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April 2010 Blog Posts (64)

job opening at ZW HQ

Zine World is looking for an art director. You would be involved in creating Zine World's new design, responsible for the layout of each issue, and coordinate with people submitting artwork. Must have experience with Adobe InDesign or similar software.

Volunteer because of your passion for zines, because you want a free subscription to Zine World, or to boost your design experience for your resume. Just get in touch.

Added by Jerianne on April 12, 2010 at 6:18am — No Comments

inaugural zine award at Mackay

Inaugural zine prize at the Libris Awards was won by Gracia Haby for her works:

Postcards from... A key to help make your own world visible, A vagary of impediments & a sneak of weasels, and …

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Added by Artists books 3.0 on April 12, 2010 at 12:32am — No Comments

Driving Blind #4

Finally!

Driving Blind #4 - quarter size - 54 pages.

I write about my town, my first (and only) job - and my dad even wrote a story about the habits of Jersey geese. It's very cut-and-paste, and I swear it's more interesting than I make it sound. You can buy it at my distro - everything is alphabetical, so just look under A-F zines.…

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Added by Erin H on April 10, 2010 at 9:13pm — 1 Comment

Dildo Machine #1 is done!

Yes, it's done!

To order (in the United States), send $2 USD in cash or check (payable to Eric Johns) to:

ERIC JOHNS

P.O. BOX 322

OLNEY MD 20830-0322

USA

Format:

16pp, b&w, half-size, stapled

Articles:

- Why I Hate Valentine’s Day

- DILDO MACHINE Top 4 Queer Hits

- I Was a Teenage Underground Film Critic (a review of Sarah…

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Added by Eric on April 10, 2010 at 3:30pm — No Comments

The Op Shop

There is a Junk Drawer display at the “The Opportunity Shop” in Hyde

Park in Chicago.

The shop is a temporary experimental project space. It is located in a former Hollywood Video store that has been totally redone as a community art center.

The Junk Drawer set-up was created almost entirely out of stuff found at

the space: sets of drawer, and display racks that were previously used

for DVD’s. Zines are for sale, and there’s a drawer full of odds and

ends you can… Continue

Added by Eric Bartholomew on April 10, 2010 at 10:43am — No Comments

On the Road Update

I am on the road, and I'm finding it difficult to keep up with zine requests. I am going to get caught up this weekend, but it may take me a while to send out any new requests. (I only receive mail sporadically, so that's a problem too.)

If you want to get a copy of Mistaken for Straight in a timely manner, you can get it from one of the following great distros:

Click Clack Distro…

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Added by Amazing Sunflower on April 10, 2010 at 9:30am — No Comments

My Zines Reviewed in Zine World #28

Several of my zines were reviewed in Zine World #28. I'm including those reviews in this blog post.

Before I get to the reviews, I want to encourage everyone to read Zine World. It's a great resource for anyone who has even the slightest interest in zines. It's full of letters, articles, ads, a chart of U.S. postal rates, and lots of reviews. A single issue costs $4 postpaid, US; $5… Continue

Added by Amazing Sunflower on April 10, 2010 at 8:30am — No Comments

Gardening Zines?

Hey, does anyone make/know of any good gardening zines? I've tried to carry some in the past and nobody has ever come through. I'm an avid gardener and it's the season, so I would really like to carry something on the subject! Shoot me an email if you have any suggestions: msvaleriepark(at)gmail(dot)com. Thanks! -JJ

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Ms Valerie Park Distro

Newsletter for… Continue

Added by Ms Valerie Park Distro on April 9, 2010 at 1:18pm — 2 Comments

Distro looking for submissions!

Hey everyone! Fluxxii is a mental health-oriented site looking for zine submissions. We're looking for zines having to do with mental health, which is a very broad topic that encompasses just about anything! :) Zines will be on consignment (sorry!! but it just works better with our system) and all shipping costs will be covered. Check out the site at fluxxii.com or view the consignment information… Continue

Added by Fluxxii on April 8, 2010 at 2:32pm — 2 Comments

Completion!

So, i guess I should use this blog thing, because I have exciting news.

Well... exciting for me.

Last week, I officially finished my first real zine, a perzine called The Universe and You: An Owner's Manual.

Everything is cut, collated, folded, stapled, covers painted... it feels so good. Handed out the first few copies already. Plan on handing more out this weekend at the NJ Zine Fest, trades and whatnot!

Not to mention a little tiny minizine on facial hair… Continue

Added by Ren! on April 8, 2010 at 1:39pm — 4 Comments

Things You Say zine distro - 4/7/10 update

I added two new zines to the catalog today:

A Million Birthdays #9
This is another great, text-heavy zine by K, broken up into vignettes. K writes: “I have been writing down my stories – critical or not – for over seven years now and I don't really know why. It's like there's something that lives inside of me and tells me, over and over, if you are going to keep living, you have to keep writing. And so, whether or not anyone else is…

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Added by Erin H on April 7, 2010 at 5:00pm — No Comments

lit/art pack idea: submissions wanted

Above are my inspirations.

I am inspired by the old zines, where nothing is exactly the same and the contents are a surprise. So I was thinking of collaborating with a few zinesters here on wmz to create 10-20 unique lit and art packs that have different pieces, works, lit and other ephemera inside.

Quarter-sized and/or mini zines are welcome, so are little flyers, ephemera, novelty items, poetry, photogtaphs,… Continue

Added by Saling Pusa Distro/closed on April 7, 2010 at 2:00pm — 1 Comment

Distro's First Contest

So the Distro officially opened and is up and running. And I have decided to have a little challenge. eveeryone is encouraged to join. and it is also really very simple :)

check out the complete blog entry for the details.

ABSOLUTE deadline is on April 25. :D

with your permission enties may be included in…

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Added by Saling Pusa Distro/closed on April 7, 2010 at 1:00pm — 1 Comment

Looking for distro submissions :)

Hello hello!

So things are finally starting to fall into place, and the distro is now OFFICIALLY open and working. [YES! you can order/buy my zines from there now :)]

But as you may see, if you visit the site, i am still working on building the catalogue. so i am calling on everyone to please submit for distro consideration. I am a little more inclined to like litzines, perzines and artzines, but know that I will consider and be…

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Added by Saling Pusa Distro/closed on April 6, 2010 at 10:30pm — 1 Comment

WMZ art quiz - test your art smarts

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

This is the day we shoot the action scene, and in this movie I start the scene dangling from a rope high over a gorge a mile underneath me. I ask the director, "Huh?… Continue

Added by Tom Hendricks on April 6, 2010 at 11:19am — No Comments

“Father Cleans Best” by Kris M. from "Syndicate Product" #15

This story was recently published in Aj Michel's contributor-driven zine "Syndicate Product" (#15: Coming Clean!). If you would like a copy of "Syndicate Product" send $3 to: Aj Michel, PO Box 877, Lansdowne, PA 19050, USA or e-mail syndprod@gmail.com…

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Added by Kris M. on April 6, 2010 at 12:47am — No Comments

Musea E-mail Club #506 Miss Yvonne Rant

Musea Reader,

This week's e-mail club is from a guest… Continue

Added by Tom Hendricks on April 5, 2010 at 11:30am — No Comments

Newsletter for April!

New

Corespondents- Ur (CD) ($10)- the perfect album for a good many situations- dinner parties, acid trips, movie sequences, road trips, and the like.

Inoculation (Chapbook) ($10)- Sarah Tavis' awesome new chapbook of experimental fiction. With musical accompaniment by Letters.…

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Added by Ms Valerie Park Distro on April 5, 2010 at 9:00am — No Comments

Potential Mode #2

Issue #2 is now available! 24 pages of comics, stories, and art by Jeremy Nichols... featuring Red Glare, Omnipotent Mandy, Tales of North Cumberland... and beginning this issue: JOE DOLT! $2.00 in person, $3.00 by mail, or $3.40 through Paypal (make sure you put my email as potentialmode@live.com and don't forget to include your address). Contact me for more… Continue

Added by Jeremy Scott Nichols on April 4, 2010 at 9:14pm — 2 Comments

Canary Sing mixtape now available through False Start!

Canary Sing named their hip-hop project after Danny Senza’s quote from Caucasiathat states “The mulatto in America functions as a canary in a coal mine…Likewise, mulattos have historically been the gauge of how poisonous American race relations were”. The mixed race ladies that compose Canary Sing, Hollis Wong-Wear…

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Added by False Start Distro on April 4, 2010 at 8:18pm — No Comments