James N. Dawson's Blog – March 2011 Archive (3)

There were a couple one-panel cartoons in the Seth Friedman Factsheet 5's called "Flicker Snickers".  They were sort of parodies of old 60's/70's-era newspaper cartoons, but brutally grim.  I've been thinking of appropriating them in a zine, but I thought (climate of opinion being what it is these days) that maybe I should ask the creator if he minded.  I've looked on Google and found a lot of "flicker snicker" references, but none seem to be to the cartoons or its creator I'm looking for. …

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An hour or so again I sent Fate magazine a (belated) e-mail in response to their Sept.-Oct. 2010 issue.  It was at fate@fatemag.com.  About 15 minutes ago I got a "Maeler-Daemon" failure notice saying they couldn't deliver it.  I've got the magazine right in front of me and I can't see a single letter out of place.

 

So I went to their website, www.fatemag.com, to see if they had a more up-to-date e-mail…

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My plans for a papernet-centered ad & contact zine, JND Ads & Contacts (capsule zine reviews, buy/sell/trade networking, pen pal ads), letters (mostly from prisoners). Color art
cover by Juan Maldonado & James N. Dawson. 10 pgs., 8 1/2 x 11, side-stapled, xeroxed & (badly) dittoed (use very bright light, high magnification readers, or skp it). $1, trade or "the usual", FTP