Zine Review: Alphabet Soup #1
Alphabet Soup #1
Every
so often the debut issue of a zine shows so much potential and promise
that you can’t wait to have the next issue safely in your hands.
Alphabet Soup Issue 1 blends art, poetry, and prose seamlessly into a
quirky stew of high caliber writing. Dan Hansen’s piece The Red Ball
starts the issue off by pondering objects we find in our lives and
their unexpected symbolic and creative uses. An excerpt from “reach”
left me wanting to read the whole interstitial story. Brian Burnett
contributes stunning nature photography to this issue. There are
also delicious recipes to whet one’s appetite for Italian Zucchini Boats
and chili. Exquisite corpses are scattered throughout the zine with
fine surrealist imagery, and if this wasn’t enough … there is also a
soundtrack cd included with lo-fi music by Hot the Cat, Katy &
Simon, The Peaches & much more – nine generously chosen tracks in
all. Who says print is dead? Don’t sleep on this one – contact themanwiththearm@gmail.com for more information or send $5 (suggested donation) to Dan Hansen 2601 Quarry Road Missoula MT 59808.
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