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International Zine Month – Days 19 – 26
Hello, zine friends!
Gosh golly gee, this week certainly got away from me. From the 24-hour zine sessions on Sunday and Monday (I have about nine hours still on the clock hehehe) to a therapy session to getting all geared up for a sleep test session (check out my Instagram if you want to see me looking like part cyborg), everything really ran away.
But that’s life!
Feral Publication and I have been chatting quite a bit lately about taking on too much, neglecting self-care, and along similar lines. So what I’m trying to do more these days is pay attention and not make myself sick overworking.
Don’t get me wrong – it irritates me to no end to not stick to the schedule I have set up here on the blog, but you have to look after your health. This year has been a bit lesson in that.
Still, I promise that – save for anything major happening – everything will be back to normal next week.
On to catching up with IZM!
Catching Up With Myself
Hello, dear zine friends!
I apologise for my recent short absence. This week has been chock full of things to do.
I will be back to the norm tomorrow.
Happy Mail Monday – 24-Hour Zine Edition
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Hello, hello, and hello again. This Tuesday happy mail is brought to you by spending Monday working on my 24-hour zine. But nothing keeps me away from lovely happy mail for long. This week we have mail from new friends and old, from near and far…
Thank you so much for watching.
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*New Hearts, New Bones – https://www.instagram.com/newhrtsnewbns/
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*Shei – https://linktr.ee/_godsavethequeer_
*ESC Zine – https://esczine.bigcartel.com/
https://www.instagram.com/esc.zine/
*Natalie Michelle Watson – https://nataliemichellewatson.com/
https://www.instagram.com/nataliemichellewatson/
*International Zine Month – http://www.stolensharpierevolution.org/international-zine-month/
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Not sponsored but I really like them…
*Clam Shell Earrings – https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/639900908/sea-shell-earrings-kawaii-cute-candy
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Australia
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Zine Review: Make Your Own Fun
Make Your Own Fun: A Zine About Making Zines
Kristyna Baczynski
https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/kriski
https://kristyna.co.uk/
Make Your Own Fun is an A5 black and white, risograph printed zine about zines.
There’s nothing wrong with going back to basics. Or maybe this will be your great place to start.
Make Your Own Fun opens where zines about zines often do: “What’s a zine?” I’m always curious about the answers to this question because they can vary so much. Kristyna touches on a bit of the history of zines, which I like reading about and think is a good idea. Zines are not a trend!
In nice, easy-to-read text laid out with fun art, Kristyna covers the more ‘traditional’ zine zine topics like folding, layout, and binding methods. They take these topics and more above and beyond both visually and content-wise.
I was very pleasantly surprised to find other topics like zine idea inspiration, different copying methods, and and even zine dust jackets. I really appreciated the spread ‘Blank Page Battle’ about how it can be difficult just to get started.
This zine is truly packed with all kinds of ziney information. It’s second only (in my zine-reading experience) to Stolen Sharpie Revolution. Kristyna has a great, fun art style that adds to the whole experience while also showing how creative zines can be.
Make Your Own Fun is a great zine reference, and one I recommend to anyone creating zines.
International Zine Month Day 18 – Zine Trade Day
Hello and a happiest of Thursdays to you. Nearly to the end of the week – if you have the standard M-F sort of week happening in your life.
Technically I don’t have the standard happening in my life, but what can I say other than years of schooling still brings a bit of a special shine to Fridays.
Today for International Zine Month, we are well and truly past the halfway mark! And today we trade zines!
Trading zines is something I see as being a very import to the zineverse. It’s a fun way to connect and even meet new people, share ideas, and – of course – share the awesome projects we’ve created. Some of my first interactions with zinemakers was through zine trading with people whom I consider dear friends today. Sometimes trades are one-offs, and that’s okay, too. Sometimes you never know what kind of friends you’ll become.
I am well and truly out of stamp money for the month, so I can’t offer any new trades today. I am happy and pleased as punch to say that a few zinemakers got in straight away at the start of the month to set up some trades, so I’m not really missing out for IZM.
If you would like to trade zines with me, I’d love to! I just won’t be able to send anything out until the end of July…
Are you trading zines with anyone today? Let me know in the comments.
Until next time!
Others Joining In:
* Hadass: https://hadass420.wordpress.com/
* Phoebe’s Zines: https://www.instagram.com/phoebeszines/
* Feral Publication: https://youtu.be/trS6pVtjsjw
* Enter the Papernet: http://www.enterthepaper.net/
Let me know if/where you are joining in!
International Zine Month Day 17 – Flyer Flier
Hello, zine beans! Welcome back to a glorious International Zine Month Wednesday. Today’s activity is to make fliers for your zines. This turned out to be a great prompt timing-wise.
Fliers! I’ve been meaning to update some of my fliers for a while now, so what better reason than IZM?
I’ve decided to stop making Dear Anonymous after issue 10. There are two issues to go, so if you send more than one letter, you can be in both. Issues will still be available after 10 is done – I just won’t be making more.
Phenomena 1 isn’t even finished yet, but I’m so excited about this and want to make this a series, so I’m already putting the call out for the second issue. Hehe.
The same goes for Workaholic. This one is a bit of a ‘wide spread’ topic, but I think there is so much worth to be found in discussing it. Upward and onward!
That’s me for today, zine beans.
Until next time…
Others Joining In:
* Hadass: https://hadass420.wordpress.com/
* Phoebe’s Zines: https://www.instagram.com/phoebeszines/
* Feral Publication: https://youtu.be/trS6pVtjsjw
* Enter the Papernet: http://www.enterthepaper.net/
Let me know if/where you are joining in!