Фиды

A collection of black & white photographs taken while walking through a ghost town.


By Jason Niebauer
www.jasonniebauer.com

I was kind of excited when I saw the cover to this zine. A ghost town! How cool! I’ve enjoyed the other zines about ghost towns that I’ve had a chance to read.

However, inside I was kind of disappointed. The black and white photographs are the only content, and there is no text or explanation of where the town is, why it’s a ghost town, or how the photographer ended up there.

The photos, for the most part, seem like they could have been taken in any kind of run down town or neighbourhood. I’m pretty sure I could find some places in the city I live in that are more interesting and “ghost town like” than these ones.

I can’t really criticize the quality of the photographs themselves, as the small size in which they are reproduced, and my disappointment of their subject matter makes it difficult to do so.

by bachan | Wed, 08/02/2012 - 04:31

Here. In My Head. Issue 9


By Cath Elms
catherineelms.co.uk

This perzine isn’t actually that personal, it focuses on things that Elms is interested in, instead of things that are happening to her. (Wait, is there a definition of perzine? I have no idea how to categorize things it seems. Some zine librarian I am.)

There are pieces on how technology is creeping into every aspect of our lives and how the internet makes us less productive (which I think says more about the person than the internet), feminism and how people in theology courses are not very progressive (shocking!), and female gods.

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by bachan | Tue, 07/02/2012 - 03:53

People's Photocopier Launch Party Playlist

The Roberts Street Social Centre recently got a brand new (used) photocopier! It's very fancy, and we're having a launch party for it in a few weeks.

We're hoping to create a playlist of songs that are about photocopiers, can you help us out by telling us some?

So far we have:

Adam and the Ants - Xerox Machine

The Copy Scams (featuring Alex "Brainscan" Wrekk and Steve "Rumlad"
Larder): www.reverbnation.com/thecopyscams

Rosa - Scan to Print

Fujiya & Miyagi - Photocopier

So what else is there?

by bachan | Sun, 05/02/2012 - 18:36

The Roberts Street Casual Gaming Federation 2011-2012 Yearbook

This is my newest zine, it's all about the board game club that I organize.

There are write about all the games we played last year, comics and drawings about games by my friends Jen DesRoche and Nik Hill, and some other stuff.

If you live in the Halifax area and are interested in playing board games with some people join our facebook group or get in touch with me. We play a couple of times a month and it's pretty low key and fun.

by bachan | Sat, 04/02/2012 - 04:17

Alas Fair Sailor All is Lost


By Lee McClure

This is, oh gosh, this is an incredibly depressing comic. It’s well drawn for sure, but I really cannot recommend you read it as it just seems to be existential despair.

The story follows a sailor, and his pet monkey, as they sail through a seemingly unending sea. Though, I guess if you’re in a small boat the sea is going to seem unending because it’ll take you ages and ages to get across it. Storywise not much really happens (unless I spoil the ending), but it’s all about setting a mood. A mood of terrible depression.

Artistically this comic is much more inspiring. Each “panel” is actually a circle without any distinct border. McClure has filled the panels with cross hatching and lines so as to create the idea of a circle without actually drawing one. The art is really detailed (it must have taken ages!), though isn’t in a photorealistic style or anything like that. It also manages to accomplish a lot with a very limited setting. Plus there are some really good drawings of monkeys.

Um, so yeah, if you really like the art below, or enjoy being depressed by the futility of existence, then check out this comic. If not, well, I don’t really blame you.

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by bachan | Thu, 02/02/2012 - 21:49

Peach Melba #25 and #26


By Pearl
PO Box 74
Brighton
BN1 4ZQ
UK

Pearl somehow manages to make a zine every month. At this point I’m lucky if I get one out every six months. Sigh. Sure Pearl’s lists zines aren’t that long or complex, but they’re still there every month, which is admirable in and of itself.

Through these lists we discover what’s been on Pearl’s mind, what she’s been doing, and what she plans to do in the future. It’s an interesting view into someone’s life, and tells you more than you might expect.

My favourite lists in these two issues are “Places That I have slept” (this sounds familiar to another zine…), “uses for spoons” (“picking locks”, “hitting irritating people”), and “Things that you should “never trust”” (“the kickstand on my bike”).

Issues 26 also introduced me to the idea of a Zocalo. I don’t know if this is a thing local to Brighton, or if it’s more international, but it sounds pretty neat

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by bachan | Thu, 02/02/2012 - 03:55

All The Poets

This poem is acting.....It's pretending it's important.It's all swagger and bluff.This poem does not realiseappearances are not enough - It's got to MEAN somethingwhether it's whispering or screaming!This poem does not have a heartjust a minimal calculating braingetting away with masquerading trickswhich it uses time and time again.Too many poems are murdered by posing penswhich stab like knives - Penknives!That's a clever literary jokehiding the fact that this poem has no life!This poem could be screaming blue murderat all injustice and inequalitybut it gives out not a murmur........This poem is devious; It's content to have no relevant contentIt's just sitting on the fenceand if it did have a messageit wouldn't make any difference;who listens to poetry anyway?It's only preaching to the converted.Poetry won't change anything - those who do not chooseto hear the whispers and screamscan ignore the truth and rageby not even opening the bookto see the seething page.SO THIS POEM DOESN'T EVEN TRY - and if this poem was torn up, burnt, destroyed!It would be no real lossbecause this poem has given up -It just couldn't give a toss!Peter Campbell

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by bachan | Thu, 02/02/2012 - 00:19

Chiaroscuro Part One


By Dan Dunlap
actsofdan.com

Straight up science fiction comics are something that you don’t see that often. I’m not really sure why to be honest, but there seems to be a lack of them in the industry.

Chiaroscuro is a science fiction comic, and while at first it seems to be filled with science fiction and fantasy clichés, I felt that Dunlap actually dealt with them quite well. When the spooky monks come and tell the main character's parents that he is the chosen one and has to be taken away to be trained, they say that they’ve already arranged for them to come and live nearby so they don’t have to abandon him. When he encounters some “monsters” he immediately attacks and kills them.

This is something that bothers me more and more in video games. Why am I attacking these monsters? They’re wearing clothes and using tools, that means they have intelligence, societies, and culture. I should be studying them, not killing them! (Clearly I should be playing Ultimate Anthropologist instead of Final Fantasy).

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by bachan | Tue, 31/01/2012 - 21:54

Halifax Comix Jam


I have to admit that I have an ulterior motive to reviewing these minicomics on this day. And that motive is that the next Halifax Comic Jam is happening tomorrow (January 31st), at 7pm, at the Roberts Street Social Centre (there’s more info on the facebook event page). You should come by and draw some comics! No talent is required.

Jam comics are comics that are made when each artist draws a panel, continuing the story (or not). They're kind of like exquisite corpses, except you can see what’s come before. The stories generally involved bizarre humour, often don’t make a lot of sense, and frequently just stop without any type of ending. They can still be funny though.

It’s strange reading several of these in a row, because I see that the same characters show up again and again as artists draw their own creations into the comics. I’m not sure who invented Hitler-Cat, Maraca-Squid (see above), or that weird little robot, but when they show up they tend to take over the comics.

One thing to remember about these things is that they are 18+, and I’m pretty glad that nobody saw me reading them at work.

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by bachan | Tue, 31/01/2012 - 04:00

Bristol Radical Zine Fest

I've been asked to promote this zine event. There will be some rad zinesters attending!

The Bristol Radical Zine Fest

Sunday, the 12th of February, from noon til 6pm at Kebele Community Co-Op (14 Robertson Road, Bristol BS5 6JY) followed by yummy Kebele dinner at 6:30pm.

The range of stalls at the BRZF is set to be very exciting, with people coming from all over the country. Ranging from Other Asias, focusing on alternative underground Asian DIY culture, to Bearpit Zine, showcasing the work of Bristol artists. From the Swansea Feminist Network, to zines on cooking and self-defence, there will be a vast range of zines on offer to inspire, inform, entertain, empower and rabble-rouse! See the Stalls page for full details.

There are still a few places left for stalls – see the page How to apply for stalls/workshops and get in touch as soon as you can.

More info on their website.

by bachan | Sun, 29/01/2012 - 18:44