Broken Pencil nomination - Best Art Zine category

I was thrilled to get nominated in the best art zine category of the Broken Pencil Awards in Canada 2022. There were lots of amazing zines showcased at the event and online. As part of the event, I was asked to make a short film that showed some details about Future Fantasteek! No.21

Interview about Zineopois and Future Fantasteek! For Hotondo Zero Yen Daigaku, Japan.

It was great to do an interview recently for Masaki Okada (editor) Hotondo Zero Yen Daigaku, Japan. 
We spoke about Zineopolis the art zine collection I curate at the University of Portsmouth as well as Future Fantasteek and drawing on the train.

http://hotozero.com/column/world006/ 

Article by Masaki Okada (editor) for "Hotondo Zero Yen Daigaku"(it means "Let's enjoy universities more closely.") Our focus is to introduce University-related information (e.g. interesting researches, open lectures or events, and so on) for adult learners in Japan.

There's a roughly translated (via Google) version attached below here or you can visit the site to see the original content.

Future Fantasteek! in 'The Lilly', The Washington Post's Magazine.

Great to find Future Fantasteek! in The Lilly, The Washington Post's Magazine.

Click here to read 'The Lilly' feature on zines...

The feature asked asked six zine librarians or enthusiasts to share a zine they’ve enjoyed. 
Future Fantasteek! was recommended by Jeremy Brett, curator of the science fiction and fantasy research collection at Texas A&M University’s Cushing Memorial Library and Archives.

Here is the bit about Future Fantasteek!

Click here to read the whole 'The Lilly' feature on zines...

A luxury in these times of garbage!

"A luxury in these times of garbage!"
Best comment ever from The Bedeteca Lisbon, Portugal.

So, you can now read several issues of Future Fantasteek! in Lisbon.
https://bedeteca.wordpress.com/2013/03/20/future-fantasteek/

Photo courtesy of The Bedeteca Lisbon

"The Bedeteca Lisbon continues to receive fanzines, zines and other copyright publications. The more regular these days is the British  Future Fantasteek! , English illustration zine Jackie Batey , that this number 14 reminds horse meat walking in our processed food. Viva Capitalism, mate ! Are also old numbers this title available for consultation in the third room Bedeteca in that room full of journals and "aperiodic-zinescos" after all is the only public institution (and private?) That have this type of publications !!! A luxury in these times of garbage!"

 Google translation might be a bit quirky but you get the drift...

The Comics Alternative weekly podcast has a review of Future Fantasteek! No.16

Future Fantasteek! No.16 has just been reviewed by:

Screenshot from the Alternative Comics Homepage

"The Comics Alternative is a weekly podcast and blog focused on the world of alternative, independent, and primarily non-superhero comics. (There’s nothing wrong with the superhero genre…we just want to do something different.)" Quote from http://comicsalternative.com/

PODCAST REVIEW (for Future Fantasteek! scroll to 01.24.20)

http://comicsalternative.com/episode-153-reviews-of-the-dharma-punks-my-hot-date-tokyo-ghost-and-futurefantasteek/

Screenshot of the Alternative Comics Podcast page

The 'Two Guys' are Andy Kunka, a Professor of English at the University of South Carolina Sumter, where he teaches courses in literature, film, and comics. And Derek Royal a comics scholar and a professor at the University of Texas at Dallas in their School of Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication.

Their website has some fab links to further comics research and lots of reviews. Great site for anyone interested in comics and zines and sequential art/narrative.

#OpenComics: untold stories - The Guardian

#OpenComics: untold stories – share your comics and graphic art
Call from the Guardian, so I thought I'd share Future Fantasteek!
You can see the submissions here:
https://witness.theguardian.com/assignment/5554b63ce4b0e7790b8375bf

"We’re looking for interesting untold stories from around the world. The subject you choose is up to you – we simply want to see stories that you think are important and that are best told through graphic storytelling. It could be a weighty international issue such as freedom of speech and human rights, or it could be a more personal story about your community or something that affects you as an individual."  Witness - Guardian website