Excalibur Estate SE6
Excalibur Estate SE6
Keara Stewart
Publishing Info:
London, UK, 2016
A5, 8 pages, saddle-stitched.
Black and white photocopy.
Description:
A selection of portraits of residents from the 'Excalibur Estate' the drawings were made for THE PREFAB MUSEUM.
Link to Personal Website: http://kearabazstewart.tumblr.com/
Dream City
Joe Kolessides
Publishing Info:
Cyprus, 2012
A4, 32 pages, saddle-stitched.
Black and white photocopy.
Description:
A selection of drawings and collages inspired by dreams.
Link to Personal Website: http://www.flickr.com/photos/happyhateful/sets/
Portsmouth Graffitti
Portsmouth Graffitti
Craig Valin, Will Wright, Tomi Russell, Konrad Wlodarczyk, James Ryan.
Publishing Info:
Portsmouth, UK, 2014
Set of 4, A3 foldy colour zines.
Description:
Photographic zine celebrating graffitti around Portsmouth.
Scapegoat
Scapegoat
Nathan Lambert
Publishing Info:
Portsmouth, UK, 2017
A5 black and white laser print.
45 pages.
Description:
An adaptation from Dante's Inferno. The narrative focuses on the seven deadly sins.
Link to blog: https://nath94an.wixsite.com/scapegoatcomic
Teen Zeens: Transgender Journey
Teen Zeens: Transgender Journey
Sarah Starr
Publishing Info:
Portsmouth, UK, 2017
A5, 12 x pages, colour on cartridge paper.
Colour cover on grey card.
Description:
Link to blog: https://www.sarahstarr.co.uk/
Sarah Starr
Publishing Info:
Portsmouth, UK, 2017
A5, 12 x pages, colour on cartridge paper.
Colour cover on grey card.
Description:
'This zine will take you on a journey through the lie of someone who has been born in the wrong body. It will provide you with information about what life is like for a transgender person, what they go through and all the treatments it takes to change their body to match the gender they are.'From the zine introduction
Link to blog: https://www.sarahstarr.co.uk/
Pigeon, (The)
Pigeon, (The)
George Hinchcliffe
Shoreham-By-Sea, 2017
26cm x 16cm
28 pages
Description:
Spoof superhero comic set in London. Introducing 'the pigeon', a new superhero with pigeon powers.
Seven Deadly Sins
Seven Deadly Sins
John Lihou
Publishing Info:
Portsmouth 2017
Saddle-stitched zine colour laser print
24 pages A5 portrait.
Description:
The seven deadly sins illustrated though pastiche VHS low-budget film covers.
Lambiek
Lambiek
Chris Ware (uncredited) for Galerie Lambiek
Publishing Info:
Galerie Lambiek
Comic Book Shop
Amsterdam, Netherlands 2016
Description:
Produced as a promotional zine for comic bookshop Lambiek.
Not So Scary Guide to Mask Making, (The)
Not So Scary Guide to Mask Making, (The)
Laura Dewey
Publishing Info:
Portsmouth, UK 2014
A5 saddle-stitched, full colour.
16 pages.
Description:
Colourful zine with photos of hand made paper masks. Each mask represents a fear/phobia.
The masks are often constructed of items associated with that phobia. Includes images of the masks being constructed.
The masks are often constructed of items associated with that phobia. Includes images of the masks being constructed.
Ultracore Studio
Ultracore Studio
Joseph Simons
Publishing Info:
Bath, UK 2016
Micro-zine folded-sheet
Description:
Single sheet zine on blue paper, containing electrical and mechanical diagrams. The zine unfolds to a half-size image, then again to a full page image of a crushed can. This zine was intended to be delivered via a vending machine. The author says he is trying to find intrigue and beauty in the otherwise mundane day-to-day world.
Link to website: http://josephsimons.co.uk/about.html
Hokule'a
Jody Arthur
Publishing Info:
University of Hawaii at Manoa 2016
A6 foldy
Description:
"Single sheet zine of a lino cut print. Made in honor of the Hokuleʻa’s World Wide Voyage, 2013- 2017. Printed at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. 4 1/4″ x 3 ½,” 160 copies."
(Author's website)
Link to website: http://www.jodyarthur.com/
British Library Event: Zines as a resource for social history
It was great to be invited to give a presentation about Zineopolis at a Brisith Library Round Table Discussion yesterday.
Programme: Zines as a resource for social history
9 September 2016, 14:00 - 17:00 in the Eliot Room, British Library Conference Centre.
There were six speakers at this event
Thanks to Helen Byrne for the photos (Assistant Web Archivist, Contemporary British Published Collections)
Thanks to Fearghus and Debbie for organising everything.
Programme: Zines as a resource for social history
9 September 2016, 14:00 - 17:00 in the Eliot Room, British Library Conference Centre.
Hosted by Debbie Cox (Lead Curator of Contemporary British Publications) and Fearghus Roulston (PhD student working with the British Library's zine collection).
Thanks to Helen Byrne for the photos (Assistant Web Archivist, Contemporary British Published Collections)
- Rebecca Claire-Binns Pop, Politics and Punk Fanzines (1976-84)
- Chris Warne French zines produced in the middle 1970s, as part of a broader shift from counter-cultural to punk sensibilities
- Jackie Batey Zineopolis and how an art-zine collection can support research
- Bill Osgerby Missing Pages - Subcultures and Some (Very) Early Zine Scenes
- David Wilkinson 'I Wanna See Some History': Fanzines as a Resource for Academic and Popular Research
- Fearghus Roulston on zines, the archive and boredom (also the event organiser)
Thanks to Fearghus and Debbie for organising everything.
OMG Lesbians! No.2
OMG Lesbians! No.2
Smar
Publishing Info:
Greece 2015 (this issue was first published in Greek)
21cm x 15cm, landscape format.
24 pages, black and white with colour cover.
Description:
"The zine is a collection of comic strips about, well, lesbians.Our everyday lives, myths and common reactions to coming out. I managed to have it ready (in Greek) by April, for a comic con in Athens and had an amazing time being there. I got nothing but great reactions (plus a few freaked out parents turning their kids away)." From author's blog.
Link to blog: http://smarmakescomics.tumblr.com/
Root, (The)
Root, (The)
Stacey Bru
Publishing Info:
Cochrane, Canada 2015
11cm x 5cm, mini-zine
20 pages, black and white with colour card cover.
Description:
A radish root suddenly becomes sentient and finds it is at odds with everything. The narrative shows the root's aggression with its enforced awakening as it stomps other insects and plants to death.
Link to blog: http://staceybrucomics.tumblr.com/
Stacey Bru
Publishing Info:
Cochrane, Canada 2015
11cm x 5cm, mini-zine
20 pages, black and white with colour card cover.
Description:
A radish root suddenly becomes sentient and finds it is at odds with everything. The narrative shows the root's aggression with its enforced awakening as it stomps other insects and plants to death.
Link to blog: http://staceybrucomics.tumblr.com/
Trophies of the Unseelie Court
Trophies of the Unseelie Court
Stacey Bru
Publishing Info:
Cochrane, Canada 2015
14cm x 11cm saddle-stitched
24 pages, black and white.
Description:
Fictional set of trophies found in an imaginary castle. This nods to the fantasy genre but with a light sense of humour. Various trophies are explained, such as fawns and troll's heads, dragon fire parasites and radish-folk. See Stacey's zine 'Root' for more about the radish-folk.
Link to blog: http://staceybrucomics.tumblr.com/
Anxiety Comics, Volume 3
Anxiety Comics, Volume 3
Stacey Bru
Stacey Bru
Cochrane, Canada 2015
14cm x 14cm saddle-stitched
16 pages, black and white with colour cover.
Description:
Narrative description of the author's struggle/relationship with anxiety. Anxiety is personified as a floating ghostly character who constantly undermines the author. The inner-dialogue of anxiety is illustrated as a conversation or argument between the two protagonists.
Link to blog: http://staceybrucomics.tumblr.com/
How To Deal: Breaking Up
How To Deal: Breaking Up
Chanel Wilkins
Frisco, TX, USA 2016
mini-zine, A4 foldy in black and white
Description:
Mini foldy zine, showing one solution for coping with a relationship break-up. Eating ice cream.
The light-hearted line illustrations are in sequence showing how to create the perfect dessert.
Link to blog: http://mermaidblobs.tumblr.com/
Frankin
Chanel Wilkins
Publishing Info:
Frisco, TX, USA 2016
mini-zine, A4 foldy in black and white
Description:
Mini foldy zine, showing illustrated portraits of scary/cute female characters such as Vampires, Mermaids and Zombies.
Link to blog: http://mermaidblobs.tumblr.com/
Frisco, TX, USA 2016
mini-zine, A4 foldy in black and white
Description:
Mini foldy zine, showing illustrated portraits of scary/cute female characters such as Vampires, Mermaids and Zombies.
Link to blog: http://mermaidblobs.tumblr.com/
Summer Monster Girls (zine bundle)
Summer Monster Girls (zine bundle)
Chanel WilkinsFrisco, TX, USA 2016
Zine bundle that included:
1 x quarter-folded zine, 16 pages, saddle-stitched, full colour.
2 x mini-zines both A4 foldy in full-colour.
Description:
"A bundle of zines, all fully colored, featuring watercolor paintings of monster gals such as witches, werewolves, harpies, robots, aliens and mermaids." Artist's Description
The larger zine is untitled and contains images of horror-ice-cream, zombie women, mermaids and aliens. The mini-zines are called Ice Cream Death no.1 and Ice Cream Death no.2. They contain illustrations of horror inspired desserts such as 'Bloody Sunday' and 'Butter Finger Crunch'.
"Perfect for the ultimate creepy summer." Artist's Description
Description:
"A bundle of zines, all fully colored, featuring watercolor paintings of monster gals such as witches, werewolves, harpies, robots, aliens and mermaids." Artist's Description
The larger zine is untitled and contains images of horror-ice-cream, zombie women, mermaids and aliens. The mini-zines are called Ice Cream Death no.1 and Ice Cream Death no.2. They contain illustrations of horror inspired desserts such as 'Bloody Sunday' and 'Butter Finger Crunch'.
"Perfect for the ultimate creepy summer." Artist's Description
Link to blog: http://mermaidblobs.tumblr.com/
Link to Chanel's Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/mermaidblobs?ref=l2-shopheader-name
Hourly Comic Day 2015
Hourly Comic Day 2015
Alex Hahn
Publishing Info:
Buckinghamshire, UK 2015
A6 foldy - A3 single sheet folded to make 8 pages with poster on reverse.
Printed in colour on heavyweight newsprint and folded.
Description:
Drawn for Hourly Comic Day 2015. Hourly Comic Day is an annual event that takes place on February 1st where participants draw one short comic for every hour that they awake. These type of comics are sometimes referred to as 'hourlies'.
Alex's narrative shows himself and Duffin (a character that is half muffin, half doughnut) trying to get things done throughout a dull day.
Link to Alex Hahn's Website: http://www.alexhahnillustrator.com/
Description:
Drawn for Hourly Comic Day 2015. Hourly Comic Day is an annual event that takes place on February 1st where participants draw one short comic for every hour that they awake. These type of comics are sometimes referred to as 'hourlies'.
Alex's narrative shows himself and Duffin (a character that is half muffin, half doughnut) trying to get things done throughout a dull day.
Link to Alex Hahn's Website: http://www.alexhahnillustrator.com/
Aliens vs Space Cowgirl
Aliens vs Space Cowgirl
Penelope Gazin and Tuesday Bassen
Publishing Info:
Los Angeles, USA
Saddle stitched risograph zine in 3 colours on cream card.
A6 portrait with 8 pages
Description:
Collaborative zine about a fighting alien and space cowgirl, where Bassen drew the Space Cowgirls and Gazin drew the Aliens. Risograph print in three colours.
Link to Penelope Gazin's Blog: http://penelopegazin.tumblr.com/
Link to It's Nice That article about Penelope Gazin's illustration:
Link to Tuesday Bassen's website: http://tuesdaybassen.com/
Generalized Anxiety Disorder - A Crash Course in Understanding
Generalized Anxiety Disorder - A Crash Course in Understanding
Allie Macalister
Publishing Info:
Ottawa, Canada 2016
Saddle stitched zine in black and white photocopy.
A6 portrait with 12 pages
Description:
An honest and personal account of Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD) and the process the author went through in seeking treatment. The zine also includes links to helpful resources. Illustrated as a mini-comic that tells this personal narrative.
"The comic goes into detail about my personal journey of when I discovered I had GAD, my fights with the monster within, and my somewhat tumultuous journey through treatment options.
This comic is NOT a substitute for any medical advice. If you feel you have similar issues, please seek a medical professional. I’ve included a short list of resources on the back cover of the comic for people to learn more, for themselves or for loved ones...This comic took a lot of courage for me to release. I do hope you enjoy it." Author's website
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