Terminal City (magazine)
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Terminal City was the name of a free independent weekly magazine created and edited by Darren Atwater
. It had a significant cultural impact on the city during its long off-again on-again publication. Terminal City was distributed in the Vancouver
area during the 1990s
. It was blamed for having a role in the 1994 Stanley Cup Riot
. It was one of the first papers to carry Dan Savage
's "Hey Faggot" column. In 1996 it encouraged people off the street to run for Mayor of Vancouver, which resulted in 58 total names on the ballot. In future elections the fee requirement for city mayoral election was raised and applications had to be submitted in person rather than by fax. It ceased operation for several years until being revived in 2001. Approximately in 2004 the paper's staff and management came to unresovlable differences resulting in a split where the TC staff founded Only Magazine
. This new incarnation of Terminal City was published by John Kay
and edited by Bess Lovejoy, Chris Eng and Heather Watson. In October 2005, Terminal City ceased publication. Terminal City contained articles and event listings, often spotlighting local music subculture or local fashion, critical reviews, local or international politics, local art. It was a bombastic and opinionated paper and featured local rabble-rouser Brian "Godzilla" Salmi often. In the later years a prominent columnist was Amil Niazi
. Antics of the Rhinoceros Party of Canada were of the style of this paper. Comedian and The Simpsons
comic book writer Ian Boothby
was a cartoonist for the magazine with his comic strip, "I".
Darren Atwater
Darren Atwater is the founding publisher of Terminal City and Only in Vancouver, British Columbia. He also developed Mactax, a personal tax program for Mac loving Canadians.- External links :* *...
. It had a significant cultural impact on the city during its long off-again on-again publication. Terminal City was distributed in the Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
area during the 1990s
1990s
File:1990s decade montage.png|From left, clockwise: The Hubble Space Telescope floats in space after it was taken up in 1990; American F-16s and F-15s fly over burning oil fields and the USA Lexie in Operation Desert Storm, also known as the 1991 Gulf War; The signing of the Oslo Accords on...
. It was blamed for having a role in the 1994 Stanley Cup Riot
1994 stanley cup riot
The 1994 Vancouver Stanley Cup Riot occurred in Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on the evening of June 14, 1994 and continued into the following morning...
. It was one of the first papers to carry Dan Savage
Dan Savage
Daniel Keenan "Dan" Savage is an American author, media pundit, journalist and newspaper editor. Savage writes the internationally syndicated relationship and sex advice column Savage Love. Its tone is frank in its discussion of sexuality, often humorous, and hostile to social conservatives, as in...
's "Hey Faggot" column. In 1996 it encouraged people off the street to run for Mayor of Vancouver, which resulted in 58 total names on the ballot. In future elections the fee requirement for city mayoral election was raised and applications had to be submitted in person rather than by fax. It ceased operation for several years until being revived in 2001. Approximately in 2004 the paper's staff and management came to unresovlable differences resulting in a split where the TC staff founded Only Magazine
Only (magazine)
Only is a free Canadian bi-monthly news and entertainment magazine published in Vancouver, British Columbia by the Only Trust - who also organize Vancouver's Music Waste Festival and Victory Square Block Party. The paper has a circulation of 10,000 in the Vancouver area...
. This new incarnation of Terminal City was published by John Kay
John Kay
John Kay may refer to:*John Kay , English inventor of textile machinery, notably the flying shuttle*John Kay , English developer of textile machinery, notably the spinning frame *John Kay , Scottish caricaturist*Sir John Kay...
and edited by Bess Lovejoy, Chris Eng and Heather Watson. In October 2005, Terminal City ceased publication. Terminal City contained articles and event listings, often spotlighting local music subculture or local fashion, critical reviews, local or international politics, local art. It was a bombastic and opinionated paper and featured local rabble-rouser Brian "Godzilla" Salmi often. In the later years a prominent columnist was Amil Niazi
Amil Niazi
Amil Niazi is a Canadian writer, broadcaster and columnist, currently residing in Toronto, Ontario.Amil served as a long-time section editor at Vancouver's now defunct alternative weekly Terminal City...
. Antics of the Rhinoceros Party of Canada were of the style of this paper. Comedian and The Simpsons
The Simpsons
The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie...
comic book writer Ian Boothby
Ian Boothby
Ian Boothby is a multiple Shuster Award, Harvey Award and Eisner Award nominee and an Eisner Award–winning comic book creator best known for his work as one of the main writers on Simpsons Comics and Futurama Comics for Matt Groening's Bongo Comics. Boothby has written more Simpsons Comics than any...
was a cartoonist for the magazine with his comic strip, "I".
Interesting facts
- It once featured local Suicide Girls models on its cover.
- The Vancouver Public LibraryVancouver Public LibraryThe Vancouver Public Library is the third largest public library system in Canada, with more than 2.5 million items in its collections, 22 branches, approximately 375,000 cardholders, and nearly nine million item borrowings annually...
did not collect any copies for posterity, as it does not archive weekly papers. - During the final version of the paper the local artwork of Ehren Salazar was featured on the cover.