from Oh My Clumsy Heart by sophie@ohmyclumsyheart.com (Sophie)
Neil Dee
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Necronomicon #2 :: £1 + shipping
Necronomicon is a Yorkshire, UK based horror fanzine, a sincere love letter to the horror genre in love most of all with the films that have been forgotten about. Published every-so-monthly these black and white photocopied A5 zines are intensely nostalgic with a heavy dose of dark humour.
Weng Pixin
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All You've Got To Do Is..
Weng Pixin created this zine for a Pikaland project and I received it direct from them as part of a zine selection so issues are scarce. Weng uses cartoons and zines to talk about intensely painful or emotional subjects.
Elizabeth Maycox
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Hard On Love :: £4.50 + shipping
"Remember. Even if nobody ever cares for you, you can always still care about somebody."
An A5, signed and numbered, machine stitched, 36 page zine; Hard On Love is the final send-up of the now defunct Love Comes in Spurts journal. Limited to strictly twenty copies; Hard On Love contains 39 breathtakingly poignant articles on love, lust, heartache and heartbreak. Everything from the sketched cover illustration of Lester Young to the intense writing right down to the library book feel of the paper this zine is nothing but beautiful.
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Tuesday, October 11, 2011
The Filth #1
The Filth #1
28 pages, digest,
$3, trades
A nicely rounded assortment of prose, (mostly fiction,) and a music CD. I liked most of it: zombies, cool trippy art, horny youth on the road, death of a hamster, burnt toast, police brutality, picking up fat girls at last call (my personal fav), bloody tolkenesque shit, and a little techno music to listen to while reading. The CD (by Da Moth,) alone is worth $3.
The Filth
5 Mira Ct
Baltimore MD 21220
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Kung Fu Grip #5
Kung Fu Grip #5
Kung Fu Grip! #5
$3.50
Paco Taylor
7730 E. Broadway #925
Tucson, AZ 85710
paco@kungfugripzine.com
KFG is a beautifully put together zine. It’s the kind of
zine that, after having read it, I keep thumbing through it to
admire just how fucking cool it looks. With the aesthetic of a 1970’s era comic book/martial
arts magazine, Kung Fu Grip #5 explores a wide variety of subjects ranging from
graffiti artists (Shiro), Jamaican recording artist and comic book enthusiast
Lee Perry , and the link between giant Buddha statues, Shinto deities, and
popular Japanese television superhero shows like Ultraman. Paco D. Taylor appears to be a true aficionado
of 70’s pop culture, art, and style, and he brings that passion to life in the
modern world with this zine. The subject matter is interesting and engaged, never
feeling pretentious or out of place, and the layout is flawless.
Saturday, October 8, 2011
The Lead Standard - from Laura-Marie's zine reviews
The Lead Standard
This is a chapbook of good poems by Jimmy Besseck. The voice is conversational, and the subjects are everyday. The speaker is grim and gritty, sometimes pithy. One poem called "Stating the Obvious" is about a man that's been shit on by a bird. It's very literal and compelling. Then at the end it seems to become about something more, about being shit on figuratively. Another poem is about hearing someone fart. There are some smart observations about human nature. Anyway, if you like poems and don't mind crassness you'll probably like this chapbook. There are lots of magazine pictures throughout.
Friday, October 7, 2011
Zine Showcase #22 from Oh My Clumsy Heart by Sophie
Zine Showcase #22
Liam
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Lost Boy #3 // £2.50 + shipping
60 pages of music, film and popular culture - a heavy mix gig reviews, interviews and illustrations. Lost Boy #3 arrived unexpected (thank you Liam!) and very much welcomed; if you haven't purchased the previous two issues I think you should, especially now they are on sale. I'm rather tempted by the Bukowski bag..
Erin Potter
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Queens :: $4.00 + shipping
Erin Potter has compiled a encyclopaedic zine of queens, visualised through portrait sketches and quotations.
Michelle Alba, Chris Dunsmore, Ryan Hall, Adelyn Hall, Cassie Kemp,
Nick Francis Potter and Samuel Cheney
Paper Noise Zines
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Vol 6: The Destroyer
A wonderfully crafted collaborative zine. Vol 6: The Destroyer is a quarter-sized zine incorporating fictional work with poetry and rather lovely illustrations.
Best Resurrection Issue Ever!
https://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/2011/09/11/best-resurrection-issue-ever/
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A Trip to the Zoo
http://lauramarieszinereviews.blogspot.com/2011/09/trip-to-zoo.html
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Thursday, October 6, 2011
Zine News Round-Up: 18.09.11 from Spill The Zines!
Zine News Round-Up: 18.09.11
Hello again! Did you hear that Spill the Zines is now on Twitter? Follow us for all the latest UK zine news, and tweet us your own zine news!
Cath x
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1. Zine Releases
2. Upcoming Events
3. Submission Calls
4. Zine Reviews
5. AOB (Any Other Business)
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1. Zine Releases - Issue 108 of Bi Community News (BCN) is out now! http://bicommunitynews.co.uk/ (don’t forget to check out last week’s review of BCN #107 on STZ).
- The new issue of music compzine Drunken Werewolf is out now: http://drunkenwerewolf.com
- The first issue of gothic/horror zine Black Sunday has been released! http://etsy.me/pvkg5N
2. Upcoming Events - Bristol Comic & Zine Fair: 25th September, 12 til 6pm. More info at http://bearpitzines.tumblr.com/BCZF.
- Sheffield Zine Fair: 25th
September. I’m tabling, along with lots of other cool UK zinesters and
zine collectives including Bettie (Anatomical Heart), Vampire Sushi
distro, and Chella Quint. And it’s free entry! Keep up to date with the
latest news on their Twitter.
- Camden Zine Fest: 8th October. Stall and workshop applications are now closed! Will has announced the time of the event – 1pm til 6pm. More info at http://camdenzinefest.blogspot.com/.
- Camden Zine Fest: 8th October. Stall and workshop applications are now closed! Will has announced the time of the event – 1pm til 6pm. More info at http://camdenzinefest.blogspot.com/.
- LaDIYfest Sheffield: 12th – 13th November. An inclusive, DIY, anti-capitalist, community-based feminist festival. More info here: http://ladiyfestsheffield.wordpress.com/
3. Submission Calls -
LaDIYfest Sheffield is making its own zine that will be distributed on
the weekend of the festival. Send your questions or submissions to
ladiyfestsheffATgmailDOTcom.
4. Zine Reviews
- Sophie at Oh My Clumsy Heart has posted some zine recommendations – take a look.
- Bettie of Anatomical Heart has set up a new zine blog, where she’s posted a few zine reviews! The reviews can be found here.
5. A.O.B.
- A very interesting project: the owners of Museum's Press in Glasgow are opening up a gallery and book store called Good Press in October 2011 focusing on DIY and self-publishing; their aim is "to showcase individual artists and groups who are independently practising their artforms and projects". They've got an online funding Sponsume going on right now, which you can donate to here: http://www.sponsume.com/project/good-press
- We liked Girls Get Busy’s manifesto, so we thought we’d share it with you:
- A very interesting project: the owners of Museum's Press in Glasgow are opening up a gallery and book store called Good Press in October 2011 focusing on DIY and self-publishing; their aim is "to showcase individual artists and groups who are independently practising their artforms and projects". They've got an online funding Sponsume going on right now, which you can donate to here: http://www.sponsume.com/project/good-press
- We liked Girls Get Busy’s manifesto, so we thought we’d share it with you:
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
The Billy book - zine history from down under
A cartoon becomes reality
Feelings
were running high back in 1916 when Australia’s outspoken Prime
Minister Billy Hughes was in London. He made a series of strident
speeches calling for increased pressure on Germany and more cooperation
between the Dominions. According to observers, he “swept his hearers off
their feet” with his forceful style. Women apparently marched in the
streets with placards saying “We want Hughes back”. All of this prompted
the cartoonist David Low to produce a collection of satirical drawings parodying Hughes’ capers in London published as The Billy book.
Included in this was a mock advertisement for a “Billiwog” toy (a
combination of the words Billy and golliwog) poking fun at all of this
extremist rhetoric.
“Almost human, babies cry for it. Directions for use: Blow up with wind until head expands, then release hole on face,whereupon Billy will emit loud noises until he goes flat. No war is complete without one.”
Billiwog advertisement
The Library not only has a copy of The Billy book, but we also have the original pen and ink drawing of the Billiwog advertisement, acquired from the artist David Low in 1952.
What makes this story more interesting is that the polarizing effect Hughes had on people prompted some enterprising entrepeneurs to actually turn this mock advertisement into reality. The Billiwog was in fact subsequently manufactured and sold by street vendors in Australian towns during 1917-1920.
I’d love to see one of these! Surely there must be one lurking on a dusty shelf somewhere in an old wares shop, or up the back of a shed unrecognized and forgotten. Or perhaps one of our museums has one? Does a Billiwog survive anywhere?
“Almost human, babies cry for it. Directions for use: Blow up with wind until head expands, then release hole on face,whereupon Billy will emit loud noises until he goes flat. No war is complete without one.”
Billiwog advertisementWhat makes this story more interesting is that the polarizing effect Hughes had on people prompted some enterprising entrepeneurs to actually turn this mock advertisement into reality. The Billiwog was in fact subsequently manufactured and sold by street vendors in Australian towns during 1917-1920.
I’d love to see one of these! Surely there must be one lurking on a dusty shelf somewhere in an old wares shop, or up the back of a shed unrecognized and forgotten. Or perhaps one of our museums has one? Does a Billiwog survive anywhere?
45 Jive #5
Zine Review: 45 Jive #5
Full disclosure: I'm a record geek and most of all I love those 7 inch vinyl "45's" ... so when I heard about this zine it was imperative that I take a look. 45 Jive #5 (great rhyme!) includes an essay on 1960's songwriter Ellie Greenwich, reviews of obscure 45s from back in the day, a spotlight on early Motown tunes and an essay on one of my personal favorite guitarists of all time, Gabor Szabo. Music zines that turn you on to new sounds are a delight to discover, and this slim zine edited by Tuna is well worth seeking out. For more information email amoeba45jive@yahoo.com.
Here's a tune I discovered through the zine! Electric Garden by Dawn Chorus.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Lost In The Suburbz #6
Lost In The Suburbz #6
[Thanks to Candace at Sticky for sending me this.]
32 pages, digest size, lostinthesuburbz [at] hotmail.com + PO Box 762, Hillarys WA 6923, AUSTRALIA
A perfect example of substance over style, Lost is cut'n'paste text wall-to-wall (except for the gnome pictures on the front and back covers and inside back page). Casual intro like your friend telling you what happened. "Noah was too busy making an album to actually write something this time... Zero has quit the 'zine to start his own 'zine, so this piece will be his last piece in Lost."
Contributor Goth Cunt lists stuff he loves doing, like "watching Titanic the movie just for the one scene where the boat tips and the guy holding the rail falls and hits the chimney stack and goes Ping..."
Zero's Last Words in which he admits he was never technically a punk, which fact will no doubt shock some readers. He's gonna start up a new zine and/or website.
The highlight is 'Things You Never Knew About China' by Little G. It's a list of 30 things. "#4: Apparently Mao bashing, even in jest, will get anyone killed (high treason), so if you can't beat 'em, why not sell out all your beliefs and join 'em! LONG LIVE MAO!" and "#27: One of the provinces in China has allowed to, legally, eat babies. They are a fine meal and most babies eaten are female. So far I have seen pictures of bbq baby, baby stew, and smoked baby. There is a picture of a baby's vertebrae and you can see the limbs of the baby on his plate. Thank god I'm a vegetarian because after these pics, I sure as hell would be." No, this can't be true. He's seen 'pics'. The Chinese may execute 123,000,000 prisoners a year but they surely would not allow the consumption of babies.
There's also an interview with Deron Miller from a band called CKY. I've never heard of them but the interview made me wanna check 'em out.
There's also two very funny 'Perth guides' - the first is where to walk a dog (you gotta make sure to bring a picnic to appease the dog because "the dog has better things to do than hang out with you"); the second is a tour by yourself without a dog. "...keep walking down the road in the direction of Dada's. Throw dirty looks at the people trying to sell you shit." I'm definitely gonna do this next time I visit Perth.
This issue wraps up with a piece about the Gnome Liberation Front. There's pictures. The only images in this zine are of these gnomes, so I figure this story really struck a chord with the editor.
I'm sold on this one. I wanna get the back issues and forward issues.
Saturday, September 24, 2011
new zines at doris distro
new zines
It's Down to This: reflections, stories, experiences, critiques and ideas on community collective response to sexual violence, abuse and accountability
this huge zine (100 pages!) is a tremendous resource for people who are committed to ending sexual violence. The past few years have seen an upsurge of community-accountability processes of dealing with assault - and lots of questions and issues these processes have raised. This zine collects a mulititude of stories, reflections and articles - from advice on finding a therapist, written by a perpetrator who is in an accountability process, to articles describing what different accountability groups look like, to raw stories of the failure of radical communities to step up and offer support to survivors. Intense and essential zine for people doing this work.
Mend My Dress: issues 7+8
Featured in the book Girl Zines: Making Media, Doing Feminism, Mend My Dress is a zine mostly about sexual abuse survival, about girl power, and girl love. Issues 7 and 8 come together in one envelope. Stories of an abusive relationship and getting out of it, problems with an IUD, what to do when your abusive ex-boyfriend starts dating someone you work with, how to keep girl-love-girl-power alive, stories of birth, stories of home.
this huge zine (100 pages!) is a tremendous resource for people who are committed to ending sexual violence. The past few years have seen an upsurge of community-accountability processes of dealing with assault - and lots of questions and issues these processes have raised. This zine collects a mulititude of stories, reflections and articles - from advice on finding a therapist, written by a perpetrator who is in an accountability process, to articles describing what different accountability groups look like, to raw stories of the failure of radical communities to step up and offer support to survivors. Intense and essential zine for people doing this work.
Mend My Dress: issues 7+8
Featured in the book Girl Zines: Making Media, Doing Feminism, Mend My Dress is a zine mostly about sexual abuse survival, about girl power, and girl love. Issues 7 and 8 come together in one envelope. Stories of an abusive relationship and getting out of it, problems with an IUD, what to do when your abusive ex-boyfriend starts dating someone you work with, how to keep girl-love-girl-power alive, stories of birth, stories of home.
Zine Review: Zine Dump #28
http://zinereviews.blogspot.com/2011/09/zine-review-zine-dump-28.html
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Zine Reviews: September '11
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Yard Sale! #10
Zine Review: Yard Sale! #10
Harley R. Pageot's life path has been entwined with the music he has loved, from grunge to punk to indie rock and indie pop. His relationship with musical endeavors is central to Yard Sale! #10, a well produced zine. I enjoyed Harley's clean, minimalist writing style. He recounts an interesting story about playing skating songs on a CBC Radio 3 live broadcast. and how he and his friends created the Broken Arts Collective with the vision of bringing together diverse artists. Yard Sale! is published four times a year and is an ambitious project.
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