Category: zines
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Arthur, on the Rocks, into the Drink
I’ve only seen Arthur magazine a handful of times, picking it up in various record stores or bookstores in random cities and places — I think I found it once in my home base Champaign, IL. I always enjoyed this free publication because it seemed freewheeling, with truly interesting interviews and reviews, and not published…
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Zine References from the Friday, March 17 Radioshow
My pal Aj Michel resumed her crown as the mediageek radioshow zine queen on the Friday, March 17 edition, telling us about her favorite independently produced publications from the last year. These are the zines we discussed: Best Zine Ever 2006 Available through Microcosm, Parcell Press (www.parcellpress.com), Atomic Books (www.atomicbooks.com) or send two stamps (or…
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Indy Publishing Weekend in Philly
Aj at Papercuts gives the rundown of a bunch of independent publishing events coincidentally all going down this weekend, including the Philadelphia Zine Fest and a reading with Al Burian, of the zine Burn Collector and many other projects. Al read at a zine reading here in Urbana a couple of years ago and I…
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When Zine Readings Go Bad
A year ago the Urbana-Champaign IMC Library held its last zine reading, which was sparsely attended, somewhat due to our friends from Chicago breaking down in Kankakee. The small crowd was made up for by a drunked Slayer fan who helped make it an EXTREME ZINE READING by nearly assaulting local zinester Brad of Silly…
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Underground Pubs on Exhibit in Philly
Chris at infobong points me to an exhibit of zines and other underground publications at the Design Center in Philadelphia: DIY Revolution. Wish I were going to be near Philly between now and June 10 when the exhibit closes.
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Urbana Zine Reading, Chicago Self-Publishing Fest
The tireless Brent Ritzl of Zine Guide fame and the Chicago Self-Publishers Event Council will be heading down to help host another ‘zine reading at the Urbana-Champaign IMC, 218 W. Main St., Urbana, on Saturday, April 17 at 6:30 PM. I think this will be the fourth reading at the IMC that Chicago SPEC has…
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Don’t Let That $3 Burn a Hole in your Pocket — Low Hug #10 is out
Aj Michel, appearing many times on the mediageek radioshow as the resident ‘zine queen, has finished issue #10 of her pop-culture perzine, Low Hug. It’s the Technology issue, and it looks like it’s all killer, no filler: “Human Factors : The Technological is Personal – contributions from Davida Gypsy Breier (Xerography Debt), Delaine Derry Green…