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Issue 80 - Making of a Hugo Base (April Fools Edition)

4/3/2024

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Journey Planet is pleased to announce the release of Issue #80, a one page fanzine edited by Sara Felix, James Bacon, and Chris Garcia focused on the creation of the Glasgow 2024 April Fools Hugo.

The one off Hugo was designed by Sara Felix and the sculpt was a joint effort between Sara and Vincent Villafranca. Sara and Vincent also designed the Worldcon 76 base together back in 2018.

The JP walks through the basics of where the idea came from and follows through the process. After reading an article that appeared in the souvenir book for Noreascon 4 written by Peter Weston Sara thought a tartan rocket was possible with the design and approval of Landing Zone Glasgow which Sara designed for the convention previously.

​Sara says, “This design is dedicated in loving memory to Deb Geisler. If it wasn’t Deb sending me a link to the article that Peter wrote I would never had the idea in the first place. She was amazing and always a source of inspiration for me.” The link to the Journey Planet can be found here.

​Directions for folding the fanzine can be found here:
https://www.rookiemag.com/2012/05/how-to-make-a-zine/

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We're on the Ballot!!!

3/29/2024

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We're on the ballot again! We've had a great year and it's incredible to be back on the ballot! 

If you wanna get a look at the incredible issues we did in 2023, start here! 
Issue 70 -Chinese Science Fiction & Space Part 2!
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Issue 71 - The Hugo Award
Issue 72 - Operation Motorman
Journey Planet 73 - Hugo Nominee Gifts
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Journey Planet 74 - Vincent
Issue 75 - Fantastical Musical Instruments & More!
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Issue 75a - smol
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Issue 76 - The American War in Vietnam
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Journey Planet 77 - Watchmen
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Journey Planet 78 - Jack the Ripper in Fiction
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Journey Planet 79 - V for Vendetta

3/5/2024

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Allison Hartman Adams, James Bacon, and Chris Garcia team-up to take on once of the most iconic comic experiences ever - Moore & Lloyd's V for Vendetta, with a cadre of writers from around the world! 
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COVER BY DAVID LLOYD!

​Page 3 - Team Journey Planet Interviews David Lloyd
Page 20 - Call Me V by Allison Hartman Adams
Page 27 - Visions and Versions by John Vaughan
Page 31 - Finding Life and Ending in Death: Nineteen Eighty-Four and V for Vendetta by James Bacon
Page 34 - Instant Fanzine Part 1 by Michael Carroll
Page 36 - N For Night Raven: V's Strange Half-Brother by Helena Nash
Page 38 - Instant Fanzine Part 2 by Errick Nunnally
Page 39 - V for Variation by Christopher J. Garcia
Page 41 - Agents of Change by Brenda Noiseux
Page 42 - The Woman in Room Four by David Ferguson
Page 43 - Who Was That Masked Man? by Pádraig Ó Méalóid
Page 48 - The F Word: V’s Unofficial DC Crossover by Helena Nash
Page 50 - The Trains in V for Vendetta by James Bacon
Page 54 - A Light Study on Scaffolding by Gary Lloyd
Page 57 - “Grow Roses–Beautiful Roses” by Allison Hartman Adams
Page 61 - Rural Idylls and British Concentration Camps by Jim O’Brien
Page 63 - Instant Fanzine Part 3 by Gerard J. Carisio
Page 65 - A Short Note on Teaching V for Vendetta to Students by Ann Gry
Page 66 - Steve Moore on Writing the V for Vendetta Movie Tie-In Novel
Page 67 - Alan Moore on V for Vendetta and Writing by James Bacon
Page 73 - Cruelty is the Point by Brenda Noiseux
Page 74 - V for Vendetta – The Film by James Bacon
Page 77 - Ideas Are Bulletproof by Josh Gauthier
Page 81 - Interludes by Allison Hartman Adams
Page 84 - Letters of Comment on Journey Planet 76: The American War in Vietnam
Page 85 - Enditorial by James Bacon
Page 86 - Ms. Texas Shadow Gallery–Editorial by Allison Hartman Adams
Page 87 - The Hugo Awards…Jaysus, Lads By James Bacon

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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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Issue 75a - smol

10/18/2023

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Sarah Gulde joins Chris and James for a SMOL issue, with topics ranging from webcomics to museum models to the birth of tiny forensics to the mighty atom! 
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Issue 75 - Fantastical Musical Instruments & More!

8/4/2023

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Jean Martin joins us again, and this time we look at Science Fictional, Fantastical, Mythical, and just plain cool musical instruments! 

​Editorial by Chris Garcia
Musical Instruments in Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings By Jean Martin
Exploring Instruments in Dungeons & Dragons: The Instruments of the Bards By Robert Pleasant
Gurney Halleck Sings for Us By Allison Hartman Adams
The Baliset By Chris Garcia
Vulcan Lute By Christopher Erickson
Star Trek: The Musical Generation By Sarah Gulde
The Sounds of Star Wars By James Bacon
Native American Flutes By Jade Falcon
Fan Art by Terry Jeeves
Exploring the Oud: A Musical Time Machine for Ancient and Futuristic Soundscapes By Michael Larsen
Captain Eo: The Crew IS the Music By Chris Garcia
Play holophonor for me by Ann Gry (anngry.com)
“Of Holophonors” By Peppard Saltine
Fico in Flash Gordon  By James Bacon
Pure Will, True Will, and The Hydrogen Sonata or How Aleister Crowley met Iain M. Banks By Richard Smothers
Music in the Works of Alan Moore Or Alan, Eno, and Me By Pádraig Ó Méalóid
On kings and fiddlers and the harp unstrung  By Ethan Hay, MA
Instruments from the Moon to Gaia (via North Queensferry, Scotland) with Two Plugs by Gary Lloyd
A Refrigerator for Music – The Samson Box By Chris Garcia
Under The 5000 Fingers  by James Langdell      
Animusic By Chris Garcia
The Legend of Zelda – The Magical Instrument  By David Ferguson
Enditorial by James Bacon
 

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2023 Hugo FINALISTS!!!!!

7/6/2023

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We did it!!!!!

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2022 Journey Planet issues

Craft During COVID
Erró Errór
Alamat
Rogue One
Robin Hood
Anthropocene Ruminations
Chinese Science Fiction - Part 1
Andor

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The 2022 issues of Journey Planet have been honored by the Hugo voters with another place on the ballot! 

We're so lucky and proud to be able to include so many incredible names, including 5 first-time Journey Planeteers!!! So happy to have the incredible work of the entire team recognized. 

Congrats to all our amazing finalists - Regina Kanyu Wang, Yen Ooi, Arthur Liu, Sara Felix, Amanda Wakaruk, Olav Rokne, Jean Martin, Steven H Silver, Chuck Serface, Erin Underwood, Alissa Wales, John Coxon, Pádraig Ó Méalóid, James Bacon and Christopher J Garcia

|旅行星球 王侃瑜,黄盈沅,天爵,莎拉·菲利克斯,阿曼达·瓦卡鲁克,奥拉夫·罗克尼,琴·马丁,史蒂文·H·西尔弗,查克·瑟菲斯,艾琳·安德伍德,阿莉萨·威尔斯,约翰·考克逊,帕德雷格·奥梅洛伊德,詹姆斯·培根,克里斯托弗·J.加西亚|
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Journey Planet 74 - Vincent

5/25/2023

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This issue is a Fannish Memoir/Appreciation/Philosphoical work by/about/concerning Vincent Docherty, two-time WorldCon chair, Hugo-nominee, and all-time good guy! 

​Journey Planet 74
Cover by Iain J. Clark
Page 3—Introduction by Ann Gry
Page 4—Introduction by Vincent Docherty
Page 5—How and Why Science Fiction?
Page 8—Entering Fandom and First Con 1978-1987
Page 15—Conspiracy 1987
Page 16—Vince Docherty—No Buts by Ian
Sorensen
Page 21—Glasgow 1995
Page 21—Vincent—Some Memories by Henry
Balen
Page 26—Vincent Docherty by Kees van Toorn
Page 28—Vincent Docherty by Theresa TR Renner
Page 36—Vince Docherty: Enigma or Mystery by
Martin Easterbrook
Page 44—Glasgow 2005
Page 46—20 Years On – Vincent Docherty by Colin
Harris
Page 51—The Hugo Award Ceremony Script from
Interaction 2005 by Kim Newman & Paul
McAuley
Page 53—UK2005 – A Brief History by Vincent
Docherty
Page 57—Post Glasgow 1995 & 2005
Page 58—Loncon 2014
Page 60—Vincent Docherty by Steve Cooper
Page 60—Vincent Docherty by Alice Lawson
Page 63—Dublin 2019 & Beyond
Page 69—Music
Page 70—The LX Music Programme, excerpted
from the LX Souvenir Book by Vincent
Docherty
Page 80—Conrunning and Mentoring
Page 86—Vincent Docherty by Shana Worthen
Page 86—Vincent Docherty by Sara Felix
Page 89—The Hugos
Page 93—Art
Page 100—Personal Matters
Page 106—Some Final Reflections
Page 107—Acknowledgements
Page 107—On Conjuring by Allison Hartman
Adams
Page 107—Thoughts From the Island by Chris
Garcia
Page 108—Titus Vincentius – Honourable
Conqueror Enditorial by James Bacon
Page 109—Letter of Comment on Issue 72--
Operation Motorman
Page 110—Photo/Art Credits
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