''FutureQuake'' was a British

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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. Under their FutureQuake Press imprint (FQP) they also published the

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-influenced anthology ''Manga Quake'' and the horror comic ''Something Wicked''. FQP also published other comics, and took over '' Dog breath'', the ''

Strontium Dog ''Strontium Dog'' is a long-running British comics series starring Johnny Alpha, a mutant bounty hunter who lives in Earth's future. The series was created in 1978 by writer John Wagner (under the pseudonym T. B. Grover) and artist Carlos Ezquer ...

'' fanzine and ''

Zarjaz ''Zarjaz'' is a comics anthology fanzine for the long-running British science fiction comic ''2000 AD (comics), 2000 AD''. Publication history ''Zarjaz'' was started in 2001 in comics, 2001 by Andrew J. Lewis (comics), Andrew J. Lewis. The fanz ...

'', 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.

Contributors

''FutureQuake'' played host to a wide range of contributors, including first time writers and artists, up-and-coming

personalities and established creators. Issues featured the likes of Alan Grant,

Arthur Ranson Arthur James Ranson (born 1939) is an People of the United Kingdom, English Comic book creator, comic book illustrator, known for his work on ''Look-in'', ''Judge Anderson, Anderson: Psi Division'', ''Button Man'' and ''Mazeworld''. His work on C ...

Al Ewing Al Ewing ( ; born 12 August 1977) is a British comics writer who has mainly worked in the small press, for '' 2000 AD'', and for Marvel Comics. Career Al Ewing began his career writing stories in the four-page '' Future Shocks'' format for '' ...

, Stewart McKenny,

PJ Holden Paul Jason Holden (born 28 December 1969) is a Northern Irish comic artist based in Belfast. He has worked for '' 2000 AD'', '' Warhammer Monthly'', and ''Judge Dredd Megazine''. Among other stories for these publications, he has provided the a ...

, Arthur Wyatt, Inaki Miranda & Eva de la Cruz,

Adrian Bamforth Adrian Bamforth is a British comic book artist who has worked for '' 2000 AD'' as well as producing work for British small press comics like '' FutureQuake''. Bibliography Comics work includes: *'' Judge Dredd'': ** "Pret-a-porker" (in '' Zarj ...

, Matt Timson, Michael Molcher, Paul Scott and

Charlie Adlard Charles Adlard (born 4 August 1966) is a British comic book artist known for his work on books such as '' The Walking Dead'' and '' Savage''. Career Adlard began his work in the UK on ''White Death'' with Robbie Morrison and '' 2000 AD'' serie ...

Staff

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.

Awards

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

: Nominated for the "Favourite Black & White Comicbook" Eagle Award *

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

: Nominated for the "Favourite Black and White Comicbook" Eagle Award *

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

: Nominated for the "Favourite Black and White Comicbook" Eagle Award *

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

: Nominated for the "Favourite British Comicbook: Black and White" Eagle Award (as were FutureQuake Publishing's ''2000 AD'' fanzines ''

'' and ''

Dogbreath ''Dogbreath'' is a fanzine dedicated to the ''2000 AD (comics), 2000 AD'' series ''Strontium Dog''. Publication history ''Dogbreath'' was started by Dr Bob (Amanda Kear), who had been writing ''Strontium Dog'' fan fiction since 1981. Her experi ...

'') *

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

: Nominated for the "Favourite British Comicbook: Black and White" Eagle Award (as was FutureQuake Publishing's ''2000 AD'' fanzines ''

'')Eagle Awards
*Fanzine of the Month in ''SFX'' for FutureQuake #5 *Fanzine of the Month in ''SFX'' for MangaQuake #2 *Fanzine of the Month in ''SFX''.

References

External links

* Official website
Dave Evans interviewDave Evans's profile at ''2000 AD''

Richmond Clements' profile at ''2000 AD''
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