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May 2010 Blog Posts (73)

Erik and LM Magazine 47 and functionally ill 7 are out

I am happy to announce that functionally ill 7 is made. It's about my mental health taking a dive, going back on Abilify, and what radical mental health means to me. I talk in detail about a crisis and about the shame associated with suicidal ideation.

Erik and Laura-Marie Magazine 47 is out too. It includes essays on quitting facebook and the six years I played bassoon, book and zine reviews, a list of Kitty's recent… Continue

Added by lauramarie on May 7, 2010 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Runx Tales #1 & #2 and Sick are now in stock at False Start!

That's right! More new zines at False Start!

First is the amazingly powerful Sick: A Compilation Zine on Physical Illness edited by Ben Holtzman. You can read the review and purchase it here.

Also in is the amazingly funny Runx Tales by Matt Runkle! These full size comics are superbly gay and laugh out loud funny. Matt's style of drawing combined with tales of growing up gay in rural Idaho, life as…

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Added by False Start Distro on May 7, 2010 at 5:54pm — No Comments

Another Rant for Bear Pussy about eating disorders. fuck em'

"They call you dirty names They fill your head with shame"

-andrew jackson jihad

i spent two years of my life bent over toilets, in front of the mirror, on scales, on treadmills, on diet pills. At age 14 I got a homeless man on Michigan Ave to buy me diet pills at GNC. I NEED TO BE THIN i…

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Added by Ashley Galindo on May 6, 2010 at 2:14pm — 2 Comments

Bear Pussy Issue dos. one rant thats gonna be in there

"just because the world is so goddamn full of rape , does that mean my body must be a source of pain?"-Bikini Kill

in small town Mexico, " tienes un novio?" a middle aged dark man slurs, i say no. I'm 11 fucking years old, do I

have a goddamn… Continue

Added by Ashley Galindo on May 5, 2010 at 10:30am — No Comments

Hi everyone, here are the further details of the 6th Annual London Zine Symposium! on Saturday 29th May 2010 :: 12pm-6pm The London Zine Symposium brings together zines, small press writers, radical…

Hi everyone, here are the further details of the 6th Annual London Zine Symposium!

on Saturday 29th May 2010 :: 12pm-6pm

The London Zine Symposium brings together zines, small press writers, radical press and comic creators to celebrate DIY and zine culture.

Held at: The Rag Factory, Heneage… Continue

Added by rhagfyr on May 4, 2010 at 6:51pm — No Comments

Too good for kids.

After ten years of messing about with some very dark matter indeed there is a certain irony that a little while ago a US production company approached illustrator Lawrence Elwick and myself, expressing an interest in producing a series of books featuring a character we had been enjoying making up stories for called 'Lil' - a little girl who never speaks but goes off on some very cool adventures.

And to this end we've just started…

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Added by Paul O'Connell on May 4, 2010 at 3:37pm — No Comments

CALL FOR DRAWING/ILLUSTRATION WORK

When a Stranger Calls a Friend of a Friend

International illustrators and drawing artists are encouraged to apply to When a Stranger Calls a Friend of a Friend: a visual survey of cross-cultural parallels in contemporary legend and the performance, transmission, form and function of modern… Continue

Added by Ryan Ringer on May 4, 2010 at 2:30pm — No Comments

WMZ weekly art quiz - test your art smarts on some tough questions - good luck

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

We all know the saying about how those who can't say nice things shouldn't say anything. Well that's not the original quote but you know the one I'm talking about. The question is who first said that? Good Luck!

IS

Not a person but a talking rabbit, a cartoon… Continue

Added by Tom Hendricks on May 4, 2010 at 11:49am — No Comments

Olympia Fundraisers for the Olympia Freeschool Community

Olympia Fundraisers for the Olympia Freeschool Community…

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Added by Freeschool Community on May 3, 2010 at 5:59pm — No Comments

freckledgecko #9 and #10 are done

so, i managed to finally get my act together and put together the erratic issue 9 of freckledgecko.. just got it printed off like 2 days ago..

and i finished issue 10 today.. that one was a page - a - day project for the month of april.. and since april is done, so is the zine..

i'm glad to be motivated again..

so... lets trade!…

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Added by twilight gecko on May 3, 2010 at 3:27pm — 3 Comments

Dad, Shotgun Seamstress #3 & #4 at False Start!

It's a new month which means lots of new zines!

The description for Dad, a perzine exploring the life and death of Timothy's South African activist father, and two new issues of Shotgun Seamstress are up! Shotgun Seamstress #3 is the money issue, featuring interviews and articles…

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Added by False Start Distro on May 2, 2010 at 1:51pm — No Comments

Newsletter for May!

New

How Wally Met an Alien (Zine) ($3)- for what sounds like a tongue-in-cheek story, How Wally Met an Alien describes a profound sadness and loneliness that I found hauntingly beautiful.

Letters- Plays Selections from the Tapestry Songbook (CD) ($5)- an EP of… Continue

Added by Ms Valerie Park Distro on May 1, 2010 at 2:30am — No Comments

Candy or Medicine Free Comic Book Day Issue Now Available for Download

Candy or Medicine presents its third annual Free Comic Book Day Special.

Visit the Candy or Medicine website to download a PDF or pick up a copy at one of the stores

listed below:

Clifton Comics (Cincinnati)

Meltdown Comics (Los Angeles)

Titan Comics (Dallas)

Atomic Books (Baltimore)

Forbidden Planet (New York)

Cosmic… Continue

Added by Josh Blair on May 1, 2010 at 1:00am — 1 Comment