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Issue 91 - San Francisco

10/8/2025

Jean Martin joins Chris and James for an issue looking at San Francisco (and environs)!

Page 1—Editorial by Chris Garcia
Page 3—The Haunted Streets of San Francisco by Sumiko Saulson
Page 4—Weird Tales of the 1880s by Valerie Estelle Frankel
Page 6—The Secret History of Science Fiction in the City by the Bay by Christopher Erickson
Page 10—The City Not Long After: A Long, Scattered Semi-Accurate History of Science Fiction and San Francisco (For values of San Francisco) by Chris Garcia
Page 13—How Far is San Francisco A Child’s Perspective of Time in the 1960s by Ric Bretschneider
Page 16—Immersive Museum Experiences through Costuming by Jean Martin
Page 20—Tachyon Publications’ 30th Anniversary by Jacob Weisman
Page 21—The Evolution of BayCon by Dr. Wanda M. Kurtcu
Page 23—Are the Androids Made of Carbon? By David Ferguson
Page 24—Siryn’s San Francisco by James Bacon
Page 29—Star Trek Day and the Voyage Home by Jean Martin
Page 32—My Life with Mermaids by Jay Hartlove
Page 35—On SF in SF by Cliff Winnig
Page 38—Starfleet by the Bay by Denise Tanaka
Page 42—Bay to Bay by Kevin Andrew Murphy
Page 45—The Dunsmuir-Hellman Estate by Emerian Rich
Page 48—I Miss the ‘Stick by Richard Lynch
Page 50—Walking Underwater: Seeing San Francisco From a New Perspective by J. Scott Coatsworth
Page 52—Confrancisco by Juan Sanmiguel
Page 54—SF Public Art by Chris Garcia
Page 60—My Three Favorite San Francisco Buildings by Richard Lynch
Page 63—The Degenderettes Exhibit at Mission Comics & Art in San Francisco by James Bacon
Page 67—The Force is Local: Exploring Star Wars Sites Around San Francisco (and California) by Pat Yulo
Page 70—Silent Films, Main Street, and Canyons of Inspiration Spark Creativity: Niles, CA by Eva Barrows
Page 73—Why San Jose Deserves a Place in Fiction: A Writer’s Perspective by M.D. Neu
Page 76—Alebrijes en San Jose at Cesar Chavez Plaza: Christopher Erickson
Page 79—San Francisco Good Times An Enditorial by James Bacon

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Issue 90 - My Favorite Museum

5/18/2025

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!

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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

Journey Planet 90 - Museum - May 20 2025 by Christopher John Garcia

Issue 89 - Music!

12/31/2024

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

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Issue 88 - Friendship!

12/10/2024

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

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Issue 87 - Mina: Dracula's Destroyer

11/8/2024

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Journey Planet 87: Mina - Dracula’s Destroyer
The team is back with the second installment of Journey Planet’s look at Bram Stoker’s Dracula. We had so much interest in this topic, that we had enough content for two full issues.
To commemorate Bram Stoker’s birthday, Allison Hartman Adams joins Chris and James again to do a deeper dive into the text and works of fiction, art, and comics it has inspired.
In “Train Fiend” James looks at the railway connections to Bram Stoker and the railway aspects in the novel, comparing the train movements and times in the novel to timetables of the day, seeking to pinpoint where and when Bram Stoker based these journeys.
Dracula-related comics and movies have a strong presence here as well: Kim Newman’s review of Batman/Dracula; Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill’s The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen from David Ferguson; Dracula Lives from Rob Kirby; Batman and Vampires from James Bacon, and Alberto Breccia’s “I Was Legend” from Jim O’Brien.
In "Molested, Murdered, Maligned: In Defense of “Poor Dear Lucy,” Allison challenges the dreadful treatment Lucy has received at Dracula scholars’ hands over the years.
Allison also considers and reflects on the character of Mina in relation to why she writes, and takes a nerdy wander in “Dracula By the Numbers.”
In “Dracula Then and Now,” James sets out from Budapest to the Borgo Pass by train, reflecting on the changes and sharing his experience and journey through Hungary and Romania.
With stunning front and back covers by Iain Clark, the issue is beautifully bound.
Journey Planet #87: Mina - Dracula’s Destroyer is available for free download here.
Stay up to date on Journey Planet news by following us on Facebook (facebook.com/TeamJourneyPlanet) and Instagram (@teamjourneyplanet).

Table of Contents
My Bradshaw’s: Editor’s Note by Allison Hartman Adams
Train Fiend by James Bacon
Mina and the The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by David Ferguson
Why Mina Writes by Allison Hartman Adams
Batman/Dracula (1964) by Kim Newman
Dracula Lives by Rob Kirby
Molested, Murdered, Maligned: In Defense of “Poor Dear Lucy” by Allison Hartman Adams
I Was Legend: Alberto Breccia, Dracula, and the Argentinian Military Dictatorship by Jim O’Brien
Batman & Vampires by James Bacon
Dracula by the Numbers by Allison Hartman Adams
Dracula Then and Now - The Borgo Pass by James Bacon
Enditorial by James Bacon

Issue 86 - Dracula: Fiend & Foe

10/30/2024

Allison Hartman Adams joins James and Chris in a wide-reaching look at everyone’s favourite Count and his nemeses. We examine the enduring legacy of Bram Stoker’s novel, just in time for Samhain, as the evenings draw darker and the chill in the air mixes with the beautiful colours of the decaying falling leaves.
This issue takes a look at a plethora of aspects, including the wide variety of art and culture that represent Dracula, starting with a consideration of the cultural transformations of Dracula as an icon. Our contributors present many perspectives, from poetry about Bela Lugosi, to the costumes of Coppola’s Dracula.
The literary aspects are also important, and we include a look at Bram Stoker’s Notes & the Rosenbach Museum, as well as why we need to stop calling it ‘Carfax Abbey.’
We have a number of interviews including ones with Dacre Stoker (Bram Stoker’s great grand-nephew), Tucker Christine (editor of Dracula Beyond Stoker) and Karim Kronfli (Re: Dracula voice actor).
Featured are radio plays, comic book interpretations, an essay on vampires in East Asia, and even Dracula recipes.
Art comes to us from from Emily Odum (@cloverune; https://www.cloverune.com/), Autun Purser (https://www.apillustration.co.uk/) for the back cover, and Simon Adams (@simonadams77; https://www.simonadamsart.com/) for the front cover and internal illustrations.
There was so much enthusiasm for this issue, that we have split the matter of Dracula and Mina across two issues. We will be releasing a second issue, Journey Planet #87 “Mina - Dracula’s Destroyer,” on November 6, the final date in Stoker’s novel.
Dracula has permeated our culture, and we can see how relevant Stoker’s works continue to be with the recent rediscovery of the long-lost Stoker short story, ‘Gibbet Hill,’ recently receiving worldwide attention.
We are all massive Dracula fans, as you’ll see from these pages. We hope that you’ll discover new versions of your favourite characters in this issue.

Table of Contents
• Fiendish Love: Editor’s Note by Allison Hartman Adams
• Man, Wolf, Bat, Monster…Icon: The Cultural Transformations of Dracula by Josh Gauthier
• Dracula Movie Posters by Chris Garcia
• “Bela Lugosi” by Chuck Serface
• “Much to Learn from Beasts:” the Costumes of Coppola’s Dracula by Hannah Strom-Martin
• Myths and Mental Health: Journey Planet Interviews Author Dacre Stoker
• Eating Molecules With a Pair of Chopsticks: (Mortal) Food in Dracula by Amos Dunlap
• Stoker’s Gothic Heroine by Allison Hartman Adams
• The Last Voyage of the Demeter – Movie Review by Erin Underwood
• Sherlock Holmes v Dracula, A Play for Radio: Review by James Bacon
• Interview with (a Vampire) an Actor by Helena Nash
• “Like a Bolt From the Blue” – Bram Stoker’s Notes & the Rosenbach Museum by Allison Hartman Adams
• Dracula Beyond Stoker: Celebrating and Continuing the Legacy of Bram Stoker’s Novel by Editor Tucker Christine
• Dracula Beyond Stoker: Review by Chuck Serface
• Vampires in East Asia: A Evolution of Occidentalism by Arthur Liu
• Fiends of the Eastern Front: Review by James Bacon
• Tomb of Dracula – A Reader’s Guide by Helena Nash and Chuck Serface
• Please Stop Calling It Carfax Abbey: A Fan Rant by Allison Hartman Adams
• Dracula 2000 Review by Sarah G. Vincent
• Transylvanian Tabletop – 7TV: Dracula by Helena Nash
• The Enditorial - Part 1 - James Bacon

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Issue 85 - LGBTQ+ Comics

10/15/2024

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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."
Get in touch at:
[email protected]

Issue 84 - Workers' Rights in SFF

9/13/2024

SFF's occasionally turbulent relationship to work and working people is put in the spotlight in the latest issue of Journey Planet.

The celebrated fanzine released its 84th issue on Friday, September 13, with co-editors Olav Rokne and Amanda Wakaruk bringing together an all-star list of contributors for an examination of the various ways in which employment relationships are depicted (or misrepresented) in the genre. Best-known for their Hugo-finalist fanzine Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog, Rokne and Wakaruk have been delving into labour rights issues in SFF since 2019.

"The best part of working on a project like this is being able to collaborate with talented writers focused on a subject that we're passionate about," Rokne said. "Science fiction became a defined genre at the end of the industrial revolution, when rapid technological and societal change was creating new types of work and new types of workers. From its inception, the genre was connected to work and to working people, making this a fecund area for intellectual exploration."

The issue includes contributions from Brian Collins, Rich Horton, Octavia Cade, Will McMahon, A.L. Yakimchuk, Kira Braham, Bob Barnetson, Joachim Boaz, Camestros Felapton, James Bacon, Mark McCutcheon, Brett Sheehan, David McDonald, Kris Vyas-Myall, Gautam Bhatia, Farah Mendlesohn, and Jim O’Brien, as well as art by Autun Purser and Collin MacNeil. This stunning list of contributors may also have set a record for the most footnotes ever included in a single issue of a fanzine.
Introduction by Olav Rokne & Amanda Wakaruk
Alientation and Automation by Brian Collins
Pohl Position by Rich Horton
Unpaid Green by Octavia Cade
Learning to Write Science Fiction from
John Steinbeck by Will McMahon
Fit for Purpose (Fiction) by A.L. Yakimchuk
Making Work Sexy With William Morris by Kira Braham
Rule of Acquisition 211 by Bob Barnetson
We Must Start Over And Find Some New Way of Life by Joachim Boaz
A Nightmare of Shopkeepers by Camestros Felapton
Workers of 2000AD UNITE! by James Bacon
Jumping the Shark on the Moon by Mark McCutcheon
The Translator (Fiction) by Brett Sheehan
They Who Build Beneath the Stars by David McDonald
Fighting the Suits by Kris Vyas-Myall
Gesturing Towards the Labour Question by Gautam Bhatia
Kritzer and a Theory of Labour by Farah Mendlesohn
Unions in SFF Recommendations by Olav Rokne
‘Commie nutters turn Tintin into picket yob!’ by Jim O’Brien
ENDitorial by James Bacon

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Issue 83 - Food & Science Fiction

7/26/2024

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Jean Martin is on board for this look at Food and Science fiction in all its forms!

Featuring Art from Evelyn Aurora Nelson, collages by Chris Garcia
Pg. 3 - Food and Drink in Science Fiction by Sharon Walker
Pg. 5 - Art by Evelyn Aurora Nelson
Pg. 6 - The Restaurant at the End of Fandom: My Science Fiction Restaurant by Christopher Erickson
Pg. 9 - The Best Science Fiction-Themed Restaurants by Chris Garcia
Pg. 13 - A Voyager Through Flavor: The Star Trek-Themed Buffet at the Hyatt Regency. Photos and article by Matt Capistrano
Pg. 17 - An Invitation to Ingest and Imbibe, Douglas Adams Style by Yvette Keller
Pg. 24 - Pure Imagination: Willy Wonka food and Drink in the books, the movies and in real life by Jean Martin
Pg. 28 - Three Sisters. Article and photos by Catherine Roseann Gaston
Pg. 33 - The Taste of Star Wars. Article and Photos by Peter Lee
Pg. 37 - Two photos from Spring Schoenhuth
Pg. 39 - Never forget that Luke Skywalker was raised drinking blue milk! By Alejandro Bonilla. Photos by @sanseiphotography
Pg. 41 - Bantha Burgers at the Elstree by James Bacon
Pg. 44 - Sarlaac Cake photo by Sarah Gulde
Pg. 45 - Vault 51 Budapest by James Bacon
Pg. 48 - The Bounty of Fodlan: Why Fire Emblem Fans Bring Fantasy Foods to Life By Owen B. Greenwald
Pg. 56 - Recipes for Rokeg Blood Pie and Gagh By Shelly Crouse-Monarez
Pg. 57 - A Taste Adventure Through the Realms of Middle-Earth Photos and Article by Jean Martin
Pg. 62 - The Krabby Patty -or- My Kids’ Dinner by Chris Garcia
Pg. 66 - The Orientalist Approach to the G(astronomy) of Star Wars Food by Pat Yulo

Issue 82 - Be The Change

6/20/2024

Paul Weimer, Allison Hartman Adams, James Bacon, and Chris Garcia bring you a look at WorldCons and what things might be done to bring positive change! There's discussion of the Recent Hugo Controversies, about changed needed in governance, proposals that will be sent on to the WorldCon Business Meeting, and much more!

Page 3 - Vanilla Villain's Variant Villanelle by Trish E. Matson
Page 4 - A Resolution by Chris J. Garcia
Page 5 - Be The Change, But Also Make Amends by Sarah Gulde, TAFF Delegate
Page 6 - Chengdu Proposal Series by Zimozi Natsuco / 短标题：成都提案系列
Page 28 - Boosters for the Rockets: A Formal Pastoral Care Procedure for Hugo Finalists by Alasdair Stuart
Page 31 - Make the Change by Randall Shepherd
Page 34 - Changes Needed for the Hugo Awards Process by Trish E. Matson
Page 36 - Suggestions by Chris M. Barkley
Page 37 - The Hugo Awards Crisis Deepens: Where We Stand and How to Save the Awards by Nerds of a Feather, Flock Together
Page 44 - Be the Change: For the Future of the Hugos by Paul Weimer
Page 46 - On Worldcons by Sara Felix
Page 48 - Tools, Spanners and a Gentle Tap by James Bacon
Page 50 - Be the Change by Marguerite Smith
Page 53 - Enditorial by James Bacon
Page 55 - On This Issue’s Art by Christopher J Garcia

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