Stolen Sharpie Revolution 2! needs your help...

[Alex Wrekk]

Sorry if this seems self serving to post about, but I sort of see my project Stolen Sharpie Revolution as a community project and the more info I get from the rad zine community the better it will be!

Stolen Sharpie Revolution is a book I put together as a DIY giude for zines. There have been 3 printings since 2002 and I'm working on the 4th right now. I'm actually calling it Stolen Sharpie Revolution 2 because a lot has changed over the years and I had added a lot of new stuff. The printing has been delayed forever due to a large variety of things... usually money related. But I have the funds together now so here's where I need your help.

In the back of each edition of Stolen Sharpie Revolution I have listings of distros, stores that sell zines, zine libraries, zine events and more. I need you help because I can't really travel all over the world in search of illusive zine events (but that would be awesome!) I need your eyes and ears in the corners of the world to help SSR2 be the best print resource for zines.

I have pretty extensive listings as it is but the more the merrier. I would love it if you would mention shops or distros or whatever in this discussion thread and I'll let you know if they are included. Also, if you have a new distro let me know and I'll let you know the info I need to get it included in SSR2.

Thanks so much for being patient with me!

[Bird in the Hand Zine Shop]

I can't remember if I got an email about this and even if I responded... So I'll just give you some info now

It runs 12-5pm on the 1st Sunday of October each year. It's the biggest event on the zine calendar - tables are free for zinemakers. It's in Newcastle, NSW Australia. The NYWF is part of TiNA - This is Not Art, which runs at the end of September through to Monday, the day after the zine fair. TiNA has been going for 10 years

http://www.thisisnotart.org/ - This is Not Art (Independant, Experimental and Emerging Arts Festival)
http://www.youngwritersfestival.org/ - (Australian) National Young Writer's Festival

Alex Wrekk said:

Could you send me an e-mail about it? Actually, I'll send you an e-mail later. I have to get downtown for a meeting right now.

Bird in the Hand said:

Bird in the Hand Zine Distro, run out of Sydney, Australia

There are many zine fairs each year but the biggest is held at This is Not Art festival (TiNA) in Newcastle, NSW. First Sunday in October there is a zine fair.

[apartmentcat]

City Library in Melbourne has a zine collection and they host regular events. The address is:

City Library
253 Flinders Lane
Melbourne VIC 3000
Australia
http://librarysearch.melbourne.vic.gov.au/

Also Melbourne has the Sticky Institute. All details on the website. Sorry, I don't remember them off the top of my head!
http://www.stickyinstitute.com/

[k-leigh-m]

The TTC Gallery is a fantastic zine shop in Copenhagen. http://www.ttcgallery.com/

In Berlin, SupaLife Kiosk, ProQM, Fleischerei, Comicbibliothek Renate, Neurotitan, and Modern Graphics Comics & More sell zines, plus there is an actual zine library (http://www.jugendkulturen.de) and this: http://www.monatsende.com/srdistro/ is a distro.

In Hamburg, Comics Total, Druck Dealer, and Lockengelöt sell zines.

In Warsaw, there's the UFA Zine Library: http://www.u-f-a.pl/.

KutiKuti (http://www.kutikuti.com/html/kuti.html) sells zines in Finland.

The Plin Tub gallery sells zines in Bucharest.

And here are a few shops in France: Un regard Moderne (Paris), Bimbo Tower (Paris), Monte en l'air (Paris), Grand Guignol (Lyon).


Good luck with round 2/4 of SSR! I'm excited to see it. : )

[e.war]

you can add Liber Libri Zine Library in Hamilton Ontario, Canada ,27 king william street
[e-mail]

[Alex Wrekk]

Yup, I have both of those. thanks!

Bird in the Hand said:

I can't remember if I got an email about this and even if I responded... So I'll just give you some info now

It runs 12-5pm on the 1st Sunday of October each year. It's the biggest event on the zine calendar - tables are free for zinemakers. It's in Newcastle, NSW Australia. The NYWF is part of TiNA - This is Not Art, which runs at the end of September through to Monday, the day after the zine fair. TiNA has been going for 10 years

http://www.thisisnotart.org/ - This is Not Art (Independant, Experimental and Emerging Arts Festival)
http://www.youngwritersfestival.org/ - (Australian) National Young Writer's Festival

Alex Wrekk said:

Could you send me an e-mail about it? Actually, I'll send you an e-mail later. I have to get downtown for a meeting right now.

Bird in the Hand said:

Bird in the Hand Zine Distro, run out of Sydney, Australia

There are many zine fairs each year but the biggest is held at This is Not Art festival (TiNA) in Newcastle, NSW. First Sunday in October there is a zine fair.

[womans monthly]

I distro my zine to a lot of places in Australia. They don't charge anything, except perrhaps Sticky:

HOBART:

- Tommy Gun Records, 102 Elizabeth Street, hobart TAS 7000
- Huon Valley Environment Centre, 3/17 Wilmot Road
Huonville. Tasmania. Australia. 7109
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: centre[at]huon.org

MELBOURNE: Sticky, (Lentil As Anything restaurant may be happy to stock a copy for eaters to peruse)

CANBERRA: Smiths Alternative Bookshop, 76 Alinga St
Canberra, Australia, 2601, http://www.smithsbooks.com.au

SYDNEY: Tenzenmen distro guy: www.tenzenmen.com

dualplover distro are relaxed - too relaxed for me.

[Serah-Marie]

Hey Alex,

When I sent you some canadian zine stuff a while ago I included Wooden Apples in Montreal, but they just closed this week. Sad.

When is this thing set to print? I can't wait to read it!!!!

[Alex Wrekk]

Well, now that I have they money to print it I don't have the time to work on it! I was busy with work like whoa during the holidays but now that things are starting to settle down I have been trying to set aside an hour or two a day to work on it.

Right now I have a 1,500 piece button order to get to.

Serah-Marie said:

Hey Alex,

When I sent you some canadian zine stuff a while ago I included Wooden Apples in Montreal, but they just closed this week. Sad.

When is this thing set to print? I can't wait to read it!!!!

[paganfrog]

hiya there. very new distro gone live.

http://highlandhermitdistro.weebly.com/ a distro for creative/arts zines and handmade crafts.

[Alex Wrekk]

Aw, thanks!

BestAvailable said:

I don't have a distro, but I did want to mention that when we were getting ready to put out our first minicomic, we used Stolen Sharpie as a guide to do layouts. Thanks for the help, cause I am the SUCK at layouts, so I need all the helop I can get.

[Alex Wrekk]

thanks!

paganfrog said:

hiya there. very new distro gone live.

http://highlandhermitdistro.weebly.com/ a distro for creative/arts zines and handmade crafts.

[Paper Dinosaur]

hello,
we have a zine distro called paper dinosaur...
am i too late? i would like to give you information for including us?