Funky Super Self-Publishing

Handowin is a zine-maker contributing to independent publication. In the past three years, she participated in plenty of art book fairs, illustration fairs, and zine fests throughout the world. Through her visualized stories, an incomparable world outlook could be recognized.

Funky Soul Club is a virtual space in which all funky souls are welcomed. Plus, all her zines are designed in an out-of-box thinking way and packaged under a "Funky Super" concept. In 2020, she started a new IP "Rolling my eyes" and related products. Life is short; do something funky.

In 2019, 4res and Handowin co-worked to create a zine series One Tale of Two Cities: Shanghai vs. Hong Kong, a comparison between two cities under a same topic. The first issue is independent bookstore.

4res is a graphic designer from Hong Kong. He is also a movie-goer and one of the founders of Zinecoop, a Hong Kong zine community. He ever self-published A Thin Booklet Issue 1-12 (a collective zine), Zinema Issue 1-12 (about movie review) etc. (https://4res.info)

This year, they amend and re-design this issue. It will be published very soon. Since this year, they group up to establish a temp team “Funky Zine Forest”. Through Handowin’s visualized stories, an incomparable world outlook could be recognized. 4res’ unique viewpoint and critical thinking differentiate him from others. Their cooperation will definitely spur sparks.