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Milo

Milo Who?!?!

Personal Info
Let's see... I am a nerdy zinester bread baker urban gardner punk rock poly bi switchy witchy outgoing home body... or something like that.

I've been making zines since about 1992. In HS I worked on one called Nikita's Boot with a friend. I think there were a total of 4 issues, none of which I have in my possession any more.

I really got started in the zine world in 1999. I did 10 issues of Mutate Zine from 1999-2006. I've been taking a break from that, and have been producing Gendercide since 2006. I've recently put out Gendercide #5 (skipping merrily over #4, which is still in process.) I've also done a number of one-off minizines including The Black Briefcase and Crush.

In 2003 my partner-in-crime and I co-founded QZAP, the Queer Zine Archive Project. We've been scanning and making available the vast history of queer zines dating from the 1970s-present. We're always accepting zine donations, and hope to soon have a zine library space to physically share these amazing documents. Currently there are about 200 queer zines on QZAP, and we probably have a total of upwards of 800. I spend the majority of my time working on QZAP these days.

In addition to zines, I bake bread, cook, garden, sometimes make super8 films, ride my bike, read YA fiction, listen to a variety of musics and dance around in my underwear.

My (incomplete) zineogrophy:
1993 - Nikita's Boot #1-4?
1999-2006 - Mutate Zine #1-10 (queer punk/pop culture zine)
2004? - Crush minizine (about crushes)
2006 - Soy Boi - Queer Adventures in My Vegetarian Kitchen (cookzine)
2006 - The Black Briefcase minizine (about spies)
2006-present - Gendercide #1-5
2008 - Peulah Shaveh Chayim (a zine about radical Queer Judaism)

I've got several other zines that I'm working on at the moment, but they're ongoing projects right now.

Zine Librarianship
Co-founder of QZAP, the Queer Zine Archive Project. Co-moderator of the Yahoo zine librarian's list.

Milo's Blog

Milo

Heavy Mayo is now done!

Yes, that's right... after talking about it for a couple of years, I finally finished my zine about mayonnaise. Recipes, instructions, and creamy goodness abound!

To order a copy please send
$1 + 3 stamps to:
Heavy Mayo
2935 N. Fratney St.
Milwaukee, WI 53212
USA

Posted on June 14, 2009 at 9:57am —

Milo

Fanzines enter pages of history

From the BBC via the zine librarian's list serv:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/7908705.stm

Please repost it if you wish.

xoM

Posted on March 3, 2009 at 10:09am —

Milo

QZAP on the radio

I'll be doing a radio interview tonight on http://KZSC.org from about 7:05pm Pacific time (9:05 central/10:05 east coast) talking about the Queer Zine Archive Project. folks should be able to listen to it live, or catch it later.

xoM

Posted on November 17, 2008 at 4:20pm —

Milo

Call For Submissions - QZAP:meta

Call for submissions:

QZAP:Meta

The Queer Zine Archive Project is seeking submission for QZAP:Meta, a zine about queer zines. We are seeking articles and artwork depicting and discussing specifically queer zines.

Articles should be between 500-1000 words. They can be on any of the following themes:

Queer zines and community
Collecting queer zines
Queer zine history
Your relation to queer zines
Why you put out your zine
The first queer zine you read or were influenced by
The future of queer z… Continue

Posted on September 10, 2008 at 10:37am —

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At 8:29pm on November 22, 2009, Heather Wreckage said…
Hey Milo, it was really great meeting you! I'm going to go through my zine collection when I get home to find stuff to mail to QZAP. Thanks for all the zines, the QZAP Zines were so good!!!
At 9:10am on October 18, 2009, Amber / Culture Slut said…
Hey Milo! I'd like to submit my latest zines to QZAP - where should I mail 'em to? And how can I get my hands on QZAP's meta zines?
At 6:30am on June 24, 2009, Josh Kramer said…
plus queer zines always have the best stories
At 6:29am on June 24, 2009, Josh Kramer said…
Not a problem. I just really like a little mixture in my zines. My attention span doesnt last long enough for one thing. Even if there is a base subject for the zine but like different entires and thoughts or just multiple people working on it.. i seem to make it through easier..which is sad that im to add for zines half the time. ha
At 12:00am on June 24, 2009, Josh Kramer said…
wow dude, looking at your zine history, I really like the stuff you've done. It's not just full of stories and stuff. And wisconsin ftw
At 11:35am on April 24, 2009, Alex Wrekk said…
Hey Milo. thanks for your sweet comment and all the other helpful stuff about promoting my UK zine tour and our sill podcast. I'm so taking my Zinesters do it on the photocopier shirt on my trip!
At 4:34pm on February 2, 2009, Ms. Carrie said…
Hey Missypants! Thanks so much for turning me on to this fab. site. I owe you one, darlin'! xo C
PS: I'm LOVING the new zine!
At 7:35am on December 8, 2008, Emmett said…
Ah cool. Nice to see you here. You added Transpunk to QZAP as a webzine - thanks for that. Now I am finally doing a paper one. Age 30. Better late than never! Hehe...keep in touch Milo. ; )
At 4:24am on September 30, 2008, Trent Rampage said…
awesome. give me feedback when yr done!
x
At 2:15pm on September 22, 2008, Trent Rampage said…
yeah i know some of them leeds people. =)
your copy is on the way right now dude. thanks for the interest

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November 18
Nowhere 2B Found #1 available for $5. 50 pages of stories, art, comics, exc. Send check, money order, or cash to: Jeff Flaster 72 sarah lane middletown ny 10941
November 18
Issue 1 of All My Best Work I Do At A Slanted Angle is ready to be mailed out. For fans & connoisseurs of comix, mixtapes, vegan cookies, responsible sexuality, gender identity (& lack there of), Audre Lorde, familial dumpster dates, & Floridian a...
November 8
issue #1 of my perzine you've got a friend in pennsylvania was just finished! it features part 1 of my diary entries from a trip to slovenia, a final letter to an ex-girlfriend, and writings about queer (in)visibility, menstruation in theory and p...
November 6
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November 5
I hope you are well and finding satisfaction and joy in your lives and in your creativity! Thanks to everyone who read the first issue of my zine, The Alchemical Postmodern Theorist 1.1: the buying of queer culture. Making the zine was a very pers...
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