From Moxoxo and Carpadia’s strips to ZiNiQues

Abstract

The connection between fanzines and comic books in Brazil is well known. Between 1980 and 1990, a large part of the national production came from authors who published in fanzines, due to the difficulty of doing it in regular publishing houses. Although Brazilian comics have already carved out their own space, many authors still create comics independently. The work of the artist Martinique Schultz (aka Nique), with her characters published in accordion-style zines and showcased on the Internet, is an example of this independent stance. Schultz also created what we call artzines, fold-outs with different designs and poetic compositions in an innovative, formal and conceptual project. This article focuses on the relationship between comics/strips/zines and artzines based on the work of Nique, drawing on the references pointed out by Andraus, Batey, Guerra, Magalhães, and Zavam.