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The Slagheaps are Sprouting

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Description: 
From page 3: "So this zine is about a traveling exhibition of art and zines that G & I put together with the help of many, inspired by other non-music tours that graced our town, inspired by the awesome things that many of our friends created, that went virtually unseen...This zine tells the stories of our journeys, trying to show the very human side of touring as well as the places we visited, people we met, miles logged on the car..."
Date Received: 
5.2008

A Thousand False Starts

Vol/Iss/Date: 
1
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Description: 
Comic journal of a Boing Collective cat in SLC, documenting events like getting kicked out of a gas station for not spending money, getting hassled by "the pigs" for ghost riding a gift bike, and the little things that make the author happy.
Date Received: 
5.2008

Lower East Side Librarian Winter Solstice Shout Out

Vol/Iss/Date: 
2007
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Description: 
About the author: "I am a librarian, but not on the Lower East Side. I live in Alphabet City, which is sort of a subset of the LES. I work at Barnard College, a women's college affiliated with Columbia University.; My interest in zines led me to start a zine collection at barnard, and I'e been pretty much obsessed with zine librarianship ever since."

Best Zine Ever

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Description: 
Total review zine. Extensive reviews of dozens of zines from around the country. Great supplement to this catalog.

Finding Datura Report

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Description: 
Generally a music-based zine, this, the third issue, is packed with reviews and a fiction piece by the editor.

And the Survey Says

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Description: 
This is a zine survey and covers such questions as: Name a Quality that Makes a Good Zine; Name something that often makes a zine look like crap; Name a U.S. city that has a lot of zinesters liing in it; What is the most common genre of zine being produced today; Name a popular zine event/festifal; etc.

Big Fucking Deal

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Description: 
Daily diary of a zine bum in comic strips.
Length: 
36pp
Dimensions (cm): 
21.5 x 14

Stolen Sharpie Revolution

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Description: 
Introduction to the world of zines. This highly useful "here's what it's all about" guide by the author of the zine Brainscan is the perfect starting point for any novices in the scene or aspiring zinesters. Chapters titles include Zine Tips, Making Copies, Distro Etiquette, Mail Crafts, and more. Wrekk's work here is probably one of the cornerstones of the scene as it exists, today.

Brainscan: Typewriters

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Description: 

64 page description of one punk girl's obsession with zines, zine making, zine symposiums, and zine culture.  Also, personal reflection on her life.



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