Bubbles 1

An independent fanzine about comics & manga, chock-full of interviews, original comics & more, edited by Brian Baynes. A great intersection of under & aboveground comics and manga. Bubbles rocks!

Issue #1 - March 2019

This in the second printing which is in black and white

Contents:
- In depth look at late 80s/early 90s alternative manga publisher Blast Books
- Interview with Hiroo Yamagata (Translator of Hideshi Hino's Hell Baby)
- Brief interview with Laura Lindgren (Founder of Blast Books)
- Interview with James Hudnall (Translation assistant of Mai, The Psychic Girl)
- Music From Nancy a retrospective, interviews with all 3 creators, Jesse Poimboeuf, Steve Sweet, Steve Cunningham.
- Interview with Shades7000 (Creator of the Scanlation Group 'You're Welcome')
- Short essays on comic book artifacts found on Ebay
- Comics you should read (reviews of contemporary comics)
- Translation of The Road Home by Kuniko Tsurita (from Garo #213)

32 pages, with 16 page insert of a Program for Music From Nancy