'I'm so busy busy busy busy busy
busy busy doing so much pointless shite'
This Zine imprint by Jackie Batey
of Damp Flat books has been around since the beginning of the Credit Crunch.
Issues are published twice a year and reflect the news of the moment and the
anxieties of modern life.
They appear at first glance to be
simple doodles scanned in from a note book, but on closer inspection are much
more nuanced. Future Fantasteek follows in the comedic tradition of Monty
Python or the Simpsons, in the way it appropriates the ubiquitous language of
advertising, and in the process sends humanities absurd foibles up in flames.
Drawing and text mingle
deliciously, and bold colour gives it an extra punch. Goats, ants, devils,
chickens, dogs, bears, cats, aliens, henry VIII as well as the occasional
'regular' person are all the vehicle for the stupid things we humans say think
and do. The text is made expressive by the use of frenetic hand-drawn
typography.
The last issue to be released was
Future Fantasteek no. 14 back in February 2013 when the horse meat scandal was
raging, hence the pantomime horse on the cover. I am eagerly anticipating issue
no. 15 to find out where Jackie Batey will next direct her fine-toothed comb
over society and drag out some more hideous 'nits' of truth.
Future Fantasteek issues 2, 4, 5,
7, 8 , 12, 13, 14 are currently available in the Bookartbookshop and cost
£6 each.
- Jon Lander
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