What to Do When You’ve Been Called Out: A Brief Guide Cheyenne Neckmonster

“This is just a onesheet zine. Its main themes are: Taking responsibility for your actions, Learning methods of supporting others, finding support for yourself, promoting personal and community healing, how to communicate on these issues, identifying and addressing behaviors.”

- dorisdorisdoris.com  

Rise Up: A Liberation Seder Haggadah Mk Davis

An alternative Seder “dedicated to a free Palestine and the liberation of all peoples, living beings and the planet.”

- inside front cover

Debt Resistors’ Operations Manual Occupy Wall Street

“This operations manual – written by an anonymous collective of resistors, defaulters and allies from Strike Debt and Occupy Wall Street – is for all those being crushed under the weight of debt. It aims to provide specific tactics for understanding and fighting against the debt system so that we can all reclaim our lives and our communities. It contains practical information, resources and insider tips for individuals dealing with the dilemma of indebtedness in the United States today and also introduces ideas for those who have made the decision to take collective action.”

- from the preface

Free to Choose: A Women’s Guide to Reproductive Freedom Esther Eberhardt

“A pretty amazing history of, largely, pre Roe Vs Wade America. Stories about tons of incredible women who took matters into their own hands. A lot information packed into these 24 pages. “This is not just another pro-choice zine. It is an introduction to the history of underground abortion and a call to learn our history and to take matters in our own hands.” -Eberhardt Press.”

- http://msvalerieparkdistro.com/zines/free-to-choose-a-women-s-guide-to-reproduct…

Things I Wish I’d Known Before I Had My Baby: a mamazine made for laura b. gardner on the occasion of her baby shower Jenna Freedman

Very real advice from ten mothers for a mother-to-be.

Hairstory Jordan Alam

Jordan talks about the politics of hair, gives us her own personal hair timeline, and shares a hair story with us.

- Jude

http://www.carnegielibrary.org/research/news/zines.html

- Jude

In this issue of Deafula Kerri interviews her mother. Kerri gets to ask her mom about a subject they never really talked about at length, raising a deaf child. I think this issue is wonderful. I don’t think most people get to put their parent in the hot seat and just ask them anything. Kerri’s mom is open about everything. Kerri’s hearing lost was never looked at as being different. People wear glasses because they need help seeing. People wear hearing aids because they need help hearing. Another issue of Deafula that you don’t want to miss out on.

- tOM

This zine has a special place in my heart because of the skate rat and punk in me. Kill YR Parents Garden is a zine out of Chicago by Macklin. Macklin writes about the punk and skate scene around Chicago, he covers other places in this issue with a short tour article. Macklin went on tour with Acidic Tree and wrote about a couple of dates. He makes it seem like the grass is greener on the other side of the fence. What I mean is Macklin writes about how these other punk scenes seem great. However I think this only seems this way because he’s in town for less than 10 hours. When I went on tour I thought most places were better than Pittsburgh however I had to remind myself that I’m not seeing their faults, like every scene has.

Kerry of the Vegan Skate Blog is interviewed about his blog, veganism and skating. Macklin reprints an interview with Ian Mackaye that was posted in Thrasher Magazine a couple of months ago. I remember reading that interview in Thrasher and being stoked on the quote “I feel like the people who talk about when punk ended, that’s the day they stopped. People talk about when skating used to be good, that’s when they stopped skating.”

Macklin does something that I think is genius! He has an article called “Chicago DIY Spaces Directory.” He writes a review about a dozen spaces where shows happen. He writes about past shows there, places to get food near by, if it’s byob, and other little tidbits of info. It’s a nice thing to have if you’re new to Chicago or don’t know many places to go to DIY shows in the area.

Kill YR Parents Garden wouldn’t be complete without some album and show reviews.

I think most of the time people either write skate zines or punk/fanzines. Rarely are they combined. This zine is worth checking out on a lot of levels. If you’re interested on checking out a skate punk zine, this zine is it!

- tOM

xZINECOREx - Milo Miller

xZINECOREx is a zine about the zine cataloging metadata standards that a number of zine librarians and tech people have been working on for a few years. The end result will be a union catalog – a way to search for zines and see which libraries in the U.S. (for now) have holdings of the zine. In case it’s not clear to you yet, this is very exciting!

Love in the time of Scabies

This zine is the classic perzine, with stories from the author and from friends, comics, and interviews. It has everything!

Scribble Faster #3 – Megan Gerrity

“Scribble Faster #3 is stories of escape. Escapes taken and escapes deferred. Escapes planned and escapes we never expected. Escapes still to come. It is a love letter and a goodbye note to New York. It is also stories of why we need to leave sometimes and the people we wish had stayed.” Megan tells us of about adolescence and growing up and adulthood and how all three are kinda the same in perspective, except you tend to think that once you read the next stage it will all make sense – even though it never does. Holding on to the spirit of DIY even though she never identified as a punk. We are blessed because she really knows how to write. This is no hack job. The stories are comical and serious; I was genuinely impressed by this work and feel like this is something almost all of us can relate to. “

- http://microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/title/1727

A World without Sexual Assault

The zine has articles on topics like grieving and mourning, myths about sexual assault, restorative justice, consent, and support.

Sustainable Activism & Avoiding Burnt Out- Activist Trauma Support

“Burnout is a political and movement issue. Every year committed activists suffer and drop out because they have burnt out.This flyer discusses what causes and contributes to burnout, strategies for avoiding burnout and much more, check it out.”

- http://girlsactionfoundation.ca/en/stainable-activism-avoiding-burnt-out

The Yeast of Your Worries – Erica Zelfand

” Yeast infections are often treated as pesky, embarrassing inconveniences, yet they are ubiquitous – so ubiqitous that they deserve their own ‘zine. Before you run for the Monistat or get a prescription for Diflucan, you may want to pick up a copy of “The Yeast of Your Worries”.
Not only does it provide you with both alternatives and supplements to the harsh (and in the long run, ineffective) Western treatments, but this ‘zine also addresses simple preventative measures and invites the reader to explore the emotional and psychological aspects of dealing with a vaginal infection.
Featuring hilarious and empowering photographs, this is a thoroughly researched booklet created by a pre-med student who is really into vaginas, underground publications, and holistic healing.”

- http://blackpowderpress.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=176

What Binds, What Makes, What Breaks: Thoughts on Borders, Belonging, Identity, Place, Decolonization, Community, Accountability, Dignity, and Resistance – Claire Urb

“Claire’s zine is a look at the reality of Mexican life and the struggle for autonomy from capitalism and corruption. She visits a wide range of communities and has them share their stories, although she’s met with an understandable level of hostility. What place is it of hers, an American who can freely cross the border to even be there? Claire writes about CNUC, the National Urban and Rural Council and their fight for access to land, water, and healthcare. She visits the Collectivo de Trabajadoras Sexuales, a sex worker collective. She sheds light on the fate of Los Braceros, the Mexican workforce created after World War II to provide cheap labor in US border towns. Oaxacan Resistance is explored, particularly the surge in activity in 2006. From here, Claire directly addresses decolonization, where privilege originates, how it’s perpetuated, and ways to stem the tide of cultural appropriation.
She ends her zine with a comprehensive list of suggestions for providing basic survivor support, and perpetrator and collective accountability based on her own experience as well as groups like Philly Stands Up, Philly’s Pissed, CARA, and INCITE!”

- http://microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/zines/3295

She Magazine: A 24 Hour Comic - Dre Grigoropol

“Created as a twenty-four-hour zine project, this comic documents a fashion-conscious student tricking an unstylish woman into believing that the student is a fashion photographer and the woman her model. Ultimately, her plan backfires. The zine’s cover is painted with watercolor.”

– http://books.google.com/books/about/She_Magazine.html?id=zs70lAEACAAJ

Figure 8 #4

“In this zine dedicated to fat activism, Krissy publishes pieces about discrimination against fat people and debunks issues related to the weight-loss industry. This issue’s subtitle, “Refuse to feel shame about your body!” neatly summarizes its tone. Topics covered include a discussion of Alli, a new weight-loss drug, and its unpleasant side effects; tributes to longtime fat activists Lynn McAfee and Heather McAllister; and lists of online resources for women’s clothing. Highly recommended.—K.R. Roberto, Univ. of Denver “

– http://www.etsy.com/listing/44419847/figure-8-issue-4-the-fight-for-body?ref=shop_home_active

Some of the girls found it freeing or empowering to wear the hijab. One young woman talks about advertising in the U.S. dictating “how a woman should be, ‘she should be thin, she should be tall, she should be you know a sex symbol’, they portray her as a sex symbol and that’s like just degrading a woman but in Islam you know it puts women in a very high place. When she’s covered it shows that she’s well respected, that you know she’s someone and not an anything, she’s not a sex symbol for you…” Another young woman says, “I don’t choose to wear it because I personally don’t need it to identify myself as a Muslim. I think I can be just as great a Muslim as one who does wear it.” She also asks the girls about reactions to women in veils after 9/11, the 2004 French ban on all forms of head coverings and their thoughts on a Muslim Barbie doll that wears a hijab. Wonderfully smart and enlightening zine! I have felt irritated when I hear people who are not Muslim women expressing their opinions on whether or not Muslim women should wear a veil, and I very much appreciated hearing these young women talk about making their own choices about it, for themselves.

Photos on Flickr:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/95127604@N07/sets/72157633294164115/with/8669626504/

We tried to audio-record all events, but unbeknownst to us, the batteries died early in the day and the first panel did not get recorded : ( . Also, for some reason we have no audio of Joan Reilly from The Big Feminist But.  : ( . We do, however, have audio of the other 5 presentations and panels : ) .

BOULET PRESENTATION MP3

JOHN PORCELLINO PRESENTATION MP3

JOHN PORCELLINO RAMSEY BEYER RACHEL MASILAMANI JIM RUGG PANEL MP3

FRANK SANTORO DASH SHAW ED PISKOR JIM RUGG PANEL MP3

DASH SHAW PRESENTATION

Thanks so much to all who participated!

- Jude

Hi! Tell us who you are!

Hi. I’m Ramsey Beyer. I’m a comic book artist living in Philadelphia. I work as a nanny by day, and a comic book artist by night. I’m 28, have a dog named Rover, and love to work on big projects. I have an organizational brain so coordinating things is really satisfying to me.

When did you start making zines? Why did you start making zines?

I started making zines in 2003 after I went away to art school. I had kept a really active livejournal and before that even had an “online journal” on my own personal website (which was pretty rudimentary back then). I loved sharing stories and connecting with other people, mostly strangers, over similar feelings and experiences. At the same time, I had just started art school and loved making mix tapes and cds using cut and paste materials, so when I discovered zines it seemed like a really obvious way to merge the physical, hands-on, art making stuff that I loved with the personal reflection and chronicling I was doing in my livejournal. It made sense immediately as a medium for me. I first heard about zines when I got a few from a show when I was 15. Then they popped up in a teen lit book I had read in high school called Hard Love by Ellen Wittlinger,  and then my first best friend in college made his own political zines throughout high school and that was the final push I needed to actually try it myself.

What do you write/draw/whatever about?

The first zine I started in 2003 is the same zine I continued to do for the next 10 years! It’s called List and was filled with autobiographical lists about anything pertaining to my life; goals for the next five years, things i liked/disliked about myself, personality traits i admired, the toughest things i had ever been through, etc. The first five issues were just cut and paste zines filled with typewritten lists, but by issue 6 I had discovered indie comics and started supplementing the list with pretty terrible illustrations. You would think that attending art school at the time I would be good at drawing, but I was only good at fine art rendering and observational drawing and painting. I couldn’t make stuff up for the life of me! So it was a totally fun thing to do on the side of my “serious art” that was totally different from the stuff I was going to school for. I stuck with the quirky (read: bad) illustrations for my zine, List, from there on out, and with each issue got better and better at drawing comics. By issue 13 of List, I was ready to start branching out and actually drawing paneled stories of their own, rather than just illustrating the lists I had written. That’s how I started drawing the comics that I draw now.

Now, my work is about being self-motivated, self-critical, and reflective. It’s about being active in a diy punk scene. It’s about being confident and creative. It’s often about new chapters in my life where I’ve had to re-evaluate what I know and how I approach things. I write comics as a way to connect to other people, and tell personal stories with some sort of universal feeling behind them. I put out my short comics in a zine called Everydaypants, and I’ve written two novel-length books, Year One (all about my first year in Philadelphia after I moved there from Chicago), and Little Fish (all about my freshman year in art school in Baltimore.)

What do you think is great about zines?

They let you be completely uninhibited. You can literally write whatever you want and hand it to whoever you want to. There’s no right or wrong way of doing it. The only limitation is the cost of printing (which CAN be limiting, but there are inventive ways to find cheap printing!). It has a sense of immediacy and intimacy that other mediums lack. When you look at a zine, you can tell how much time someone put into it and you can actually imagine them in their bedroom laboring over this little piece of work that they decided to share with the world. The hand is entirely visible.

Thank you, Ramsey!

- Jude

The Fury #16 – Mark Novotny

“The Fury #16 has birthed forth from the womb of a bedroom in midwestern america. Finally, you will be able to know how to live your life correctly.
In the tradition of the Dada, The Futurists, The Diggers, comes a voice of merriment, rebellion, and honesty in the physical restraints of a quarter sized, 52 page publication.
Witness the majesty of the well crafted iconography. Not unlike store front christmas presents, decorated nicely with nothing inside. MRR and Punk Planet have in the past praised it’s genius, placing them on top ten lists. But The Fury holds no regard for their opinion, for it knows the bosomy love of the people of the streets is it’s own reward.
Included within are several essays and stories which will prod your imagination and enrage your hormones. A tale of vagrancy on the campus of a Ivy League school recalling the magnificent story telling of London’s “To Build a Fire” or Hemingway’s Nick Adams stories, A scathing manifesto on the state of zines today, cultural critique of today’s recorded musical products, A historical discussion of the delinquency of rock n’ roll, also scenes in which band practice is broken up by a fight on the street, another in which, while living in S. Korea, a foreigner pesters our beloved narrator about obtaining prostitutes. ” – http://thefuryzine.bigcartel.com/product/the-fury-17

The Fury #18 – Mark Novotny

“It features interviews with: Dez Cadena of Black Flag
Nation of Ulysses(reprint)
Antioch Arrow (reprint)
Touring with Volcano! in Europe, and 97 Shiki in Malaysia, Indonesia, Korea, and Singapore
The punk photography of Bill Daniel
articles on Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin, the CIA’s promotion of abstract art, the state of the protest, writings on music, assorted stories, outdated record reviews, and a ton of photos.” – http://thefuryzine.bigcartel.com/product/the-fury-18

The Fury #19 – Mark Novotny

“Awesome, a new issue of The Fury! Definitely one of my favorite zines out there. The writing is top notch and Mark is one of the few people in zinedom who does cut and paste in a tasteful and artistic way. This issue is more on the personal side of things, but I don’t mind, as this is not some Cometbus knockoff: thoughts on returning back home after extended time away, and how everything has changed, a piece on Providence, RI, Jim Groce, and how things have changed in the realm of punk/hardcore/whatever with the Fireside Bowl as the backdrop. A lot of insight and things to ponder. What’s put forth is universal to anyone who is alive at all today. ” – http://www.razorcake.org/punk-zine-reviews/fury-the-19-3-7-x-8–32-pgs-

The Fury #20 - Mark Novotny

“I used to write off zines like this (and this is what Freud calls “projection”), but actually, who cares how much this writing style is ripped from Cometbus? Things are framed with the same cracked, dirty, rose-tinted glasses and phrased with a very similar rhythm, but the writer is an excellent ruminator on life and punk, someone who deeply feels the world before trying to fight it out onto the page, and it makes most of the pieces in here great. Of course it could benefit from not sharing so much with a well-known voice, but if those are the tools Mark uses best, I’d say the trade-off is worth it. My favorite was the one-two punch of a queasy, scrunched face made at one-night stands (a deliberately self-reflective and un-“cool” stance) followed by the story of facing the reality of senseless violence, all drawn from one clarifying moment while out walking with a good friend—a story that gives perspective on a great deal of factors that run throughout the lives of confused, angry men (good and bad) who find themselves drawn to punk. A solid effort, sung in a familiar style but with fresh, thoughtful lyrics. ” – http://www.razorcake.org/punk-zine-reviews/fury-the-20-1-5-x-8-copied-40-pgs

The Fury #21 – Mark Novotny

“Shots of Black Pus, HeWhoCorrupts, Failures, 97-Shiki, What Happens Next?, Coping, Arcing, Nana Grizol, The Psalms, KungFu Rick, Pink Houses, The Broadways, Piebald, La Mantra de Fhiqria, Bad Banana, Joie de Vivre, Empire! Empire!, Trepan Nation, 7 Days of Samsara, John Brown Battery, and Converge.” – http://thefuryzine.bigcartel.com/product/the-fury-16

Kill YR Parents Garden #4 – Macklin

“This issue is pretty bulky and a lot more punk-focused. I’m pretty proud of the results. 1/2 sized b/w photocopied on recycled paper. 54 pages.
INSIDE IS…
-ROBBY KOMEN (Sea of Shit/Hated Skates) interview
-RAPExREVENGE interview
-PUNX AND NORMS opinion pieces by various punx
- COOL SHOW! (w/ BROWN SUGAR, CULO, more)
-FUCK DECAF!: COFFEE V. ALCOHOL
-WORK IS HELL
local skating, reviews, and other graphic goodness.” – http://ssftapes.bigcartel.com/product/kill-yr-parent-s-garden-4

Kill YR Parents Garden #5 – Macklin

“It is finally here, the fifth installment of Kill Yr Parent’s Garden. This issue features a color, handstamped cover. Yes, I handstamped all of these. It took fucking forever. What’s on the inside… Interviews with Puerto Rican punk veterans TROPIEZO, skate punk GREG HARBOUR, coverage of bands such as DEATHRATS, STATE VIOLENCE, THE OUTS, POISON PLANET, BROKEN PRAYER, SUCKED DRY, and a few others.. McHenry skater KENT GROVES, write-ups on why Thrasher sucks and why white people suck just as much, along with reviews and a few other goodies.” – http://ssftapes.bigcartel.com/product/kill-yr-parent-s-garden-5

Kill YR Parents Garden #6 – Macklin

“FEATURES:
-Vegan Skate Blog interview
-Think Cthonic interview
-Ian Mackaye/Thrasher reprint
-Chicago show space directory
-MI show review
-tons of bands like Outlook, Xtra Vomit, Cloud Rat, etc. etc.
-reviews
+some more” – http://ssftapes.bigcartel.com/product/kill-yr-parents-garden-6

Welcome to the Midwest – Macklin and friends

“BEST of 2012 collaboration between myself (KYPG), Max Tha Life (As Boredom Sets In), Jack B. (Banned), and Tyler B (Potential Friends)
All Chicago/Illinois punx who do fanzines talking about our favorite things of 2012! 30ish pages, 1/4 sized. Mixtape are tunes that obviously… have to do with 2012.” – http://ssftapes.bigcartel.com/product/welcome-to-the-midwest-split-mini-zine-mixtape

Deafula #5 - Kerri

“this issue is an interview with my mom on what it’s like to be a hearing parent raising a deaf child. this is a conversation between me and my mom about discovering my hearing loss as a child, what it was like navigating hearing loss thirty plus years ago, & a lot more.” – http://www.deafulazine.com/

Mixtapers Do It Better Zine #4 – Karen

“A zine about the glorious art of making mix tapes. Zine includes helpful hints, stories about  mix    tapes, Do’s and Dont’s,guest columns, and music talk.” – http://crablezines.wordpress.com/about/

Jesse Owens #1 - Karen

“There is no way i can explain this zine without making it seem lame and/or unlike any other zine.It’s a zine where i tell stories.  But  many people have told me that it reads just like how i tell stories in real life…which is good???” – http://crablezines.wordpress.com/about/

Jesse Owens #2 - Karen

Karen in this issue writes about her neighbor Jeff. Jeff is a 30-year-old guy who uses the word ‘dude’ at the beginning and ending of every other sentence. Karen has only seen him in basketball jerseys and flip-flops, all year around. I want to spoil it for you and tell you all about it but I won’t!

Santa Pants – Karen

Everyone has that one embarrassing story. Well Karen made a zine out of it.

- tOM