Month: July 2018

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International Zine Month 2018 – Day 16 – Zine Love

Welcome to a brand new week! The prompts keep rolling on, and today we have…

Today’s prompt is:

Make a list of reasons you love zines

Oh, how I love zines. Let me count the ways… Haha. I think I’ve gone on about this a lot here, but there’s nothing wrong with expressing a bit more zine love. These aren’t the only reasons I love zines, but they are the big ones:

*Everyone is Welcome to Make a Zine – You don’t have to be a certain age, in a certain location, at a certain skill level, or anything like that to make a zine. Something to write with and something to write on are pretty much the only general requirements (though some zines don’t have writing!).

*Variety is the Spice of the Zineverse – Just when I think I’ve seen all the ways to make zines, something springs up and surprises me. Different ways of binding, creating, printing… So much fun and variety.

*Zinemakers – There are all types of people no matter where you go, but I have had the pleasure of meeting more supportive and lovely people into zinemaking than any other hobby or community. I could go on all day about the wonderful things I have seen, heard, read about, and personally experienced. I’m grateful for zines and zine people every day.

I’m going to stop myself there because I could keep going and going. I’d love to know what you love about zines. Let me know in the comments or link to your post so I can check it out!

Have a wonderful day.

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List of activities: http://www.stolensharpierevolution.org/international-zine-month/
Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/internationalzinemonth/

Others Joining In :

*Echo Publishing – https://echopublishing.wordpress.com
*Feral Publications – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-dA2HTUon0
*You?

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International Zine Month 2018 – Day 15 – Free Zine Day!

We’re approaching the halfway mark of International Zine Month and have a lovely prompt for this beautiful Sunday.

Today’s prompt is:

Free Zine Day! Give zines away or leave zines in a public place for a stranger to find

Free Zine Day! Woohoo!

I just so happen to have a few spare zines here, and, to celebrate the day, I’m giving them away! All you have to do is comment below and then let me know where to send them. (Either in the comment or you can email me at seagreenzines@gmail.com)

I’ll send them out as I can. 🙂

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List of activities: http://www.stolensharpierevolution.org/international-zine-month/
Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/internationalzinemonth/

Others Joining In :

*Echo Publishing – https://echopublishing.wordpress.com
*Feral Publications – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-dA2HTUon0
*You?

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Call for Submissions: The Rock N’ Roll Horror Zine

The Rock N’ Roll Horror Zine
Submissions Now Open

Looking for rock, metal and punk themed horror, sci-fi, pulp and bizarro fiction submissions up to 2,500 words. Also interested in visual art submissions that are on theme, especially cover art.

Accepted submissions receive $5 and a contributor copy.

Email submissions to doomgoat666@gmail.com

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International Zine Month 2018 – Day 14 – ValenZines Day!

All you need is zine love, la la la lala. Hehe. Hello, zine friends!

Today’s prompt is:

ValenZines Day! Give yourself some zine love in whatever way it means to you (read zines in the tub? Buy some new scissors?)

When I first saw this prompt, I thought about a bubble bath zine reading session or curling up on the recliner. But today the sun is shining, I’m in a lovely mood, and I have plenty of zine-related tasks to tinker with. For me, this is a lovely zine way to spend the day.

What are you up to today?

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List of activities: http://www.stolensharpierevolution.org/international-zine-month/
Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/internationalzinemonth/

Others Joining In :

*Echo Publishing – https://echopublishing.wordpress.com
*Feral Publications – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-dA2HTUon0
*You?

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Call for Submissions: Tender Zine Distro

TZD is a zine distro created to erase stigma around chronic illnesses (including mental illness) and to educate people about what living with chronic illness is like.

One zine/print a month will be featured and all money raised from each work will go to a different charity.

Facebook: facebook.com/tenderzine

The first work featured is by me (Amber is Blue) and it focuses on my battle with major depression. All money raised goes to Lifeline Australia.

We’re looking for submitters: email amberisblueart@gmail.com for further information.

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Zine Review: Pet Hates

Pet Hates
Confetti
http://www.confetti.ooo
https://www.instagram.com/confettiooo/

Pet Hates is an A6 black and white comic zine about pet hates. Or rather, pets’ hates.

I’ve identified with a lot of zines over the years, but this is the first time I’ve identified with a zine on behalf of my dogs and cat. Haha. Definitely a first for me!

Pet Hates contains twelve comics – one per page with each one featuring a different pet with a different reason to be annoyed. From a camera shy bunny to a snake with dreams of shoes, each comic will make you feel sympathetic while chuckling at the same time.

Confetti’s art style is very cute (as the cover gives you a taste of) and that is also matched well by the font choice. The comics are detailed just enough to set the scene but not distract from the actual pets or their thoughts.

Pet Hates had me hooked straight away with the camera shy bunny. My lovely dogs really don’t like cameras of any sort. I love how Confetti features a different kind of pet each comic. Your ‘traditional’ pets hates would have been (and would still be) welcome, but the variety of pets kept me curious about what I would find in the next comic.

This is such a gorgeous little zine. I hope it’s the first of a series, and I hope you check it out.