| Cherry Lipstick | |
| |
| Background information | |
|---|---|
| Founded | July 1990 Nottingham, UK |
| Founder | Geronimo |
| Genre | Interviews, information, photos |
| Issued | 6 times a year |
| Number of pages | 36-80 |
| Date of last issue | 1994 (Volume 1) 2001 (Volume 2) 2017 (Vol 3 started) 2021 (Vol 4 starts) |
| Website | www.cherrylipstick.co.uk/ |
| Magazine | |
Cherry Lipstick was a Duran Duran fanzine, founded in the UK by Geronimo during July 1990.
About the fanzine[]
www.cherrylipstick.co.uk
The fanzine was originally meant to be a one-off birthday present for the founder's brother. It was exam time and as a way of delaying revision, Geronimo photocopied pictures, typed up several articles about Duran Duran and called it Duranzine. Then, the day before his birthday the decision was made to give the magazine a name, eventually chosen from lyrics in "Girls on Film".
Issue two was later produced in December 1990, followed by the third during July 1991. It was at this stage that the fanzine founder felt Cherry Lipstick could 'go public'. Over the following year plans were hatched for this to happen, which weren't until February 1993. Before that, CL:4 had been produced, the final trial issue before 'going public'.
There were 100-copies printed of the first 'published' Cherry Lipstick. With the price set at £1.30, the idea was to sell them at concerts and to advertise in Q magazine. This meant selling 70 copies was the target, to break even. Sales were disappointing until the August 1993 issue of Q, which included a four-page article on Duran Duran and featured an advert for Cherry Lipstick.
In the final issue (until 1997) published in 1994, Geronimo wrote that Cherry Lipstick was finishing because they were going to Poland to teach. Also published was a 'roll of honour', featuring the names of regular contributors to the fanzine.
On return from Poland the fanzine restarted in 1997 more successful than ever continuing until 2001. One regular reader said "It changed my life, but was not as good as horny pony."
In April 2017 Cherry Lipstick relaunched via its website www.cherrylipstick.co.uk/
In February 2021, Cherry Lipstick published 'In Discord and Rhyme - Unseen Duran Duran 1981' to celebrate the 40yth anniversary of Planet Earth. It features the photos of Justin Thomas (Kings of the Dark Moon).
In 2021 as a whole, Cherry Lipstick published five print fanzines, including one the release of Invisible (May 2021) and one on Future Past (October 2021).
In May 2022, Cherry Lipstick will publish its 40th print fanzine - all about the 40th anniversary of Rio.
The Cherry Lipstick roll of honour[]
- Founder - Geronimo
- Inspiration - J.R. Kiss
page example: 1994
- Simon Butler
- Paul Bisset
- Rhonda Corcoran
- John Cutcher
- Jackie Dent
- Jonathon Ebbs
- Claudia Foakes
- Rokos Frangos
- Esther Habrakan
- Emma Holloway
- Mandy Jones
- Malinda McCall (designer of the CL logo 1994)
- Jonathon Payne
- Kerry Poynter
- Jonah Wilson
- Manon Wortel
- Elena Zurru
