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Okay, for five dollars, including shipping, you get five zines. That seriously is a deal, because these aren't rejected submissions. These are zines that we actually sell in our catalogue. If you're new to zines or you just want a nice sampling of our catalogue, this is a pretty good idea. I throw in tons of goodies, like mixtapes, cds, buttons, interesting articles and/or photographs. Trust me, it's a blast. And it's only five dollars!

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28 Pages Lovingly Bound with Twine - $2 - (half-size, 28 pp, and, of course, lovingly bound with twine) Christoph is my favorite zinester, and this is also my favorite zine. He writes very well and makes the most mundane issues thoroughly intriguing. #6 is about writing, home life, water heaters, and parenting. #7 is about a Buddhist retreat that Christoph attended. We've got both of them, and I swear to you that if you read these zines you will be very, very happy.

Art Missive - $5 - (half-size, 32pp, with intricate binding and text-heavy) *NEW* From a single glance at this zine, I could tell that Lauren put extraordinary effort into it. The zine is bound with a combination of ribbon and thread, and that combined with the delicate font on the cover makes this look professional, and like a work of art. The inside is equally impressive. There's an interview with Emily K. Larned, maker of "gorgeous zines and artist books employing hand-binding and letterpress techniques"; Hana Ahary, a Muslim woman who has successfully fused art and the fight for women's rights "into a coherent way of life"; Jonathan Culp of Satan Macnuggit; and several beautiful, telling photographs of South Brooklyn. The interviews are packed with information, enlightenment, and inspiration, and go far beyond the average "So what do you do?" and "Who are your inspirations?" that some other zines employ. This project really is a work of art. Lauren also publishes the zine Quantify.

A Band of Minor Heroes #1 - $2 - (half-size, 40 pp) Split into three sections [love ("love") letters, personal essay/journal/stuff, and fiction], there are superheroes, a dead fish comic, and a quarter-size supplemental zine of interviews with Of Montreal, The Microphones, Little Wings, and Wolf Colonel. If you care to be featured as a minor hero, check this zine out and write Meg!

The Cheap Vegan #10 - $1 - The Cheap Vegan is quite true to its name. This is #10 in a great series of guides to living, and, more importantly, eating, cheaply. Everything from "Cheap Sprouts for Lazy Tightwads" and cheap casseroles, to a guide to eating cheaply on the road and an article comparing health food stores, your average grocery store, and specialty stores. It's cheap, too.

Crash - $1.50 - Crash is self-described as "Dedicated to Politics, Music, Movies, Activism, Philosophy, Sex, Love, Life, and everything else your mother warned you about." I don't think it needs any more of a description than that, but I will certainly add that every interview is interesting, every article is well-written, and everything else is great, too. A must-have for the truly well-balanced mind.
- July - Interviews with the Kitty Kill and Princess Superstar, and the owner of Toys in Babeland. Also: Hemp-Based Food testing, Saying goodbye to patriotism, the FCC and "free" speech, and more.
- August - This issue has a lot of articles that seem to contridict one another, but that just forces the reader to make her or his own decisions regarding the issues at hand. Articles about conservative Michael Savage, the fall of American masculinity, the George W. Fear Factory, Sex work and civil rights, fascism, and so much more. Well worth the read. "This issue attempts a more well rounded (not scattered just even) view of things." - Shay
- September - Discourses on the word "Vagina," street medicine, the RAVE Act, commercialization of revolutionaries, and affirmative action beyond the US, an interview with Kimeee Heatley (rock_stargirrl), and a comic strip.
- October - The Movies and Media issue. Numerous interviews and whatnot, and this zine is still going strong.
- November - Supposedly this issue is about civil rights, but I didn't really get that as a theme. There were a number of very interesting articles about civil rights, though, but mostly the rights of prisoners.

Damn Engine - A truly well-written perzine by Meredith of Sweet Anthem Press & Distro. These zines are oh-so-poetic and simply beautiful. Meredith is open and willing to share her experiences, and by the end of this zine, you will know that there is common ground between you.
- #3 Theta is an Angle - $1 - Tales about kittens, college life, zines, and other such ordinary occurences are soon revealed to be anything but.
- #4 "my newest insomnia" - $2 - Short discourses on how some movies influenced Meredith's life, Shopping with Sisters ("A Fashion Crisis Story, About Family"), insomnia, a really bad shower, and the end to a truly great zine.

Faces - $0.50 - A minicomic of faces young and old, creepy and compassionate. Very cool, and on cardstock.

The Heart Star - $1 - Block-printed cover and an awesome story, a touching folktale about inner peace and nice stuff like that to make you feel warm and fuzzy inside.

Honeypot - $1 - Themed issues that make you think, great printed covers, a real gem in the world of zines.
- #2 Beauty is...a Battlefield - Pages upon pages of images, quotes, lyrics, stories, and people's ideas of what beauty is and what it means to be beautiful. This description in no way does justice to the greatness of this particular issue. It is really incredible and uplifting.
- #3 Love Me, Love My Elephant - Strength, questions, love, loneliness, change, sex, the "beauty industry," wisdom, and an interview with a bondage/fetish model. Honey has a knack for making the simple truly beautiful.

Knock On Formica #2 - $1 - (sixth-size, 36 pp) - The second issue of this lit zine has five (short?) stories, all sort of a combination of science fiction, dark humor, utter cynicism, and irony. (and, impressively, there are 12 different cover designs, and each one is illuminated by hand!)

Lovely Ugly Cruel World - $1 - #s 1 and 2 of the series can be found at lunar-circuitry.net, but we carry numbers 3, 4, and 5. All copies come with LUCW #2.5. These tell the story of Amelia and Francis, well-drawn and well-scripted. Seriously, this is dark, angsty teen humor at its finest.

Media Whore ...because the media can be hazardous to your health - $1 - Randie, the girl who made this zine, describes it as "a unique feminist zine about the media." I call it fun, informative, and very, very edgy. You don't have to be a feminist to appreciate these articles; unlike some feminist zines, this one is easily approachable for anyone.
#1 - There are articles about girls in the metal scene, Oprah magazine, the unfortunate decline of the feminist bookstore, the rebirth of women heroes in comics, and an article with one of the founders of Bitch magazine. Some more, too, but those articles would each be worth the measly dollar it costs you to get this zine.
#2 - This issue has a focus on "the visual components of media," with encouragement to support feminist media, a photographer that challenges the traditional roles of women as sex toys as well as housewives, abortion in prime-time television, Suicide Girls, objectification in advertisement, feminist film collectives, the new view of prime-time women as cheating and heartless, and a review of Spirited Away, an incredible anime film.

Nuthin' - $1.50 - A great punk zine, one that actually uses top five lists to its advantage! Interviews with punk rock bands from all over. The writers are very down to earth, and very fun. All issues have interviews, top five lists, record reviews, quotes to live by, and the ubiquitous poetry corner!
- #2 - Interviews with Twelve Tribes, the Lawrence Arms, and the Copyrights, along with 32 (count 'em!) 32 record reviews and extra goodies (like a punk rock crossword puzzle :D). - #3 - More interviews, with Since by Man, Time in Malta, Even in Blackouts, and Mexican Cheerleader. A number of columns, 27 record reviews, and a punk rock coloring page at the end.
- #4 - Even more interviews! Guff, Small Brown Bike, Rocky Votolato, and Lovedrug. A ton of columns, the pentatonic scale in E minor, 27 more record reviews, and even more.

Rabbit Fodder Addict - $1 + stamp - (20 recipes, quarter-size, 24 pp +cover) - TONS of awesome vegan recipes for cheap
-#1 - Sweet potato and hummus quesadillas, Tahini Tofu Mayo, "Screw Jell-O" pudding, Ranch dressing, apple crisp, Mom's corn bread, vegan-style, and more. (each zine has a different cover)
-#2 - A really helpful guide to vegan baking substitutes, non-dairy milk recipes (like banana milk and sunflower seed milk), recipes for filthy rice, marinara sauce, "chicken scratch," a couple kinds of cookies, six kinds of sushi, and a load more.

Rated Rookie #4 - $3 ppd. - (full-size, 48 pp) - another wacky zine from the same kids that gave you stories about toothbrush fetishes and Jesus-inspired products. This issue features a personal account from the front line of battle between New Yorkers and the infamous cockroach, a story of pitching cricket cookies to the public, an interview with Bob Burns, art director of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Hills Have Eyes, Re-Animator, and the Howling, and a history of the (one-sided?) conflict between Marilyn Manson and the Human Oddities.

The Sad Lives of Fish - $0.75 - Another of Time Petty's minicomics, about a true news story about vandalism at an elementary school where, ultimately, the class fish was killed.

Sensitivity Training - $1
(half-size, copied, b&w, cut-and-paste)*NEW* themed issues, lots of personal notes, reprints from online sources, DIY ideas, drawings.
#2 - the random issue - reprint of an anti-copyright article, diary from a trip to Italy, how to make a record bowl, DIY horns, etc.
#4 - the sad artist issue - sad, depressing excerpts from _emily's_ diary and online journal, accompanied by photographs and stark drawings. ultimately very depressing...some might even say "emo"?
#6 - $2 - (quarter-size, 52pp + a double-sided, half-page minicomic in a handmade envelope) *NEW* Writing this review is rather strange, for me, because it is my zine. This is the first time it has ever been a compilation of others' works as well as my own, but I think it came out very nicely. This is the fear issue. There's humor, seriousness, action, adventure, advocacy, activism, and much much more. The zine is very text heavy, but with enough artwork here and there to break it up and keep it interesting. This is really well-worth the read, and it's postage-paid, so the $2 is the final cost.



Suburban Gothic - $1 each issue or $1.50 for both - an amazingly well-written perzine. Rae writes about real issues, and everything she writes is interesting and thought-provoking. Text is overlayed on photographic backgrounds that only add to the effect she tries to acheive.
#1 - "snow can wait" - (quarter-size, 32 pp) - Rae writes beautifully about winter, the good and bad of it. She describes it in the most stark, simple way possible, and it is a very enjoyable read, if depressing.
#2 - "corazon = diablo" - (quarter-size, 32 pp) - In this issue, Rae puts into words the struggle to get over a broken heart, in the form of a letter to the anonymous lover. Just like her last issue, #2 is absolutely gorgeous prose.

Ultima Thule #3 - $3 or $2.50 + a stamp - This is a really neat zine. This German girl made an artzine about Berlin, God, losing balance, and love. And the pictures rock. I mean, go to Melle's site and just check it out. This stuff is absolutely astounding.

Untitled - $0.50 or all three issues for $1 - Tim Petty sent me this zine. He classifies it as a "minicomic / mini-fine-art zine," and described it as being full of "abstract collage, comix, and vignettes." He was very cool and donated some copies for us to sell, to help support the distro. #1 and #3 are 1/4 size, and #2 is 1/8 size. All contain words and pictures and collages, and all are oddly intriguing. Very abstract, but it's almost like each issue is a microcosm.

Valiant Death Records Catalogue - FREE if you ask for it - 2003 catalogue for the punk rock/ activist/ DIY record label in Virginia

Waiting an Hour for Whitey - $0.75 - I guess this is a joint effort minicomic of some kind. It's on pretty blue cardstock and has a really neat visual appeal. Featuring "the not-so-deep thoughts of Franken-Forty."

You Idiot #1 - $1 - (half-size, 28 pp) - A surprisingly hilarious research-and-review zine about bad books and bad videogames, featuring a suspicious parallel between religious and anti-drug videogames, as well as books about Nick Carter, the evils hidden within Journey albums, and "the Rock Solid Science of Cat Astrology." "This is not exactly eye-opening, hard-hitting research...You won't have any startling new insights arter reading this, walking away with 'Gee, I never looked at things that way before...preachers who burn heavy metal records ARE kind of creepy'...I just want to make it clear from the start then, before you get any farther: There Is No Point To Any Of This." - Nate, the zinester, who also publishes Pick Your Poison.

Your Very Own Pipey Person - $1 (+stamp, if possible) a pipe cleaner person with a tiny perzine about the creator's experiences with pipe cleaner crafts, super nifty to say the least.