Discovered at CXC 2025 but starting a Kickstarter campaign on October 1, John G brings vibrant art and a meaningful story together in a seamless whole. It's in today's FANzine Live Crowdfunded Ziness video! WATCH: youtu.be/BkcLhl8xaxQ

Documenting one of the great American local comix scenes, Michael Dowers' Seattle Star tied the entire community together with GREAT comics. Let's take a look at a 1987 edition in today's FANzine Live Classic Zines video! WATCH: youtu.be/YQ2810mEeW4

It's our last stop (for now) in Vienna! Let's take a look at some ephemera and catalogs to see how Central European publishers promote their products. WATCH: youtu.be/n3hqKum_95w

In-depth study of comic art and cartooning from around the world and across the years! WATCH: youtube.com/shorts/vBP_a...

Let's look over the latest batch of United Fanzine Organization member zines - all seven of them - in today's FANzine Live New Releases video! Tons of variety coming out of the venerable fanzine co-op this time around... WATCH: youtu.be/D7rPyaLw-Lo

#SundaySteveWillis - From Cranium Frenzy #2, 1982. Get The Collected Cranium Frenzy at: craniumfrenzy.com

It's coming on November 1st, but what IS The Tragedy of Morty? Only one of the most ambitious (and successful) cartooning renditions of William Shakespeare that we've ever seen! Get a preview in today's FANzine Live Phoenix Spotlight video. WATCH: youtu.be/ijBqoNfev8w

The 2025 Cartoon Crossroads Columbus event has come and gone, another week celebrating the best of comic art. I got over to the weekend activities at the Columbus Metropolitan Library (well, the expo part), and here’s my report…errrr…zine haul. WATCH: youtu.be/x2boe0wG5lc

The FANzine Live Classic Zines video looks at a very modern topic through a 1980s lens...and with an underworld twist accompanied by a unique format choice and some great artwork! WATCH: youtu.be/mePtJHfzXlk

Today's FANzine Live World Zines video checks out Berlin's Renate Comics...and the 24th issue of their in-house anthology. We have some "amazing stories", but also some AMAZING work with variations on two-color printing! Check it out! WATCH: youtu.be/88HeVI_LHzU

Incredible meshing of traditional First Nations art and modern cartooning! youtube.com/shorts/NNKId...

2025 has been full of surprises, none moreso than the new Heavy Metal magazine making a special FAN zine for their diehard fans: The ANGRY MOB! Check out my printout of this digital zine in today's FANzine Live New Releases video! Watch: youtu.be/jFDE1luo5kk

#SundaySteveWillis - From Cranium Frenzy #1, 1981.

The proofs are flying around the country, and Steve's copies of The TRAGEDY of MORTY and The Collected Cranium Frenzy Reader have landed in McCleary! With a song in his heart, our hero takes his first look... WATCH: youtu.be/BStp83w92UU

Michael Fitzgerald Troy rescues one of the 1980s' great comic books, The Elementals, from obscurity with an incredible tribute book celebrating every aspect of the title. We look at it in today's FANzine Live Crowdfunded Zines video! WATCH: youtu.be/tpa8DN5wCes

A GREAT book. Highly recommended!

The horror works of H.P. Lovecraft have inspired small press creators for decades. Today's FANzine Live Classic Zines video looks at a gallery minicomic of Lovecraftian creations! WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpRv...

Sketches from a train trip seem simple enough...until you realize that the train is barrelling down the tracks at 50+ miles an hour! See how this Czech zinester did in today's FANzine Live World Zines video. WATCH: youtu.be/LHBiqG9TIPk

This isn't just an ordinary unboxing video. There's a genuinely exciting announcement in this one! WATCH: youtu.be/Ciorbw09_Ds

The gang at Rust Belt review consistently make great anthology comic collections in a fantastic package. Check out a recent issue in the latest FANzine Live New Releases video. WATCH: youtu.be/Z1Xn-P6aOWU

Smart discussion of comics and zines! Here's a quick look at Comics Blogger and The Comics Courier. WATCH: youtube.com/shorts/axTZy...

Surprise! I had a little unexpected time, so I pulled together a zine about the most fascinating element of my summer trip to Northern Ontario. I try to use the zine format to reinterpret what I saw. Does it work? Find out in today's FANzine Live Phoenix Spotlight video! WATCH: youtu.be/B8I8cNUAmQQ

Get the latest from the Scribbler! youtube.com/shorts/pldxa...

Want to see where fan culture really got rolling? Check out today's FANzine Live Classic Zines video, where you can look over one of the engines that helped revive the Star Trek franchise! WATCH: youtu.be/Pl1PzJBJxEM

The premise is simple: Cleveland native moves to Amsterdam. Stories ensue. Except...it's Amsterdam, which adds an entire new layer of complexity. Check it out in today's FANzine Live World Zines video! WATCH: youtu.be/jjuAtYuJHQI

Nine-ish months, hundreds of hours of work...it all comes down to this! WATCH: youtu.be/X0L6jDrAG7M --- THE COLLECTED CRANIUM FRENZY BY STEVE WILLIS - VOLUMES 1-3 AVAILABLE NOW AT CRANIUMFRENZY.COM !

Whether with his workshop students or flying solo, Alex Ferree finds a way to scratch his cartooning itch. We look at two short comix in today's FANzine Live New Releases video. WATCH: youtu.be/ON1Eb4i18Ww

FANzine Live's Phoenix Spotlight video returns with the third volume of The Collected Cranium Frenzy by Steve Willis! This edition, covering 2023-2024, offers a modern...and incredibly deft...cartoonist. Peak Steve Willis (so far?). WATCH: youtu.be/fenBC3-2A1s

Check out the latest from the legendary Dale Martin and the Mid-South Cartoonists Association! youtube.com/shorts/nEMco...

Looking for emotional comfort, a cartoonist buys a fish. It's a piranha, and things spiral out of control from there in this tasty treat of a minicomic that surely could only come from a FANzine Live Classic Zines video! WATCH: youtu.be/1oLJGoF__dE

Today's FANzine Live World Zines video gives us an up-close view of street protest. This wordless zine draws the reader in with its vivid color...providing an entirely unique experience in zine reading. WATCH: youtu.be/2qPrlPmybNI

Steve Willis' latest doesn't disappoint...and includes a nifty primer on his MANY characters! youtube.com/shorts/mxJOa...

Next-level story construction, combined with smart technical touches and expressive art, makes for a great FANzine Live New Releases video! WATCH: youtu.be/XPVirg8Ub6k

The System Error world returns with two short stories featuring adorable yet lethal robots in an unforgiving world. All in one of the finest zine packages you will see. WATCH: youtu.be/u-JK2-lgEsE

Great zines!! youtube.com/shorts/iGiGn...

¡AY CARAMBA! Steve Willis generously sent me a whole mess 'o' Classic Zines! Anyone see anything they recognize? 😊

In 1995, many of the leading creative lights of the small press comics world came together to share their beloved characters in....swimwear! Amazing Heroes had nothing on this zine, which we feature in today's FANzine Live Classic Zines video. WATCH: youtu.be/afvvhhMUDD0

We had to go to Australia to find such an informative and useful zine covering the core elements of every zine - paper and staples - but we did, and the results are in today's FANzine Live World Zines video! WATCH: youtu.be/Pu_OUMukxcA

Get Volumes 1-3 of classic surreal (and fun!) cartooning now! youtube.com/shorts/9Rfrh...

Today's FANzine Live New Releases video shows what you can do once you master the basics of drawing the human figure. This zine takes us in so many unexpected directions! WATCH: youtu.be/D61XS3pikyg

When you're remastering Cranium Frenzy, there are some non-negotiables. Learn what they are here. WATCH: youtu.be/Adp_2b9g8-M

Today's FANzine Live Crowdfunded Zines video brings us the first chapter of a story about the intersection of people and the technology they control...or do they? WATCH: youtu.be/5HZucBmhjOI

Today's FANzine Live World Zines video spotlights a fantastic new magazine collection filled classic English small press creators presenting their very best. WATCH: youtu.be/M81kZEbyTaA

The late Eclipse Comics published a four-issue miniseries in the 1980s, edited by small press/minicomic creators, that introduced the world to this homemade art form. We look at an issue in today's FANzine Live Classic Zines video! WATCH: youtu.be/JE_h2v779uM

The mail arrived in McCleary, Washington...and Steve Willis just got his copy of The Collected Cranium Frenzy Volume 3 proof! Let's see what he thinks of it... WATCH: youtu.be/a8miPksNDH0

Has anyone had as much fun learning how to make comics and tell good stories as through today's FANzine Live New Releases video? I doubt it. WATCH: youtu.be/3oofrMtK63s

Four speedsters have to deliver crucial supplies across an unforgiving planet. Will they outrace everything that gets in their way? We'll find out in today's fast-moving FANzine Live Crowdfunded Zines video! WATCH: youtu.be/GDSw7yb3cuE

Yours truly, as cartooned by Matt "Doc" Hoffman, in Tetragrammaton Fragments 280 (the latest edition of the United Fanzine Organization newsletter). I'd say it's an accurate representation, down to the lack of a clean shave. Thanks, Doc!

The Collected Cranium Frenzy Volume 2 by Steve Willis is on the street, which means that Steve Willis received his copies! Lean in closely and watch him celebrate the arrival...in song form... WATCH: youtu.be/96DB2g0-Tfg

Especially in the pre-Internet age, small press/zine communities tended to focus around geography. Today's FANzine Live Classic Zines video looks at an entertaining anthology from Kentucky creators (and a friend or two). WATCH: youtu.be/3zo1CUWbwqs