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Cascadia ZIne Coalition

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Alex Wrekk's Discussions

Portland Zine Symposium 2013!
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Bucket Siler Apr 3.

International Zine Month 2012! What are your plans?
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Melanie Aug 9, 2012.

Roll Call: 2012 Portland Zine Symposium 11-12 August!
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Portland Button Works & Distro May 27, 2012.

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Portland Zine Symposium

August 10, 2013 to August 11, 2013 – Ambridge Event Center

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Brainscan zine, Stolen Sharpie Revolution, Portland Button Works and zine distro

Alex Wrekk= DIY By Default

Hi, my name is Alex Wrekk and I have been making the zine Brainscan since 1997 and I have just completed issue #30! I have made several one-off zines like I'm A Wrekk, Birthdays & Christmas, Time Zones and Statelines, Fire Apparatus, and more. I also wrote the book Stolen Sharpie Revolution.

I live in Portland, Oregon USA. I am an organizer for the Portland Zine Symposium. I was an open hours staff volunteer at the Independent Publishing Resource Center (IPRC) for many years. I am an organizer for the Portland Zine Symposium. I created a website with a Zine Event Calendar at StolenSharpieRevolution.org and started July is International Zine Month.

I make custom 1", 1.25" & 2.25" buttons at Portland Button Works and Zine Distro and shop. I also sell my my zines, & my own catalog button designs, I also have an Etsy site for my items and I am a Team Leader for Etsy TeamZine.

I also like to ride my bike, garden, travel, play with photocopiers, drink and brew craft beer, play at home repair, and cook vegan food.

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Zine Event Organizers

Do you organize a zine event? A zine picnic? zine readings or a zine fest/symposium/gala/etc? This group is for you!Talk to other zine organizers about workshop, promotions, fundraising, getting event space, etc.See More

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over 30 and still at it...

A group for those 30 years and over that are still printing and reading zines.

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"Wiseblood #58 is out now! It's about smoking crack . . . and . . . and . . . well smoking more cocaine. This issue is for those down on their knees hoping to find a lost rock . . . and for those that wonder about such…"

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"I thought you might find this interesting. This is a perzine I did about a demonic experience I had that led me to Christianity. True story. I used to be on the borderlines of agnostic and atheist, and I was raised Buddhist, but this experience led…"

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The Copy Scams! (aka: the best zine themed band in the world!)

Posted on January 8, 2013 at 11:30am 0 Comments 0 Likes

Stoked to get the Copy Scams songs on Soundcloud now. 4 of these are the old demo versions from the cassette tape. We rerecorded all the songs while we were on tour in the UK. We also recorded 3 new songs including Copy and Destroy (this is the demo version) We hope to have the new version out this year if we can scrounge up…

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have you checked out Portland Button Works and zine distro?

Posted on January 7, 2013 at 11:25am 0 Comments 1 Like

Have you checked out Portland Button Works and Zine distro? maybe you should.

New Zine: Brainscan #30 - 30 issues in 15 years!

Posted on January 6, 2013 at 9:36am 0 Comments 0 Likes

Brainscan Zine #30!

Growing (literally and figuratively) taking on adventurous tasks year by year from travel to zine tours to event organizing, teaching (or not teaching), and opening and transitioning …

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My year in zines: 2012

Posted on December 15, 2012 at 12:52pm 0 Comments 1 Like

2012 was a ridiculously active zine year for me. It started with creating the StolenSharpieRevolution.org site to be a companion to my book. The site includes a Zine Event listing calendar. In February I attended the first L.A. Zine fest and it was great! In March I attended the …

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At 4:42pm on May 2, 2013, Jennifer Dao said…: I thought you might find this interesting. This is a perzine I did about a demonic experience I had that led me to Christianity. True story. I used to be on the borderlines of agnostic and atheist, and I was raised Buddhist, but this experience led me to God.

It's a very short zine, I hope it qualifies as one. You can read the PDF form here: The%20Incubus%20a%20testimony.pdf

At 11:24am on December 1, 2012, Lubomyr Tymkiv said…: We invite you to take part in the First International Exhibition "ZINESHOW" in Ukraine. Participation is free. Any technique. Any theme and format. No return. Deadline: 15/04/2013. Exhibition on the blog http://zineshow.blogspot.com All works will be exhibited also in the gallery "tymutopiyapres" http://tymutopiyapres.blogspot.com is not a commercial gallery. Welcomed but not "necessarily" summary of your zine or about you or your creative work (this is necessary for further elucidation of the project and possible documentation). Zines for the exhibition please send air mail: "Zineshow" A/C 9875, Sadivnycha 19/1, 79038, Lviv, Ukraine. mailposht[.]gmail[.]com

At 2:32pm on March 5, 2012, Carlos Palacios Hidalgo said…: dont worry i can understand that youre busy at the moment,maybe another time :)

cheers :)

At 4:55pm on February 24, 2012, Carlos Palacios Hidalgo said…: hey :)

i got your package with the book,the zines and the taoe!!! thank you a lot!!!!!!!! everything just great! i wanna produce your tape on Cdr with my label!!!!!!!!!

and today came another package from you with the book again..you send it twice by mistake?? if so i wanna pay your for that book too

in other note: what about the article for my zine you got more time if you need it

drop me an email please

cheers,Carlos

At 12:53pm on October 13, 2010, Stephanos said…: Oooh summer vacation pack, sounds good:) I'm glad I'm going to be offline for the remainder of the month, I've spent far too much on zines and music today!

How are you doing anyhoo?

At 6:31pm on August 25, 2010, Becky the Evil Flower said…: hi!

I just wanted to say that Stolen Sharpie Revolution rules. Without it I would never have made a zine, found this website and connected with the amazing people I have in the short time since I started making zines. Thank you so much.

At 6:00am on January 5, 2010, Bradley Adita said…: Zines, zines are good for your heart,
The more you read, the more you smart,
The more you smart, the better you feel,
So read your zines after every meal!

At 8:56pm on November 10, 2009, Clare Marshall said…: Hi Alex! I don't know if you remember me, but I'm the journalism student that interviewed you in Halifax, Nova Scotia!

Just to let you know that that piece is going to air this Thursday night and will be up on the website (thefax.wordpress.com) later this week.

I want to thank you so much for being one of the two people that got me interested in zines! I didn't really know much about them before attending the fair in Halifax, but now I'm in the process of making my own! Yay! Thanks so much and I hope you come back to Halifax sometime soon! :)

At 1:36pm on October 16, 2009, AvantAfro said…: nice where can one buy the sharpie revo
-----on another spin i wanted to know who created the portland zine sym
poster -I am about to start a zine libray in my town, and what hack the poster to help my communicate about the zine library ---

HI my name is abdul dube ---my blog
www.avantafro.blogspot.com

At 7:52am on July 10, 2009, Amazing Sunflower said…: Hey Alex, It's starting to look like I may need to move to Portland, at least for a couple of months, maybe as soon as October. My life is totally up in the air right now, but please let me know if you know anyone who might need be looking for someone to sublease their place or if you know of any short term housing possibilities for two people.