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| #1 Catalog Picks for the Month! |
| These are the zines we currently like as much as wearing fake mustaches and drinking an adult beverage! |
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| About My Disappearance |
| Wow, you really have to admire Dave (On Subbing) for making this zine. He honestly writes about his painful battle with Crohn's Disease, from colonoscopies to messy bowel movements to fevers and potentially fatal experiences. It is really amazing to know that he survived it all to create a truly inspiring and educational zine. Once again, wow! |
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| Already Too Much; Never Enough #3 |
| Andie was arrested for being a legal observer of the police during her friends' arrests. But she relays the story not to brag about toughness, but to critcally dissect the system and her own privileges within that system. She is mart and brutally honest in this issue, calling herself out on lies, facades, past mistakes and troubled relationships. This is text heavy and unflinchingly open. |
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| Angry Black-White Girl |
| Nia is through with messing around. She is tired of the gentle questions and ignorance surrounding her mixed race identity. So this is her standing up to all the awkward encounters with co-workers and folks who just don't fucking get it. This is her calling out racism on "liberal" white folks and dealing with her own identity struggle. I love her strength and ability to address people on their shit, but while still acknowledging that WE ALL gotta lot of work to do on our own. |
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| Apples Like Broken Glass/Decisive |
| Sile's zine tells the story of her two abortions, surgical and RU-486. She bares her soul with us in this journal style zine. She writes about the physical pain she experiences, her partner's apathy, her sadness, nausea, and the complications at the clinic. This zine comes right out to say that it is Pro-Choice, but it isn't overtly political. It is Sile, one woman, sharing her experiences with us, and I greatly thank her for it. |
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| At the Base of the Mountain: Herstory |
| In this short but intellectually packed zine, Bella analyzes her racial relegation as a mixed race individual growing up in a predominantly white community and family. Interspersing theory with troublesome family discussions at the Thanksgiving dinner table, she brings forth a thorough confession of the confusion, "othering" and prejudices surrounding her mixed-race identity. A solid read! |
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| Aubade #4 |
| This issue is subtitled "Virginia stories" and it includes stories of Katie's home state before she bids it farewell. Text-heavy with solid and descriptive writing, Katie relays childhood to contemporary stories about the places that she misses but will never forget. It is a dedication to all the places that will stick in our hearts, no matter how many houses get knocked down, malls get built, and old faces disappear. |
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| Awkward Spaces |
LB made this zine in one night to illustrate the awkward encounters she has had based on others' perceptions of her gender and sexuality. These stories document how gender and sexuality often times dominate the ways in which we will interact with strangers and how androgynous people can be placed in compromising positions. The stories include the encounters with men on a bus or a plane, folks in the bathroom, in bars, and even with her own grandma who is burdened by dementia.
It isn't an answer, but it's a start. |
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| Big Hands #3 |
| Aaron takes issue number three into comic form, as we witness his daily life on the graveyard shift at a donut shop. Funny, enjoyable and relatable to other service industry jobs/graves. Excellent! |
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| Big Hands #5 |
| It may seem like a daunting task to most, but somehow Aaron managed to make issue number 5 the most bitter Big Hands ever! Reminiscing on post-adolescent activites in North Carolina, searcing for elusive girls to talk to him, feeding off the spoils of the catering industry and this generation's overall complacency. His stories are interrupted half way by his sociological musings on art, counter-culture and youthful indescretion. As always, well-written, text-heavy and concise. |
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| Big Hands #5.5 |
| This is Aaron's first attempt at music journalism and it's all about Chumbawamba. Ok, yes, we all know of that annoying hit they had, but did you also know that they were a radical anarchist band? Well, Aaron has all the information you would ever need about their politics and trajectory. And it comes with a 120 minute cassette tape of their music! |
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| Big Hands #6 |
| Aaron dissects Puritan settlements and Thanksgiving disasters in this latest issue of Big Hands. He analyzes his bizzare family behavior with the kind of kind of emotional distance that is required of every good writer. And he also steps away to observe his life, the moves, the girlfriends, the obsession with self-annihilation, the ambling from town to town to question what he should do next. It's bitter, self-deprecating, but as always, a really enjoyable read. |
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| Big Hands #7 |
| Aaron tours with his band through the South and brings us lengthy vignettes on disappointment, memories, death, music and trying to find enjoyment again. He looks at himself getting older and realizes that the things he used to do when he was younger no longer entices or suffices. As he becomes more introspective on the state of human experience for aging punks trying to reconcile our old fast habits with our new found maturity. Another satisfying and solid read. |
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| Black Carrot #12 |
| Dave (of "How I learned to love myself and occasionally other men" and "Fort Mortgage") dedicates this issues of his zine to his Jewish roots. He rediscovers the religion he abandoned as an angry adolescent punk and intertwines his religion into his queer identity. Though it is mostly a light-hearted read filled with family stories and memories, Dave also critiques anti-GLBT policies of Orthodox Judaism and the continued conflicts in Israel. A pleasant read for all! |
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| Black Carrot #13 |
| Growing up, reflecting on the tragic death of both of Dave's grandparents and sharing an Amtrak love story. Another issues hot off the presses! Dave is on a roll! |
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