Category: zine
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Zine Fair Round-Up
So it’s been a month since hitting the MCA Zine Fair. And finally, I’ve had the chance to read through the zines I picked up. Bizarrism* A font of counter culture and eccentric history, you pickup Bizarrism if you want to learn about the odder aspects of dictators, criminals, conspiracies and the occult. I particularly…
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MCA Zine Fair
Yesterday, I spent the day at the MCA which were running a zine fair. It was pretty packed and it was good to see a couple of people that I hadn’t seen since the last big one I visited, and of course, meet a few new faces. Also was the debut of Jeremy and Elouise’s…
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Mappa Mundi Download
Since I’m nearly out of hard copies of the Mappa Mundi zine I made back in March, I’ve decided to give away a digital copy for people to print at home. You can download it from here. Inside the zip is containing the printable PDF and how to fold it. The original was printed to…
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Bizoo-Ka!
Jeremy of former street press zine Bizoo and Elouise of Smells Like Zines are coming down to Canberra in late May to participate in a couple of events while in the capital. Here’s some dates. 22 May Something Else – Some of Our Parts, presented by Scissors, Paper, Pen at the Lonsdale Street Traders. 24…
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Newly Arrived
Checking out the post box today, I received these: More zines from Elouise of Smells Like Zines. Her latest work is Complaint Letters. I will review most of these a little later. She’s a pal, so you should probably check out her site.
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From the Inbox
Earlier this week I had received a parcel from Elouise of Smells Like Zines. Inside, was her latest zine “Dave is Hairy” and her brother, Bede’s zine, Random Pete. Dave is Hairy is a full colour pitch for Dave Roche, author of the zine About My Disappearance. It’s mostly about aspects of Antipodean life, which…
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Zine Fair Photos
Okay so I’ve been busy running around with Elmo for nearly a week, so posts were few and far between. Below are the photos I took during my time at the zine fair. I think I got most of the day and the tables there.
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Zine Reviews Part 2
BATS – Heinrichs, Melmeth, Lynch, Donohoe, Ward, et al. – Site The Skinny – Five senior/post- high school girls put together a fashion/trends/culture magazine with each issue following a different theme. The Look – Go to Borders. While avoiding all of the Twilight merch, go directly to the Culture and Society section of the magazine…
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Zine Reviews Part 1
So far things have been massively busy. And I have not done as many reviews as I would have liked. So here’s the first installment (of a few) of my zine reviews. Burger Force #1 – 4 – Jackie Ryan, et al – burgerforce.com The Skinny – Nervous and paranoid university student, Mercury, is selected…
The Screaming Wall 