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Monday, February 4, 2013
Calls For Submission, Zine News, & New Releases!
Sunday, February 3, 2013
Colouring Outside The Lines #6
Colouring Outside The Lines #6
After only a measley 3 and 1/2 years wait since the last one (!!) Issue #6 of Colouring Outside The Lines zine is out...
Colouring Outside The Lines is a zine full of conversations with contemporary female artists.
This issue features interviews with:
Lauren Denitzio (USA),
Fly (USA),
Megan Kelso (USA),
Chandler O'Leary and Jessica Spring (USA),
Allyson Mitchell (Canada),
Caroline Paquita (USA),
Summer Pierre (USA),
Lindsay Starbuck (UK), and
Anke Weckmann (UK).
Cover artwork by: Amy Ng.
Each copy of Colouring Outside The Lines #6 comes with a limited edition bookmark designed and letterpress printed by Jessica Spring at Springtide Press (USA)
From the introduction:
I started this zine project back in 2005 as a way to communicate with contemporary female artists whose work I was excited by and wanted to celebrate, and also to provide a way to illuminate various corners of current female artistic and creative activity. Activity that’s not exactly in the mainstream. I’m continuing it here, in 2012, as there’s still a great deal to be said, and women to interview.
I’m interested in communicating with people, less to interview them about how or what they make, but more to ask big questions about the ‘Whys’ of their creativity, and the ‘What Fors’? This is hugely linked to individual’s lives, experiences, and politics. That to me is the interesting bit. And as such, the questions in this zine, and the conversations that have grown around them, are more about individual’s processes than of their actual production. This has led to this issue probing areas such as: confidence, accessing creativity, ‘community’, representation, art-as-activism, spreading and passing on 'good vibes', encouragement, getting stuff done, accessibility of art, working together, working outside of convention, feeling 'good enough', juggling life to make room for creativity, motivation, artistic potentials, and beyond.
A5 size zine
Date: 2012
72 pages.
Black and white pages, with colour spreads featuring art from the interviewees.
Printed on 100gsm recycled paper, with cardstock covers.
For more information about the zine (and distributors), see: http://cotlzine.blogspot.co.uk/
Colouring Outside The Lines is a zine full of conversations with contemporary female artists.
This issue features interviews with:
Lauren Denitzio (USA),
Fly (USA),
Megan Kelso (USA),
Chandler O'Leary and Jessica Spring (USA),
Allyson Mitchell (Canada),
Caroline Paquita (USA),
Summer Pierre (USA),
Lindsay Starbuck (UK), and
Anke Weckmann (UK).
Cover artwork by: Amy Ng.
Each copy of Colouring Outside The Lines #6 comes with a limited edition bookmark designed and letterpress printed by Jessica Spring at Springtide Press (USA)
From the introduction:
I started this zine project back in 2005 as a way to communicate with contemporary female artists whose work I was excited by and wanted to celebrate, and also to provide a way to illuminate various corners of current female artistic and creative activity. Activity that’s not exactly in the mainstream. I’m continuing it here, in 2012, as there’s still a great deal to be said, and women to interview.
I’m interested in communicating with people, less to interview them about how or what they make, but more to ask big questions about the ‘Whys’ of their creativity, and the ‘What Fors’? This is hugely linked to individual’s lives, experiences, and politics. That to me is the interesting bit. And as such, the questions in this zine, and the conversations that have grown around them, are more about individual’s processes than of their actual production. This has led to this issue probing areas such as: confidence, accessing creativity, ‘community’, representation, art-as-activism, spreading and passing on 'good vibes', encouragement, getting stuff done, accessibility of art, working together, working outside of convention, feeling 'good enough', juggling life to make room for creativity, motivation, artistic potentials, and beyond.
A5 size zine
Date: 2012
72 pages.
Black and white pages, with colour spreads featuring art from the interviewees.
Printed on 100gsm recycled paper, with cardstock covers.
For more information about the zine (and distributors), see: http://cotlzine.blogspot.co.uk/
Ci Vediamo
Ci Vediamo by Hazel Newlevant
6 ½” x 5 ½”, 32 pages, $6
This is a comic book that manages to convey so much emotion and say so much in spite of the fact that it is wordless. Actually, words would have just gotten in the way. It’s beautifully crafted using alternating sheets of “regular” paper and vellum. The artwork on the vellum pages combines with the images on the proceeding pages and either adds to the previous image or creates new images altogether. As the pages are flipped and overlayed, new elements of the story emerge, which, in the words of the author, is a story of “love, loss, and moving on.” “Ci vediamo” means “we’ll see each other” in Italian. This book is a winner of a 2012 Xeric Award, and is very well done – a must see and a great addition to anyone’s collection.
hazel@newlevant.com
www.newlevant.com
Saturday, February 2, 2013
Zine News Round-Up: 20.01.13
Zine News Round-Up: 20.01.13
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| by Anne Lamott, via http://mydarlingafraid.tumblr.com/ |
Happy 2013, lovely readers! Spill the Zines is back from its Christmas hiatus, and we’ll be making an effort to keep the blog updated every week with news posts, zine reviews, and guest features. Remember: if you want to write/contribute anything, just drop me a line!
Cath x
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1. Zine Releases
2. Upcoming Events
3. Submission Calls
4. Distro News
5. AOB (Any Other Business)
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1. Zine Releases- Shape and Situate #4: Posters of Inspirational European Women is out now! More information about the zine (and a list of distributors) can be found at: http://remember-who-u-are.blogspot.com
- Colouring Outside The Lines #6, is a zine full of conversations with contemporary female artists, has been released this month. For more information about the zine, and where to get a copy, seehttp://cotlzine.blogspot.co.uk/
- New poetry zine Distraction Faction: Found Poetry in London, is out now. For more details, get in touch with the creator Tony at http://wemakezines.ning.com/profile/TonyHickson
- Pandora Press #4: The Pink Issue, is out now! Pick up a copy at any Swansea Feminist Network event, or if you’re not from the Swansea area you can contact the editor at pandorapresszineATgmail.com to buy a copy.
- Music zine All Thrills No Frills Music Bill is out now - more details at http://www.allthrillsnofrillsmusic.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/issue-one-of-paper-zine-now-available.html
- Music zine All Thrills No Frills Music Bill is out now - more details at http://www.allthrillsnofrillsmusic.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/issue-one-of-paper-zine-now-available.html
2. Upcoming Events- A zine collective has been established for new zine-makers living in the SW London/Surrey area. They hold regular meet-ups and zine events, and are currently in the process of organising a meet-up for the end of January. More details can be found at http://swzinecollective.weebly.com/.
- Any upcoming UK zine events? Let us know – spillthezinesukATgmail.com!
- Any upcoming UK zine events? Let us know – spillthezinesukATgmail.com!
3. Submission Calls- Pandora Press, a feminist compzine published by the Swansea Feminist Network, is looking for contributors for its 5th issue (theme: media). Provisional deadline: 31 January. More info athttp://swanseafeministnetwork.wordpress.com
- Lindsay Starbuck and Melanie Maddison are working on a compzine called ‘Remember Who You Are’, which looks at “our own individual, personal histories to see how we come to be the people that we are, with the politics that we have”. More details at http://remember-who-u-are.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/remembering-who-we-are-zine-seeking.html.
- Ink Soup is comics and narrative zine based in Birmingham. They are looking for comics and artwork for their 7th issue entitled 'Under New Management'. Deadline: 31 January. For more info check out:http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ink-Soup/287767714585794
- Kat is looking for reviews, essays, quotes and artwork for her Stephen King fanzine, titled ‘Death Is When The Monsters Get You’. For more info, email kjwilliams1986ATgmail.com.
- There’s a Doctor Who fanzine in the works! Lots of detailed information can be found at http://type-40-zine.tumblr.com/Submission-Guidelines
- SW London and Surrey Zines are looking for zines to sell at their zine stall at a local community market. Lots of details can be found at http://swzinecollective.weebly.com/1/post/2012/12/call-for-zines-from-sw-london-surrey.html .
- SW London and Surrey Zines are looking for zines to sell at their zine stall at a local community market. Lots of details can be found at http://swzinecollective.weebly.com/1/post/2012/12/call-for-zines-from-sw-london-surrey.html .
4. Distro News
- Some new zines have been added to Princesa Pirata’s stock! http://princesapiratadistro.wordpress.com/about-2/
5. AOB
- Some cheap second-hand zines for sale on the LJ community Zine Scene UK – take a look here:http://zinescene-uk.livejournal.com/157372.html
- Some cheap second-hand zines for sale on the LJ community Zine Scene UK – take a look here:http://zinescene-uk.livejournal.com/157372.html
- Not UK related, but definitely worth a read: Maranda Elizabeth writes about self-care for zinesters on their blog:http://marandaelizabeth.com/2013/01/03/self-care-for-zinesters/
- feministzines.tumblr.com is a new blog made to showcase zines by/for feminists – submit yours, and check out some cool new zines!
- feministzines.tumblr.com is a new blog made to showcase zines by/for feminists – submit yours, and check out some cool new zines!
Friday, February 1, 2013
The Journal of Ordinary Thought
The Journal of Ordinary Thought Spring 2012
The Journal of Ordinary Thought
Spring 2012
$25 / 3 issues
Neighborhood Writing Alliance
1313 East 60th Street
Chicago IL 60637
This journal is obviously well funded and not the type of publication that I generally review.
The Journal of Ordinary Thought publishes reflections people make on their personal histories and everyday experiences. It is founded on the concept that that every person is a philosopher, expressing one's thoughts fosters creativity and change, and taking control of life requires people to think about the world and communicate their thoughts to others.
This is a perfect-bound, Chicago-centric literary journal of poetry and prose organized loosely around the themes of “freedom” and “liberation”. The Journal of Ordinary Thought includes exquisite black and white illustrations from the L is for Liberation Collective. The writing within feels accessible and genuine, none of it forced or pretentious. The most powerful piece that stood out is “The Don’t Die Code” by Claire Bartlett, who writes “I’m just trying to keep you from getting killed.” Helena Marie Carnes-Jeffries also hits deep pockets of childhood realities with her poem “I Was a Packaged Child”. It’s refreshing to read literature / philosophy by everyday folk instead of the workshopped writing by the pantheon of ivory tower academians who believe it is their role to carry the torch of proper literary merit for the rest of us earthlings.
I hope you understood that sentence.
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