Fury Road (Mad Max fanzine)
| Zine | |
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| Title: | Fury Road (Fanzine) |
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| Editor(s): | Megan Woodrum and Kera |
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| Date(s): | 2016 |
| Fandom: | Mad Max Fury Road |
| External Links: | Kickstarter, Archived version; Shiny and Chrome Tumblr, Archived version |
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Fury Road (Fanzine) is a 112 page artzine of Mad Max Fury Road fan art. The October 2015 Kickstarter campaign raised $7,230 with 219 backers. The art zine has a planned ship date of Jan 2016. Over 75 artists contributed.[1]
From the FAQ:
"It will be 5.5 x 9.5" and glossy cover and interior. 100lbs glossy for the cover, 80lbs for the interior. Saddle stitched unless we have more than 40 artists, in which case we will do perfect binding."[2]
The editors announced that any excess funds above the costs of producing the fanzine and providing the artists with trib copies would be donated to a woman's shelter.[3]
The editors explained why they decided to publish a Fury Road art zine:
"But we were incredibly disappointed at the lack of merchandise available. Where’s our Bloodbag masks? Where’s our Valkyrie crow feather jackets? Where’s our Furiosa action figures?"[4]
The art book was featured in a Smashpages Oct 2015 article: Artists unite for ‘shiny and chrome’ Fury Road Fan Zine, Archived version
Sample interior art by Michael Guiang depicting the propaganda and brainwashing of the younger men in Immortan Joe's cult, who were taught it was good to die on Fury Road.
Sample Interior art by Julia-Serra. The center of the grid is Furiosa and she is surrounded by the women she and Mad Max have help escape. The emphasis on the women shows that the focus of Mad Max Fury Road movie was not Mad Max, but on the women.
Sample interior art by Annalise-Jensen. "We are not things" was painted on the walls of the women's quarters after they escaped. The phrase later was used during many women in political protests across the world as authoritarians and their oppressive policies against women began resurging.
Sample interior art by Amauri Siegel. A good portion of the art in the zine focuses on the War Boys and their leader, Immortan Joe, often glorifying them. Here we see Max Max and Furiosa shown diagonally opposed to the cult leader and Nux, the young War Boy who is deprogrammed on his journey down Fury Road and who eventually gives his life for Furiosa and the women.
