Sneak peak in FZ Continuum – Faly towers and bridges

"Faly, a living city, has mental health issues. You can see that in the way she grows towers in all shapes and sizes, everywhere and anywhere." Article in English (top) and in Dutch (scroll down).Robin Rozendal is a fantasy writer and illustrator, in addition to her work as a videographer and photographer. Verloren Aluria is the first book in her 'Living Cities' series (in Dutch). She also draws her own covers and illustrations, made illustrations for magazines several times and illustrated the children's book Luguberg: talentenjacht, by Dianne Arentsen.About this work she says: “This artwork is a drawing of the living city ‘Faly’, one of the characters of my book series ‘Living cities’. Living cities are creatures with thoughts and feelings and very often they also have mental he...

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Sneak peak in FZ Continuum – Slow as glaciers

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Sneak peak in FZ Continuum – Slow as glaciers

"I started out loving science fiction before I could read the novels." Article in English (top) and in Dutch (scroll down).Tais Teng contributed a story ánd artwork for our new magazine. He tells us why: “I started out loving science fiction before I could read the novels. There wasn’t much Dutch science fiction, only some translated Asimov and Bradbury but there was an enormous secondhand bookstore in my city with a whole wall filled with American science fiction. Talking about Aladdin’s treasure cave…I used to gaze at the covers, filled with a pure yearning wonder and had to make up my own stories about them.When I turned twelve I couldn’t stand it anymore. I bought one with a spaceship on the cover: Defiance by Kenneth Bulmer. As you can see it had all a boy of twelve n...

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Sneak peak in FZ Continuum – Transition of a city

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Sneak peak in FZ Continuum – Transition of a city

"Now, we flourish within the 'Urban Reef', an interconnected living network that binds humanity and nature." Article in English (top) and in Dutch (scroll down).Dustin Jacobus is an illustrator and industrial design engineer, who is deeply passionate about nature, sustainable design, biomimicry, and futurism. Through his art, he explores the question: What would a world look like if we cared for all lifeforms? In his imaginative work, he envisions a future where we live in harmony with nature.“In this idyllic future, humans and nature coexist harmoniously,” he says. “Inspired by the ingenuity of cellular growth, scientific breakthroughs in nanotechnology have given us a new programmable, carbon-based material. This remarkable material allows us to organically "grow" urban structur...

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Sneak peak in FZ Continuum – Sea turtle

"This sea turtle is badly in the market for a bigger shell." Article in English (top) and in Dutch (scroll down).“My first attempt at a 3D model of a sea turtle turned out to be unintentionally out of proportion as I was critiqued during my portfolio presentation in art school in 2018. "The flippers look like croissants to me," the art director of my favorite game company commented.” Cathy Eppinga is a Dutch fantasy artist who finds herself at home in all sorts of creative media. Storytelling and world-building are recurring themes in her work, which she explores through drawing, writing and 3D modeling. She works as a freelance graphic designer and illustrator, and she is writing the manuscript of her debut novel, Halfmer. This comment of the art director only made her more determin...

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Sneak peak in FZ Continuum – A stitch in space

"The character’s weapon of choice, a needle, was chosen on purpose; I like to sew." Article in English (top) and in Dutch (scroll down).Pam Hage: “My piece was created for a contest a couple of years ago. The theme was “art avatar”: how do you see yourself as the ultimate, even godlike, artist? I wasn’t quite sure what that meant for me, but I thought that as long as my entry contained stars, feathers, painterly brush strokes, and an overdose of purples, people would know I made it. I’ve used Photoshop to make this, but I use a style that is reminiscent of a traditional oil painting. My entry made it to the finals, so something about this idea and execution must have clicked with the judges!The night sky has always fascinated me. I even wanted to study astronomy, but its sheer amo...

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Interview: Boekenboxen van So Many Pages

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Interview: Boekenboxen van So Many Pages

Door Isabelle PlomteuxEen interviewreeks over bijzondere uitgaves in het Nederlandstalige fantastische genre, dat leek ons wel wat. Er verschijnt immers heel wat moois.Vorige week spraken we Nine van AnderWereld over hun Persoonlijke en Mystery-boekenboxen en deze week laten we de samenstellers van de boekenboxen van So Many Pages aan het woord.De komende weken kun je nog een interview met Koen Vyverman van uitgeverij Spatterlight verwachten over Ex Libris. Ex Libris is een samenwerking tussen Spatterlight en Nederlands beeldend kunstenaar Geert van der Pol die resulteerde in een genummerde Nederlandstalige bibliofiele uitgave van grootmeester Jack Vance en een bijhorende, genummerde en gesigneerde prent van Geert van der Pol.Van acquirerend redacteur Jill Luites (uitgeverij Boek...

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The art of DC – The dawn of super heroes – indrukwekkende verzameling uit de wereld van DC

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The art of DC – The dawn of super heroes – indrukwekkende verzameling uit de wereld van DC

Door Sigrid Lensink-Damen In het Forum in Groningen is tot en met 8 januari 2023 de tentoonstelling The art of DC - The dawn of super heroes te zien in twee zalen. De tentoonstelling is samengesteld door Art Ludique in Parijs, een museum dat zich volledig concentreert op de hedendaagse kunst in strips, animatie, manga, films, videogames en meer. In de zalen worden meer dan 200 originele strippagina’s, 280 concepttekeningen, kostuums uit de films en maquettes van filmsets getoond. De bezoeker mag vrij fotograferen en filmen.Passende architectuur Het Forum staat in hartje Groningen. Het is een nieuw gebouw onder moderne architectuur en past perfect bij een expositie over su...

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