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January 2011 Blog Posts (67)

The League of Evilness

In addition to my zine Triumph I'm wanting to put together a comic but I'm not too confident in doing so having not done one before. Having been inspired and encouraged by a couple of very creative artists last year, I'm going to set myself a challenge for 2011 and put together a comic about a group of evil do-gooders. The only trouble is though, like any New Year's resolutions they get harder to keep as the year progresses so I'm setting up a League of Evilness newsletter which I will…

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Added by Jez Whitworth on January 3, 2011 at 2:29pm — No Comments

WMZ art quiz - test your art smarts and good luck - first of the year

The answer to, and winner (if any) for, our last contest question of:

This con man probably sold more NYC architecture THAT WAS PUBLIC PROPERTY than just about anyone. "Have I Got a Bridge for YOU! Clue: He died in Sing Sing Prison in 1936 where he was a favorite of the guards and other inmates for the stories he could tell.

George Parker known for selling the Brooklyn Bridge hundreds of times between 1890 and 1928.

We had no winners, seems my…

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Added by Tom Hendricks on January 3, 2011 at 10:48am — No Comments

All I Want(ed) For Christmas

All I Want(ed) for Christmas

It had been some time, maybe a year or two, since I last looked at "The Secret Santa," an essay that I wrote in the fall of 2006. This week, just a few days before Christmas, I pulled it out and read it again.

Not…

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Added by Paco on January 2, 2011 at 4:30pm — No Comments

postage changes

New postage rates go into effect today for Priority Mail; get your updated U.S. Postal Rates sheet, courtesy of Zine World.

Also: starting this year USPS is making all 1-ounce stamps into Forever stamps. I think this means they're planning to get rid of 1 cent and 2 cent stamps. Read more over at Zine World.

Added by Jerianne on January 2, 2011 at 12:47pm — 1 Comment

Title Goes Here: January 2011

First issue of Title Goes Here.

January 2011

Four original drawings, 2 poems, a lot of scribbles.

This is a PDF file intended for downloading, printing, folding, reading, and sharing. Here is the link to download it: January 2011:PDF. After printing the file (borderless), click on this … Continue

Added by Mathew Lee on January 1, 2011 at 8:30pm — No Comments

The Lost Tapes Series THE WALTZ OF THE SPRITES (keyboard piece)

The LOST TAPES series. (Music from the 80's and 90's refound.)

SPRITE. (the waltz of the sprites) Short original bagatelle (keyboard piece) to start off the NEW YEAR - may it be a notable year of music for all.

http://musea.us/thelosttapes/sprite.mp3

Tom Hendricks

for all the LOST TAPES go to musea.us or to my blog…

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Added by Tom Hendricks on January 1, 2011 at 8:27pm — No Comments

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Women & Weed

i'm hoping to put together a comp zine about women and the use of marijuana. its not a drug-war propaganda thing, its just about women who use/enjoy/have experience with marijuana. i'm hoping to cover politics and legality issues, interviews with women related to the marijuana industry, media portrayals of women and drugs, recipes and crafts, gardening, marijuana and spirituality, and of course, artwork.

if this sounds like something you'd be interested in, give me a… Continue

Added by Anastasia Weedsmith on January 1, 2011 at 7:30pm — 11 Comments