Zine Fiend

Hello Zinesters and Zine Enthusiasts, If you've been to my living room, you've seen our bookshelves. Filled with graphic novels, non-faction, and some nondescript white boxes. Upon closer inspect you may have read their labels - "how-to" "literature" "fanzine". What are in these boxes, but zines of course. Zines I've collected over the years. Zines I've bought, traded, read, and loved. But they've sat in those boxes. Until now. I'm starting a newsletter mostly to share the zines I love and spread the word of the zinesters I admire. Specific zines can be an odd thing to refer to people because they are extremely ephemeral. While some may be easy to find, others are long out of print, and others still can be located only if you know just where to look or who to email. They're found everywhere from zine stores, to etsy, to fests -- all depending on the motivation of the creator. There used to be catalogues dedicated to zine promo and reviews, but they've largely died out. This is my tiny spark in that absence. Each e-mail will feature a zine from my collection, a review, some scans, and where to buy it. Maybe I'll add some additional zine related content! Maybe I'll have a consistent send schedule! We'll see how this goes. Long Live Zines, Anna Jo Beck Zinester