April 2012 Blog Posts (43)

New Zines, added today: List #15, Everyday Pants #1 & #2, Deafula #3, Homos In Herstory: 1920's Edition, Ice Cream Sandwich, It Came from the Sea and Went Back Again, and I Want my Baby. Lots of good stuff!

Restocking a couple of things this week as well. 

I am planning on creating a zine tentatively titled: "walking through a car-driven world"

The premise of it is an attempt on my part to reflect on my impending car-less-ness in a state that does not have a reputation of good public transportation (all we have are buses, that are not known for their reliability, in RI), and gain inspiration from other people who go car-less…

Poems written in April 2012

Comments welcome.

[poem notes in brackets like this]

POEMS

1 [For more on ideas for a revolution in art see http://tinyurl.com/38a5txu ]

Modern art

you've lost your way.

I'd rather see

a comic book,

fashion drawings,

or children's art,

an illustration,

or anything but

Modern art

you've lost your way!

2

The wave has edges but where do they…

When I was a snot-nosed third grader, I was super envious of one of my classmates who had this folder that he'd decorated with the Marvel Comics Super-Hero stickers. Between 1974 and 1976, the Topps Chewing Gum Company produced a senses-shattering assortment of Marvel hero decals sold…

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I found the box containing my zine collection the other day. I spent the rest of the day thumbing through my favorites, sorting them into piles, absorbing their zine-ness... and let me tell you, it was a very good day.

The past few days have been spent reading, looking up distros online, and making lists of what I'll get when I have money again. I've also looked through my old sketch book and jotted down notes and ideas for several new zines. 

Which brings me to today. I logged…

http://obsoletemag.blogspot.com/

Call for Submissions: OBSOLETE! #6

hi all,

i am putting together a new compilation zine and would very much like your contributions! 



the theme is pathology, inspired both by my job in a hospital and a giant pathology textbook i couldn't resist buying.  pathology can refer to the study of disease, viruses and bacteria, cancers and infections--but it can also evoke 'normal' or 'typical' reactions or expressions taken to an extreme ('pathological gambling', etc.). 

of course, this definition of…

http://www.twentyfourhoursonline.com/#!/2012/04/conversation-with-spanish-artist-pnitas.html

P.nitas* is a gutsy feminist artist from Barcelona. Her drawings and paintings are funny and a little off. I interviewed her for Twenty-Four Hours. This is in both English and Spanish. Enjoy!

I've added four new zines to the distro catalog:

• The Busy Knitter
• Cultures Slut #25
• Telegram #24
• Telegram #25

Next week, I'll be adding more zines, including:

• Tazewell's Favorite Eccentric
• Recineration #2 and #3
• Marked for Life #7

The distro's website is www.zinedistro.com!

Sleater Zinney: tell us your love story

The sugestive name of the zine says everything: share with us your love for the most powerfull and beautiful…

I am running super low on fliers/promos to include with Sweet Candy's distro orders. Please send me fliers advertising your zine, Etsy shop, distro, DIY event, etc & I will be more than happy to circulate them for you!

Mail them to:

Sweet Candy Distro

c/o Sage

PO BOX 13201

Olympia, Wa

98508

Questions?…

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