Don't forget to draw a monster when you see a gig!
I've had my first submissions for the next monster zine (very good, very good), and have been getting a bit overcomplicated in my cut n paste attempts at monsters myself. Deadline in about a month!
Monday, 24 January 2011
Monsters are go!
I've had my first submissions for the next monster zine (very good, very good), and have been getting a bit overcomplicated in my cut n paste attempts at monsters myself. Deadline in about a month!
Monday, 17 January 2011
New zine, not for Newcastle
Here are a few pics of a new zine I've done for the Brighton Zine Fest.
It won't be available in Newcastle, because it's a bit too personal.
It can be easier to share your feelings with strangers, sometimes, hence the title.
It won't be available in Newcastle, because it's a bit too personal.
It can be easier to share your feelings with strangers, sometimes, hence the title.
I was going to do a stall, but today I've decided not to: I'll have a better day walking around talking to people. And chasing the bus named after Peter Kropotkin.
Saturday, 15 January 2011
Second Bothy Zine waiting for ...
... the weather to be lovely.
So I doubt I'll get started for a couple of months yet.
Today, for example, the forecast says: "Heavy overnight rain will clear by dawn. Otherwise, no more than a few drizzly showers. Very wet/saturated conditions underfoot Moffat area and Cheviots, with stream/river levels very high."
(My planned route involves lots of trudging around moorland streams in the Moffat area, and my 'pre' plan is to do the top bit of the Pennine Way down the Cheviots from Kirk Yetholm.)
So I'm sticking to train routes for now, and will be using these to go to the Brighton Zine Fest on 19th-20th February. I've got a zine made, ready for printing especially for the Zine Fest. But it's a bit personal to show around Newcastle, so the intention is for only strange southerners to read it.
So I doubt I'll get started for a couple of months yet.
Today, for example, the forecast says: "Heavy overnight rain will clear by dawn. Otherwise, no more than a few drizzly showers. Very wet/saturated conditions underfoot Moffat area and Cheviots, with stream/river levels very high."
(My planned route involves lots of trudging around moorland streams in the Moffat area, and my 'pre' plan is to do the top bit of the Pennine Way down the Cheviots from Kirk Yetholm.)
So I'm sticking to train routes for now, and will be using these to go to the Brighton Zine Fest on 19th-20th February. I've got a zine made, ready for printing especially for the Zine Fest. But it's a bit personal to show around Newcastle, so the intention is for only strange southerners to read it.
Thursday, 13 January 2011
Sunday, 9 January 2011
Zines in 2010
The very first post of this blog was a list of the zines I had done, & I've updated it since with new ones or ones I've remembered. Here is an update : the zines I made in 2010.
January 2010
Newcastle Zine Review, 2nd edition A6 portrait & chunky printed (though made in 2009)
January? 2010
Hybrids: A5 cut-ups of star & shadow programmes as part of attempted series of 'crafty creative sessions' at the cinema (which did not continue).
February 2010
Anarchist New York A5 landscape, colour cover, 150 copies. A mistake with stapling meant the reader had to take out the staples and rebind it - instructions given.
February 2010
Self-guided Zine Trail around the Star & Shadow (I think it's fallen apart by now)
March 2010
Mail Art Session at Star & Shadow, a low-key thing, cut n pasting onto postcards.
Spring 2010
A present for Elodie
Foldout minizine in many languages for Elodie Applejack.
April 2010
Washington Arts Centre Zine Trail, for P.R.E.S.S. small publishers' event.
April 2010
30 Minute Zine Challenge at DIY Aye!
June 2010
Beach Zine, 150 copies, A6 with colour middlepages, about a week walking up the Northumberland Coast
Summer 2010
Contributions to 'Art ... and that' anthology by Paper Jam Comics Collective, also to 'History ... and that' anthology and upcoming 'Music ... and that' CD/comic.
August 2010
Trail Zine, A5 20 copies, one page drawn by each participant on the Great Baikal Trail camp of August 18-30. Mix of English & Russian language, printed in Ulan Ude.
October 2010
My Anarchist Pilgrimage: Sampler, A5, 150 copies, for distribution at London Anarchist Bookfair: the full version is my main project of 2011.
October 2010
Mongolian Cartoon Diary, A6 landscape, 60 copies, pretty straightforward print of my cartoon diary from 2 weeks in September.
October 2010
Love Letter from Helsinki, A6, 24 pages, 24 copies, done as part of 24 hour comic day in October.
November 2010
Gaelic Language Cut-ups. 7 copies, in envelope. 30p. Done for Footprint Zine Fair in Leeds University Student Union.
November 2010
Collaborative Comics on the theme of 'tea', workshop at the Footprint Zine Fair.
November 2010
Opinionated Geordie Monsters Review the Local Band Scene (1), A5, participatory and a quarterly from now on. 125 printed so far.
December 2010
Wor History Calendar, A3, colour cover, inner pages printed with our own photocopier. 50 copies, all sold for £2. Cut n pasted from previous wor diaries.
January 2011
'Fellow Drawer' Invite to draw about the city with me, foldout minizine in envelope.
January 2010
Newcastle Zine Review, 2nd edition A6 portrait & chunky printed (though made in 2009)
January? 2010
Hybrids: A5 cut-ups of star & shadow programmes as part of attempted series of 'crafty creative sessions' at the cinema (which did not continue).
February 2010
Anarchist New York A5 landscape, colour cover, 150 copies. A mistake with stapling meant the reader had to take out the staples and rebind it - instructions given.
February 2010
Self-guided Zine Trail around the Star & Shadow (I think it's fallen apart by now)
March 2010
Mail Art Session at Star & Shadow, a low-key thing, cut n pasting onto postcards.
Spring 2010
A present for Elodie
Foldout minizine in many languages for Elodie Applejack.
April 2010
Washington Arts Centre Zine Trail, for P.R.E.S.S. small publishers' event.
April 2010
30 Minute Zine Challenge at DIY Aye!
June 2010
Beach Zine, 150 copies, A6 with colour middlepages, about a week walking up the Northumberland Coast
Summer 2010
Contributions to 'Art ... and that' anthology by Paper Jam Comics Collective, also to 'History ... and that' anthology and upcoming 'Music ... and that' CD/comic.
August 2010
Trail Zine, A5 20 copies, one page drawn by each participant on the Great Baikal Trail camp of August 18-30. Mix of English & Russian language, printed in Ulan Ude.
October 2010
My Anarchist Pilgrimage: Sampler, A5, 150 copies, for distribution at London Anarchist Bookfair: the full version is my main project of 2011.
October 2010
Mongolian Cartoon Diary, A6 landscape, 60 copies, pretty straightforward print of my cartoon diary from 2 weeks in September.
October 2010
Love Letter from Helsinki, A6, 24 pages, 24 copies, done as part of 24 hour comic day in October.
November 2010
Gaelic Language Cut-ups. 7 copies, in envelope. 30p. Done for Footprint Zine Fair in Leeds University Student Union.
November 2010
Collaborative Comics on the theme of 'tea', workshop at the Footprint Zine Fair.
November 2010
Opinionated Geordie Monsters Review the Local Band Scene (1), A5, participatory and a quarterly from now on. 125 printed so far.
December 2010
Wor History Calendar, A3, colour cover, inner pages printed with our own photocopier. 50 copies, all sold for £2. Cut n pasted from previous wor diaries.
January 2011
'Fellow Drawer' Invite to draw about the city with me, foldout minizine in envelope.
Wednesday, 5 January 2011
New Year, New Collaborations
I've reprinted 20 more of the first edition, too (on coloured paper!) to leave out around Newcastle tomorrow.
And I also have hopes of doing a more left-field, more experimental but very Newcastle focussed collaboration, too: although you won't be able to read it, here is my invitation. If you draw comics (or something like that) and live in Newcastle, you will receive a real one soon when you see me.
Also Haz says she's going to post me something every day this year. I didn't ask her how long she's going to keep it up, but me and my postman say thanks.
I'm also meaning to do something for Teesside, too, seeing as it's the current zine capital of the North East.
And also, stuff you're doing, I want to know.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
