CLAWmarks / CLAWmarks

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
46	Orientation 2012			Another A5 printing. Not exactly pocket edition, but it fits in a handbag.
45	Dragonfire 2011
44	Orientation 2011
43	Dragonfire 2010
42	Orientation 2010
41	Dragonfire 2009
40	Orientation 2009			Printed as an A5 booklet. You might not see it in your collection because it's so short.
39	Dragonfire 2008		cm39.pdf (3.5M)
38	Orientation 2008		cm38.pdf (2.0M)
37	Dragonfire 2007
36	Orientation 2007
35	Dragonfire 2006			Kidnapped by the printers; released after Dragonfire.
34	Orientation 2006		cm34-cover.pdf (6.6M) cm34.pdf (43M)
33	Dragonfire 2005	Scribus	clawmarks33.pdf (5.6M) cover33.pdf (1.3M)
32	Orientation 2005	Scribus	clawmarks32.pdf (11M)
31	Dragonfire 2004	QuarkXPress
30	Orientation 2004	none?	cm30.pdf (7.8M)
29	Dragonfire 2003	none?	cm29.pdf (2.0M)
28	Orientation 2003	PageMaker	CLAWmarks28.pdf (13M)
27	Dragonfire 2002	PageMaker	CLAWmarks27online.pdf (2.4M)
26	Orientation 2002	PageMaker	CLAWmarks26.pdf (2.7M)
25	Dragonfire 2001	QuarkXPress	clawmarks25-cover.pdf (599K) clawmarks25-wholebody.pdf (5.7M)
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
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

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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.