It’s here! It’s here! It’s here!
That’s wonderful time of year has come again once more, zine friends, and Alex Wrekk has posted 2020’s list of daily activities!
Call for Submissions: Coin-Operated Press’s LGBT BLACK LIVES MATTER Zine
Applications are now open for Coin-Operated Press’s LGBT BLACK LIVES MATTER Zine!
We are a white-owned and operated company. We are here to listen and hold space for Black voices. We need to speak out while not silencing black voices.
This month’s theme is for our Black LGBTQ+ community.
HAPPY PRIDE MONTH!!
100% OF THE PROFITS GENERATED FROM THIS ZINE WILL GO TO BLACK VISIONS COLLECTIVE.
Black Visions Collective is a Black, trans, and queer-led organisation that is committed to dismantling systems of oppression & violence and shifting the public narrative to create transformative, long-term change.
We are looking for: articles, illustrations, short stories, photography, poetry, artwork of any medium, short essays, comic-strips, collage, and anything else you can put your imagination to.
As we want to hold space for minority voices, this call out is for Black LGBTQ+ folks only – please do not submit if you fall outside of this community.
Please only submit work that will fit on 1-2 A4 pages. If you have work that is longer than this, please send us an inquiry email, as we would like to be open to including longer formats.
Be sure to send us the following details along with your submission:
- The name/credit you would like printed in the zine.
- Your pronouns.
- The city and/or country that you live in.
- Any contact details that you would like printed in the zine.
- A short one-sentence bio.
- A profile photo or image for your bio.
- Title of your work.
- A short description of your work and how it fits with the theme.
If you wish to remain anonymous, that is absolutely fine – just be sure to let us know when you submit your piece.
The deadline is midnight BST on Tuesday 30th June 2020.
Please send submissions to coinoperatedpress@gmail.com
For more information on the submission process, please visit our FAQs at https://coinoperatedpress.com/call-for-submissions/
Testing
Hello, zine friends!
Bear with me and cross fingers that posting has been fixed…
Zine Review: Message in a bottle, memory on a cloud
Message in a bottle, memory on a cloud
Kassi Grace
https://twitter.com/kassi_grace
https://medium.com/@thecolourgrace
Message in a bottle, memory on a cloud is a full-colour A5 zine featuring a gorgeous thought exploration of communication, memory, and relationships in digital and physical forms.
My heart, zine friends. My heart.
Message in a bottle, memory on a cloud opens with an acknowledgement of the traditional peoples of the land the zine was made on before gently guiding the reader into a journey of communication, distance, and the strange existence between the worlds of the physical and digital. Each page features a thought snippet, one to a few sentences, along these themes. Each snippet is accompanied by a sketch, both places on lovely and colourful hand-drawn backgrounds. For me, these really added to the almost ethereal feel of the journey of this zine.
This zine is… beautiful. It really is to me. I’m not sure if it’s a matter of having grown up as the internet and computers were becoming more standard in schools. (To the point I can remember when I was a child wondering why I would want to look something up on a computer when the encyclopaedias were right there in the library as well.) Or it could be the mix of memories as well as gentle wondering about letters, messages in bottles, and more.
I feel like I’m not explaining things well at all, but perhaps that’s because I’m still in such a contemplative space after reading it. Perhaps, my favourite quote… As someone who has had and has many online and long-distance relationships of different kinds, I do want to share this:
“I have lived, and I have loved on a piece of paper.”
I must admit I had to sit with that one for a while because it brought me back to so many different memories.
I think what really got to me about this zine is that there wasn’t any pure right or wrong in it. No pure condemnation of the digital or loathing of the physical. Things are as they are, and these contemplations are simply that – contemplations that you can take into your own mind and use as a means by which to start exploring your own feelings about life.
Message in a bottle, memory on a cloud was a truly unexpected zine that has left me with so many more thoughts and feelings than I could have expected to encounter. I feel like Kassi’s gentle wanderings are something everyone should consider reading.
Happy Mail Monday – Comic Fun Edition
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Hello friends and fellow mail enthusiasts! Welcome back to Happy Mail Monday. This week we have a test of the current international mail delays, a photography zine from a new zine friend, and an awesome comic-making activity pack!
Thank you so much for watching.
Awesome People/Places/Spaces Mentioned:
*True Zine Marin – https://www.instagram.com/truezinemarin/
*Stoner Zines – https://www.jacksonstoner.org/
*Crapandemic – https://crapandemic.storenvy.com/
*Amanda Capasso – https://www.instagram.com/post_y2k/
*George Rex Comics – http://www.georgerexcomics.com/
My PO Box:
Nyx
PO Box 378
Murray Bridge, SA 5253
Australia
You Can Find Me At:
seagreenzines@gmail.com
Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/seagreenzines
Call for Submissions: Coin-Operated Press’s LGBT BLACK LIVES MATTER Zine
Applications are now open for Coin-Operated Press’s LGBT BLACK LIVES MATTER Zine!
We are a white-owned and operated company. We are here to listen and hold space for Black voices. We need to speak out while not silencing black voices.
This month’s theme is for our Black LGBTQ+ community.
HAPPY PRIDE MONTH!!
100% OF THE PROFITS GENERATED FROM THIS ZINE WILL GO TO BLACK VISIONS COLLECTIVE.
Black Visions Collective is a Black, trans, and queer-led organisation that is committed to dismantling systems of oppression & violence and shifting the public narrative to create transformative, long-term change.
We are looking for: articles, illustrations, short stories, photography, poetry, artwork of any medium, short essays, comic-strips, collage, and anything else you can put your imagination to.
As we want to hold space for minority voices, this call out is for Black LGBTQ+ folks only – please do not submit if you fall outside of this community.
Please only submit work that will fit on 1-2 A4 pages. If you have work that is longer than this, please send us an inquiry email, as we would like to be open to including longer formats.
Be sure to send us the following details along with your submission:
- The name/credit you would like printed in the zine.
- Your pronouns.
- The city and/or country that you live in.
- Any contact details that you would like printed in the zine.
- A short one-sentence bio.
- A profile photo or image for your bio.
- Title of your work.
- A short description of your work and how it fits with the theme.
If you wish to remain anonymous, that is absolutely fine – just be sure to let us know when you submit your piece.
The deadline is midnight BST on Tuesday 30th June 2020.
Please send submissions to coinoperatedpress@gmail.com
For more information on the submission process, please visit our FAQs at https://coinoperatedpress.com/call-for-submissions/
The Day the Distro Disappeared
Hello, hello, and hello once more, dear zine friends!
As you probably well know by now, it has been quite the adventure bringing Sea Green Zines over to new hosting. Admittedly it was a somewhat hasty decisions with bills looming that involved rather steep price jumps. There were bound to be a few hiccups along the way!
As far as I know at this point, the only things I’m missing are some of the pictures and…
THE DISTRO
Hahaha. Yes, alas, the distro has gone missing. Rest assured, I will be working getting it back up and running as the priority this week. Until then, if you’re interested in checking out *my* zine stuffs, it’s on Etsy at: www.etsy.com/seagreenzines
Zine reviews will get back to the regular schedule next week!
Until then… Spread a little sunshine, my amazing friends.
Big hugs to you all.
Slowly Getting There
Hello, zine friends!
WELL.
It’s a bit of a mess around here with all the mess and the construction equipment, but it’s getting there. There have been many long hours spend with lovely helpdesk people as well as wading through what I know of various bits and bobs that have to do with website wrangling.
Things haven’t exactly been consistent or normal around here for… pretty much all of 2020, but I’m feeling good about this. It’ll look more or less like the same blog all said and done, but I’ll take a fresh start in whatever forms I can get them. This feels like a fresh start, and I’m hoping that the universe will be kind enough to help me make it a good one.
Happy Mail Monday – Hyper Happy Edition
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Hello and welcome back! We’ve gone a long time without mail, and now we have some awesome mail from new friends and old. Check out the zine (and badge!) goodness.
Thank you so much for watching.
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Awesome People/Places/Spaces Mentioned:
*Ken Bausert – https://www.instagram.com/passcribe/
*Rebecca Sheedy – https://www.instagram.com/rebeccasheeeedy/
https://www.etsy.com/shop/mildscribbling
*Shivani – https://www.instagram.com/shivaniandwords/
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My PO Box:
Nyx
PO Box 378
Murray Bridge, SA 5253
Australia
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You Can Find Me At:
seagreenzines@gmail.com
Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/seagreenzines
There *May* Be Technical Hiccups Ahead
Hello, zine friends!
I’m getting out ahead of potentials early and letting you know there may be a few technical hiccups ahead. My hosting/domains/etc prices have jumped big time, so I’m in the process of switching to a new service. Crossing fingers it happens as smoothly as possible!