I just read Jetty #4. It was my first encounter with Rio Aubry Taylor’s work. It’s quarter-size in black & white with glossy paper, bound by staples. I like the robots, the metaphor, the storytelling, the emotions. I like the format, the drawings, the length, the depth. It’s long enough to engage but not too… Read More »
I read Quitter #10 this afternoon. It’s a beautiful zine. The writing shimmers, and it’s just the right amount. I can relate to the feelings of longing, nostalgia, lack of nostalgia, worry about losing everything. I like the plants and birds. I like everything about the kids. I don’t want kids myself, at all, but… Read More »
This is an art zine by david sait of Canada. It’s beautiful and brief. I like the colors, the shapes, the feelings, the moods. I like the chaos of some of the pages. I like the collage. Sait’s art is greater than the sum of its parts. strenuousstilts.tumblr.com
Prose poems of drugs, cigarettes, bugs, sex, and sustained high drama–lotsa grit, cities. No overall storyline, that I could find–just fragments. It’s beautifully made physically with nice paper and a few pretty pictures. My main complaint is that everything is at the same volume–I would have appreciated variation in the emotions. It’s all different kinds… Read More »
I don’t usually like 24 hour zines much because I want to read something good, not really caring how long it took to make. But I really like this one. It’s a fascinating story of a painful incident and the painful incident that followed–it’s got just the right amount of detail to be very interesting. … Read More »
Grim Love is a zine of short short stories and art. The paper is glossy. The layout has a professional feel (as opposed to DIY cut & paste photocopy). The stories are partially based on fairy tales–some are and some aren’t. One’s got a dragon. One’s got a ghost train. I read the zine pretty… Read More »
This zine is about used books and going to booksales. It was written by a book-loving, book-sale-loving couple who live in the United States on the East Coast. I enjoyed the book reviews. For example, I learned about a book by Buckminster Fuller that I’d like to try tracking down. Another thing I liked was… Read More »
This is a zine of reviews of ginger ale. There’s also an intro, some history, cocktail recipes, and a list of recommended reading. I found the writing style advert-like at times. Certain sentences stuck out to me as sounding like they were from a commercial. So some of the writing rubbed me the wrong way. … Read More »
Phases of the Moon #5 is a book-length zine by Stacey-Marie about being in a relationship with an abusive alcoholic. A young woman in a relationship with an abusive alcoholic man. It’s really beautiful. It’s disturbing, smart, and good. The writing is fantastic. It’s memoir with interspersed quotes from other texts. I preferred Stacey-Marie’s words… Read More »
This is a charming half-size zine photocopied in black & white with charming drawings. I like all the autobiographical material. It was fun to read that. I like the lightness and personality and the honest way that being a kid is portrayed. I like the list of places Robert rode horses and rode bikes. I… Read More »