events

We had great fun tabling at the Portland Zine Symposium last year, which was held in a great new space.  We especially had fun being part of the inaugural Short Run, Seattle’s new small press festival.

zines in the distro

We completely sold out of “Archiving the Underground” at Short Run, but it’s back in stock now!  We should also soon be getting copies of the new Zine World, and we added some Crabby Media buttons.

forum!

We had to both take down the old forum and close sign-ups at the new forum for awhile because we were inundated with spammers, but the forum is back up and running again!  Join us, won’t you?

zine friends

Alex Wrekk has given StolenSharpieRevolution.org a big update.  And Compilation Station seems to have several open calls for submissions.

So!  What’s new with you all?

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Thanks for your patience!

1. Chris is about as thrilled over this as you might expect, seeing as it’s currently summer in Seattle.

I feel it’s awkward to say that a zine is “important”, because i believe all zines are important — but this is one of those rare instances where i’m going to say it anyway because this zine covers a subject that really is important to spend some time thinking about.  “Archiving the Underground” will be especially interesting to any zine-makers (or former zine-makers) who have gone into academia or librarianship, or to any scholar who’s enjoyed zines and is interested in their uses as pedagogical tools.  But it’s also important for any currently-active zine-maker to consider the topics in this zine, because as more and more of us consider academia/archiving as a profession, it means that more and more scholarship will have its eyes on zines and the underground — and what does that mean for us as zine-makers? for zines as a community?  This series of interviews with archivists, authors, and academics tackles topics such as is there a zine canon? do zines belong in archives? what’s the relationship between the academy and underground artists?  Most impressive is that Jenna and Jami included Teal Triggs, author of the controversial Fanzines (2010) book, in their roster of interviewees.  (Chris)

• by:  Jenna Brager & Jami Sailor (eds.)
• from:  U.S.A. | 2011
• half-letter: 5.5" x 8.5"
• 38 pages, saddle-stapled
• $1.03

The silly typewriter keeps you company in our forum and also loves to hang out on your jacket or your bag.  A 1″ pinback button, made for us by the fantastic Alex Wrekk of Small World Buttons.

• $1.03

• $1.03

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First of all, the website:

• We’re reorganizing our info section, so that it’s more usable and, um, informative than it has been.
• The PayPal problems that took our shop offline for awhile have been resolved and the shop is about ready to officially re-open.
• We’ve taken our old forum offline because we’re planning a switch to new forum software.  I’m not sure if this will happen before the Portland Zine Symposium or not, but we’ll make an announcement when it’s ready.

Also, Portland Zine Symposium:  I’ll be staffing our table there, as usual, the weekend of august 6th and 7th.  This year it’ll be a half table, as the new location for PZS is much smaller, so keep a sharp eye!  I’m trying to improve our tablecloth with a nice Crabby Media banner on it so it’s easier to spot.

And don’t forget:  We have a call for submissions going right now!  It’s a comp zine all about SF fandom and its possibilities and problems.  The deadline is january 1st of 2012, so there’s still time to get your ideas cooking.  If you have a submission or some questions, write to us: marginrelease@crabbymedia.org

Thanks!

xoxo,
chris.

• by:  Jerianne (ed.)
• from:  Murfreesboro, Tennessee, U.S.A. | 2010
• letter: 8.5" x 11"
• 34 pages, saddle-stapled
• $4.12

• by:  Jerianne (ed.)
  
• from:  Murfreesboro, Tennessee, U.S.A. | 2009
• letter: 8.5" x 11"
• 49 pages, stapled & reinforced with blue tape
• $3.09

• by:  Kim Schwenk | Grrrl Zines A Go-Go
  
• from:  San Diego, California, U.S.A. | 2008
• half-letter: 5.5" x 8.5"
• 20 pages, saddle-stapled
• $2.06

• by:  Grrrl Zines A Go-Go
  
• from:  San Diego, California, U.S.A. | 2007
• half-letter: 5.5" x 8.5"
• 8 pages, saddle-stapled
• $2.06

• by:  Grrrl Zines A Go-Go
  
• from:  San Diego, California, U.S.A. | 2006
• half-letter: 5.5" x 8.5"
• 8 pages, saddle-stapled
• $2.06