TMUK 2025 Fanzine: Local Heroes

[blueshift]

Theme: A fanzine looking at the localisation and quirks of various territories around the world. The weird little things that tends not to escape the country rather than the big franchises.
Deadline: 30 April 2025
Format: Full colour


Submission guidelines:
Fun and/or informative. Family friendly - there will be kids at the convention, so no articles full of swearing or violence!
Stuff is cool! No excessive bashing please!
If artwork, needs to be in colour.
If text, a page is around 500 words (less if with pictures)
Submissions should be 2-3 pages, but no max length, go wild if you want as long as it's good!

What is in scope:
Anything that was a localisation in any territory, the more niche the better.
Ladybird continuity
Big looker books
Argentinian stuff
German comic magazin
The original European stuff with Jetfire marketed as the leader
Pickwick audio
Jugger Morph
Nezha

What is out of scope:
The bigger more obvious stuff that everyone knows about: ie the Japanese transformer lines/cartoons. If in doubt, ask!

Contribution planning:
German comics info - Matt
Juggermorph: Turnbull

[Benn]

As ever, slap me down for some scribblin'!

[The Doctor]

Pickwick Audio and Ladybird continuity, please. I'll do them.

-Ralph

[blueshift]

Oh yes, Ed said he wanted to do the cover, I will see if he still wants to

[The Doctor]

The German audio story tapes (Folge) might be interesting, if Nick still has his tapes.

-Ralph

[The Doctor]

Weetabix Transformers?

-Ralph

[The Doctor]

I'm sure Andu and I said we would do the Japanese Decoys strip. All three panels of it.

-Ralph

[Grand Moff Muffin]

Something could probably be done with how TFUK has the Transformers encountering Action Force (including Wild Bill from Hull) in London rather than G.I. Joe in America, and how Wreck-Gar makes British TV references whenever he appears in Marvel UK stories (although there's one we shan't mention), not to mention the very British transmissions Starscream picks up when visiting the UK in the second TFUK annual.



Martin

[Andy Turnbull]

Nov 12, 2024 19:55:03 GMT The Doctor said:

I'm sure Andu and I said we would do the Japanese Decoys strip. All three panels of it.

-Ralph

We did.

Get writing.

[Andy Turnbull]

Nov 12, 2024 19:51:54 GMT blueshift said:

Oh yes, Ed said he wanted to do the cover, I will see if he still wants to

If he doesn't - MINE - gave you my idea last night.

If not you will still get it anyway, will make for a nice centre-spread/mini poster.

[Bogatan]

I believe I am completing my body parts trilogy with something about Phoenix King.

[Bogatan]

I think I'll be in a good place to do a deep dive on all the Decoys by then.

[Jaymz]

Yeah, will do a comic strip with Dan.

[Llama God]

I guess I can try and write something around Nezha. No idea what mind you, but it is a minor obsession of mine, and given I utterly failed to do anything with the ideas I had for this year’s magazine due to general brain failure I figure I really should try and get something done for next year…