Drummer Magazine
Issue 25: December 1978
Cover, Masthead, and Contents

• Alternate Publishing
• Publisher: John H. Embry
• Editor-in-Chief: Jack Fritscher
• Art Director: Al Shapiro

Writing by Jack Fritscher in Drummer Issue 25

Masthead: Jack Fritscher, editor in chief
Fritscher adds tag line: “Drummer: The American Journal of Gay Popular Culture”

17 Pieces of Writing by Fritscher
1 Photograph (Front Cover Portrait) by Fritscher and Sparrow dba “Staff Photographer David Sparrow”
33 Photographs (Interior Editorial) for Centerfold and Interior Photographs by Fritscher and Sparrow dba “Staff Photographer David Sparrow”

• 1 Photograph (Front Cover Portrait) by Fritscher and Sparrow dba “Staff Photographer David Sparrow”

• “Contents Page,” one liners

• 1 Photograph (Interior Editorial): “Torso,” contents page, by Fritscher and Sparrow dba “David Sparrow”

• “Afraid You’re Not Butch Enough?” p. 6, editorial

• “Drummer Gift Guide,” pp. 17-21, captions

• “Astrologic” (Scorpio), p. 22, satire

• “Drumbeats, Yule Recipe: Bat,” p. 30, satiric essay

• “Gay Pop Culture Series: Fetishes, Equus (A One-Horse Open Sleigh),” pp. 31-39, review

• “Horsemaster: Come to the Stable,” p. 40, fiction

• “In Hot Blood: Ex-Cons-We Abuse Fags, Part 2,” pp. 41-44, feature interview, created by David Hurles and Fritscher

• “Big Mike Dinakos,” p. 49, centerfold captions

• 7 Photographs (Interior Editorial): “Big Mike Dinakos,” p. 49, by Fritscher and Sparrow dba “Staff Photographer David Sparrow”

• “We’re Looking for Mr. Drummer,” p. 68, promotional text

• 2 Photographs (Interior Editorial): “Looking for Mr. Drummer,” p. 68, by Fritscher and Sparrow dba “David Sparrow”

• “The Norseman,” p. 70, film review

• “Tough Shit,” p. 73, feature column created, collected, and produced by Fritscher

• “Tough Customers,” p. 78, first appearance of feature column invented, collected, and produced by Fritscher through Drummer 33; this column continued for twenty years

• “Dr. Dick, Drummer Goes to the Doctor, Amoebiasis: Your Ass Is Falling Out,” p. 80, feature, based on interview with Dr. Richard Hamilton, M. D.

• “Drummer Goes to Its Own Party,” pp. 88-91, feature

• 15 Photographs (Interior Editorial): “Drummer Goes to Its Own Party,” pp. 88-91, by Fritscher and Sparrow dba “David Sparrow”

• “Scottish Games: Men in Kilts,” pp. 92-93, feature

• 8 Photographs (Interior Editorial): “Men in Kilts,” pp. 92-93, by Fritscher and Sparrow dba “Photos by David Sparrow”

• “Sleep in Heavenly Peace,” p. 102, fiction