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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.


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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

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MY WEIRD NEIGHBORS

ONE TALE OF TWO CITIES: SHANGHAI vs. HONG KONG

ISSUE 02: DIALECT

ONE TALE OF TWO CITIES: SHANGHAI vs. HONG KONG

ISSUE 01: INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE

TWIN FLAME

OMIKUJI CARD BOOK

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2019 CALENDAR CARDS

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CITY EXPLORATION INFOGRAPHY

ISSUE 02: HONG KONG

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LAST MAN STANDING

2025-2026 CALENDAR

OFF WORK IN BOOKSTORES

FLIPBOOK:OFF WORK BY MONTH

((1/2)

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PANDORA’S BOX

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CITY EXPLORATION INFOGRAPHY

ISSUE 01: TAIPEI

OFF WORK EVERY MONTH

Behind the Scenes

2020 CALENDAR POKER CARDS

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IN DISGUISE

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CITY EXPLORATION INFOGRAPHY

IISSUE 03: TOKYO


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