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FutureQuake was a British small presscomic book founded by Arthur Wyatt, and later edited by Richmond Clements, David Evans and Owen Watts. Dedicated to showcasing work by new writers and artists, they published mostly self-contained comic stories, generally of 5 pages or less and usually of a sci-fi/fantasy/horror bent.
Cover to FutureQuake issue 7, by Oliver Redding
Under their FutureQuake Press imprint (FQP) they also published the JapaneseManga-influenced anthology MangaQuake and the horror comic Something Wicked. FQP also published other comics, and took over Dogbreath, the Strontium Dog fanzine and Zarjaz, the general 2000 AD fanzine.
39 issues of FutureQuake were published until publication went on hiatus following the death of David Evans in May 2021.
The FutureQuake editorial team at the Bristol Comic Expo 2006. From left to right: Richmond Clements, Edward Berridge and David Evans.
In 2021, FutureQuake staff included art/commissioning editor Dave Evans, script editor Richmond Clements, editor Owen Watts, and webmaster Barny Shergold.
Previous members include founder and sole editor for issues 1-3 Arthur Wyatt, script editor James Mackay, and script editor Edward Berridge.
FutureQuake Press outputedit
Though FutureQuake was ostensibly open to any form of submission from anyone who chose to do so, there were certain forms and themes to which the comic adheres. As an anthology, the stories often featured a moralistic 'twist' at the end, much in the same style as EC Comics's science fiction and horror comics like Weird Science and The Vault of Horror, as well as 2000 AD's Future Shocks. However, the stories were not necessarily bound by this.
4. Features work by Arthur Ranson, Inaki Miranda & Eva de la Cruz, Mark Woodland, Stewart McKenny, Cullen Bunn (whose first published comics work appears in this issue) and Richmond Clements among others. With a foreword by Alan Grant and a cover by Matt Timson ().
21. Features work by Dave Thomson and Gary Robinson amongst others. With a cover by Gibson Quarter
23. Features work by Ollie Masters and Dan Cornwell amongst others. With a cover by Kev Levell
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Reviewsedit
With 48 pages, this issue boasts nine multi-page and five one-page strips and art contributions from industry professionals Arthur Ranson, Stewart McKenny, Inaki Miranda and Eva de la Cruz, as well as published authors and other overseas contributors. There are some striking strips concerning the fate of alien abductees, how unfunded superheroes support themselves, the burden of bureaucracy on crime fighters, and a breakthrough in temporal research. – Comics International, about FQ #4
ZINE OF THE MONTH. Don't be fooled by its relatively simplistic cover – Futurequake is an excellent 'zine with a great selection of standalone strips, ranging from the darkly dramatic ("Domestic Bliss") to traditional sci-fi themes with a comedy twist ("Fortunate Son"). There's real talent [in] both the writing and the art – check out the single-pager "Wrecks" for an example of a short but superbly-told story – and brilliant SF ideas abound. – SFX, March 2006, about FQ #5
It will run for quite a while and go from strength to strength – Comics International 192
Futurequake #6 (£A4, £3.50), inspired no doubt in part by Tharg's Future Shocks but owing more, I think to SF short fiction and US pulp comics, is a delight. Well deserving its status of SFX Fanzine of the Month –
The cover and opening strip, Triumph of the Will, by Ed Berridge, Richmond Clements and fine artistic talent Andy Finlayson, make this a must for WWII superhero completists. Gray Wilkinson and Bolt-01 collaborate on a destiny-charged tale with an ironic twist; Arthur Wyatt and Peter Anckom do a nice line in military subterfuge; while several other strips deliver twists so oblique it that their meaning isn't immediately apparent – Comics International, about FQ #6
Awardsedit
Fanzine of the Month in SFX for FutureQuake #5
MangaQuakeedit
MangaQuake moves away from the FutureQuake format, opting instead for longer stories less reliant on the narrative structure of the 'twist', clearly influenced by the Japanesemanga comics form.
Issuesedit
1. Features work by Michiru Morikawa, Joanna Zhou, Mongoose McCloud and Edward Berridge among others. With a foreword by Jonathan Clements and a cover by Michiru Morikawa. ()
2. Features work by PJ Holden, Ed Berridge, Sonia Leong and Bryan Coyle. Issue #2 was withdrawn and reissued with a different cover due to copyright problems with the initial cover.
3. Features work by PJ Holden, Bryan Coyle and Mongoose McCloud.
This very pretty stripzine boasts a broad selection of different art styles, although despite the name, only a few strips make use of the Japanese aesthetic. The highpoints are "Cyborg Butterfly" – reminiscent of Yukito Kishiro's Battle Angel Alita – and the somewhat more Westernised "Wildcards", which parodies Power Rangers and Godzilla and the super robot genre and is very funny with it, too! – SFX, about MangaQuake #2
A generous page count allows the two longest strips room to breath [sic?]. Cyborg Butterfly by Sonia Leong, features beautiful art, but substitutes sentiment for characterisation. Mongoose McCloud's Wildcard Taskforce Robo-Guardians, on the other hand, goes all out for fun, with cheeky Jack of Clubs slipping in some filthy remarks about his team-mates. The five shorter strips are all charming in their own way, with The Stunt, and Squandered Eden telling complete stories with admirable economy – Comics International, about MangaQuake #2
Awardsedit
Fanzine of the Month in SFX for MangaQuake #2
Something Wickededit
Something Wicked was the third title launched. The horror comic directly parallels and references the horror titles published by EC Comics and those published by Atlas during the 1950s.
1. Features contains16 strips from creators including Adrian Bamforth. Ed Berridge and Keith Burns' tale By The Pricking of My Thumbs also appeared as the first strip in the small press slot of the Judge Dredd Megazine.
10. Current Issue. Features contains 10 strips from various creators. Cover by Jon Taylor.
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Reviewsedit
All the strips are beautifully drawn, but not all have an inevitability or necessary logic to them. Hence the most satisfactory story is Adrian Bamforth's The Other Side, which delivers an unexpected twist that doesn't make the reader wonder why it happened – Comics International
the execution is superb and, with each strip taking just the right amount of time to deliver its impact, and they're all nicely tied together too – SFX Magazine
Awardsedit
Fanzine of the Month in SFX.
Othersedit
They have published or agreed to take over publishing a number of titles all of which are not part of the core FQP titles (above). As well as their personal projects, these include:
Stak! is a one-off Rogue Trooper fanzine published in Autumn 2007 to coincide with 2000 AD's 30th anniversary.
Zarjaz also needed a new home, four issues after the relaunch.
Other press coverageedit
Magazine articles:
Judge Dredd Megazine #240 (February 2006) contains a five-page article by Matthew Badham on the British small press comics scene, including interviews with many creators (such as Al Ewing & Arthur Wyatt), and reviews of titles including FutureQuake. Stewart McKenny's cover for FutureQuake #6 forms the article's frontispiece.
Judge Dredd Megazine #251 contained a full page feature on FQP, Shocking Futures and Twisted Tales, by Matthew Badham. It concluded "With a committed editorial team, FutureQuake looks to be a major player in the small press scene for some time to come."
Awardsedit
2007: Nominated for the "Favourite Black & White Comicbook" Eagle Award[1]
2008: Nominated for the "Favourite Black and White Comicbook" Eagle Award
2010: Nominated for the "Favourite Black and White Comicbook" Eagle Award[2]
2011: Nominated for the "Favourite British Comicbook: Black and White" Eagle Award (as were FutureQuake Publishing's 2000 AD fanzines Zarjaz and Dogbreath)[3]
2012: Nominated for the "Favourite British Comicbook: Black and White" Eagle Award (as was FutureQuake Publishing's 2000 AD fanzines Zarjaz)[4]
See alsoedit
Hi-Ex, Inverness-based comic convention organised by Richmond Clements
Dave Evans's profile at 2000 AD 10 February 2006 at the Wayback Machine
Richmond Clements' profile at 2000 AD 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
Review of FQ #4
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This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article may be written from a fan s point of view rather than a neutral point of view Please clean it up to conform to a higher standard of quality and to make it neutral in tone April 2023 Learn how and when to remove this message This article is in list format but may read better as prose You can help by converting this article if appropriate Editing help is available April 2023 The neutrality of this article is disputed Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page Please do not remove this message until conditions to do so are met April 2023 Learn how and when to remove this message Learn how and when to remove this message FutureQuake was a British small press comic book founded by Arthur Wyatt and later edited by Richmond Clements David Evans and Owen Watts Dedicated to showcasing work by new writers and artists they published mostly self contained comic stories generally of 5 pages or less and usually of a sci fi fantasy horror bent Cover to FutureQuake issue 7 by Oliver Redding Under their FutureQuake Press imprint FQP they also published the Japanese Manga influenced anthology MangaQuake and the horror comic Something Wicked FQP also published other comics and took over Dogbreath the Strontium Dog fanzine and Zarjaz the general 2000 AD fanzine 39 issues of FutureQuake were published until publication went on hiatus following the death of David Evans in May 2021 Contents 1 Contributors 2 Staff 3 FutureQuake Press output 3 1 Issues 3 2 Reviews 3 3 Awards 3 4 MangaQuake 3 4 1 Issues 3 4 2 Reviews 3 4 3 Awards 3 5 Something Wicked 3 5 1 Issues 3 5 2 Reviews 3 5 3 Awards 3 6 Others 4 Other press coverage 5 Awards 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksContributors editFutureQuake played host to a wide range of contributors including first time writers and artists up and coming small press personalities and established creators Issues featured the likes of Alan Grant Arthur Ranson Al Ewing Stewart McKenny PJ Holden Arthur Wyatt Inaki Miranda amp Eva de la Cruz Adrian Bamforth Matt Timson Michael Molcher Paul Scott and Charlie Adlard Staff edit nbsp The FutureQuake editorial team at the Bristol Comic Expo 2006 From left to right Richmond Clements Edward Berridge and David Evans In 2021 FutureQuake staff included art commissioning editor Dave Evans script editor Richmond Clements editor Owen Watts and webmaster Barny Shergold Previous members include founder and sole editor for issues 1 3 Arthur Wyatt script editor James Mackay and script editor Edward Berridge FutureQuake Press output editThough FutureQuake was ostensibly open to any form of submission from anyone who chose to do so there were certain forms and themes to which the comic adheres As an anthology the stories often featured a moralistic twist at the end much in the same style as EC Comics s science fiction and horror comics like Weird Science and The Vault of Horror as well as 2000 AD s Future Shocks However the stories were not necessarily bound by this Issues edit 1 Features work by Arthur Wyatt Matt Timson Michael Molcher and Adrian Bamforth among others With a cover by PJ Holden free to download 2 Features work by Arthur Wyatt Michael Molcher and Matt Timson among others With a cover by PJ Holden free to download 3 Features work by Arthur Wyatt David Evans and Adrian Bamforth among others With a cover by PJ Holden free to download 4 Features work by Arthur Ranson Inaki Miranda amp Eva de la Cruz Mark Woodland Stewart McKenny Cullen Bunn whose first published comics work appears in this issue and Richmond Clements among others With a foreword by Alan Grant and a cover by Matt Timson free to download 5 Features work by Al Ewing Michael Molcher Arthur Wyatt Julia Bax and Edward Berridge among others With a foreword by Harry Harrison and a cover by Charlie Adlard 6 Features work by Stewart McKenny cover Boo Cook Arthur Wyatt 7 Features work by Al Ewing Paul Scott and Matt Timson cover 21 Features work by Dave Thomson and Gary Robinson amongst others With a cover by Gibson Quarter 23 Features work by Ollie Masters and Dan Cornwell amongst others With a cover by Kev Levell This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it August 2021 Reviews edit With 48 pages this issue boasts nine multi page and five one page strips and art contributions from industry professionals Arthur Ranson Stewart McKenny Inaki Miranda and Eva de la Cruz as well as published authors and other overseas contributors There are some striking strips concerning the fate of alien abductees how unfunded superheroes support themselves the burden of bureaucracy on crime fighters and a breakthrough in temporal research Comics International about FQ 4 ZINE OF THE MONTH Don t be fooled by its relatively simplistic cover Futurequake is an excellent zine with a great selection of standalone strips ranging from the darkly dramatic Domestic Bliss to traditional sci fi themes with a comedy twist Fortunate Son There s real talent in both the writing and the art check out the single pager Wrecks for an example of a short but superbly told story and brilliant SF ideas abound SFX March 2006 about FQ 5 It will run for quite a while and go from strength to strength Comics International 192 Futurequake 6 A4 3 50 inspired no doubt in part by Tharg s Future Shocks but owing more I think to SF short fiction and US pulp comics is a delight Well deserving its status of SFX Fanzine of the Month Down the Tubes The cover and opening strip Triumph of the Will by Ed Berridge Richmond Clements and fine artistic talent Andy Finlayson make this a must for WWII superhero completists Gray Wilkinson and Bolt 01 collaborate on a destiny charged tale with an ironic twist Arthur Wyatt and Peter Anckom do a nice line in military subterfuge while several other strips deliver twists so oblique it that their meaning isn t immediately apparent Comics International about FQ 6 Awards edit Fanzine of the Month in SFX for FutureQuake 5 MangaQuake edit MangaQuake moves away from the FutureQuake format opting instead for longer stories less reliant on the narrative structure of the twist clearly influenced by the Japanese manga comics form Issues edit 1 Features work by Michiru Morikawa Joanna Zhou Mongoose McCloud and Edward Berridge among others With a foreword by Jonathan Clements and a cover by Michiru Morikawa free to download 2 Features work by PJ Holden Ed Berridge Sonia Leong and Bryan Coyle Issue 2 was withdrawn and reissued with a different cover due to copyright problems with the initial cover 3 Features work by PJ Holden Bryan Coyle and Mongoose McCloud Reviews edit A stylistic departure for small press sci fi comics Comics International 192 This very pretty stripzine boasts a broad selection of different art styles although despite the name only a few strips make use of the Japanese aesthetic The highpoints are Cyborg Butterfly reminiscent of Yukito Kishiro s Battle Angel Alita and the somewhat more Westernised Wildcards which parodies Power Rangers and Godzilla and the super robot genre and is very funny with it too SFX about MangaQuake 2 A generous page count allows the two longest strips room to breath sic Cyborg Butterfly by Sonia Leong features beautiful art but substitutes sentiment for characterisation Mongoose McCloud s Wildcard Taskforce Robo Guardians on the other hand goes all out for fun with cheeky Jack of Clubs slipping in some filthy remarks about his team mates The five shorter strips are all charming in their own way with The Stunt and Squandered Eden telling complete stories with admirable economy Comics International about MangaQuake 2 Awards edit Fanzine of the Month in SFX for MangaQuake 2 Something Wicked edit Something Wicked was the third title launched The horror comic directly parallels and references the horror titles published by EC Comics and those published by Atlas during the 1950s Issues edit There have been ten issues so far when 1 Features contains16 strips from creators including Adrian Bamforth Ed Berridge and Keith Burns tale By The Pricking of My Thumbs also appeared as the first strip in the small press slot of the Judge Dredd Megazine 10 Current Issue Features contains 10 strips from various creators Cover by Jon Taylor This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it August 2021 Reviews edit All the strips are beautifully drawn but not all have an inevitability or necessary logic to them Hence the most satisfactory story is Adrian Bamforth sThe Other Side which delivers an unexpected twist that doesn t make the reader wonder why it happened Comics International the execution is superb and with each strip taking just the right amount of time to deliver its impact and they re all nicely tied together too SFX Magazine Awards edit Fanzine of the Month in SFX Others edit They have published or agreed to take over publishing a number of titles all of which are not part of the core FQP titles above As well as their personal projects these include Dogbreath is a Strontium Dog fanzine that after 14 issues needed a new home Stak is a one off Rogue Trooper fanzine published in Autumn 2007 to coincide with 2000 AD s 30th anniversary Zarjaz also needed a new home four issues after the relaunch Other press coverage editMagazine articles Judge Dredd Megazine 240 February 2006 contains a five page article by Matthew Badham on the British small press comics scene including interviews with many creators such as Al Ewing amp Arthur Wyatt and reviews of titles including FutureQuake Stewart McKenny s cover for FutureQuake 6 forms the article s frontispiece Judge Dredd Megazine 251 contained a full page feature on FQP Shocking Futures and Twisted Tales by Matthew Badham It concluded With a committed editorial team FutureQuake looks to be a major player in the small press scene for some time to come Awards edit2007 Nominated for the Favourite Black amp White Comicbook Eagle Award 1 2008 Nominated for the Favourite Black and White Comicbook Eagle Award 2010 Nominated for the Favourite Black and White Comicbook Eagle Award 2 2011 Nominated for the Favourite British Comicbook Black and White Eagle Award as were FutureQuake Publishing s 2000 AD fanzines Zarjaz and Dogbreath 3 2012 Nominated for the Favourite British Comicbook Black and White Eagle Award as was FutureQuake Publishing s 2000 AD fanzines Zarjaz 4 See also editHi Ex Inverness based comic convention organised by Richmond ClementsReferences edit The Eagle Awards 2006 Archived May 29 2007 at the Wayback Machine Connelly Brendon 29 October 2010 Full Results Of The 2010 Eagle Awards Bleeding Cool Retrieved 29 October 2010 Johnston Rich 14 March 2011 Eagle Awards Nominations Announced Bleeding Cool Retrieved 14 March 2011 Eagle Awards Archived 2011 02 05 at the Wayback MachineExternal links editFutureQuake homepage dead link Archived 2021 05 06 at the Wayback Machine Dave Evans interview Dave Evans s profile at 2000 AD Archived 10 February 2006 at the Wayback Machine Richmond Clements profile at 2000 AD Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine Review of FQ 4 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title FutureQuake amp oldid 1158519299 Something Wicked, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
