Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 17:40:30 -0600 To: [c--m--x] at [indra.com] From: [m--sf--g] at [cyberspc.mb.ca] (karl thomsen) Subject: international comic anthologies listing G'day folks! I'm hoping this isn't too long of a post for this list. I've tried to paste together a listing of international comic anthologies that I know of (or have at least heard of) International Comic Anthologies. It's a list I've included in my own small press comic anthology Sunburn (it's a comic zine from Canada), so if there's anything you think I should have included on this list please let me know. I know I posted the question a month or so ago, and I greatly appreciated those who responded. This list is merely what I am aware of, and I know I've probably missed out on a great many. Cheers! Karl Thomsen... NORTH AMERICA CANADA FOETUS Status: currently unknown. Size: 7" x 8.5" Editor: Mathieum Quesnel Only one issue known Sample Issue: $5 Mail: 602 Bourbonniere, Quebec, H1W 3M9 [A lively sampling of the vibrant underground comic art scene from Montreal featuring 20 different artists. At the moment I don't whether there may another issue coming...] ERRATA! Status: Currently active. First issue size: 8 1/2 x 11 bound book format (150 pages, $9) Editor: Lynette Bondarchuk Last known issue: #1 (September 1997) Next planned issue: #2 (1999?) Sample Issue available - contact for details Submissions are welcome - contact for details Email: [j--n--o] at [compusmart.ab.ca] Mail: #307-10147 108th Street, Edmonton, AB, T5J 1L1 [Somewhere between a comic anthology and a socially conscious zine, Errata features a healthy diversity of comic talent from across Canada. Although the second issue has experienced major delays, it will hopefully be published this year.] OBLIVIOSITER Status: currently active Size: 4.25" x 5.5" Editor: Tim Brown Publications schedule and themes: Jan 99 - #30 - "it's punk" part 1 Mar 99 - #31 - "school fight" part 2 May 99 - #32 - "nuclear comix" July 99 - #33 - "the kirov and other stories" Sep 99 - #34 - "it's punk" part 2 Nov 99 - #35 - "school fight" part 3 Sample Copy: $2.00 Submissions: Are welcome - see above. Email: [b--nc--x] at [sk.sympatico.ca] Mail: Box 115, Bradwell, SK, S0K 0P0 [A funky little publication, The Obliviositer has returned to it's anthological roots and all the issues for this year are theme oriented anthologies. Featuring a healthy cast of talented cartoonists from across North America, this is worth checking out!] STRANGE ADVENTURES/HALIFAX EXPLOSION Status: Currently active. Editor: Calum Johnstone Publication Schedule: sporadic Last known publication: Halifax Explosion #1 (Spring 1997) Strange Adventures #6 (Spring 1998) Next planned publication: Halifax Explosion #2 (Fall 1999) Strange Adventures #7 (Summer 1999) Sample issue: Halifax Explosion $3 postpaid; Strange Adventures #6 (220 pages) $8 postpaid Back issues available: Issues #1 (32 pgs, $3) & #3 (56 pgs, $4) are back in print. Submissions: Strange Adventures anthology takes submissions. Write for info. Email: [c--l--m] at [hfx.auracom.com] Mail: 5262 Sackville St., Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3J 1K8 Web: http://www.isisnet.com/~calum (or try www.isisnet.com/calum) [Halifax Explosion is an HFX Comic cosponsored by the comic store Strange Adventures (recently named as the world's best comic book shop and the shop and owner appeared in Superman: Man of Steel #74) and brings together a lively cast of mainstream inspired comic artists. It offers a number of super powered comics set in the city of Affix. The Strange Adventures Comic Anthology is a publication that presents diverse offerings of East Coast inspired comics, from manga to goth, humour to s-f/fantasy.] SUNBURN Status: Currently active. Standard magazine format. Editor: Karl Thomsen Publication Schedule: Triannually Current issue: #10 (Spring 1999) Next planned issue: "Beyond Words: a wordless comic anthology" (June 1999), Halloween Special (September 1999) Back issues available: #1, 2, 4, 6-9 Recent Issue: $4 (back issues $2 a piece) Subscription: 3 for $10 Submissions are welcome - contact for details. Email: [m--sf--g] at [cyberspc.mb.ca] Mail: P.O. Box 2061, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3C 3R4 Web: http://www.cyberspc.mb.ca/~mosfog/ [Sunburn features a diverse array of talented Canadian underground cartoonists. Stay tuned for the international wordless comic anthology coming in June! Deadline for submissions is May 1, 1999.] SPOUTNIK #1 [I don't know much about this anthology yet, but it sounds pretty good. It features a healthy sampling of talented comic artists from Quebec and France. If anyone knows any more, please let me know!] USA Okay, I admit - my knowledge of decent comic anthologies from the States is pretty pathetic. I hope to have a better sampling for the next update to this list... ONI DOUBLE FEATURE Issue #12 just came out February 1999 Email: [oni 1] at [onipress.com] Web: www.onipress.com Top Shelf Issue #6 came out in spring 1998 [80 pages, squarebound, $6.95, professionally published] Email: [t--sh--f] at [europa.com] Web: www.topshelfcomix.com Mail: P.O. Box 1282, Marietta, GA 30061 EUROPE BELGIUM BEELDSTORM "Stripmagazine" Status: Currently active. Size: 8.25" x 11.625" Editor: Mong Cocquyt Publication schedule: sporadic Current issue: February 1999 Back issues available: $3 each Submissions welcome - 'No preferred language (note: if you send in something in English, we'll probably translate it) Email: [b--ds--m] at [urgent.rug.ac.be] Mail:Helig-Sacramenstraat 3, 9000 Gent, Belgium [A high quality comic anthology from Belgium featuring a healthy array of talented artists. Highly recommended.] FORMALINE Status: A one-shot comic anthology Size: 288 pages (softbound; 8.25" x 11.625") Editor: Peter Van Laarhoven Email: [Peter Vanlaarhoven] at [solvay.com] Publisher: vzw Brozen Adhemar Stichting First published December 1995 [Although just a one-shot comic anthology (also available on CD ROM), Formaline features a wonderful array of comic talent from around the world well worth getting a hold of. Bries or some of the other distro services may still have copies of this book around.] FINLAND NOITARUMPU Status: currently in limbo. Editors: Pekka Ollikainen, Paavo Rajamo, Hans Nissen Email: [p--j--o] at [muikku.jmp.fi] http://teeri.jmp.fi/~prajamo Last known issue: #6 Next planned issue: #7 (no release date set) Issues available: #1, #2, #3, #5, #6 (Issues 1 and 3 are in low supply. Issues 1, 2, 3, 6 have translation sheets while #5 doesn't need one.) Sample Copy: #1 & 2 are $4 (US), while all the rest are $3 Trade friendly with other comic zines Mail: PL 56, FIN-70101 KUOPIO, FINLAND Hepokuja 6 B 26, FIN-01200 Vantaa, Finland [Noitarumpu (Sorcerer's Drum) offers up a healthy sampling of talented young Finnish alternative comic artists. Currently the publication is in limbo, but back issues are still available.] SARJARI Status: currently active Size: 8.125" x 11.75" Editor: Pekka Allan Manninen Latest Issue: #48 (halloween issue) Mail: Kortelahdenkatu 10-12 A 8, 33230 Tampere, Finland [Begun in 1981, Sarjari is probably the longest running active anthology that I know of. It has a more mellow nature than the other current Finnish anthologies.] SUURI KURPITSA Editor: P. Kallio Sample Copy: $? Mail: Box 260, 33101 Tampere, Finland [Suuri Kurpitsa (Great Pumpkin) is a well established comic anthology that is well connected to the Finnish alternative comics scene. It is an annual publication, but it sporadically publishes Pieni Kurpitsa (Small Pumpkin) as a smaller anthology collection.] UBU Status: currently active Size: 6.5" x 9.25" Editors: Hans Nissen & J-P Valkeapää Email: [h c nissen] at [kaapeli.fi] Current Issue: #2 (late 1998, English translation sheet available) Next issue planned for late 1999 Sample Copy: $6 Trade friendly with other comic zines Mail: Kreegah!Bundolo,c/o Hans Nissen, Karjalankatu 9 as 9, 15140 Lahti, Finland [UBU is a professional and focussed publication that showcase some very talented alternative comic artists from across Europe (particularly Finnish). Well worth a look!] VACUUM Status: currently active Size: 8.125" x 11.625" Editors: Maria Björklund and Petri Bergman Email: <[m b jorklu] at [uiah.fi]> or <[petri bergman] at [hpv.fi]> Current Issue: #9 (Fall 1999, features artists from across Europe) Next Planned Issue: Late Summer 1999. Sample Issue: $5 Trade friendly with other comic zines Mail: Björklund & Bergman, Tahkakuja 5 E 65, 01370 Vantaa, Finland [Vacuum is a very spirited and eclectic comic that features an invigorating diversity of European and Finnish comic talent. Each issue is very unique in it's own way. Check it out!] NETHERLANDS EILAND Status: currently active. Size: 64 pages (16,8 cm x 24,5 cm) Editor: Stefan van Dinther, Eric van der Heijden & Tobias Schalken Publisher: De Eiland Groep Publication schedule: sporadic Current issue: #2 Next Issue planned: Christmas 1999 Back issues available: issue one sold out, issue two still available Submissions: no Email: [stefan j h] at [xs4all.nl] Web: www.xs4all.nl/~stefanjh Mail: Marnixkade 93-1, 1015 ZJ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Distros: Het Raadsel, Nieuwe Hemweg 7e-f, 1013 BG, Amsterdam, The Netherlands SLOVENIA STRIPBURGER Status: Currently active. Standard magazine format (11.625" x 8.125") Editor: Matej Kocjan Publisher: Strip Core Publication schedule: 3 issues are planned for each year: 2 regular, multilingual, 88 pgs + 1 special, thematic issue. Current issue: #20 Next planned issues: May 1999 - American edition of XXX(Strip)burger, English, cca 160pgs., sex theme May 1999 - regular issue Stripburger #22 featuring a block with Swedish comix Autumn 1999 - regular issue Stripburger #23 featuring a block with Italian comix Back issues available: Yes. Submissions: "Yes, we're always interested in new submitters. Everybody is welcome to send the material. Please, xerox copies only (no originals)." Email: [b--rg--r] at [kud-fp.si], [c--e] at [kud-fp.si] Web: www.ljudmila.org/stripcore/com.htm Mail: c/o Strip Core, Forum Ljubljana, Metelkova 6/1, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia Distros: Slab-O-Concrete, Bries, Westhampton House, Bug Powder Distribution, Higher Ground Comics, & Radovan Popovic [Probably the best comic anthology I have seen period. The diversity and the abundance of alternative comic talent within each issue is impressive. It's inspiring to see how much talent there is over there in Eastern Europe. I should mention that some of the issues are in English, while other issues come with english translation sheets. Contact them for further details.] SPAIN NAPARTHEID Status: currently active. Size: 11.625" x 8.125" Current issue: #25 (?) Mail: Uztarrotze Karrika, 40; 31014 Irünea; Nafarroa ...or you can probably reach them through the Napartheid zine library address: 127.Postakutxa, Trintxerpe-Pasaia, Gipuzkoa 20110, The Basque Country, Spain [I started getting this funky anthology in the mail after I sent some Sunburn to Napartheid's zine library. Unfortunately, the cover art is usually more interesting than the content. But worth a look nonetheless.] NEW ZEALAND FUNTIME COMICS PRESENTS Status: Currently active. Size: 5.75" x 8.25" Editor: Darren Schroeder Publication schedule: sporadic Current issue: #12, January 1999 Next planned Issue: ? Publication Schedule: sporadic Back issues available: Sample Issue: ?? Trade friendly with other similar publications Submissions: Advertising rates are available. Email: [d--rr--n] at [es.co.nz] Web: currently down Mail:12 Hoani St, Papanui, Christchurch, New Zealand [A casual comic anthology from New Zealand, it features a healthy array of styles and genres. It's best feature is it's "The New Zealand Comics register" which is a listing of Kiwi comic artists. The full list is stored on it's web site (currently down), but each issue features an update to the list. Worth a look see if you want to see what's going on down under.] AFRICA BITTERCOMIX Editors: Anton Kannemeyer & Conrad Botes Email: [j--ed--g] at [smartnet.co.za] Mail: PO Box 654, Sunnyside, Stellenbosch 7599, 0132 South Africa [Bitterkomix have published eight issues to date as well a separate comic called GIF... but they have also just recently published The Best of Bitterkomix. According to my sources, Bries (see distro section further on) is apparently carrying it, and some of the other ones may as well.] and other comics that i need to know more about but mention anyway... ZONE 5300 "strips, culture & curiosa" Status: currently active. Editor: Marcel Ruijters Publication schedule: bimonthly Email: [zone 5300] at [xs4all.nl] Mail: P.O. Box 6080, 3020 AB, Rotterdam, Netherlands THANK GOD IT'S UGLY Editor: Marcel Ruijters Mail: P. Jacobstraat 6, 6133 Amsittard, Netherlands [Apparently it celebrates the ugly part of society and all that good stuff...] INCOGNITO Mail: Bergblauwstraat 296, 1503 ML Zaandem, Netherlands [Recently it celebrated it's fifth anniversary with it's 14th edition...] PANEL Format: A4 Mail: Postfach 10 26 65, D-28026, Bremen, Germany Internet The internet offers up a very unique comic reading experience. Of special interest to fans of comic anthologies are the two sites I've listed below. They are free, open 24 hours, and are an excellent place to sample work by talented comic book artists from around the world. Happy surfing! ism comics - the online comics Web: http://ism.opal.de/ Editor: Kate Blakstad-Cooke Last updated: February 1997 Email: [p--g--n] at [gits.co.uk] or [s t rangefish] at [hotmail.com] "Ism Comics is an online anthology of some of the very best independent, small press and mini comics from around the world. There are already around 200 pages of the very best smaller press comics here for you to read. There are 17 creators online, with more to come very soon. You'll find more than sample artwork and story teasers here. Ism is made up of complete comics-everything from 4 panel strips to 40 page stories. The majority of the work in this site from the UK and North America, although we hope to include work from all over the world. Ism is not restricted to a single style or voice, but supports diversity of art, writing and ideas." [Although this site has been neglected for a while now, there may be more to come. Regardless, this excellent web site offers up a healthy selection of North American and European artists. It's a great place to spend some time and check out some very talented cartoonists!] COMIC UNIVERSE Editor(s): Unknown Last updated: fairly recently by the looks of it... Web: www.comicuniverse.com Email: [i--o] at [comicuniverse.com] "'Comics are an important form of expression that crosses all national and cultural boundaries, great fun and can further peace and goodwill among nations.'- Osamu Tezuka Our galaxy of rising stars and glimmering nebulae scintillating orbs and luminous asterisks and dazzling nebulosities: comics * manga * sequential art * gags * drawn books * strips * SPIN COMICS * bd * & more visual miscellanea from around the world. Comic Galaxy will be showcasing talent from all over the world, artists and comic creators from over fifteen countries whose work spans innumerable genres and whose bewitching ideas burst forth from the independent, alternative, underground and experimental wellsprings of those countries." [This web site features information and comics/artwork by approximately 200 artists from around the world (literally!). Although I couldn't figure out the full story behind the site (the site is apparently still under construction), it does look like the people behind it are also small press comic book publishers. Overall, it was an excellent site to check out a very diverse range of comic talent from around the world. Check it out!] NETCOMICS Web:www.kaapeli.fi/~sarjaks/verkkosk/netcomics.html Last updated: March 1999 Editor: Jenni Rope Email: [j--o--e] at [uiah.fi] (Translations by Jean Ramsey) "New finnish comics monthly! NetComics is published by Finnish Comics Society. Any comments?" [Sponsored by the Finnish Comics Society, they started the web site in 1994 and continue to update the site with new artwork on a regular basis. They also have brief biographies on the various artists who appear at the web site.]