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It's the end of the month, and so it is once again time for me to "review" an old issue of the Halifax Comix Jam comic in order to promote the comic jam happening tonight at Roberts Street!
Honestly, I think jam comics like this are probably more valuable to the people that made them than to random outsiders. This is because these comics rarely make any sense at all.
(If you're not aware of what a jam comic is, they're comics where one person draws a panel, and then someone else draws the next panel, and so on. They usually don't have any real narrative flow, and the art styles can change drastically between panels.)
Still, I think they're neat because the jam sessions themselves encourage people to draw and be creative, which is something I think more people should be doing.
But yeah, go to the Comics Jam at Roberts Street Tuesday, February 28th (tonight!), 7-10pm. It will be fun! I promise. There will be cookies.
By Elliot Baggott
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Last year I reviewed a comic that Baggott had created, and I thought it was pretty good.
Unfortunately, the best part of this art zine is the cover. While the name creates all sorts of ideas of what could be contained within, what we actually get are sketches of people and buildings, plus some drawings of people's heads.
While there are times when I enjoy looking at sketchbook material, it's generally for artists who I am a huge fan of and not for people still developing their style. Some of the drawings in here are nice enough, there's not really enough content for me to recommend this zine.
It's still a good title though, I hope Baggott manages to use it to its full extent some time.
Rat: What do you think of Mark P now he's sold out?Me: I've only met him once he seemed OK, but I don't see why a mag with 10 sides and 5 adverts should cost 30p. I think it's a crap mag.Rat Scabies and Ronnie Clock (Paul Bower)
Here are scans of a Philadelphia PA punk zine entitled Alcoholic Tendencies. It appears as though they misspelled the title "Tendencise." This is issue Number 1 from February 1985.
Here are pdf scans of a Trenton, New Jersey zine called "Surplus Volume." This is the first issue from November 1982. Highlights within the zine include reviews of the Public Image LTD (October 29 1982) and Iggy Pop concerts at City Gardens.
I just got an email from some people who are the zine coordinators at the Usurp Gallery in London.
They're looking for zines to be sold on consignment at the gallery, and are organizing a zine fair in a few months.
If you're interested, you can check out their website at usurpzines.tumblr.com or take a look at their flyer below.
PO Box 1282
Fullerton, California
92836
USA
This is kind of strange thing to review, because it’s not one complete narrative, or a number of distinct pieces. Instead it’s brief pieces of writing, usually only a page or two, about travel. Not that these are traditional travel stories with a starting point and final destination, but rather they are mostly about the trip itself.
The writer travels by car (both driving and hitchhiking), train-hopping, bicycle, and even boat. The fact that this is just about the process of travel is interesting, and there are stories about, and by, fellow travellers, people met upon the road, and even people who pick you up while hitchhiking (is there a word for people that pick up hitchhikers? Apart from “nice”).
These stories really indicate to me how the creator of this zine has a very different personality than me, as he seems to be able to slip into conversations with total strangers incredibly easily. This is something that I’m not so good at, and has led to long silences during some of my own hitchhiking escapades.
There are also pieces about some of the small towns and places that you pass through while travelling, and how they never seem like a destination, but only a stop along the way.
I spent about two years living and traveling through various countries in Asia, and my brother has lived in either Taiwan or China for almost three years. So I have some knowledge of Asia, and am interested in reading other people’s experiences with the continent.
In this issue of Neckmonster Cheyenne writes about the six weeks she spent in China studying as part of a program offered by her university. It’s kind of strange reading this, as the Cheyenne involved is different (and six years younger) than the one that I became friends with. I haven't read all of her zines, but her voice seems a bit different here.
I enjoyed reading Cheyenne’s account of her trip, even if, or because of, some of it was like my own experiences in those countries (I also missed Mexican food). Of course Cheyenne got to go to some places that I never saw (I am totally jealous that she got to see the Terra Cotta warriors), and I laughed at her crappy experience at the Great Wall of China (pro tip, don’t go to the nearest section, it’s worth sitting in a cab or whatever for another hour to get to a part that isn’t filled with tourists).
Here are scans of a punk zine entitled "Games of War" Issue 1. It was put out in Philadelphia PA (1984) and appears to have a mix of poetry and club scene critique.
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