tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74051176633855195512024-03-12T20:34:55.009-04:00Syndicated Zine Reviewszines, zine reviews, comics, comix, mini-comics, mailart, mail art, self publish, small press, indi, dyi,quazipseudohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12885929547796747558noreply@blogger.comBlogger3868125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405117663385519551.post-3918046630847277922020-01-07T08:28:00.001-05:002020-01-07T08:28:12.063-05:00Minor Leagues #7 - 'Where?' Part Two<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Minor Leagues #7 </i>is part two of a four part series of publications in which Simon excavates and sifts layers of personal and social histories. (</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">If you missed it, you should read my review of </span><a href="https://syndicatedzinereviews.blogspot.com/2018/08/minor-leagues-6-where-part-one.html" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">'Where?' Part One</a>).<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In short, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: italic;">Where?</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">is a genre bending memoir - combining text, comics, collage, historical documents, and contemporary photographs. But it's much more than the sum of those elements - it's a brave work, richly evocative, and full of honest emotion. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you've experienced Simon's previous work you'll need no convincing to get hold of a copy, Simon's trademark art really works in this format, adding dimension to leaps in time. And if you're new to <i>Minor Leagues</i> I urge you to subscribe to all issues of <i>'Where?'</i> as your starting point - it is a weighty, witty work that that genuinely pushes the boundaries of the factual graphic novel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There has been a trend in zines over the last few years for high prices, Simon takes the opposite approach - offering a lower cost price for those who can't afford the full price. (Details of his pricing can be found here). <a href="https://smoo.bigcartel.com/faq">https://smoo.bigcartel.com/faq</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Order info for <i>Minor Leagues #7</i> here: <a href="https://smoo.bigcartel.com/product/minor-leagues-7-where-part-two">https://smoo.bigcartel.com/product/minor-leagues-7-where-part-two</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All four issues of <i>Where?</i> can be found here: <a href="https://smoo.bigcartel.com/category/where">https://smoo.bigcartel.com/category/where</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.8px;">Review by </span><span style="background: white; color: #66006e; line-height: 20.8px;"><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://syndicatedzinereviews.blogspot.co.uk/2006/06/nathan-penlington-uk.html" style="color: #66006e; line-height: 20.8px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Nathan Penlington</a></span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />Previous issues of <i>Minor Leagues </i>are <a href="https://syndicatedzinereviews.blogspot.com/search?q=minor+leagues&max-results=20&by-date=true" style="color: #66006e; text-decoration-line: none;">reviewed here</a>.<br /><br /></span></div>
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Nathan Penlingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14992129794216140744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405117663385519551.post-33725447662453084962019-11-15T11:11:00.002-05:002019-11-19T09:12:02.104-05:00bio auto graphic #31: Hand Book<br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>bio auto graphic #31: </b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Hand Book</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b style="color: #0c0c0c;">Michael C. Nicholson / ensixteen editions</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The latest issue of <i>Bio Auto Graphic</i> takes a further step into expanding Michael's intriguing examination of the </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">relationship</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> between content and format. From the five volume set that <a href="https://syndicatedzinereviews.blogspot.com/2018/09/bio-auto-graphic-13-common-senses.html" target="_blank">covered the five senses</a>, to the last issue which suddenly <a href="https://syndicatedzinereviews.blogspot.com/2018/02/bio-auto-graphic-30-chameleon-skin-coat.html" target="_blank">burst into Technicolor</a>. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This double set of issues explores hands - how they express personality and, perhaps more crucially, how we consider our second most expressive body part. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">T</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">o do so Michael "</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">reached out to fellow travellers whose hands are a key to their creativity or livelihood"</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. Each interview is filtered down into Michael's poetic prose, and illustrated by a full page colour portrait of that person's hand. Devoid of the other contexts we naturally try and attach personality to, we're left to consider how the wrinkles and scars reflect those lives and livelihoods. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I feel extremely honoured that one of those hands are mine. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's a beautifully executed, well produced, and quietly profound work. Get your copies while you can - the first edition sold out within a couple of weeks. I've been told there are a few copies remaining of the second printing.<br /></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c0c0c; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">*** You can listen to Michael being interviewed by Robert Elms on BBC London - zines, small publishing, and the sweeping changes across London. From about 37 minutes in <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p07rkn7b">https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p07rkn7b</a>) ***</span><span style="color: #0c0c0c; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"></span><span style="color: #0c0c0c; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0c0c0c; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"></span><span style="color: #0c0c0c; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0c0c0c; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"></span><span style="color: #0c0c0c; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 14.2667px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20.8px;"><span style="background: white; line-height: 20.8px;">Review by </span><span style="line-height: 20.8px;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://syndicatedzinereviews.blogspot.co.uk/2006/06/nathan-penlington-uk.html" style="color: #66006e;" target="_blank">Nathan Penlington</a> -<i> </i></span></span></span></span></span></span>you can find my reviews of previous issues of <i>bio auto graphic</i> <a href="http://syndicatedzinereviews.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/bio%20auto%20graphic" style="color: #66006e;">here</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">. </span></span><br />
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Nathan Penlingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14992129794216140744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405117663385519551.post-42873953975944060262019-05-20T15:35:00.001-04:002019-05-20T15:35:24.766-04:00Tappavat Kädet #1<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What happens when you're up to date with the epic Finnish comic book saga </span><a href="http://syndicatedzinereviews.blogspot.com/search/label/L%C3%A4skimooses" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Läskimooses</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">? </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">How do you manage the transition back to reality while you wait for the latest issue? With a spin off series of course. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Tappavat Kädet (</i>roughly <i>Lethal Hands) </i>is </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">s</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">et in the same universe, but separated from it as a self contained story. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The narrative centres around the thoroughly dislikable Pasi Lihavisto. We follow the trudge of his daily grind - sleeping at his office desk, drinking too much, escalating arguments with his wife, guilt ridden efforts with his children. His real life xenophobic tendencies lead to daily dreams of being a violent Chinese emperor, taken with enacting barbaric punishment to anyone that crosses him. </span><br />
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Clock Tower Nine #13<br />
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This issue by Danny Noonan is mostly a story about a long ago road trip, starting in Cleveland, dropping through the south, and ending in Portland. A slightly nerdy punk rocker roadie and a girl skateboarder. My favorite line was, “On the open road nothing is a non sequitur.” which I find borderline prophetic.<br />
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Another good one, “If I had known how close we had been to the border with Arizona I would have kept driving the night before. Only so we could wake up someplace besides Texas.”<br />
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Reader 1: Scream Dracula Scream by Rocket from the Crypt<br />
Reader 2: Weight Loss Plann 7” by G-Whiz.<br />
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I’ve never heard of either of these bands so I ripped them from Youtube and am listening to them now.<br />
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Extra points for multiple Cleveland references.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I've reviewed a few of Adam's other zines in the past - which you can find </span><a href="https://syndicatedzinereviews.blogspot.com/search?q=adam+void" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. I've always valued his work, so I'm excited to see Adam's new venture, a partnership with </span><span style="font-family: "lato" , "lato" , "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , "geneva" , sans-serif;">Chelsea Ragan, called </span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Lato, Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Cut in the Fence</i><span style="font-family: "lato" , "lato" , "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , "geneva" , sans-serif;">. </span><br />
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<i style="font-family: lato, lato, "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, geneva, sans-serif;">Cut in the Fence</i><span style="font-family: lato, lato, helvetica neue, arial, helvetica, geneva, sans-serif;"> is a zine producer and distro with a focus on graffiti, underground, and folk art. Go visit the website and you'll see some great looking stuff - I've been sent a few more things for review, which will be posted soon. I also really think the pricing is set at a level that is accessible. For that reason, be aware that lot of </span><i style="font-family: lato, lato, "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, geneva, sans-serif;">Cut in the Fence</i><span style="font-family: lato, lato, helvetica neue, arial, helvetica, geneva, sans-serif;"> publications are limited edition, so if you see something you like, don't hang around. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: lato, lato, "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, geneva, sans-serif;">Buy the Art School mini zine here: </span><span style="font-family: lato, lato, helvetica neue, arial, helvetica, geneva, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.cutinthefence.com/product/art-school-adamvoid">cutinthefence.com/product/art-school-adamvoid</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">****</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Läskimooses</i> is an ongoing series. I've read and <a href="http://syndicatedzinereviews.blogspot.com/search/label/L%C3%A4skimooses" target="_blank">reviewed all of the previous issues</a> - </span><span style="color: #0c0c0c; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">if you haven't read those reviews, I recommend at least talking a look at the first couple of posts to get a sense of the scope of this epic alternative comic.***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For centuries cults and religions have prepared for the end that never arrives, an enlightenment for a chosen few that is postponed indefinitely. Issue 43 also explores the absurdity of the idea that religious truth comes to those who sacrifice their sensory input to obtain a high level clarity of thought - chastity, starvation, isolation, light and sound proof rooms - all of which are also used as forms of punishment or torture. As history has shown us, sensory deprivation leads to madness unseen by those in the midst of the madness. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Buy a copy via Etsy: <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/584494430/flotation-device-14-a-zine">etsy.com/listing/584494430/flotation-device-14-a-zine</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Rum Lad</i> is a unique combination of diary style comic and astonishingly detailed illustration. When sending me the latest issue (it's one of the best things you'll read this year - <a href="http://syndicatedzinereviews.blogspot.com/2018/10/rum-lad-issue-12.html" target="_blank">read my review here</a>), Steve also sent over issue 10 for review. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For me the strength of <i>Läskimooses </i>is in its ability to spin multiple stories simultaneously, contained within an overarching narrative. All of those stories have been teased out slowly, the threads forming knots, moments overlapping, subplots mirroring and supporting, but all a kind of mirage of air and deceit. Just when you begin to think everything that has to be said has been said, and you think you can see the general direction, there is a sudden surprise turn in the narrative. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And in 2018, that is the cultural climate we're in, when the verifiable is secondary to hearsay and spin. During the seven years of its development it seems <i>Läskimooses </i>has come to contain more truth than contemporary politics (Hi there America, oh hello Russia. Sorry Brexit, I forgot about you). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Although my box of review copies is now empty, <i>Läskimooses </i>is still not finished (in fact issue 43 has just been published). If you've yet to pick up a copy get on board <i>Läskimooses </i>soon - hopefully this series of reviews has proved it's not too late to catch up. It's been an absolute pleasure to plough through them all. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At this point I'm left with a dilemma. I would like <i>Läskimooses </i>to end soon, I have questions that are demanding answers, but I would also like the pleasure to continue for quite a while longer. Thankfully, we're looking at two more years longer. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There is now an updated shop for international orders, where you can buy back issues by year. The sold-out issues have just been reprinted, so it's a rare occasion that all issues are available - so get in quickly! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Rum Lad #12 </i>is a funny & heartbreaking tribute to Steve's grandparents. His Gran died in 2013, followed by his Grandad in 2017. As Steve says in the introduction: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Grief can do all sorts of cruel things to your brain...the jarring lapse where you forget they're gone"</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He goes on to point out that the hurt of grief is caused by love and affection. Steve has captured his love for his grandparents in this collection of short stories, and comic strip vignettes, that reflect the absurdity of everyday life and the unexpected moments that we store as tender memories: his Gran wearing a Tesco carrier bag as a substitute hood, and hanging sweary punk t-shirts on the washing line; his Grandad's relationship with Paxo, and a catalogue of his tattoos.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Rum Lad</i> has a trademark style of art - a combination of breathtakingly detailed line drawings that sit alongside more comic book style illustration. The writing in this issue reminds me most of Simon Moreton's <a href="https://syndicatedzinereviews.blogspot.com/search/label/Minor%20Leagues" target="_blank">Minor Leagues</a>, not just the themes of memory and loss, they are both told with a similar warmth and humour. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Buy via Etsy: <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/644672935/rum-lad-zine-12-comic-perzine">etsy.com/uk/listing/644672935/rum-lad-zine-12-comic-perzine</a><br /><br />And visit Steve's site for more of his incredible illustrations: <a href="http://www.stevelarder.co.uk/">S</a></span><a href="http://www.stevelarder.co.uk/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">teveLarder.co.uk</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0c0c0c; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 20.8px;"><br /></span></div>
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Nathan Penlingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14992129794216140744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405117663385519551.post-18738189519677674942018-10-10T00:30:00.000-04:002018-10-10T00:30:05.700-04:00Kackle #14: Prom Queen Werewolf in 3D<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Kackle #14: Prom Queen Werewolf in 3D</b><br />By Bruce Wilson</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><i>Kackle #14</i> is a single short story, that follows Sally Jinkins on the lead up to her prom in a small town with a big problem. The problem comes in the shape of a local werewolf that has yet to be killed or caught. A curfew is just a precaution not a solution, and with the prom coming up, well, the town is asking for trouble. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />It's a fun, lighthearted horror romp, and while there are some twists to the plot, you can probably guess the ending. In a way though, the enjoyment is in getting there. All the illustrations are drawn in 3D, and are incredibly effective. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"What are you dressed as?", "Oh me? I'm just a retro styled 3D zine fanatic".</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c0c0c; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20.8px;">Review by </span><a href="http://syndicatedzinereviews.blogspot.co.uk/2006/06/nathan-penlington-uk.html" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #66006e; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20.8px;">Nathan Penlington</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Nathan Penlingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14992129794216140744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405117663385519551.post-47214703953656672972018-10-09T00:30:00.000-04:002018-10-09T00:30:02.649-04:00Forever And Everything #3<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Wastes of Ink</i> is a hand-drawn and hand-written pocket sized zine, each page containing a witty play on words with a related illustration. Out of Will's work I've reviewed of previously, this zine is closest in style to <a href="https://syndicatedzinereviews.blogspot.com/2018/05/more-snippets.html" target="_blank">More Snippets</a> - as this too contains witty aphorisms with a poetic sensibility, think smart one-liners. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Once again its difficult to give details of the content without giving anything away, but hopefully it'll suffice to say its pithy, irreverent, funny, smart, and well illustrated. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The zine is formatted from a single A4 sheet concertina folded into a bookmark. The size means each page is perfect for poems, short short-stories, and provides an elongated blank canvas for original illustrations. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The contents of issue 9 include witty pieces from Neil Laurenson, Olivia Spidel, Nathan Fidler, Rebecca Field, and Mansour Chow; an excellent visual interpretation of <i>Day of the Triffids</i> by Vicki Johnson; and an experimental crossword by Charlie Methven in which the answers are each a different single letter of the alphabet (its <a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/georges-perec-puzzles/" target="_blank">a concept George Perec</a> - member of the Oulipo and crossword composer - would definitely approve).</span></div>
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Nathan Penlingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14992129794216140744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405117663385519551.post-61853506560301134452018-10-05T00:30:00.000-04:002019-05-20T15:24:54.510-04:00Läskimooses - year #6 (2017)<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you haven't read my previous reviews of </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Läskimooses </i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">here's </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">a quick recap from my review of </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">year #5:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My reviews are taking the series year by year, until we catch up with the latest issue #42 - the full set of reviews will be found <a href="http://syndicatedzinereviews.blogspot.com/search/label/L%C3%A4skimooses" target="_blank">here</a>, and like the the series itself it's probably best to read them in order. </span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: #0c0c0c; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">I know, you're thinking that perhaps you don't need to listen to what a man with a cube for a head has to say about a topic religious scholars have been arguing about for centuries. But, within just eight pages, Cubehead pulls apart whole belief systems with a robust, smart, witty logic.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c0c0c; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0c0c0c; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13px;"></span><span style="color: #0c0c0c; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">While you are there check out Will's other Cubehead zines - both of which (and more) are reviewed <a href="http://syndicatedzinereviews.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Will%20Conway" style="color: #66006e;">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I am a huge fan of found art and found writing. One of my favourite zines of the early 2000's was <a href="http://foundmagazine.com/" target="_blank">Found </a>magazine, I included a monthly found poetry column in <span style="font-style: italic;">The Fix</span> (now no more, but at the time the UK's first stand up comedy magazine), and my live interactive show <a href="http://www.cyod.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="font-style: italic;">Choose Your Own Documentary</span> </a>centres around four pages of a diary found between the pages of a second hand book. So, even before opening this up, I knew I was going to like it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: italic;">I came home with a foreigner Saturday night</span> reproduces a photographic portrait of a man taken sometime around 1910-1919, and a handwritten entry scrawled on the back. Because its tricky to decipher the handwriting, the text has also been translated into type, and in the process has become poetry. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c0c0c; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Another outing for the enigmatic philosophiser Cubehead. This time he turns the age old conundrum of chicken and egg on its head. If you think you've heard all the smart answers already, trust me, you haven't. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The micro-book rests on a simple idea: a series of photographs of the signs that lead to Dylan Thomas' boathouse in Laugharne, South Wales - a place that directly inspired one of Dylan's most famous works <span style="font-style: italic;">Under Milk Wood. </span></span><br />
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<br />Nathan Penlingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14992129794216140744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405117663385519551.post-8593802011806190932018-09-26T15:46:00.001-04:002018-10-08T05:26:19.793-04:00 The Golden Rule - collected poems of Ernest Noyes Brookings<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is not a zine, but it couldn't be more fundamentally zine related. If you don't recognise the name Ernest Noyes Brookings we have to go back in a time via a digression. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In 1979 David Greenberger started the zine <i>The Duplex Planet</i>. Seeking to capture the personalities and histories of the residents of a nursing home he was working in, David began to interview them. Answers to questions like 'What kind of animal would you be if you had to be one?', or 'What can you get for free?', offer a poignant glimpse of lives lived in our recent history. Due to the perfect combination of content, emotion, and humour, <i>The Duplex Planet</i> became hugely influential, and at its peak it could name among its regular readers the likes of Michael Stipe and Lou Reed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>The Duplex Planet</i> zine spawned many offshoots: a comic book series that featured stories and interviews taken directly from the pages of the zine combined with strips drawn by some of the biggest names in graphic art; and David Greenberger continues to release albums of spoken word set to music that capture the humour and personality of various residents - bringing the words to life in a way well beyond the capabilities of the printed page. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And within all that is the work of Ernest Noyes Brookings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Encouraged by David Greenberger, Brookings started writing poetry at age 81, and in the time leading up to his death at age 89 he wrote over 400 poems on a huge variety of topics. The poem titles reveal their subject: <i>Milk, Taking a Bath, Toaster, Spaghetti, Life of a Detective, Watermelon</i>. All receive the same attention, wit, wisdom, and sometimes off the rails logic. Five compilation albums were also made of left-field bands using Brookings' words as lyrics - a series of heartfelt tributes to a true original. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Brookings' poems were originally published in the pages of <i>The Duplex Planet</i>, spread across most of the 178 issues. <i>The Golden Rule</i> collects together for the first time all of Brookings' published work, and a few poems never previously published in any form. It's the perfect poetry book to read out loud (which I did through a speaking tube, as catalogued in my zine <a href="https://syndicatedzinereviews.blogspot.com/2017/03/hi-its-your-dad-here.html" target="_blank">Hi, it's your dad here</a>). Brookings' unexpected twists and turns of language, his repetition of unique phrases and images across different subject matter, is a joy to share with others. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The introduction by David Greenberger recounts his friendship with Ernie, and the inspiration and origin of Brookings' first poems. Two appendices are also included - one concerns the difficulty of transcribing the poems from Brookings' tiny handwriting, the other is an essay about his poetry that includes this perfect advice:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Young poets should quit those goddamn idiotic creative writing programs and read this man's poems for 6 months, every day, all day, without rest, and without reading any other poetry" </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Although that's an extreme prescription, Brookings' poems <i>are </i>a lesson for everyone, not least because they prove that it's never too late to start something new. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You can buy <i>The Golden Rule</i> direct from Boatwhistle Books - <a href="http://www.boatwhistle.com/the-golden-rule">boatwhistle.com/the-golden-rule</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">or order via your favourite bookstore. (ISBN: 978-1-911052-00-5)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You can find some of David Greenberger's albums on Google Play Music, Apple Music, and Spotify. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Duplex Planet</i> back issues, merchandise, and Ernest Noyes Brookings albums, are available from: <a href="http://www.duplexplanet.com/">duplexplanet.com</a></span><br />
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<br />Nathan Penlingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14992129794216140744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405117663385519551.post-57081850019041160922018-09-21T16:08:00.003-04:002019-05-20T15:25:03.664-04:00Läskimooses - year #5 (2016)<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0c0c0c;">A few months ago Matti Hagelberg sent me a huge parcel containing 42 issues of his </span></span><span style="color: #0c0c0c; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">epic</span><span style="color: #0c0c0c; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: #0c0c0c; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">experimental comic </span><span style="color: #0c0c0c;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Läskimooses</i>, and as with everything else sent to me for review, I'm reading every word. </span></span><span style="color: #0c0c0c; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My reviews are taking the series year by year, until we catch up with the latest issue #42 - the full set of reviews will be found </span><a href="http://syndicatedzinereviews.blogspot.com/search/label/L%C3%A4skimooses" style="color: #66006e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">here</a><span style="color: #0c0c0c; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, and like the the series itself it's probably best to read them in order. If you've read my previous </span><i style="color: #0c0c0c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Läskimooses </i><span style="color: #0c0c0c; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">reviews feel free to skip to the text below the next photo, otherwise here is a quick primer. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c0c0c; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Läskimooses </i>straddles experimental comics, diy culture, punk aesthetics, and graphic art. It's already the longest single comic book story ever produced in Finland, with about two years left to run. <i>Läskimooses </i>is written entirely in Finnish but thankfully, for the non-Finnish speakers, each issue comes complete with an A4 sheet containing English translations.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c0c0c; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Läskimooses </i>contains elements of pulp sci-fi & pop culture, and the history of the universe. But in essence <i>Läskimooses </i>is a parody of conspiracy theory, you know the kind that underpins TV shows like <i>Ancient Aliens</i> - theories that begin at the fringes of reality and quickly veer off into unhinged absurdity. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Again, it's hard to describe the content without spoilers, so I'll keep it brief. The first of this set of issues contains a disconcerting moment,</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> and with a tangible backdrop of underlying tension, the diverging narrative is continued. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The art incorporates elements and styles from a diverse range of sources from </span><span data-mce-style="font-style: italic;" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.57143em;">The Flintstones</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> to pulp gangster thrillers, via </span><span data-mce-style="font-style: italic;" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.57143em;">Planet of the Apes</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> and children's illustrated history books. Every issue of </span><span data-mce-style="font-style: italic; -en-paragraph: true;" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.57143em;">Läskimooses </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">also contains a photo-montage on the first page, as well as a detailed, and obsessively drawn image on the back page. It's an additional puzzle to try and fit each of them with the ongoing narrative, more often than not there is no direct correlation - but that obscure/d connection is part of the fun of </span><span data-mce-style="-en-paragraph: true;" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 1.57143em;"><span data-mce-style="font-style: italic;" style="font-style: italic; line-height: 1.57143em;">Läskimooses</span>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span data-mce-style="-en-paragraph: true;" style="line-height: 1.57143em;">The back page illustrations for year five range from a couple in fancy dress as Jessica & Roger Rabbit, Hitler sleeping in a deckchair, the pyramids of Egypt, and cos-players dressed as He-Man and Skeletor. Maybe that search for connection is part of the satire on conspiracy theory - the willingness to find connection and causality where there is none.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span data-mce-style="-en-paragraph: true;" style="line-height: 1.57143em;">I can confidentiality state that if you're this far into </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-style: italic;">Läskimooses </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">you'll be hooked. So, get yourself a subscription, ration your reading, and you'll be caught up as the final issue goes to print.</span><br />
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<b>Sick: a compilation zine on physical illnes</b>s </div>
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I read every word of every zine that is sent to me for review. Occasionally the focus of a zine is so close to my own experience it can make that reading difficult. For me, <i>Sick </i>is one of those zines. </div>
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I have a lifelong medical condition that results in permanent chronic joint pain. Its invisibility and long-termness brings with it additional social challenges that everyone with a chronic condition has to face: periods of isolation; having to explain or excuse yourself; 'behind the scenes' planning for the most mundane of activities; not knowing from one day to the next.<br />
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The pieces in <i>Sick </i>are written by those with physical illness, and by daughters, sisters, and friends. The conditions include cancer, multiple sclerosis, hypoglycemia, hepatitis, Lyme disease, and polycystic kidney disease. What comes across in <i>Sick </i>is not the details of individual conditions or individual suffering, but a collective need for understanding and awareness. Ben states in the introduction:</div>
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The writing throughout is excellent, and the zine is clearly lovingly produced and designed - with a stylish use of old medical textbook illustrations. I know I'm close to the subject matter, but at times <i>Sick </i>will be an emotional read for anyone. For example, part of Sarah Hughes' piece includes a verbatim letter written by her dad to his "precious dysfunctional family":</div>
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If you're talking to me and I sound happy, it means I'm happy. That's all. It doesn't mean that I'm not in a lot of pain, or extremely tired, or that I'm getting better, or any of those things. Please don't say "Oh, you're sounding better!". I am not sounding better. I am sounding happy. </blockquote>
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<i>Sick </i>is essential reading for those with physical illness, as well as family and friends of those with a condition. Topics also include receiving and providing support, as well as how to be an informed patient. And if nothing else, reading <i>Sick </i>will help open a dialogue in relationships where illness is a factor, to not proportion blame, to help erase the guilt of need. </div>
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Nathan Penlingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14992129794216140744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405117663385519551.post-11312318593098614272018-09-08T00:30:00.000-04:002018-09-08T00:30:05.020-04:00bio auto graphic #13: common senses<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In 2007 Michael was invited to Smith College, Massachusetts, to make work that reflected and considered the traditions, people, and place, that make up the institution. This five part set of <i>bio auto graphic</i> grew out of that visit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">While each part takes one of the five bodily senses as its focus, each part also explores 'sense' in a broader context: a sense of learning; a sense of identity; a sense of Smith; a sense of place; and a sense of self. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Like previous issues, this set of </span><i style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">bio auto graphic</i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> is poetic, profound, and visually arresting. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Readers of other issues of <i>bio auto graphic</i> will already be familiar with Michael's distinctive illustrative style - his approach to line and space, the way he layers time and imagination, and allows the subject matter to be considered from unusual vantage points. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Drawings from Michael's sketchbook adorn the inside covers - and offer a glimpse into Michael's ability to capture fragments from life, his thought process, and his approach to drafting what will become the final layouts used in this collection. I always find unfinished work fascinating, so it's an additional pleasure to be allowed that peek backstage, and thoroughly annoying to see how casually talented Michael is. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In addition to Michael's own writing the text of <i>common senses</i> includes parts of interviews with students and tutors of Smith College, as well as quotes from literary and artistic figures. All of which help build a complex, multi-faceted, interrogation of topics.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c0c0c; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For more information visit the Ensixteen blog: <span style="color: windowtext;"><a href="http://ensixteeneditions.blogspot.com/" style="color: #66006e; text-decoration-line: none;">ensixteeneditions.blogspot.com</a></span></span><br />
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Nathan Penlingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14992129794216140744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405117663385519551.post-9598879430512704732018-09-07T00:30:00.000-04:002018-09-07T00:30:10.286-04:00The American Indian Ready to Wear Catalog 2018 <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />You only need to have a very rudimentary knowledge of American history to be aware of the horrific atrocities carried out on native tribes by 'settlers' of the 'new land'. Even at this point in history discrimination against indigenous people in American is ongoing, and in many cases codified into law. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>American Indian Ready to Wear Catalog 2018 </i>is written by Joey Clift, a registered member of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe, who grew up on the the Tulalip Indian Reservation. In correspondence Joey said this about his zine:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Working in the entertainment industry, it frustrates me to no end to see how little representation actual native culture has in popular media. When we do get representation, it's almost always based on a very specific image of native people that hasn't been accurate for hundreds of years, if not just a straight up racist stereotype, the goal is to shine a light on that"</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /><i>The American Indian Ready to Wear Catalogue 2018</i> is a biting satire which leaves no appropriator of Native American culture unscathed: Disney; The Native Sports Mascot; a well known butter manufacturer; Hollywood actors; sports team owners; male and female retired New Agers; and middle-class hipsters. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is a perfect example of the tone and style of Joey's zine:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />For satire to work it needs to be funny and simultaneously make a political point, this zine does both of those things extremely well - that it needs to do so proves the tragic state of American culture.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm a sucker for cross generational collaboration, so the fact this zine is illustrated by Joey's mum is an added joy. Janet's drawing contributes considerably to the look and humour of the zine. She's a professional artist in her own right, some more examples of her work can be found on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Janet-Myer-Fine-Art-844538282251092/" target="_blank">her artist facebook page</a>. </span><br />
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