CLAWmarks is CLAWs' bi-annual magazine. Written by CLAWmembers for CLAWmembers, it's filled with in-jokes, subculture-specific humour, reports on CLAWevents and occasionally even some articles related to roleplaying.
Two regular features are the Archbigot of the Necropolis and the Classifieds. The Classifieds are a failed attempt to confine the in-jokes to one section of the magazine and then hide them at the back. The end result is always that the in-jokes breed rapidly during the editing process and then explode out, filling every nook and cranny - often squeezing out finely-crafted, insightful prose. If in-jokes are the Port Jackson of CLAWmarks then the classifieds are Australia.
The Archbigot is a lengthy, non sequitur rant directed at a random victim and written by the exhausted editorial team on the morning that the magazine is due to be printed. It often involves goats, bananas and freckles, and occasionally poodles too.
Here's a place for keeping track of current submissions.
Back Issues
You can find downloadable versions of some back issues below.
Physical copies of older back issues are available from the CLAWs library. Some are much, much more available than others.
Please help us get back issues online if you can!
Issues:
| Issue
| Released
| Digital master
| PDF
| Notes
|
|---|
| 65
| Dragonfire 2021
|
|
|
|
| 64
| Dragonfire 2020
|
|
|
|
| 56
| Orientation 2017
|
|
|
|
| 55
| Dragonfire 2016
| Scribus?
|
|
Pocket edition.
|
| 54
| Orientation 2016
| Scribus
|
|
Pocket edition.
|
| 53
| Dragonfire 2015
| Scribus
|
|
Pocket edition.
|
| 52
| Orientation 2015
| Scribus
|
|
Pocket edition.
|
| 51
| Dragonfire 2014
| Scribus
|
|
Pocket edition. Ridiculously long edition; you probably don't own it because it was sold for way too much to cover printing costs.
|
| 50
| Orientation 2014
| Scribus
|
|
Pocket edition.
|
| 49
| Dragonfire 2013
| Scribus
|
|
Pocket edition. Limited printing of colour covers. Epic fail by the print shop resulted in late arrival. Some people got really special editions with upside-down pages or in one notable case an invitation to somebody's eightieth birthday party stapled into the centre.
|
| 48
| Orientation 2013
| Scribus?
|
|
Pocket edition
|
| 47
| Dragonfire 2012
| Scribus
|
|
|
| 46
| Orientation 2012
| Scribus
|
| Another A5 printing. Not exactly pocket edition, but it fits in a handbag. Subtle differences between high- and low-res PDFs because a bugfix in Scribus necessitated some text re-flowing.
|
| 45
| Dragonfire 2011
|
|
|
|
| 44
| Orientation 2011
|
|
|
|
| 43
| Dragonfire 2010
|
|
|
|
| 42
| Orientation 2010
|
|
|
|
| 41
| Dragonfire 2009
| InDesign
|
|
|
| 40
| Orientation 2009
| InDesign
|
| Printed as an A5 booklet. You might not see it in your collection because it's so short.
|
| 39
| Dragonfire 2008
| InDesign
|
|
|
| 38
| Orientation 2008
| InDesign
|
|
|
| 37
| Dragonfire 2007
|
|
|
|
| 36
| Orientation 2007
|
|
|
|
| 35
| Dragonfire 2006
|
|
|
Kidnapped by the printers; released after Dragonfire.
|
| 34
| Orientation 2006
|
|
|
|
| 33
| Dragonfire 2005
| Scribus
|
|
|
| 32
| Orientation 2005
| Scribus
|
|
|
| 31
| Dragonfire 2004
| QuarkXPress
|
|
|
| 30
| Orientation 2004
| none?
|
|
|
| 29
| Dragonfire 2003
| none?
|
|
|
| 28
| Orientation 2003
| PageMaker
|
|
|
| 27
| Dragonfire 2002
| PageMaker
|
|
|
| 26
| Orientation 2002
| PageMaker
|
|
|
| 25
| Dragonfire 2001
| QuarkXPress
|
|
|
| 24
| Orientation 2001
| Word
|
|
|
| 23
| Dragonfire 2000
| Word (partial?)
|
|
|
| 22
| Orientation 2000
|
|
|
|
| 21
| Dragonfire 1999
|
|
| Also known as CLAWmarks Blackjack.
|
| 20
| Orientation 1999
|
|
|
|
| 19
| Dragonfire 1998
|
|
|
|
| 18
| Orientation 1998
|
|
|
|
| 17
| Dragonfire 1997
|
|
|
|
| 16
| Orientation 1997
|
|
|
|
| 15
| Dragonfire 1996
|
|
| Some of the pages were printed out of order. This is corrected in the PDF.
|
| 14
| Orientation 1996
|
|
|
|
| 13
| Dragonfire 1995
|
|
|
|
| 12?
| Orientation 1995
|
|
|
|
| 11
| Dragonfire 1994
|
|
|
|
| 10
| Orientation 1994
|
|
|
|
| 9
| Dragonfire 1993
|
|
|
|
| 8
| Orientation 1993
|
|
|
|
| 7
| Dragonfire 1992
|
|
|
|
| 6
| Orientation 1992
|
|
|
|
| 5?
| Dragonfire 1991
|
|
|
|
| 4
| Orientation 1991
|
|
|
|
| 3
| Dragonfire 1990
|
|
|
|
| 2
| Orientation 1990
|
|
|
|
| 1
| Dragonfire 1989
|
|
|
|
CLAWmarks stuff
CLAWmarks ISSN
CLAWmarks has its very own ISSN, courtesy of DefyCapitalisation.
- ISSN 1728-3221
- Key title: Clawmarks
- Abbreviated key title: Clawmarks
Note to future editors: The ISO standard on ISSN recommends to print the number preceded by the letters ISSN on each issue, preferably in the upper right hand corner of the cover. Now that you're aware of the recommendation, feel free to throw it out the windows.
