PokéZine 4 and its trading cards are here! ⊟
The original plans for a PokéZine binder fell through, but Jordan Rosenberg and Jonathan Visconti managed to make their dream for this fourth installment happen! Available to pick up now for $17, this print zine features contributions from 36 artists and graphic designers, each sharing their take on a design from the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
“PZ4 offers a twist—it’s a zine with cards inside. It aims to give viewers a nostalgic ping that transports them back to the playground in 1999, trading Pokémon cards with their classmates. PZ4 hopes to ignite memories of lugging your favorite, most prized cards around in a plastic binder. Back then, some video game magazines came with promo cards soft-glued inside, so inspiration was drawn from that as well.
The back of each card features a unique emblem. These are inspired by all manner of Pokémon lore—gym badges from the games, decals from other TCG sets, design queues from misc. Pokémon & even a sequence in the anime where our hero Ash dreamt up what his future badges look like.”
The cards are soft-glued to the pages, allowing you to peel them off. A number of artists we always love to see new stuff from contributed to the zine, like Arkotype, Jake Lawrence, KC Green, Leigh Davis, Walter P, and Thymine. See the full list and order PokéZine 4 here.
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