This issue of 8-Track Mind comes after a ten year (!) hiatus and is by far one of the best zines I’ve read in a long time. No longer purely an 8-track fanzine, it is now a look at the future of paper media and analog technologies in the digital present. Editor Russ Forster asks 14 people who have been creating for long enough to be considered legends (from filmmakers to authors, magazine publishers to members of punk bands) the simple question “zines vs...[ continued ]

A sweet personal zine about all the people in his life that have stepped in as a father when he needed one. Talking about his work in mental health care and disability rights along the way. 12 pages, half-letter size.

Ideas on simplicity, cops, paper media, kindles, the zine community, a history of the US Postal System, being the only zinesters at the Utne Magazine Awards, and a couple short vignettes. “His zines have covered everything from genealogy to film to simplicity to cops to the media to the ghosts of Snohomish county to Kindles to the Postal System (deep breath) …and beyond. It’s amazing. It’s inspiring...[ continued ]

This is the family issue. A look at the idea of 'family' from different angles: from personal family history, to the history of the human family as a whole. Portraits of grandparents, great aunts and uncles mix with facts about Iceland and Icelandic immigration, examinations of individualism and community, biological family vs chosen family, and much more.

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Issue five deals with the current state of the United States as seen from car windows mixes with historical oddities of Americana. Place and home (and the hula hoop in american history) considered through small vignettes. 20 pages, half-letter size, photographs throughout.

Under the banner of "beginnings and turning points," this issue of Basic Paper Airplane covers a wide expanse. Personal essays and vignettes that span from childhood swarms of bees to drinking cough syrup, kitchen dance parties to hopping trains, breaking out windows in the woods to taking over the streets in elementary school. Along the way there are also essays on Gertrude Stein, huayno music of Peru, Eadweard Muybridge, and The Wright Brothers...[ continued ]

An amazingly written zine about volunteer work and travels in Tanzania. Olympia writer Alicia LeDuc does a beautiful job covering both the humor and tragedy of her adventures and painting a portrait of life in the rural third world. Within: poisonous snakes, dodgeball, the pipi mafia, malaria, deadly papayas, convent life, HIV clinics, town festivals, local music, and more. 92 pages, half-letter size, includes four pages of black and white photos from Tanzania...[ continued ]

A clean, accessible guide to making DIY events happen. Perfect for those just getting into organizing DIY events and with reminders and ideas that even the seasoned organizer can benefit from. A strong focus on house shows and radical communities, but a lot of ideas that can function in a lot of DIY event situations. Put together by Neil Campau (of World History) and edited by a ton of really great folks- Zoe Boekbinder, CJ Boyd, Danah Olivetree, and Jamie Menzel, just to name a few...[ continued ]

Packed full of interviews with contemporary female artists, this issue of Colouring Outside the Lines is the result of years of work. Featuring conversations with: Lauren Denitzio, Fly, Megan Kelso, Chandler O'Leary and Jessica Spring, Allyson Mitchell, Caroline Paquita, Summer Pierre, Lindsay Starbuck, and Anke Weckmann. Plus a full-color spread of art by featured artists! Each issue also comes with a limited edition letterpressed bookmark by Jessica Spring...[ continued ]

This wonderfully unique collection features essays from game show winners, losers, writers, producers, and fans. This interesting assortment of unlikely zinesters spans a huge range of ages and backgrounds. The result is a fascinating and hilarious read that also functions as an informal sociological analysis of the long-running, and completely odd, cultural phenomenon of game shows.

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