Cover by Iain Clark
​Page 3: Editor’s Note by Allison Hartman Adams
Page 4: Rebel Heat: How Andor Brought Sexy Back to Star Wars, by Hannah Strom-Martin
Page 6: Andor and America by David Ferguson
Page 8: Thoughts on Andor by Autun Purser
Page 10: Friends Everywhere by Allison Hartman Adams
Page 14: Dedra and Cyril: The Conflict of Love and Hatred, Ghorman and Empire by James Bacon
Page 20: Mon Mothma: Those First Few Episodes by James Bacom
Page 23: There’s No Crying in Spaceballs by Peppard Saltine
Page 27:  Andor Season 2 by James Mason
Page 29: Ghorman and Accents by James Bacon
Page 32: Another Good Guy With a Gun by Brenda Noiseux
Page 33: Strength by James Bacon
Page 37: Not-Maidens and Truth-Tellers: The Trope-Breaking Women of Andor, by Allison Hartman Adams
Page 43: Speeches, Manifestos, and Unblinking Eyes: The Importance of Bearing Witness by Josh Gauthier
Page 46: The Speeches of Andor, With Commentary by Allison Hartman Adams and James Bacon
Page 60: Mon Mothma: Rebel Leader by James Bacon
Page 63: Enditorial, Parts 1 and 2, by James Bacon
Page 64: A Note from Chris

Art by Autun Purser, Simon Adams, and Sara Felix

​Page 3: A Rambling Series of Thoughts on Comics Culture
By Chris Garcia
Page 5: Juanjo Guarnido—Artist of Blacksad
By James Bacon
Page 13: Comics 1964-2024
By James Bacon
Page 20: The Cartoon Art Museum(s)
By Chris Garcia
Page 23: Comic Combative by Jack Kirby Pfc
By James Bacon
Page 26: Image Duplicator
By James Bacon
Page 31: Comics Unmasked: Art and Anarchy in the UK
By James Bacon
Page 36: Heroes & Villains: The Comic Book Art of Alex Ross
By James Bacon
Page 39: Andy Warhol and Comics
By James Bacon
Page 45: Mel Ramos: Comic Book Portraiture
By Chris Garcia
Page 47: “I Can’t Find My Girl Annuals”
By James Bacon
Page 51: League of Volunteers by Robert Curley and Barry Keegan
By James Bacon
Page 53: Grant Morrison at Foyles, July 2011
By James Bacon
Page 55: The Ballad of Halo Jones: Thursday 5th January, 6.30 pm
By James Bacon
Page 57: Stories from Ireland Frank Miller at Dublin Comic Con
By James Bacon
Page 65: Super Hero Walking Tour of New York City
By James Bacon
Page 67: Review: Far Sector by N.K. Jemisin and Jamal Campbell
By James Bacon
Page 70: Far Sector Round Table with N. K. Jemison
By James Bacon
 

The great Steven H Silver comes aboard to bring us looks at the favorite Local (for values of local...) museums of dozens of fantastic contributors! 

​Page 4: Introduction, Steven H Silver
Page 6: Boston Children’s Museum, Michael A. Burstein
Page 9: Indianapolis Children’s Museum, David Stiasny
Page 11: City Museum, Rich Horton
Page 13: National Toy and Miniature Museum, Christine Taylor-Butler
Page 17: Miniatur Wunderland, Kees van Toorn
Page 20: The Center for Puppetry, Jody Lynn Nye
Page 23: National Cryptologic Museum, Alan Smale
Page 26: The Phallological Museum, Dina S. Krause
Page 27: Renwick Gallery, Rich Lynch
Page 30: American Sign Museum, Chris Barkley
Page 42: Sultan Alam Shah Museum, Yen Ooi
Page 44: Livingston Island Museum, Elliott Paxton
Page 46 Rosicrucian Museum, Jean Martin
Page 49: National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Brenda Clough
Page 51: Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center, Dina S. Krause
Page 53: Vasa Museum, Ahrvid Engholm
Page 57: Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum, Christopher Erickson
Page 59: Black History Museum, John Moore
Page 61: Chicago History Museum, Sam Paris
Page 63: Musee de Cluny, Jean-Francois Conte
Page 65: Instant Fanzine:  Favorite Museum
Page 67: Baseball Hall of Fame, Rich Lynch
Page 69: The Kentucky Horse Park, Elaine Silver
Page 70: Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Jim Mann
Page 72: Field Museum of Natural History, Barbara S. Barnett
Page 75: Nong Nooch, Ann Gry
Page 77: Backstreet Culture Museum, Beth Waggoner Patterson
Page 79: The Palace Museum, Arthur Liu
Page 82: Casa de Cultura Mario Qunitana, Christopher Kastenschmidt
Page 84: Muhammad Ali Center, Dave Creek
Page 86: Ave Maria Grotto, Jason Sanford
Page 88: Allegan County Museum, Tom Doyle
Page 90:  The Acropolis, James Bacon
Page 94: Ware Museum, Helena Nash
Page 97: Hallwyl Museum, Shana Worthen
Page 100 Canberra Museum and Gallery, Gillian Polack
Page 102: Dunn Museum of Lake County, Dina S. Krause
Page 104: Museum of Modern Art, Christopher Garcia (reprint)
 
Page 106: American Visionary Art Museum, Sarah Pinsker
Page 108: Triton Museum of Art, Christopher Garcia
Page 109: Sanxingdui, Richard Man
Page 116: Eiteljorg Museum, Maurice Broaddus
Page 119: Butler Museum of American Art, Susan Shwartz
Page 121: Cleveland Museum of Art, Geoffrey A. Landis
Page 122: Art Institute of Chicago, Steven H Silver
Page 124: Warhol Museum, Mark Herrup
Page 126: Corning Museum of Glass, Geri Sullivan
Page 128: Instant Fanzine: Favorite Exhibits
Page 130: The Museums of the University of New Mexico Campus, Ron Oakes
Page 132 St Louis Science Center, Steven H Silver (reprint)
Page 135: Armstrong Air and Space Museum, Steven H Silver (reprint)
Page 138: Frontiers of Flight, Diana Thayer and Teddy Harvia
Page 140: Meteor Crater and Barringer Science Center, Robert L. Rede
Page 142: John and Annie Glenn Museum, Steven Pitluk
Page 144: American Space Museum, Emily Carney
Page 146: American Bookbinder Museum, Madeline Robins
Page 149: Oz Museum, Sara Tompson
Page 151: Museum of Printing, Brenda Noiseux
Page 153: Chester Beatty Library, David Ferguson
Page 155: Gift Shops, Elaine Silver
 

Music is a miracle and Team Journey Planet takes a look at some fascinating portions of the topic, from Soviet Electronica to video game music to writers' listening habits to a BBC Hoax! 

​Page 3—Introduction by Ann Gry
Page 5—Interview with writer Wole Talabi
Page 7— No Sounds Are Forbidden: In C, TGV, and My Trip towards “Composer” by Chris Garcia
Page 12—Music in the Zelda Games: the Secret Ingredient by Ann Gry
Page 19—Music & creativity: An interview with writer A.T. Greenblatt
Page 21—The Electromancer of Soviet Cinema by Andrey Malyshkin
Page 35—The “Music” of Piotr Zak by Chris Garcia
Page 37—A Closing Note by Ann Gry
 
Collages by Chris Garcia
 

Sarah Gulde and Chuck Serface join us for an issue all about Friendship! From Batman and Superman, to real world closeness, these pieces examine all the forms of friends in SF&F and Fandom! 

Page 3 - Editorial
Chuck Serface
 
Page 4 - The Dos and Don’ts of Parasocial Relationships
Sarah Gulde
 
Page 5 - They Were All My Friends and They Died
Christopher J. Garcia
 
Page 8 - Celebrating Bjo Trimble
Craig Miller
 
Page 9 - My Friend Art
Tom Becker
 
Page 13 - I’m Friends with the Past
Rich Lynch
 
Page 15 - Jeph Loeb’s Superman/Batman: World’s Finest: True Friendship Exemplified
Chuck Serface
 
Page 18 - Nathaniel and Bartimaeus
Rudiger Honsbein
 
Page 20 - The Doctor and The Tailor: The Friendship of Bashir and Garak
David Ferguson
 
Page 31 - Review: All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
Juan Sanmiguel
 
Page 32 - “It's Hot. It's Really Hot.”: Friendship in Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Left Hand of Darkness
Marcin Klak
 
Page 40 - Letters of Comment
 
Page 41 - The Mystery of Sauron's Eye in Vietnam: A Follow-up to Journey Planet #76: The American War in Vietnam
James Bacon
 
Cover Art and Photographic Images
of Editors & Contributors
Meg Frank
 

Joining the Journey Planet team this issue is David Ferguson who has co-edited this issue specifically focused on an LGBTQ topic: LGBTQ comics.
David said "Journey Planet is a fanzine that has always been an ally of the LGBTQ community, featuring various articles covering queer characters, books, and more, and I enjoyed helping bring this issue to life." 
David continued "For years, I worked on the website Irish Comic News, which covered the work of Irish creators and creators based in Ireland, and I developed long lasting friendships with the creators in the Irish comic community. It was, and still is, a very welcoming group of people who care about equality and promoting their fellow creators, including queer creators. So when I was asked to help edit the Journey Planet issue on LGBTQ comics, I immediately reached out to Irish creators, specifically queer creators, to contribute to the magazine. I was delighted with the response."
"We had no set idea of what the issue would be when we started and. Through my interaction with creators, it organically morphed into an issue where creators talked about creating queer work in comics. We have a wonderful bunch of contributors, some of whom I have written about before for the website of Gay Community News. This includes Anna Fitzpatrick (Alien Heart) and Clare Foley (Forbidden Altars), who wrote pieces about their comic creations. I interviewed artist Cian Tormey (Alan Scott: Green Lantern) and writer / artist Luke Healy (Self-Esteem And The End Of The World). I reached further afield and brought in Welsh creator Joe Glass (The Pride) and interviewed Steve Orlando (Marauders, Scarlet Witch). There are lots more. So many creators with different insights into queer comics. I am grateful to so many people for taking the time to write a piece or answer questions." 
David noted, "I also have to give a lot of credit to my co-editors and the whole team. So many previous co-editors are huge allies of the LGBTQ community. I'd also like to thank James Bacon, who motivated me and who's energy helped push the issue forward. James' through research and engagement also provided multiple articles about the history of queer comics, a journey of discovery for him that I think people will really enjoy. There were characters I’d never heard of, and looking at the history and reading about advocates for queer comics in the eighties was inspiring." 
James added, "We hope this issue shines a light on LGBTQ comics, both historical and importantly of the moment, and on the wonderful creatives involved and the stories. We hope this issue motivates people to seek out comics and creators." 

David finished by saying, "I hope people enjoy the issue. We are already thinking of more queer topics to cover in future issues of Journey Planet and are open to ideas on the subject."
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