which is currently found at PlanetOfTheApesFanClub.com. Regular frequent publishing of Ape Chronicles began again in 2008.
Contents of Ape Chronicles
To this date 45 different issues have been published and all issues are always kept in print at the fan club website. The fanzine and fan club was created as a way to unite fans of the science-fiction series and to gather current news in the fanzine including reviews, original artwork, original fan fiction, biographies, interviews and original comic strips. Some highlights of issues include #23 - the merchandise issue and issues with interviews with the likes of Linda Harrison and Roddy McDowall. Regular features of Ape Chronicles include "Encyclopedia" which is an indepth breakdown of every character, place and event in each movie, tv episode and comic strip. "The Lawgivers" features extensive biographies of cast and crew of the movies and TV shows including full filmographies. Rare unused scripts as well as new original fan fiction is also present in many issues.
History Of POTA Fanzines

Many dedicated POTA fans have started up fanzines but most have been short lived or sporadic in publication

Simian Scrolls is the most popular POTA related fanzine currently published out of the UK.
This is an index of all the known POTA fanzines of the past 30 years
- Ape Chronicles #1-45 (1991-present)
- Simian Scrolls #1-14 (2000-present)
- Ape Crazy #1-7 (1992-1993) Mark and Tim Wasylyszyn
- Apesfan #1 (1994)
- Sacred Scrolls #1 (1996?)
- Century City News from Brazil - numerous issues (1980s-1990s)

Most of these titles/fanzines can be ordered through the Fan Club website at PlanetOfTheApesFanClub.com
POTA Fan Email Groups

With the onset of the internet the fanzine and fan club is promoted through email groups and video sites.
POTA - pota@subscribe@yahoogroups.com
POTADG - potadg@subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Ape Chronicles - apechronicles-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Fans of the series can join any of these yahoogroups at any time and they can join the Fan Club.
New fans are always sought out and encouraged to join in with contributions to the Ape Chronicles Fanzines.
POTA Community - Active Fans

Important POTA fans, promoters of POTA projects and/or Fan Club members include:

Terry Hoknes - Ape Chronicles fanzine Publisher and Fan Club Site Owner
Jeff Krueger - Ape Chronicles fanzine writer
John Roche - Simian Scrolls fanzine
Dave Ballard - Simian Scrolls fanzine and POTA fan fiction writer
James Aquila - POTA fiction writer and Fan Club Promoter
Michael Whitty - POTA fiction writer and Fan Club Promoter
Neil T. Foster - POTA artist
Patrick Tilton - POTA article writer
Luiz Adami - Century City News fanzine from Brazil
Hunter Goatley - Host of the Internet's Best POTA Website
Greg Plonowski - POTA massive contributor to Goatley website
Alex Ruiz - POTA Multi-Media site
Bill Hollweg - POTA BrokenSea Productions
Graham Hill - POTA artist

Some of the longest running fans and collectors of POTA merchandise include:
Jerry Brown, Ken Taylor, Harry Barnes, Alan Maxwell, Dario Sciola, David Livingston-Lowe, Philip Madden, Lynne Miller
Ape Chronicles Acknowledgements
Ape Chronicles and/or Terry Hoknes and Jeff Krueger have been interviewed, mentioned or thanked in the following publications:

Timeline of the Planet of the Apes: The Definitive Chronology by Rich Handley (2008)
- Ape Chronicles mention and thanks to Terry Hoknes

Planet of the Apes as American Myth: Race, Politics, and Popular Culture by Eric Greene and Richard Slotkin (Paperback - Dec 15, 1998)
- p175 Ape Chronicles and Terry Hoknes and Ape Crazy

The Legend of the Planet of the Apes: Or How Hollywood Turned Darwin Upside Down by Brian Pendreigh (Paperback - Sep 1, 2001)
- p172-173 Terry Hoknes
- p156 Terry Hoknes
- appendix 7 special thanks to Terry Hoknes
- p212 Terry Hoknes in index

Planet of the Apes: An Unofficial Companion by David Hofstede (Paperback - Jun 2001)
- p176 ape chronicles full page plug and terry hoknes
- p126-128 Jeff Krueger interview
- p123-125 terry hoknes interview
- p102 fanzines ape chronicles
- p1 thanks

O Unico Humano Bom E Aquele Que Esta Morto! by Saulo Adami (Brazil, Softcover - 1996)
- p149 Fan Club listing Ape Chronicles and address
- p157 Fans Canada Terry Hoknes
- p160 Fanzines Ape Chronicles plus picture of #7

Diarios De Hollywood by Saulo Adami (Brazil, Softcover - 2008) thanks and photographs by Jeff Krueger

Comic Book Marketplace #68 (1998) 4 page article on POTA collectibles by Terry Hoknes

Planet Of The Apes #12 (1991) Adventure Comics - letter by Terry Hoknes

Planet Of The Apes #19 (1992) Adventure Comics - letter by Terry Hoknes

Blood Of The Apes (1991) Adventure Comics - letter by Terry Hoknes

Other Planet Of The Apes Fan and/or Fan Club related sites
*Hunter's Planet of the Apes Archive Extensive fan site with information on all original films and series, with full television scripts, comics and other relevant material.
*Planet of the Apes discussion group POTADG Yahoogroups Discussion Group
*Planet of the Apes discussion group POTA Yahoogroups Discussion Group
*Planet of the Apes discussion group Ape Chronicles Yahoogroups Discussion Group
*Planet of the Apes Media Archive -- Multi-Media website including original One Sheet posters, Trading Card, Restored Comics Covers, an interactive Timeline, Rare Videos and much more.
*Planet of the Apes Yahoo! Group -- A Community of Planet of the Apes fans. Yahoo's Oldest and Largest POTA group. Ranked #2 Best of Yahoo Movies Groups.
* International POTA Fan Club Website - Home of the fanzine Ape Chronicles published since 1991 - longest running POTA project ever. Over 45 issues published and promoted at the website. Fan site with information on all films and series and a POTA collectibles store.
* -- One of the oldest and most complete Planet of the Ape sites on the Net.
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* Forum of the Apes - the definitive apes forum and costuming community
*Apemania -- Website of the Apemania performance art group.