FLUKE!

Sunday, December 8, 2024

FLUKE 2025 Pre-Registration Update

Hi, Friends.

We're excited that it's almost time to start preparations for FLUKE 2025, which will take place on Saturday, March 29 at the 40 Watt Club in downtown Athens, Georgia.

Last year, we did a "lottery-style" pre-registration, and we think it went pretty well. In order to avoid the 60 exhibitor spaces we sell online selling out ridiculously fast, we're going to do the same thing this year.

"Lottery tickets" for exhibitor spaces at FLUKE 2025 will go on sale at 10:00am (Eastern time) on Saturday, January 18. They will remain on sale for 24 hours. You don't need to be in a hurry, as long as you buy an entry in that 24 hour period. Entries will cost $1.00 (one dollar) each. You can ONLY buy one entry. Don't be a jerk and mess this up. We'll find out. However many we sell in that 24 hour period is how many entries there will be. Nothing will change the fact that there are only 60 exhibitor spaces available, so your chances depend on how many people buy a ticket on January 18th.

We're not sure right now when the drawing will be, but it'll happen in public on a livestream so you can watch it as it happens.

Good luck. We love you, and we can't wait to see you at the 40 Watt in March.

-FLUKE

Saturday, April 27, 2024

FLUKE Playlists from 2016-2024

We now have a single database of FLUKE playlists from 2016-2024 (there were no 2019 or 2020 playlists due to the pandemic).

These lists are just metadata. If you want to help us build them out into real, ACTUAL playlists with actual music that can be shared online, fill out this form:

Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Patrick Dean-designed FLUKE Dracula shirts available now on the FLUKE Big Cartel site.

Several of you (this is not an exaggeration, and it is something that really happened) asked us to let you know when the Patrick Dean-designed FLUKE Dracula shirts were going to be available again because we sold out of them at the actual event.

You can order one right here:
https://flukeathens.bigcartel.com/product/flukeula-t-shirt

Feel free to tell all of your friends about this.

Tuesday, April 2, 2024

FLUKE 2024 OFFICIAL PLAYLIST

Apple keeps making it harder and harder for us to copy and paste the artists and titles of all the songs we played at FLUKE off of our somehow-still-working 2010 iPod 7G so we're being lazy and just posting screenshots. You're gonna have to work a little harder if you want to re-create this one at home. Sorry. We love you.

UPDATE: Playlist (metadata only) here (still needs a few translations)

Monday, March 18, 2024

FLUKE Pre-Party and Live Comix Reading Friday, March 29 at Bizarro-Wuxtry 6-9 pm

FLUKE PRE-PARTY and LIVE COMIX READING!

Friday, March 29 at Bizarro-Wuxtry
6 pm-9 pm

Location: Bizarro-Wuxtry, 225 College Avenue, Athens, GA

Before you load up at the 40 Watt on Saturday morning, come join a live comix reading event with podcast host Cam del Rosario (of @gutterboyspod) and Athens cartoonist Abby Kacen (aka Mild Pain and Keep It Weird)!

See live readings by:

Join us at Bizarro-Wuxtry on Friday, March 29th, from 6 to 9 pm.

Food and beverages!

Free to attend!

Brought to you by UGA Special Collections and the Oral History of FLUKE Project.

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Postscript: "comix vs. comics"

Monday, March 4, 2024

Contact: Robert Newsome, flukeathens@gmail.com, 706-614-3499

21st ANNUAL FLUKE MINI-COMICS FESTIVAL – March 30th, 2024

This year’s FLUKE Mini-Comics Festival, sponsored by Bizarro-Wuxtry,

Inch-High Button Guy, Joker Joker TV, Mystic Punks, and

The Sequential Artists Workshop will take place on Saturday,

March 30th at The 40 Watt Club, 285 West Washington Street,

Athens, GA, from 10:00 AM until 6 PM.

Admission for the public is $2.00 per person.

Masks will be REQUIRED for all exhibitors and attendees.

FLUKE’s STATEMENT OF PURPOSE / MISSION

FLUKE is a mini-comic festival that has been organized by Athens-area

comic artists, underground publishers, and their enthusiasts since 2002.

That’s a really long time.

Conceived as a venue for the discussion and exchange of timely

ideas related to mini-comics, ‘zines, and other independent

publications, FLUKE is not a large comic convention or

advertising-saturated extravaganza.

This isn't to say we don't like our share of stuff—'cause we do.

However, we have kept the organization of the event as simple as

possible to ensure that it remains focused on work and ideas rather

than merchandising.

FLUKE is an enjoyable, affordable event for people of all ages and interests.

Flagpole writer Hillary Brown remarks:

"Part of the delight of FLUKE is encountering new folks and browsing

through undiscovered material. There’s stuff for kids, stuff for grown-ups,

stuff for people who like serious autobiographical narratives, and stuff

for people who’d rather read a mini-comic about mice shaped like a

wedge of cheese."

EVENT SPECS

Exhibitors register in advance for exhibition spaces at FLUKE.

EXHIBITOR SPACES for FLUKE 2024 are now sold out.

It is possible that a very small number of additional spaces will be

made available.

Those wishing to obtain one of these potential spaces

should watch for announcements on FLUKE’s website and

social media (IG, Twitter (X), and Facebook).

FLUKE’S SPONSORS

With gratitude, we acknowledge our sponsors.

For more information, view FLUKE's website at: www.flukeathens.com

SELECTED HASHTAGS

#Fluke2024, #MiniComics, #Zines, #AthensGa, #SmallPress #Creators #Festivals #ComicCons #PatrickDeanForever #ForPatrickForever

SELECTED IMAGES

Photo of FLUKE 2018 inside the 40 Watt Club in Athens, Georgia. Photo credit: Saginaw-hitchhiker - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

FLUKE 2024 poster. Design credit: Jay Domingo (@smoggo on IG)

Monday, February 12, 2024

FLUKE 2024 Exhibitors List

Below is a list of all registered exhibitors at FLUKE 2024. We asked all exhibitors to provide a link to their work. As is FLUKE's tradition, anyone who did not provide a link will have their name linked to a YouTube video of monster trucks.

We can't wait to see all of you at the 40 Watt on March 30th!

FLUKE 2024 SPONSORS

Sequential Artists Workshop

FLUKE 2024 EXHIBITORS