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.
Funky Zine Forest is a zine duo formed by 4res and Handowin HE. “Funky” comes from Handowin’s Funky Soul Club, while “Forest” is inspired by 4res’ name. Both share a passion for experimenting with zines in distinctive ways.
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.
Handowin HE is an award-winning author-illustrator based in NYC/Shanghai. Keen on a storytelling approach to serving her various whims, Handowin holds a strong desire & ability to create artworks in which each one could feel her extraordinary imagination with a funky soul. She ever collaborated with various brands, media, and children's book publishing press.
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. That year, they grouped up to attend international art book fairs. So far they have attended 'Tokyo Art Book Fair (online)' and 'Fanzineist Vienna', 'UE15 &16 ', 'Singapore Art Book Fair', 'KLABF', and 'Bangkok Art Book Fair'. Through Handowin’s visualized stories, an incomparable world outlook could be recognized. 4res’s unique viewpoint and critical thinking differentiate him from others. Their cooperation will definitely spur sparks.
Subway Yokai Guide
OFF WORK ON [___] DAYS
MY WEIRD NEIGHBORS
ONE TALE OF TWO CITIES: SHANGHAI vs. HONG KONG
ISSUE 02: DIALECT
OMIKUJI CARD BOOK
2019 CALENDAR CARDS
CITY EXPLORATION INFOGRAPHY
ISSUE 02: HONG KONG
LAST MAN STANDING
2025-2026 CALENDAR
OFF WORK IN BOOKSTORES
FLIPBOOK:OFF WORK BY MONTH
((1/2)
PANDORA’S BOX
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CITY EXPLORATION INFOGRAPHY
ISSUE 01: TAIPEI
Attended as an individual (Handowin/ Funky Soul Club):
20181130-1202 Shanghai Jululu Indie Book Fest
20190510-0512 Hangzhou Oasis Fashion & Art Festival
20191108-1110 Boston Art Book Fair
20191206-1208 Okinawa Barrak Art Book Fair
20191219-1222 Seoul Illustration Fair
20200815-0816 Breaking Grounds by Common Rare
20200822 The Grand Theater Art Flea Market
20201002-1004 Hangzhou Illustration Flea Market by 31Jian
20201016-1018 Nanjing Art Book Fair by Bonjour
20240503-0505 Kuala Lumpur Art Fair, KL, MY
20250911-0914 Unfold Shanghai
20251121-1123 Grafixx Fest, Antwerpen, Belgium
20251204-1207 Shenzhen Art 100 +
Attended as a collective (Funky Zine Forest/ Risolab):
20180622-0624 Shanghai Unfold SHABF
20180629-0701 Beijing aBC
20181012-1014 Taipei Art Book Fair & Bang Bang Bang
20190715-0716 Brooklyn Art Book Fair
20190914-0915 Small Press Expo
20190919-0922 New York Art Book Fair
20200906 Shanghai abC
20210726-0826 Fanzineist Vienna
20210813-0815 Dali Art Book Fair
20210625-0627 Xi’an Art Book Fair
20210501-0503 Shanghai BABF
20211022-1031 Tokyo Art Book Fair
20220722-0724 Suzhou Art Book Fair
20220908-0911 Hangzhou abC
20221001-1003 Xi’an Art Book Fair
20230210-0213 Shanghai abC
20230216-0219 Guangzhou Bigger Art Book Fair
20230209-0212 Shanghai abC
20230609-0611 Unfold Shanghai Art book Fair
20230615-0618 Beijing abC
20231103-1105 Unlimited Edition, Seoul, KR
20231201-1203 Bangkok Art Book Fair, Bangkok, TH
20241025-1027 Singapore Art Book Fair, Singpapore
20241115-1117 Unlimited Edition, Seoul, KR
20241206-1208 KL Art Book Fair, KL, Malaysia
20251031-1102 Singapore Art Book Fair, Singapore
20251114-1116 Unlimited Edition, Seoul, KR
20251128-1130 KL Art Book Fair, KL, Malaysia