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Racket

Vol/Iss/Date: 
Iss 1
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Description: 
Photocopied sugar packets. Home-made crosswords. Unique personal ads. Ridiculous vanity plates. Interviews with bands. Just a few items included in Racket, a refreshingly different zine.

Radio

Vol/Iss/Date: 
May 1995
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Description: 
Very short comic about the author's love of the radio, old radio shows, and obscure radio stations.

Random Stories inspired by rocks thrown by bullies

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Description: 
From the zine: "This is a small series of stories and anecdotes from '96 to '97 that I wrote while I lived on Canfield Street. They are in no chonological order."

Rare Creature

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Description: 
Comic about a girl with an unusual pregnancy.

Razorcake

Vol/Iss/Date: 
42
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Description: 
Razorcake/Gorsky Press, Inc. got together as a nonprofit to educate people in what we love and live: independent music and the community surrounding it. Some of the ways we do this are through, but not limited to, making and distributing a bi-monthly magazine (that would be Razorcake), organizing and maintaining a community space, publishing books and other literary material (that would be Gorsky Press), archiving activities, and musical performances.
Date Received: 
3.2008

Read: A Collective Effort

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Description: 
Collage and collective illustration zine, ironically titled as there are very few words.

Read Me

Vol/Iss/Date: 
The Americana Issue or "How I Spend My Summer Vacation"
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Description: 
Reminiscing, short essays about a summer vacation spent in a study-abroad program in Spain.
Length: 
12pp
Dimensions (cm): 
21.5 x 14
Date Received: 
12.2008

Read Me

Vol/Iss/Date: 
December '07
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Description: 
The author and her friends created this zine to use as Christmas gifts. Inside are prose, ideas for being socially and economically responsible in other ways, and humor.

Reciprocity

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Description: 
From inside the front cover: "I still like to take pictures." The rest of the zine is nothing but photos taken, presumably, by the anonymous author.

Recluse

Vol/Iss/Date: 
5; February, 2002
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Description: 
This zine combines philosophical issues (animal rights, ALF, toxins in cosmetics) with ruminations on panic attacks, anxiety disorders, together with music and film reviews. There is also an interview with the creators of the DIY Revolution.
Length: 
36pp

Red 5

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Description: 
The author and other members of the "Red 5" team discuss their experiences in Americorps and their stint in Salt Lake City at The Road Home shelter. This Americorps team was called "Red 5" which gave the zine its name.
Length: 
19pp

Redbird: Vs.

Vol/Iss/Date: 
1.5
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Description: 
24-hour mini comic about race cars.

Redbird Brand Comics Stories

Vol/Iss/Date: 
Vol 1/Iss 1/April 2003
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Description: 
A collection of three short comics, "Still Life," "At Large," and "Steel, Glass, and Sweet Tea."

Rejected Band Names

Vol/Iss/Date: 
Issue 8
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Description: 
A collection of short stories by the author.

Rejected Band Names #7

Vol/Iss/Date: 
#7
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Description: 
This perzine describes the accidental death (in a plane crash) of the author's sister. The sister's husband subsequently committed suicide at the plane crash site, adding to the tragedy. The author describes her shock, grief and despair. She also discusses the importance of leaving a personal Last Will and Testament. Half of the zine also describes the author's various jobs and work history.
Length: 
36pp

Rejected Band Names

Vol/Iss/Date: 
VI
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Description: 
Each issue's subtitle and cover art feature a different rejected band name. Includes pieces about life in the Bay Area, friendships and relationships, travelogues.
Length: 
30pp
Dimensions (cm): 
14 x 21.5

Rejection

Vol/Iss/Date: 
Iss 4
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Description: 
Stories about the author's relationship; a personal story in a format of a letter almost.

Remainders

Vol/Iss/Date: 
21
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Description: 
Perzine of a long-time zinester (since she was 15!) this issue includes discussion of freud, deconstructionist theory rap, good things about New Jersey, recommendations and much, much more.

Remorse Code Blues #20

Vol/Iss/Date: 
20
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Description: 
All of the ingredients of a model perzine (or compilation/variety if you'd prefer.)

A Renegade's Handbook to Love and Sabotage

Vol/Iss/Date: 
Iss 3
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Description: 
A very long collection of stories, observations, personal accounts, and lists.

Reporter

Vol/Iss/Date: 
Issue 1
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Description: 
A collection of drawings and comics by the author.
Dimensions (cm): 
21.5 x 14

Retail Whore

Vol/Iss/Date: 
Iss 6
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Description: 
Author recounts her past relationships and ties in musicians and bands along the way.

Rhinestone

Vol/Iss/Date: 
Vol 1/Iss 1
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Description: 
Submissions which range from poetry, articles, collages, and short fiction.

Rice Harvester

Vol/Iss/Date: 
Iss 8
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Description: 
Hard to read, poorly-designed zine about the author's friends, humorous situations, and Chattanooga.

Rice Paper

Vol/Iss/Date: 
12
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Description: 
Publication of the Gay Asian Community Health Empowerment Project. Lists resources for Gay Asian people in university and military settings, info on personal and sexual healthcare, STD and AIDS testing, and casual advice.

Ricemilk

Vol/Iss/Date: 
#2; summer 2002
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Description: 
Genuine perzine (photocollage, poetry, interviews, blips of thoughts.)

Ride On!

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Description: 
General discussion of the ills of society and how bicycling and other non-conformist activities will save it.

Rising

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Description: 
Short story in a very creative matchbook-style zine. Relationship with a Taurus over the span of fourteen months.

Riveter

Vol/Iss/Date: 
1
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Description: 
Eclectic compilation zine with progressive essays and interviews, discussion of punk bands, reviews, and an interesting DIY guide to depaving your driveway.

Roadside

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Description: 
Comics based on benign vandalism, general debauchery, self-improvement, self-exploration, and probably boredom. To see the comic one might mistake it for a professional publication.


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