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Zine Review - Night Terror

July 21st 2008 00:43

Night Terror is a personal account of one person’s sleep disorders. Initially a spooky rant, a few pages in, we get some serious dialogue about the meat of Night Terrors and how they aren’t a childish condition. They affect people of all ages, and this author has gone into extensive detail with no small amount of research. The artwork in this comic/litzine is a bit surreal, and is very topic appropriate. We talk about the types of Night Terrors, psychological causes and effects. It ends with some very cool comic art about night terrors, drawn in a heavily inked manner. I liked the tips of how to help people who have Night Terrors at the end, it was very positive and affirming. Tastes like: Breakfast Toast with butter. Three bucks plus postage



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zine review - nobody can eat 50 eggs No 27

July 20th 2008 00:28


Nobody can eat 50 eggs #27

Steve goes from the glossy to the half bound, this one could easily be called the, ‘cartoon’ issue, because it’s a thick fatty beast of his best work. While his art style is a touch difficult to see in this smaller format, I feel the volume offsets it. I like the narrative style that he tells his stories in, it makes it easy for the reader to follow, and also I like at the bottom under each cartoon of breaking the fourth wall, it really allows me to enter into Steve’s world and not be an outsider. His insights reguarding the work place are fascinating, and the bits with his Myspace addiction are very funny. Tastes like: Doritos (classic Nacho Cheese, if we must be specific)


Soundbite:

“For her birthday, I got Jennifer a sketchbook and a DVD of the movie mean Girls. At the bottom of every page in the sketchbook I wrote something for her to draw (like ‘surly pirate’ and ‘suspicious kitty’), The idea came from a conversation we had where she had said she would draw in a sketchbook but never knew what ot draw. She has not draw in the book to date.

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Eat_50_eggs @ hotmail . com
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zine review - nobody can eat 50 eggs No 26

July 19th 2008 00:15


Holly heck, is this guy for real? He needs to be on stage. I’m serious, one word:

FUNNY

For a mere three bucks you get a professionally printed glossy zine that it’s pretty clear someone put some love and care into. This just might be one of those few zines that you’ll see cross from being a zine to a magazine. I wish that All Jaffe (mad magazine) would hire this guy, but it might make the mainstream humor media actually funny again. His images, and artwork are sketchy, loose and very cartooney, in an odd sort of Charles Aadams way, but with good use of spot coloring (yes a color zine folks). My personal favorite was a multi-page article, ‘Get rich the EASY WAY’ which advises ladies to marry rich old men. Great layout, good use of illustration and just plain laugh-out-loud funny. Tastes like: Fritos

Tidbit:

“The fun and games soon end though. During the night, the giant croc attacks their camp. A helpless cameraman is drug off and is never seen alive again. In vain, Steve tracks the blood trail only to discover his friends’s mutilated body. He takes careful note that the crocodile didn’t feed on its prey. It’s almost as if this is a warning of sorts”
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Zine Review - Rose's Gardens of Life No 3

July 18th 2008 00:08

Rose keeps the Long format, and continues to write long sweeping epic poetry. It’s almost all bittersweet, but clever, with her clever notes that hang in the air like the sound crystal makes when tapped. It’s enjoyable to me to read, smooth and easy like a good table wine. A buck and a half and very enjoyable

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zine review - all skewed up

July 17th 2008 22:52

All Skewed Up: Musings on Cold Hands Dead heart and selections from #1-14, Mike Twohig: All Skewed up is a compilation of the work of Mike Twohig and his zine. It has some incredible artwork that would put most tattoo artists to shame and makes excellent use of blacks and whites and a lot of straight ink work. The first few pages are heavy along the lines of Vaughn Bode' and similar artists of the era, but alter on, as Mike works his way through college, we can see the power and impact his work has. In some

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zine review - Room to Breathe

July 16th 2008 22:50


Room to Breathe: Kyle's Entry to the Perzine/Poetryzine market brings us Room to Breath, a wonderful mix of poetry and imagery. With the blend of images, carefully selected that Kyle gives us, his terse, brief poems accent the work as a whole. Instead of creating a sparse, barren environment, this technique in his hands allows us to have enough use of our own imagination, yet is carefully directed by the work. Opening the zine is a piece about tattooing wounds, and the power of the human spirit. It seems that almost all of Kyle's work is spirit driven, from "As the world turns" a commentary about oil and gas prices to "City" one of the longer entries that deals with the environment that a city creates. Kyle's work is high caliber, and I'm looking forward to reading more of it. He has two other publications, "And Education in Rebellionoetry by Kyle Van Heck and artwork by Mike Twohig" (Twohig's art has also been reviewed on our site, see ALL SKEWED UP for more) and "Knife to Neck" Poetry and Artwork by Kyle Van Heck. $2.00
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Zine Review - Music Comics No 04

July 15th 2008 22:43


Matt Levin strikes again, this time with a simple rainy day in this rubber-stamped bit of sheet music. His quiet folk style shines in this particular edition, with a tenderness that forces one to hold still for a moment and nestle into the arms of those that care for us. Tastes like: A crème soda. Seventy-five cents plus postage.
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zine Review - Sharpie Scouts Masterpiece Swap #1

July 14th 2008 22:41
Sharpie Scouts Masterpiece Swap #1

Sharpie Scouts Masterpiece Swap #1 is an artzine like no other. In it, people have created deep homage to the most holy of all marking devices, the Sharpie. Filled with pure sharpie goodness, this debut issue honors the sharpie as it is used to depict works of the great masters, both old and new. In full color, on bond paper in a horizontal format, the images have been laid out easy enough to read, big enough to enjoy, and there are a lot of them. Scout Mistress Diabla has done a wonderful job of transferring these little works of art (originally ATC’s) to a full-fledged zine. Tastes like: Whole Grain Bread with real Butter. Five bucks plus postage


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Zine Review - Music Comics No 48

June 30th 2008 00:16


Music Comics #48, By Matt Levin. $0.75 1/4 sized 12 pages.: "Someone Whose Love" as this issue is subtitled, is a bright, cheerful song / poem, which is very uplifting and smacks of more traditional keltic folk music. The song itself deals with the worship of life, and all those things in it. Matt's poetic verse is strong in this issue, and the transition from poem to musical notation holds up well, even under the powerful concepts of enjoying life for its' own sake.
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Zine Review - Music Comics No 9

June 30th 2008 00:06


Music Comics #9, by Matt Levin $0.75 Cents 1/4 sized, 12 pages: This entry of Matt's is subtitled, "Secrets to Share" and like all of his works has a gentle, lilting quality to it. Matt discusses the concepts of secrecy in his poetic, musical manner, reminiscent of Art Garfunkel. His words flow, and as you read you almost don't need the included sheet music to hear the lyrical nature of his work. We're now being allowed to carry his work, and it is currently in stock.
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