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Journey Planet 78 - Jack the Ripper in Fiction

12/31/2023

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Chuck Serface joins Chris and James for a look at the most notorious crimes of Victorian London and how they're reflected in more than a century of fiction! Our editors are joined by the likes of Steven H Silver, Bob Hole, Julian West, and Tony Keen!
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Journey Planet 77 - Watchmen

12/29/2023

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James Bacon, Michael Carroll , Chris Garcia, Pádraig Ó Méalóid and Helena Nash bring you a deep-dive into one of the most important comics series ever put to paper! 

Page 3 - Introductorial by Pádraig Ó Méalóid
Page 4 - Editorial by Helena Nash /
    A Brief Single Column Note from Chris
Page 5 - Letters of Comment on Journey Planet 74     - Vincent from Gary Lloyd, Carol Shetler,                 Geri Sullivan
Page 7 - An Interview with Neil Gaiman
Page 8 - Watchdogs by Rob Hansen
Page 9 - Instant Fanzine Interviews - Part 1: Tony            Lee
Page 10 - Letter Todd Klein on Dave Gibbon’s                  Lettering
Page 13 - Instant Fanzine Interviews - Part 2:                  Bryan Talbot
Page 14 - A Gallery of Watchmen-Inspired                      Covers (And Parodies) Compiled by Michael             Carroll
Page 20 - Who Watches the Squadron Supreme               by Helena Nash
Page 22 - What Mad Universe(s) Earth N and                   Earth W by Pádraig Ó Méalóid
Page 24 - Symmetry and Pattern: Andy Warhol,               Rorschach, and Comics in the 1980s by                   Jim O’Brien
Page 28 - Watchmen - A Tattered Love Letter by               Pádraig Ó Méalóid
Page 30 - Neighborhood Watch: The Street                     Where It Happened by Helena Nash
Page 34 - Saturday Morning Watchmen: An                    Interview with Harry Partridge by Helena                Nash
Page 37 - Interview with Paul Levitz
Page 39 - Watchmen: The End is Nigh, A Review              by Kumar Sivasubramanian
Page 41 - Instant Fanzine - Part 3: Antony                     Johnston, Bruce Dickinson, Peter Hogan
Page 43 - I Watched The Watchmen by Tim                   Pilcher
Page 46 - Interview with Michael Carroll on The             Crimson Corsair
Page 49 - The Annotated Watchmen Cover by                 Pádraig Ó Méalóid
Page 52 - The Secret Origins of Watchmen by                 Pádraig Ó Méalóid
Page 57 - The Embarrassment of The Watchmen           by John Higgins
Page 61 - What Were The Watchmen Watching?             by Julian West
Page 66 - Considering the Vietnam Equation in               Watchmen by James Bacon
Page 71 - Instant Fanzine Interviews - Part 4: John         Davies, Simon English, Stephen                             Brotherstone
Page 74 - Chatting with John Higgins by Michael                    Carroll
Page 79 - Dylan in Watchmen by David Ferguson    
Page 80 - Enditorial by James Bacon



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Issue 76 - The American War in Vietnam

12/6/2023

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On the 7th of December 1968, PFC Joe W. Haldeman wrote “Notes from the Jolly Green Jungle” about his experiences in Vietnam, which first appeared in the fanzine ODD #20. 55 years later, on the 7th of December 2023 we are pleased to be able to offer this and his “Tales from the Jolly Green Jungle,” which appeared in ODD #19, in this issue of Journey Planet, which looks at the American War in Vietnam.
Journey Planet co-editor James Bacon writes from the War Remembrance Museum in Ho Chi Minh City: “This issue of Journey Planet looks at the American War in Vietnam and its connections to fans and professionals as we consider the impact of the War. As I sit here among the artifacts of war, and contemplate it, remembering it, aware of the unbelievable losses, the sadness, the horror and the injuries and death, I am grateful to the fans who have allowed us to share their stories and memories of the War. These are personal and important stories. It is right that we confront and consider our history, and it is right that we confront and consider the experiences of the Vietnamese–those who lived through the War and those who left and those who extensively wrote about it. We started this issue five years ago, and now, at 104 pages, with dozens of people helping bring it together, we hope that you find the issue of interest.”
We look thoughtfully at Vietnamese voices, and how they shared their experience through writing comics and film. Along with these Vietnamese voices, we share the writings and art of Joe Haldeman and David Thayer from from their time of service in Vietnam, along with excerpts of Dick Eney’s fanzine, “Curse you Red Baron!” which he published from Saigon while he was stationed there for over five years. We are honored to share first-hand accounts of these vivid experiences with readers.
Fans have taken the time to share very personal matters, writing about their family members. The impact of the War on comics is considered as we look at works by Vietnamese comic book creators, we reprint State Representative Julian Bond’s anti-war comic, Vietnam, we chat to comic writer Garth Ennis, and we write about Joe Kubert’s connection to Vietnam.
​This issue saw Allison Hartman Adams join Christopher J. Garcia and James Bacon as co-editor in this broad look at the American War in Vietnam. We are grateful to all the contributors who shared and worked to make this issue occur.


Pg. 3 - Editors’ Note
Pg. 4 - The Jolly Green Jungle Introduction by Chris Garcia
Pg. 5 - Tales From the Jolly Green Jungle by Joe Haldeman
Pg. 11 - How Vietnam Touched My Life by Sara Felix
Pg. 12 - A Vietnam Imagined by Errick Nunnally
Pg. 13 - ”The Smile of Victory": The Women of the American War in Vietnam by Allison Hartman Adams
Pg. 17 - The Horrors of War and Other Morbid Cliches by David Thayer
Pg. 19 - No Capacity for More by Brenda Noiseux
Pg. 20 - Snoopy: A Metaphor, Mascot, or Comfort Puppy by James Bacon
Pg. 25 - Apocalypse: The Eyes of Doom by Jim O’Brien
Pg. 27 - Truyện Tranh: Piracy, Crowdfunding, and the Growth of Vietnamese Comics by Allison Hartman Adams
Pg. 29 - Hunter S. Thompson: Too Much Tension and Too Little News, by James Bacon
Pg. 32 - Lê Minh Khuê’s Postwar Fiction by Allison Hartman Adams
Pg. 34 - The Forever War and Coming Home by Chuck Serface
Pg. 36 - Little Saigon: How the Vietnam War transformed San Jose Cuisine by Chris Garcia
Pg. 38 - The Kubert Connection by James Bacon
Pg. 41 - To a Brighter Future by Brenda Noiseux
Pg. 42 - Star Wars: Is It an Allegory for the Vietnam War? by James Bacon
Pg. 46 - (Re)discovered loss by Brend Noiseux
Pg. 47 - What the War Left Behind by David Ferguson
Pg. 49 - A Not So Private Little War: Star Trek’s Muddled Vietnam War Protest Episode by Ryan Britt
Pg. 51 - I love the smell of burning flesh in the morning. It tastes like cooked breakfast’: Teddy Bears’ Picnic and Britain’s Vietnam War by Jim O’Brien
Pg. 52 - It’s Not a War Story: Filmmaking and rebirth in modern Vietnam by Allison Hartman Adams
Pg. 55 - Advertising for Vietnam by James Bacon
Pg. 57 - Martha Rosler – Bringing the War Home by Chris Garcia
Pg. 58 - The American War in Vietnam in Marvel Comics During the Vietnam War up to 1975 by James Bacon
Pg. 63 - Dương Thu Hương’s A Novel Without A Name by Allison Hartman Adams
Pg. 65 - Box me up and ship me home: Tim O’Brien’s Vietnam by Jim O’Brien
Pg. 67 - DC Comics and the American War in Vietnam by James Bacon
Pg. 74 - The Vietnam Veterans Memorial by Chris Garcia
Pg. 76 - Comics of the Vietnamese Diaspora by Allison Hartman Adams
Pg. 78 - Curse You Red Baron! by Dick Eney 
Pg. 87 - Vietnam Comics Recommendations by James Bacon
Pg. 88 - Introduction to Vietnam by Julian Bond and T.G. Lewis by James Bacon
Pg. 89 -  Vietnam by Julian Bond and T.G. Lewis (illustrator)
Pg. 94 - War Fiction, A True Story by David Thayer
Pg. 96 - Garth Ennis talks about Vietnam with James Bacon
Pg. 98 - Gordon, Haldeman, Band and the Robot Jox by Peppard Saltine
Pg. 100 - My Cousin Jimmy by Guy H. Lillian III
Pg. 101 - In the End by Allison Hartman Adams
Pg. 101 - A Brief Note from Chris
Pg. 102 - Enditorial by James Bacon
Pg. 103 - JP 72: Operation Motorman Letters of Comment
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