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Phoenix Productions @phnxprodscomics.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This one-of-a-kind zine is back, this time taking its horror-infused art style and applying it to...famous scientists in history? WATCH: youtu.be/_xt4xBXrv0g

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Phoenix Productions @phnxprodscomics.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It's one thing to make a nice looking sketchbook zine. It's another altogether to integrate analog and digital art...and then do it with an entirely unique artistic style. WATCH: youtu.be/C5goK3PkHqc GIVEAWAY ALERT: I have extra copies of both issues 1 & 2! Info inside...

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Phoenix Productions @phnxprodscomics.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

SPX - Coming this weekend! See you at Table I-9! smallpressexpo.com

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Phoenix Productions @phnxprodscomics.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Attention spandex hero fans: This zine covers the landscape like few others... Dive in deep with the lists and essays! WATCH: youtu.be/voNPi92eGEw

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Phoenix Productions @phnxprodscomics.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

#NobleHeadFriday - The first few pages of Edward Bolman & J. P. Noel's playful and surreal Noble Head Funnies #1, as well as the first letter in the most creative alphabet you'll ever see! All in the collected Noble Head Funnies, available right now at bolmancomics.com.

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Phoenix Productions @phnxprodscomics.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

#HumpdayHutchinsons -- Let's welcome Joe Hutchinson to the weekly spotlight with a look at his classic mid-80s "Lobster Loonies" minicomic! This story - remastered and colored by brother Daryl - is part of the epic Joe's Comix: Wild Kingdom collection, available right now at joescomix.com!

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Phoenix Productions @phnxprodscomics.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Our global community comes through once again, giving us a new interview/profile/cartoon-zine that is physically impressive and filled with inspirational content. We look at it in today's FANzine Live World Zines video! WATCH: youtu.be/ormA5xTZrI0

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Phoenix Productions @phnxprodscomics.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

#SundaySteveWillis - Mrs. Buginthebutt must be SOMEONE'S mother, so let's salute her on #mothersday as only Steve Willis can. Excerpts from Cranium Frenzy #24 (2023), part of The Collected Cranium Frenzy Volume 3 -- available right now at craniumfrenzy.com!

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Phoenix Productions @phnxprodscomics.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

In my drive to complete the FANzine Live First Person video where Steve Willis looks over one of the great tribute zines of all time, I neglected to note that today's Crowdfunded Zines video never was posted. Alas, it'll go up next Saturday. Be back on Sunday for Steve looking over Heir of the Dog!

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Phoenix Productions @phnxprodscomics.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

#SundaySteveWillis - The last First Person video will take a little longer to edit, so let's jump back into the books and find a couple of excellent excerpts. From Cranium Frenzy #23 (2023). Get the entire series, over 900 pages, at craniumfrenzy.com!

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Phoenix Productions @phnxprodscomics.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

#SundaySteveWillis - The snow has melted around here, so it's time to get outside. Why not Walk like a Norm? Just watch where you walk! From Cranium Frenzy #22 (2023), part of The Collected Cranium Frenzy by Steve Willis Volume 3. Get the entire series, over 900 pages, at craniumfrenzy.com!

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Phoenix Productions @phnxprodscomics.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

#SundaySteveWillis - From Cranium Frenzy #19 (2023), the first couple pages of the trippy "Opossum Blossom," then a look-in on Steve's nemesis, Mrs. Buginthebutt. We close this post out with another installment of "The Funniest Joke in the World!"

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Phoenix Productions @phnxprodscomics.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

#SundaySteveWillis - A handful of one-pagers from Cranium Frenzy #18 (2023)...experimental cartooning and storytelling with a twinkle in his eye. These comics, and more, are part of The Collected Cranium Frenzy by Steve Willis Volume 3. Get the entire series at craniumfrenzy.com.

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Phoenix Productions @phnxprodscomics.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

(Oh, and I threw in some alien Morty's from the same issue...just for giggles.)

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Phoenix Productions @phnxprodscomics.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

#SundaySteveWillis - Chunk Spitsonyou forces his way into the spotlight in a story from Cranium Frenzy #17 (2023), which is part of The Collected Cranium Frenzy by Steve Willis Volume 3. Get your copy of this story and so much more at craniumfrenzy.com.

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Phoenix Productions @phnxprodscomics.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

#SundaySteveWillis - Today's selection is one of the most consequential of Steve's Cranium Frenzy run...the introduction of Mrs. Buginthebutt! Steve's life would never be the same. Available to read in both The Collected Cranium Frenzy's Volume 2 and Reader, which you can find at craniumfrenzy.com.

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Phoenix Productions @phnxprodscomics.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Never gets old. The man drew a piece of my youth with Swamp Thing. To get affirmation from @stephenrbissette.bsky.social? Priceless.

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Phoenix Productions @phnxprodscomics.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Do you review comics, zines, books and/or graphic novels? Why not take a look at Phoenix Productions? Drop me a line at phoenixprodscomics@yahoo.com! Let me know where you post your reviews and what your tastes are in reading, and I'll set you up.

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Phoenix Productions @phnxprodscomics.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

This single-pager is one of my favorites.

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Phoenix Productions @phnxprodscomics.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

#SundaySteveWillis - A couple gems from Cranium Frenzy #13, 2022. You can get the four volumes (and the Reader!) of The Collected Cranium Frenzy by Steve Willis at craniumfrenzy.com.

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Phoenix Productions @phnxprodscomics.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I hope you're having a fantastic holiday season filled with comics and zine goodness (as well as the other important stuff). Here's to a great 2026!

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Phoenix Productions @phnxprodscomics.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Bonus Morty Comix! I'm FINALLY pulling my Short Run recap video together, and Steve Willis apparently snuck some Comix into my zine haul package. Nifty!

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Phoenix Productions @phnxprodscomics.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

#SundaySteveWillis - The first four pages of the issue-length "Seasons of Shadows" story from Cranium Frenzy #12, 2022. Read the entire story in The Collected Cranium Frenzy Vol. 2, available at craniumfrenzy.com.

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Phoenix Productions @phnxprodscomics.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

#SundaySteveWillis - The first five pages of the issue-length story, "Hostages," featured in Cranium Frenzy #11, 2022. Steve's placing some Morty Comix! Get your own copies of The Collected Cranium Frenzy by Steve Willis at: craniumfrenzy.com

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Phoenix Productions @phnxprodscomics.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

#sundaystevewillis - That darned Morty won't stay dead, but at least we got an introduction of another foundational character. From the oversized Cranium Frenzy #10, 2003 - part of The Collected Cranium Frenzy by Steve Willis Vol 2...available at craniumfrenzy.com

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Phoenix Productions @phnxprodscomics.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

#SundaySteveWillis - The opening four pages of Cranium Frenzy #8, 1995. Featuring one of many deaths of Morty the Dog.

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Phoenix Productions @phnxprodscomics.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

#SundaySteve Willis - The first four pages from the full-length story in Cranium Frenzy 7, 1994. Enjoy!

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Phoenix Productions @phnxprodscomics.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

A Morty Comix for everyone... #12,715. Westport, Washington. Photos courtesy of Steve Willis.

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Phoenix Productions @phnxprodscomics.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Another big day of recording FANzine Live videos lies ahead...time to caffeinate!

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Phoenix Productions @phnxprodscomics.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

#SundaySteveWillis - From Cranium Frenzy #2, 1982. Get The Collected Cranium Frenzy at: craniumfrenzy.com

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Phoenix Productions @phnxprodscomics.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

¡AY CARAMBA! Steve Willis generously sent me a whole mess 'o' Classic Zines! Anyone see anything they recognize? 😊

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Phoenix Productions @phnxprodscomics.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Yours truly, as cartooned by Matt "Doc" Hoffman, in Tetragrammaton Fragments 280 (the latest edition of the United Fanzine Organization newsletter). I'd say it's an accurate representation, down to the lack of a clean shave. Thanks, Doc!

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Phoenix Productions @phnxprodscomics.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

HEADS UP! I'll be traveling off-grid for a couple-ish weeks in July. Not sure I will be posting here while gone. If you want to catch every FANzine Live video, subscribe directly at YouTube via: linktr.ee/phoenixprods

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Phoenix Productions @phnxprodscomics.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

At LONG last, I finally completed my solo read of Love and Rockets Vol 1! Mechanics through Whoa Nelly...now it's time to read the book that spurred this adventure. Looks like a great one, marcsobel.bsky.social!

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Phoenix Productions @phnxprodscomics.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

It's SPACE Week, and organizer Bob Corby has two new zines ready to launch at the Small Press & Alternative Comics Expo this weekend. We've got a sneak preview for you! WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Koxf...

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Phoenix Productions @phnxprodscomics.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Crowdfunding offers great opportunities: Professional printing, worldwide distribution & more for premium costs. The Ghost System #1 has great art and production-but what about the story? Also, the third issue of a crowdfunded favorite, Boxes! WATCH: youtu.be/0KJVKBUJEZw

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Phoenix Productions @phnxprodscomics.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Eduard is an immortal man in a mortal world. He's losing his aging lover. Now he can save a very special boy's life...at the cost of his mortality. The Perfect Human, today's FANzine Live World Zines video, shares this brilliant illustrated tale. WATCH: youtu.be/6vs-OQLBlFI

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Phoenix Productions @phnxprodscomics.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Jeff Wood gave zine lovers a gift in restoring & reissuing Fandom Team-Up 2, in which he paired with legendary small press artist Larry Blake to match Wood's Snowbuni w/ Blake's Nightstar. Also, Wood's Snowbuni Sample Book 2023 & Karl Heitmueller's Beat Comics 5-6! Watch here: youtu.be/pUbkRVCoR4Y

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Phoenix Productions @phnxprodscomics.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

It begins... Watch it here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tkom...

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Phoenix Productions @phnxprodscomics.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Coming from Ukraine but purchased in Prague, oberih is a sobering collection of images and stories of the talismen that Ukrainians carry with them in this tragic time of war. We look at it in today's FANZine Live World Zines video. Watch here: youtu.be/J1YoWe53ErE

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Phoenix Productions @phnxprodscomics.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

It's a Christmas miracle! After 3 days of wrangling with Premiere Rush, my wifi router and my broadband provider, I FINALLY was able to upload a proper copy of this Saturday's Phoenix Spotlight video on Hologram 10 to FANzine Live's YouTube channel! NOW I can go enjoy my Christmas...

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Phoenix Productions @phnxprodscomics.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

The card says it all. Peace, everyone.

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Phoenix Productions @phnxprodscomics.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Twas fun to wok on pasteups for the forthcoming Hologram #10 minicomic tonight. Tony Lorenz is doing a wonderful job.

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