Cloud City (Star Wars zine)
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Title: | Cloud City |
Publisher: | Italian fan club, Cloud City |
Editor(s): | Fiorenzo delle Rupi |
Date(s): | 1990 to at least 1996 |
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Fandom: | Star Wars |
Language: | Italian (with a supplementary booklet in English), and English and Italian (the second issue) |
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Cloud City is a Star Wars zine published in Italy. It contains fiction, articles, cartoons, and art. It is in English.
The zine was bi-monthly. A collection of material from some issues were printed in 1993's Cloud City: Freezing Chamber.
When the Cloud City club magazine ended in 2000, the club began a new club zine called Dark Side and may have had a hand in The Hidden Wars.
Sister Zines
A Description
CLOUD CITY - A SAFE PORT FOR THE STAR WARS FANS is an association created in early 1990 by several of the major STAR WARS Italian fans in an effort to maintain the enjoyment and the love for the Saga alive; Each bimonthly issue of CLOUD CITY features news, articles and fiction by the Italian and American members of the club, fan-made drawings from the vehicles and ships of the movies and one of two issues always features color covers. The zine is published in Italian, but CLOUD CITY also features a booklet containing english texts drawn from the Star Wars Radio Shows. Subscription Rates: six issues for 25.000 lit. [1]
Issue 1
Cloud City 1 was published in March 1990.
- unknown content
Issue 2
Cloud City 2 was published in May 1990.
- unknown content
Issue 3
Cloud City 3 was published in July 1990.
- Star Errors, article by Federico Cappellini & Fabio Marzorati (reprinted in Cloud City: Freezing Chamber)
- Interferenze, fiction by Giulia Garbin (reprinted as "Disturbances" in Cloud City: Freezing Chamber)
- other unknown content
Issue 4
Cloud City 4 was published in September 1990.
- Le due spade, article by Eleonora Sessa (reprinted as "The Two Sabers" in Cloud City: Freezing Chamber)
- Ultima notte a Mos Eisley, fiction by by Paola Cartoceti (reprinted as "Last Night in Mos Eisley" in Cloud City: Freezing Chamber)
- other unknown content
Issue 5
Cloud City 5 was published in November 1990.
- La posta in giaco, fiction by Eleonora Sessa (reprinted as "The Ultimate Wager" in Cloud City: Freezing Chamber)
- other unknown content
Issue 6
Cloud City 6 was published in January 1991.
- Padre, aiutomi, fiction by Eleonora Sessa (reprinted as "Father, Help Me" in Cloud City: Freezing Chamber)
- other unknown content
Issue 7
Cloud City 7 was published in March 1991.
- unknown content
Issue 8
Cloud City 8 was published in 1991.
- Ombre del futuro by Florenzo Delle Rupi (reprinted as "Shadows of the Future" in Cloud City: Freezing Chamber)
- an illo by Sara Ferluga in this issue was reprinted in I Have a Bad Feeling About This #1
- other unknown content
Issue 9
Cloud City 9 was published in July 1991.
- Tutti in sella!, article by Giulia Garbin & Stefano (reprinted as "Get a Ride!" in Cloud City: Freezing Chamber)
- Amico, fiction by Paola Cartoceti (reprinted as "Friend" in Cloud City: Freezing Chamber)
- other unknown content
Issue 10
Cloud City 10 was published in September 1991.
- Ma che cosa ti sei messo in testa?!, article by Giulia Garbin (reprinted as "What's On Your Head?!" in Cloud City: Freezing Chamber)
- other unknown content
Issue 11
Cloud City 11 was published in November 1991.
- Quali sono i tuoi voleri, mio Padrone?, fiction by Giulia Garbin (reprinted as "What is Thy Bidding, Master?" in Cloud City: Freezing Chamber)
- other unknown content
Issue 12
Cloud City 12 was published in January 1992.
- The Magic of Lucasfilm, article by Yuri Giacobbe (reprinted in Cloud City: Freezing Chamber)
- other unknown content
Issue 13
Cloud City 13 was published in March 1992.
- unknown content
Issue 14
Cloud City 14
- unknown content
Issue 15
Cloud City 15
- unknown content
Issue 16
Cloud City 16
- illo by Stefano Vimercati in this issue was reprinted in I Have a Bad Feeling About This #1.
- other unknown content
Issue 17
Cloud City 17
- The Temptations by Giulia Jardin (reprinted in Bright Center of the Universe #4 in 1993)
- other unknown content
References
- ^ from a 1990 flyer