Draft:Christopher J. Garcia

Christopher J. Garcia is an American editor, author, curator, film programmer, podcaster, and archivist based in Boulder Creek, California. He is best-known for his work on the fanzines The Drink Tank and Journey Planet.

Biography
Garcia attended Emerson College, majoring in Writing, Literature & Publishing.

In 1999, he joined the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, where he eventually became the curator focusing on computer graphics, music, art, and video games. Through his work at the museum, Garcia has appeared in several documentaries, notably Silicon Cowboys as well as the television program Mysteries at the Museum

In 2021, he was hired as an archivist for Forever Saroyan, a literary foundation dedicated to the author William Saroyan.

Work in Science Fiction Fandom
Garcia grew up in and around fandom in the Bay Area. He started his first fanzine, The Drink Tank in 2005. The Drink Tank was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Fanzine from 2007 through 2013, winning in 2011. Garcia himself was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer from 2007 through 2013. The zine was known for its rapid publication schedule, often producing at least one issue a week. The zine took a hiatus in 2015.

During that initial run, The Drink Tank was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Fanzine seven times, from 2007 through 2013, winning in 2011. The 2011 acceptance speech was nominated for the 2012 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation

Garcia re-started The Drink Tank in 2018.

Journey Planet began publication in 2008, with the first issue being created at the Eastercon as a program item. The first ten issues were co-edited by Garcia, James Bacon, and Claire Brialey. The zine then shifted to using a large number of rotating guest editors who are sometimes referred to collectively as Team Journey Planet

Each issue of Journey Planet is themed, mostly on topics within science fiction or fandom, but often venturing outside those bounds.

Journey Planet has been nominated for several awards, including the European Science Fiction Award and The Hugo Award for Best Fanzine. It won the Nova Award for Best Fanzine in 2010, and the Hugo Award for Best Fanzine in 2015.

Garcia has also been Guest of Honor at several conventions in the US and Canada , and won the Trans-Atlantic Fan Fund in 2008.

Podcasts
Garcia began podcasting by appearing on the Fanboy Planet podcat in 2007, and eventually began producing his own, often alone. He began several projects, notably Match of the Year Podcast, Three Minute Modernist , and Zodiac Speaking.