shows + more new zines! - from doris zine blog

shows + more new zines!

from doris zine blog by noreply@blogger.com (doris zine blog. for website go to dorisdorisdoris.com)

Snarlas will be playing May 24 in Columbus at the 15th street house, and May 30 in Athens OH at the Smiling Skull. Also, there's a Girls Rock Camp benefit show May 27 at Subama Women's Land, near Athens. It's women only trans inclusive. We'll be in Chattanooga TN for Do You Hear We Fest, June 3-5!

More new zines in the distro doris distro

!!!!!!!!!!Featured Music of the Season!!!!!!!!!!
Wild Miners CDR
singer/songwriter, sultry, beautiful singing. She's in a band called Octopus and Owl now, which should be on tour this summer, so check it out. click here
listen to wild miners

Shotgun Seamstress #5
A zine by and for black punks, queers, feminists, artists, musicians. Articles about bands Death and ESG, interviews with DJ Soul Sister, Aye Naico and Kicktease. plus a critique of corporate sponsored Afro-punk

Rad Girlz: my struggles with sexism, racism and violence
looking personally and critically about how sexism and violence have shaped her life. what it means that all white people are racist, what it mean politically and in her life. She talks about being queer, trying to reclaim her sexuality, dealing with eating disorders and cutting.

When the Crash Meets Something Solid #6: organs of voice and respiration
deals with time spent in the sex industry, drug addiction and recovery and being a mother. Poems and stories and journal entries.

The "T" Word: pass the mission
a zine made by Tranzmission about all kinds of stuff - How to be a good ally, language definitions, poems, personal stories, flyers from events, questioning DIY ethics in the Trans Liberation Movement, transexual prisoners, and reading recommendations. Procededs go to Transmission Prison Books Project

When the Crash Meets Something Solid #007: Widowmaker
continuation of the story of sexindustry and addiction. This one has a section on an abusive relationship she got out of in 2009.

Zinester Invite to the Calgary Anarchy Fest! May 27-29th 2011

*Dear Zine Lovers, Friends and Flirts,**The Zine Tree Collective is
messaging you to tell you that our good buddies from the Calgary Anarchist
Bookfair are hosting a weekend of festivities, and you're all invited.

Tabling times:
*12 noon to 6 pm Saturday May 28th, 2011*
*12 noon to 4pm Sunday May 29th, 2011*

*Old Y Centre (223 12 ave SW) in Calgary Alberta.*

Just like the Zine Fair last December, we would love it if you could set
up a table with some of your zines or zines from your communities.

The Anarchist fair, now in it's 8th year, is a great place to meet other
zinesters. Billeting is provided for out of town participants. The weekend
will feature film screenings, parties, bike rides, games, workshops, and
tabling of books, zines and lots of other great stuff. We'll be sure to
have the Zine Tree Library there as well!

Because the zine readings were such a huge success last time around, we
would love to try it again. If you would like to do a reading at the
Festival of Anarchy on Saturday from 12-1pm or would like to set up a
table please contact them at anarchistbookfair@linuxmail.org


Love,


The Zine Tree Collective

Fanzine Ynfytyn #12 / Here. In My Head #7 / Your Pretty Face Is Going Straight To Hell #14 / Regeneration #6

Fanzine Ynfytyn #12 / Here. In My Head #7 / Your Pretty Face Is Going Straight To Hell #14 / Regeneration #6

from Hannah Reads Zines by Hannah

I’m aware that it has been far too long since I last updated this, in fact I have a towering pile of zines which I’ve read and loved and want to recommend to others! These three happened to be the first I grabbed, so if your zine isn’t here it doesn’t mean I didn’t enjoy it, just that I haven’t got around to writing about it yet.

Fanzine Ynfytyn #12
By Emma (UK) www.emmajanefalconer.co.uk

Emma and I were first acquainted many moons ago but lost touch (my fault, although I hasten to add that I am much more reliable now!). Upon getting back in touch we swapped zines and I came home one day to a big fat parcel of back issues of Fanzine Ynfytyn and Imaginary Uncles (Emma's fiction zine). #12 is one of my favourite issues of Fanzine Ynfytyn as it is comprised largely of lists, and it is no secret that I love lists! The lists include: Top 5 Falling Asleep To Albums, Collective Nouns For Birds and several collections of Small Pleasures. There’s also a somewhat disturbing, but nonetheless amusing, story about selling IT software to nuclear fuel companies; and an interview with Emma, by Emma, which provides an opportunity for her to share with us her favourite music, books, Beatles songs, Shakespeare play and discuss why she doesn’t write about her love life in her zines. Fanzine Ynfytyn is made cut and paste style with vintage images – my favourite. There’s something refreshingly original and un-serious about Emma’s zines, and Fanzine Ynfytyn provides a chance to explore Emma’s unique vision of the world, which can also be seen in her photography.

Here. In My Head #7 / Your Pretty Face Is Going Straight To Hell #14
By Cath (UK) contactATcatherineelms.co.uk [HIMH] / Tukru (UK) tukrulovesyouATgmail.com [YPFIGSTH]

I was very excited to hear that two of my favourite zinesters were making a split zine together, and I eagerly followed the progress of its completion through twitter. Needless to say, the finished article does not disappoint!

Cath’s side is subtitled “Change & Improvement”, and she uses this as a catalyst to discuss her shyness and body image, amongst other things. I particularly enjoyed the piece on beauty (entitled “The Unadorned Feminist”) as Cath presents both sides of the argument – that women shouldn’t feel they have to live up to a certain beauty standard, but that in doing so we risk being mocked, or having our self-esteem lowered further through comparison with unrealistic ideals we are nowhere close to. I struggle with this myself, to a degree – I am comfortable to rarely wear makeup and ignore only wearing clothes seen as “fashionable”, but I’m not brave enough to walk around with hairy legs and the comments that would attract. Here. In My Head #7 is a very reflective and personal zine, looking at Cath’s personality and opinions, and how they have developed over the recent past. There’s a strong undercurrent of Cath trying to understand herself here, and I believe she has been successful in this. The layouts are by and large simple, but pleasing, and always clear and easy to read; with a good mixture of words and matching imagery.

Tukru’s contribution to the split pretty much picks up where her last zine left off – she talks (well, writes) about her return to roller derby after she was put out of action by a wrist fracture, and describes her newest project – the Typical Grrls club night (co-ran with Emma of Fanzine Ynfytyn, in fact!). I love how detailed Tukru’s zines are – I always feel as if I’m there with her as she recounts her adventures; and the as-it-happens, stream-of-consciousness style writing makes me feel as if I’m being invited to read her diary. Towards the end YPFIGSTH #14 Tukru looks to the future, and to what she hopes 2011 will hold for her (including some tantalizing goals involving zine-making), and this closing piece rounds off the zine nicely, looping us back to her opening words about the crappiness of 2010 in Tukru-land. As ever, Tukru’s layouts are original and inspiring, and she includes some hand-drawn illustrations which are just awesome!

Regeneration #6
By Ashlee (USA) asregenerationATyahoo.com

You know how sometimes a zine can sit in your “to read” stack for months, and then leave you thinking “I should have read this sooner!” once you’ve finished it? Well, Regeneration #6 was one of those zines for me. Ashlee introduces Regeneration #6 by explaining that she hasn’t published anything in nearly 4 years and during that time has been busy working, living in 3 different apartments and making and losing dozens of friends. The zine is composed of stories from these years, beginning with “Excelsior Apartments”, the block that housed Ashlee’s first home of her own. I enjoyed reading about her experiences of living alone at 18 (I also “left home” – a silly phrase I think, since you create a new home elsewhere – at that age, so there was an element of nostalgia present for me), and reliving her excitement at making new friends in her block and getting involved with the parties hosted there. Regeneration #6 then takes us through the next few years of Ashlee’s life, taking in romantic relationships and some pretty intense friendships. I really enjoyed Ashlee’s honesty on these topics – she balances the good and the bad, and isn’t afraid to take responsibility for any mistakes she made that lead to the relationships crumbling. The layout of Regeneration #6 is simpler than the other zines I’ve written about today, but it’s all very legible (mostly handwritten in capitals – much respect is due to Ashlee for taking the time to do that!) and she includes a lot of photographs, so you can put faces to the names. Ashlee’s writing style is detail-rich and uncompromising, making Regeneration #6 a very absorbing, and enjoyable, read.

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Phatsville Comix #16

Phatsville Comix #16

from Blackguard

64 pages, digest size, $?, for ordering info email >>> phatsvillecomix (at) hotmail.com
Since Phatsville #15 came out, P-Ville editors Giles and J-Stew visited the US, mainly to attend the San Diego Comic Con (July 2010). Strips about their visit are real highlights, like J-Stew's traumatic tale of trying to get a big cup of coins changed into paper money at their Hollywood hotel. Then Giles's strip "Ill Communication' about comical plans to make sure they don't get lost or separated at the massive comic convention. As usual, there's some very funny interactions between Giles and J-Stew, like the routine about J-Stew secretly wanting to be a boy wizard. The strip 'Snorin' USA' has J-Stew driven so insane by Giles's snoring he stabs him in the forehead with a pencil. And the hilarious 'Accents' is about Americans not being able to understand anything J-Stew said.
In my review of Phatsville #15 I mentioned that the lack of an index made it hard to figure out who did what. That seemed to work (or somebody else's suggestion did) - an index has been added this time around. Yay! All they need to do now is to number their goddamn pages! Y'hear me, Phatsfolk?!
There's an excellent strip by Giles, 'Those Legendary Dreamkillers', about his love of this Brisbane band.
A pleasant surprise was Dambinatrix's strip about what it might be like if your fingers had personalities and could talk (her strips in past Phatsvilles were usually among my least favourite).
Shaun Craike contributes the bizarre 'A Li'l Bootleg Teepee Story' (featuring Teepee, a Benjamin Sea character), easily the most warped and wonderful strip this issue.
This has gotta be the best Phatsville yet. It seems that Giles and J-Stew have really tightened things up, editorial-wise. There's only a few misses here, but the bulk of it is fucking kickass awesome great (especially the 'Giles and J-Stew in the USA' strips).

Welcome to the Dahl House: by Kenneth Dahl
122 pages
$7
Microcosm Publishing


The introduction gives you a descriptive background on the collaboration involved in creating this. It's amazing that some of these comics have been lying around for ten years before getting published in this while others are fresh. Comics range from punk/anarchist humor to army to the life of your average hillbilly. Even a strangely graphic, vulgar discussion in the bath tub between two men attempting to butt fuck. Unfortunately it was a failure on their part. I thought I would skip over some of the pages but instead could not put it down! It kept my attention from beginning to end, wondering what was going to happen next. Anyone wondering how to get arrested or has ever been can relate to the humor the author finds in it. Four thumb up.

Ninja Sushi

Ninja Sushi

from Blackguard

162 pages, digest size, by Kapreles k8pr3135.blogspot.com, published by XTRA - www.uitgeverijxtra.nl
OK, this book is awesome enough, but right now I wanna talk about my blurb on the back cover. It's my first blurb! Kapreles asked me if he could get the publisher (XTRA) to put part of one of my reviews of his work on the back of his new comix art book, and naturally I said hell yeah. I received this in the mail today from XTRA, and I don't mind admitting that seeing my 'blurb' on the back cover made me feel VERY HAPPY! And willya lookit that! It's in Dutch, too!
Anyway, I just checked out the XTRA website and I couldn't find this, maybe because I'm drunk or maybe because the book is so new it's not up there yet, but if you like Kapreles's art, then this beautifully produced book is highly recommended. Even recommended to those of you unfamiliar with Kapreles's art, if you love strong, darkly comic, outsider art. You will love it.
Um, I think the INSIDE artzine blurb is better than mine, so maybe mine was used because it is short, only two sentences.
...
I've gotta write a more substantial review of this one. Coming soon!

How To Have An Amazingly Adventurous Life For Zero Dollars A Day

How To Have An Amazingly Adventurous Life For Zero Dollars A Day

from Blackguard

40 pages, digest size, free, by Kim - contents of this zine and more at >> storiesofcreativeecology.wordpress.com
Loads of suggestions as to ways to opt out of "The System" in this zine. Chapters include:
Forage. - Gleaning tips (for fruit and vegetables), dumpster diving, food court opportunities, wild food, native plants, roadkill, hunting, entomophagy (the practice of eating insects (one suggestion being Bogon moths, which I have been meaning to get around to trying ever since hearing that they taste like butterscotch when fried. Yum-o!)
Stuff. - Hard rubbish collection days, dumpster diving, op shops, government departments, building sites, and fixing things.
Shelter. - Housesitting, squatting, free camping, work exchange, share housing.
Adventure. - Wilderness survival, urban exploration, stormwater drain exploration, peeing outside, talking to strangers on the street.
Grow food. - Seeds, plants, mulch and compost, tools, community gardens, guerilla gardening, and more.
Garden things to make. - Compost bin, bamboo tipi for climbing plants, worm farm, organic liquid fertiliser, and more.
Ferment. - A way of keeping food for longer than a few days that doesn't involve refrigeration or chemical preservatives. [Interesting chapter - I didn't know that after taking antiobiotics (which I avoid unless absolutely essential anyway) it's important to eat fermented foods to restore your gut's bacteria, and that fermented foods include miso, sourdough bread (my favourite bread!), yoghurt, cheese, sauerkraut, soy sauce, vinegar, wine, beer (yes! can do!) and cider.]
Health. - Another interesting chapter, and no doubt provocative, since it encourages the avoidance of western medical practices, and to do all you can to stay the hell out of hospitals. There are also claims in here like "people have cured themselves of cancer and AIDS purely by tuning into the needs of their bodies." Also mention of "trendy nutrients", which at the moment include iron, folate, omega-3 and niacin).
Technology. - How to make a rocket stove (the centrefold of the zine is an illustrated guide to make one), a zeer pot (a non-electrical refrigerator made from clay pots), solar cooker, haybox cooker, and more.
Hygiene. - Deodorant, shampoo and skincare products are unnecessary, and most of the hygiene products on the market are poisonous to our bodies. There's a list of alternatives to sanitary pads, toilet paper, soap, laundry detergent, sunscreens and moisturisers.
The final chapter, Culture, contains some hippy dippy ideas that are hard to take seriously (unless you are tripping, or extremely drunk) :
- Point out rainbows, sunsets, the rising moon and interesting clouds to strangers.
- Sing, dance and play on the streets.
- Rearrange items on the street for hard rubbish into something more creative. Maybe an outdoor lounge room, or a magical furniture monster.
There's a page of resources listed at the back. too (including some that I heartily recommend myself, for example Thoreau's Walden, and the French documentary The Gleaners & I [2000, Directed by Agnes Varda]).

One final thing - right at the beginning of this zine is a legal notice that contains an alarming item:

"Some US cities ban the growing of food in backyards." What the fuck? Who the hell is gonna stop somebody growing tomatoes or carrots in their own goddamn backyard? And for what reason, may I ask? If I lived in a city like that, I would start growing food in my backyard on principle.

Distort #32

Distort #32

from Blackguard

16 pages, A4, $2.50, available from Sticky
First copy of this punk zine I've seen, although read good things about it elsewhere, so big thanks to Sticky for sending me this one.
This is part one of a look back at the 'best of' Distort - this issue covers Distort #7-13. "Wait a minute", I thought. "#7?" The unnamed (?) editor explains this in his introduction. It started as a "stupid myth" that issues #1-6 were all immediately out of print or short run or mix tapes, but the reality was that he'd been writing hardcore zines since he was 15 (Stop And Think, No Longer Blind, Room 101, and On Fire) but none of them made it to #7, so he figured he would end this curse by starting his new zine at that number.
A highlight - the story about his grandmother (a Latvian refugee), now suffering from dementia ("...she attempts to eat her food with a napkin as a knife. She makes sandwiches using the plate as a top layer, and she loses her way to the bathroom."). He writes (intro to Distort #10) that last week he found out that she was a Nazi sympathizer. The only way he could understand this was through the Nazi's appeal to the herd mentality, and national/racial pride. He relates this to his passion for hardcore/punk - "these offer an anti-herd mentality, a hostility to the crowd."
Reading some of the band interviews here, the overriding motivation seems to be violence, aggression, nihilism. From interview with Left For Dead band member describing a H-100's set - "They started, the singer threw something really heavy straight ahead of him, not even looking. Someone took out the bouncer, two girls were punching each other's heads in and there were at least three all out fistfights by the first chorus, no joke."
Another highlight is in the interview with Formaldehyde Junkies, where band member Andy answers a question about their song 'Now Don't Go Start Your Own Band", written because of the overload of shitty hardcore bands. It made me laugh because the zine world too has this problem. It's funny to me, with the often-heard exhortations by some ziners, '"Hey! You too can start your own zine!", to rather say, "Hey! No need to try this yourself! By all means please don't feel compelled to make your own zine!"
[Formaldehyde Junkies (great name!) also have their own wonderfully-named record label, Fashionable Idiots Records]
The editor also has a couple of quirks - one of which is his love of/focus on hardcore/punk bands from Cleveland (the only thing I know about Cleveland is that it's the city Harvey Pekar came from); the other of which is, he often begins an interview with a question about the band's school, work and church (or worship) life.
Distort was a good read. I'll be tracking down the next issue for sure.

Oh My Clumsy Heart

Zine Showcase #14: London Edition

from Oh My Clumsy Heart by sophie@ohmyclumsyheart.com (Sophie)

Cut Me Up

Blog // Shop
Cut Me Up #1 // £3 + shipping

An A6 colour zine that folds out into an A3 poster, a collaborative project by Kraggy and iamanoctopus. A bright mash-up of popular culture references, heavy on typography and featuring some immense illustration work.

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Punch A Priest

Traditional tattoos are a great love of mine, I find them to have a somewhat cartoonish nature unique to their design that makes them captivating. Punch A Priest borrows from the traditional tattoo style and re-interprets it with re-imagined, embellished designs.

Sabba Khan

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Time

An illustrated deconstruction of a watch; quite a unique and wonderful zine. Refusing to wear any time piece at all and knowing very little about the mechanics but being quite curious about the subject, I found this zine, which details the various parts of a watch, incredibly fascinating. Interestingly enough the alignment of the illustrations upon the pages makes you feel as if they had been taken out of the watch and placed right in front of you.

Pablo Jones-Soler

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10 Reasons Not To Bother Coming To Earth

Turning a blind eye to the glaring grammatical error on the front cover (I am an unapologetic grammar enthusiast) this zine make me laugh and nod in agreement; Loathe people who dress their pets in clothes? Check! Appalled at "popular music"? Check! Despise the downfall of common decency? Check! An excellent choice of 10 reasons not to bother coming to earth (that is, if you're an alien).

Pablo Jones-Soler

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Dogs

A zine full of dog profiles; minimal with a sketchbook feel. Not much else to say except this is one awesome zine.

This Year I Have

There are no details at all for this zine, which is a terrible shame since I like it a whole heap. Lists are brilliant; I make them for almost everything and enjoy reading other peoples. This zine lists 100 things 'anonymous' has achieved so far this year combining the mundane with the marvellous.

Spill The Zines!

News Round-Up!

from Spill The Zines! by noreply@blogger.com (Cath)

Happy easter everyone! I hope you’re all enjoying the rest of the lovely long weekend with plenty of chocolate eggs! This fortnight has been a fairly busy one in the UK zine scene, notably for the massive success of the London Zine Symposium last weekend, which plenty of people have written about on their blogs (see below)! Spill the Zines has now made a flyer, some of which were distributed at the London Zine Symposium - if you want to print and distribute your own, here it is: http://bit.ly/idQQOa. We’ve also been syndicated on http://syndicatedzinereviews.blogspot.com, which is rather exciting. Take a look at our re-blogged posts here.

Anyway, enjoy our zine news of the fortnight, and do remember to send us any news of your own for us to feature on the next blog update!

Cath x

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1. Zine Releases

2. Upcoming Events

3. Zine Reviews

4. AOB (Any Other Business)

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1. Zine Releases
Lots of awesome zines were released just in time for the London Zine Symposium last weekend, including:
- I’m Drawing a Blank, Miss Tukru’s first comic-style zine. Pick up your copy at Vampire Sushi distro!
- Scratch that Itch #3. I’ve got this feminist perzine, and can’t wait to read it.
- Out of the City and Into the Trees #2, written by Jake of Scale Trees Distro. A zine about a boy that leaves home to live in a treehouse.
- Adventures in Menstruating #6, a comp-zine themed around periods. Highly recommended! Get a copy at http://www.chartyourcycle.co.uk/zines.
- Virgin #2. This issue is a compilation zine featuring 6 submissions on the topic of virginity. To buy a copy, paypal £1.50 to virginzineATgmailDOTcom.

2. Upcoming Events
- EGAKU 2 – Draw for Japan (London): 1^st May

- Victoria Baths Fanzine Convention (Manchester): 14^th May
- Nottingham Zine Fair: 28^th May
- Alternative Press Fair (London): 28^th - 29^th May
- Ladyfest Essex: 11^th June
- Zine Fest @ The Women’s Library (London): 25^th June
- Birmingham Zine Festival: 9^th July

3. Zine Reviews

Sophie has written a great zine review post at her blog Oh My Clumsy Heart this week, featuring reviews of Lost Boy #1, Mythologising Me #2, and Oh My Oh No.

4. A.O.B.

- Vampire Sushi distro has been updated, with lots of new zines in stock.

- A few people have written reviews of the London Zine Symposium last weekend, including me, Caitlin Gwynn, Amelia’s magazine, Pamflet, and Sophie (Oh My Clumsy Heart). Any more? Let us know!

- Will of xyz zine is looking to set up a zinefest in Camden, London, in October! Zinefests require a great deal of planning and helping hands, so if you want to help Will out with organising this event, get in touch at zisforzineAThotmail.co.uk. There’s more info about the event and the help needed at Will's blog Z is for Zine.

OH My! Comix #2

Oh My! Comix #2

from Blackguard

28 pages, digest size, $4.00, edited by Dexter Cockburn - thecomixcompany.ecrater.com
Dexter has turned his new comix series into an anthology with issue 2 - contributors include Robin Bougie, Dexter Cockburn, Hugo, JB, and Aaron Lange.
First of all I gotta say how great the 'contributor notes' page is, done in the style of those old comics ad pages for X-Ray Specs and Sea Monkeys.
Dexter's whipped up another Adventure Club story, this one involving filthy pirates! There's six pages of "durdee drawin's" by Robin Bougie; and a two-pager by JB of some extremely twisted dream drawn in an even more twisted art (reminded me of King Terry's "bad-good" [heta-uma] manga style) ... (JB, another big discovery!) Then some more Dexter stuff I can't tell you about. ... Then a superultramega disturbing/creepy strip - 'Lil' Baby Teef' - I think this one is by JB too (the strip is unsigned, consarn it!)
Then a two-pager by Hugh 'Shug' Raine ('A God Awful Small Affair'). Man, I never heard of him either! Where are all these badass comix dudes coming from?! Anyway, this one is supercute! And romantic!
The back (colour) cover strip is by yet another comix honcho new to me - Aaron Lange - it's a very funny snapshot of sex in the '70s, '80s and '90s.
This anthology fucking rocks. It's totally bitchin' and boss. Get it.

Kung Fu Grip! #4

from Randy Spaghetti by noreply@blogger.com (Randy Spaghetti)

Kung Fu Grip! #4
Paco Taylor
7730 East Broadway #925
Tucson, AZ 85710
$1ppd, or two stamps

Kung Fu Grip is a time machine, or time ma-zine. Reading it brought me back to my 70’s era living room sitting in front of the furniture-sized-fake-wood-framed television watching ‘Enter the Dragon’ on Betamax while eating American cheese and miracle whip on white bread sandwiches. Of course, I never had a Betamax player, but that’s beside the point, the point is that this is a great zine that captures a past cultural aesthetic in an effective and very satisfying way. Contained within are stories about the Onge, Satun, and Pahang people of Asia, a tribute to his father, and some history of the zine. It’s well written and informative. My only complaint is that it’s too short, but, as the author explains, this is a special ‘free’ issue of KFG that is designed more for trades and is significantly shorter than past issues. Those past issues are now on my search radar of ‘zines to get’. Dig it.

Badwill Newsletter

from Randy Spaghetti by noreply@blogger.com (Randy Spaghetti)

Badwill Newsletter: Volume 2 Issue 6 Number 10
December 2010
POB 383
Cookeville, TN 38503 $2

According to the people who write this newsletter, Goodwill is a pretty crappy place to work. This is the 10th installment of this newsletter and it doesn’t appear to be slowing down anytime soon. I’m not really sure what to make of this in that all of it is hearsay. If the stories are true, then it sounds like the various stores that these people had worked at were really poorly managed and the workers were treated with very little respect. If that is true, then it seems somewhat institutional, but like I said, it’s all hearsay.

London Zine Symposium 2011

from Oh My Clumsy Heart by sophie@ohmyclumsyheart.com (Sophie)

On Sunday I travelled up to London to attend the London Zine Symposium. I didn't take any photographs inside - it was a squeeze getting to some of the stalls let alone having room to swing a camera around! Fever Zine has some of the best photographs of the day I've seen; take a look.

Last year was good, this year was excellent; lots of great work, some amazing looking stalls and this time I had a few more friendly faces to say hello to plus a couple of unfamiliar ones who were rather lovely and an absolute pleasure to meet.

Being so dreadfully busy and hot inside I escaped after a couple of hours having forgotten to pick up one or two more zines; I did, however, buy this amazing David Lynch print (to be truthful, anything with David Lynch on it is enough to make my heart flutter) and glow-in-the-dark cat t-shirt.

(You can't see it very well but trust me, they glow!)

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WUT AM I EVEN DO N

WUT AM I EVEN DO N
16 pages, bigger than digest
Extra nice, glossy, color, heavy card stock cover
Price ?

A half dressed man who doesn't seem to know how to use controllers for the Wii console. Each page is a short cartoon, or composed of several, that is drawn large to grab your attention. The character hates his cat and on every page there is something new going on. Doesn't seem to follow any type of chronological order, seems like a cartoon you would see in a weekly hipster newsletter. I'd cut out the pages and frame them to decorate.
-Alyssa Sauer

This is a one story comic about a guy. Gross, vulgar, confusing, intriguing, funny, weird as shit. The character and/or artist may be on drugs, hard to tell. I like it, mostly because I'm not sure what to make of it. It's not poetry.
-Jack Cheiky

Jacob

956 Post St #100

San Francisco, CA 94109

jacob.thornton [at] gmail.com
http://jacobdraws.wordpress.com/

Don't Tread On ME!

Don't Tread on Me
22 pages, digest
$1

From the suit and tie dressed dinosaur on the cover I knew right away whatever lies in these pages would intrigue me. The random comics which act as backgrounds along with the cut and paste style piecing proved to be very artsy. The "Drunken Letters to Abstract Concepts" piece is hilarious. I remember waking up one morning to a "you're welcome" letter from my bottle of Tylenol after a night of heavy drinking.

This zine is comprised of random awesomeness. Between Ratso's new identity for himself created only for his past love which he ran into at a party only to get pathetically denied later to a hand drawn comic involving a one-eyed dog with an owner who loves his hooch, there were laughs in reading this all around. Personally "Ask a Racist" was very comedic to me. But what about us crackers? We can dish it but can't take it? I'd love to see this piece done in the eyes of a minority. Or a response from some. Either way, the typical stereotypes made me laugh. Hopefully people read this with a sense of humor and perhaps a grain of salt.

The fictional excerpt from a day in the life of Harrison Ford. . I couldn't stop laughing. This is a unique zine in many ways and if you enjoy randomness and hearty laughs I most definitely recommend it!

Don't Tread On ME!

1128 West Grace St. Apt. 2

Richmond, VA 23220

Ratso27@gmail.com
DTMzine.blogspot.com

Oh My! Comix #1

from Blackguard

28 pages, digest size, $4.00 by Dexter Cockburn - the comixcompany.ecrater.com
What we got here is a sensational and smutty collection of Dexter's comix, some of which were published elsewhere (Cinema Sewer, Yuck!, Sleazy Slice and Blackguard), and some of which have been unpublished up to now, you lucky devils!

I'm kinda biased, since I think Dexter's comix are fucking awesome, which is why I trick him into contributing to each and every issue of Blackguard. So I'll just say get it.

Zine Reviews: April '11

from Spill The Zines! by noreply@blogger.com (Cath)

Peach, Plum, Pear #1
Jenny Hughes, Lincs-Notts/Glasgow - jenneh.hughesATgmailDOTcom
Awww, Jenny. She sent me Peach, Plum, Pear #1 AND #2 completely unsolicited, along with a lovely letter (and considering both are half-sized and 38 pages long, that was a very kind gesture!). I figured the least I could do was to review one here. Sadly, this zine has been made in what you might call the old-fashioned way - single-sided printing glued together. This gave me the impression that the zine was much longer than it turned out to be, and made it unnecessarily costly for Jenny to post due to the weight... but that's a small complaint, because the actual content was really interesting. It feels strange to say that I enjoyed reading this zine, as Jenny writes about harrowing topics of attempted suicide, self-harm, medication, and feeling that her days are consistently dull and monotonous. Of course, it was very sad and thought-provoking to read about Jenny’s difficulties with depression, but due to her good-natured take on her experiences and her sense of optimism, it was surprisingly uplifting. Everything is very well-written, and you really get a clear understanding of how Jenny feels and the difficulties she has encountered in her life.

She also tries to lighten the general mood of the zine with some less-than-serious content, including a list of 80s goth music she enjoys listening to and reasons to get out of the bed in the morning, as well as pretty artistic layouts and drawings throughout. Half-handwritten (such beautiful handwriting!) and half typewritten, this zine is just as lovely to look at as it is to read. Highly recommended.

Sugar paper #3: 20 Things to Make and Do
Various – sugarpaperzineAThotmailDOTcom
A comp-zine from the UK, Sugar Paper is a fantastic half-sized zine published twice a year. Issue 3 lists 20 fun creative activities to try, including various recipes, how to make a skirt, quizzes ("how twee are you?"), mazes, dinosaur origami, knitting a snake scarf, how to make a thermo trope, 3D pictures, starting a craft club, how to make a crochet pin cushion, how to get off the internet, and lots more! There's also a kit included with instructions on how to make friendship bracelets - I haven't tried doing it yet, I'm scared that I'll be terrible at it! This was a very fun zine, with lots of nice drawings, diagrams, and pretty layouts. Highly recommended for those of you looking for some new ways to be crafty!

Tempest in a Tea Cup #4
Louise, Lincoln – thiswaltzAThotmail.co.uk
Yay, another Tempest in a Tea Cup! This issue is a little more cheery than previous issues, with Louise writing about grrrlVIRUS, her favourite music, zine fests, attending Reclaim the Night, and her current obsessions. There are also some darker pieces, including dropping out of university, and losing her job. Louise states that so far, 2011 has been pretty crappy, but she hopes it will get better soon. There’s a general theme of feminism running through the zine, which is reflected in Louise’s writing and her choice of visuals used. The only thing I’d suggest Louise could do to improve Tempest in a Tea Cup is to write a few long pieces rather than lots of long pieces, as 2-3 pages per piece is never enough – I always find myself longing to read more! Other than that, this is a very nice zine that’s always refreshingly honest and frank. The layouts are lovely as ever, with lots of fun images that Louise found on tumblr scattered throughout.

Change the World in 7 Days
Pippa, Sheffield – incurable.hippieATgmailDOTcom
I really enjoyed reading this short and sweet zine. Inside, Pippa lists one positive thing we should do for every day of the week that can change the world, including subvertising, planting a tree, ditching the car, buy local food, and reuse our stuff. Each task comes with a few different ideas on how to carry it out, and some reasons why doing it can change the world. With pretty, floral layouts throughout, this is a cracking little zine that left me feeling very inspired to be more green!

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