Metaphorical Measurements for a British Olympics

Metaphorical Measurements for a British Olympics
George Hardie and Daniel Kasper

Publishing Info:
Brighton, UK, 2011
A6 commercially printed booklet
Colour on matt paper

Description:
Small booklet that contains quirky facts and figures from the Olympics putting them in a very ‘British’ context. Ie. the Olympic high jump record is described as “ Jumping the height of the front covers of thirteen and a quarter plays from the Penguin Shakespeare.”

Link to personal website: http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/staff/hardie,-george

The Chap - Issue No.6

The Chap
Editor: Gustav Temple, Art Director: Vic Darkwood

Publishing Info:
London, UK, c.2001
A5 independent magazine.
Commercially printed in colour.

Description (from the Chap website):
The Chap takes a wry look at the modern world through the steamed-up monocle of a more refined age, occasionally getting its sock suspenders into a twist at the unspeakable vulgarity of the twenty-first century.
Since 1999, the Chap has been championing the rights of that increasingly marginalised and discredited species of Englishman – the gentleman. The Chap believes that a society without courteous behaviour and proper headwear is a society on the brink of moral and sartorial collapse, and it seeks to reinstate such outmoded but indispensable gestures as hat doffing, giving up one’s seat to a lady and regularly using a trouser press.

Link to website: http://thechapmagazine.co.uk/

Googling Yourself

Googling Yourself
Carl Reed

Publishing Info:
Portsmouth, UK, 2012
A6 Foldy, edition of 50
Printed on both sides in colour on matt paper.

Description:
A double-sided foldy showing what happens when our ‘hero’ Chris Jaffe tries to google himself. Humorous folded zine with large poster image on the reverse. Lovely illustrations.

Link to personal website: http://www.orangereed.com/

When I Grow Up

When I Grow Up
By Romana Hoque; Lizzie Hug; Alice McWilliams; Laura Cranston; Trisha Birks;
Megan Harvey-Grainger; Carla Salt

Publishing Info:
Portsmouth, UK, 2012
A5 portrait zine, edition of 8
Laser printed in colour.

Description:
A collaborative zine on the theme of “what do I want to be when I grow-up?”
The combined cover is a fun image and overall the zine is lively and amusing.
Created as a group project for the Zines Unit, Illustration BA(HONS) Course at the University of Portsmouth 2012.

Link to personal website: All individual artists have contact info packaged with the zine.

Dead End Jobs

Dead End Jobs

By Emily Neale; Kieren Duffet; Michelle Kettel; RJ James; Emma Nicol; Jayde Boulton;
Helousie Banks; Mike Durell

Publishing Info:
Portsmouth, UK, 2012
20cm x 20cm zine, edition of 5
Screen printed in black and red.
Comes with a mini-version in and envelope with job survival kit. 

Description:
A collaborative zine that is elegant in appearance and beautifully produced. The large format is unusual and would probably sit fairly well in an artists’ book collection as well as a zine one. The dot monotone aesthetic is very eye-catching throughout and helps to unify all the different artistic styles, it even has patterned end papers. The little kit in brown envelope is fun addition and it’s great to see the group of artists have experimented with making a smaller cheaper version in addition to the large zine. Created as a group project for the Zines Unit, Illustration BA(HONS) Course at the University of Portsmouth 2012.

Link to personal website: None listed

Hate

 

Hate
By Armin Roshdi; Chris Watts; David Scott; Eleanor Clancy; Kayleigh Causton; Paige Calvert; 

Rob Troughton; Siobahan McKenna

Publishing Info:
Portsmouth, UK, 2012
A5 portrait zine, edition of 9
White silkpaper cover, colour inside.

Description:
A collaborative zine that is well produced and bound. The simple cover is intriguing and is a good choice. The work inside is unified by the set colour palette and theme suits all the artists. There are some great moments I particularly enjoyed; whispering is rude and missing teeth.
Created as a group project for the Zines Unit, Illustration BA(HONS) Course at the University of Portsmouth 2012.

Link to personal website: Artist’s QR codes printed on the inside back cover.

Pet Peeves

Pet Peeves
By Lucie Rutty; Rebecca King; Will Holdsworth; Phaedra Barr; Kevin Marsden; Jasmine Hutchinson

Publishing Info:
Portsmouth, UK, 2012
A5 portrait zine, edition of 7
Colour card cover and laser cut belly band.
Heavy paper throughout, colour inside, with several laser cut pages.

Description:
A collaborative zine about ‘pet hates’ it’s elegant in appearance and there are some delightful pages; the laser cutting is a great treat. Some pages are more of a rant and others are more humorous, such as;
Slow walkers; Tea coffee sugar; mobility scooters and automated check-in desks in libraries.
Created as a group project for the Zines Unit, Illustration BA(HONS) Course at the University of Portsmouth 2012.

Link to personal website: None listed

Monster Mash

Monster Mash
By Kaleigh Duxbury; Lauren Baldwin; Carl Edwards; Joff Reid; Alice Bourne; Sophie Hampton; Lauren Scott-Smith.

Publishing Info:
Portsmouth, UK, 2012
A5 manila envelope containing A5 portrait zine, edition of 8
Colour card cover, colour laser print inside.

Description:
A collaborative zine of monsters. The production levels are high and the stickers and flyers are a great touch. The images sit really well together and the rules set over the group such as monster page and quote/text page really unifies the whole. A fun mix of humorous and intriguing images.
Created as a group project for the Zines Unit, Illustration BA(HONS) Course at the University of Portsmouth 2012.

Link to issuu: http://issuu.com/laurenbaldwinillustration/docs/monsterzinepdf

Monster

Monster
By Amber Elliot; Gemma Foran; Harry Newbould; Daryl Lyall; Curtis Hylton; James Long; Jacob Myers.

Publishing Info:
Portsmouth, UK, 2012
A5 portrait, edition of 8
Colour card cover, colour laser print inside.

Description:
Produced with a variety of different coloured covers each with a luggage label. Themed around ‘Monsters’ there’s some fun pages within I particularly liked the black and white images (cellulose thinners) and the mini monster grids on brown paper. The ‘classic horror update’ pages did give a good sense of the horror genre with more culturally familiar characters.
Created as a group project for the Zines Unit, Illustration BA(HONS) Course at the University of Portsmouth 2012.

Link to personal website: individual artists listed on reverse of zine.

Awkward Animal Vol.1 – party Animals

Awkward Animal Vol.1 – party Animals
By Sally Bufton: Emma Dinnage: Polly Frank: Chris Hunt: Richard Goddard: Amber Jefferson-Grant: Alex Meli

Publishing Info:
Portsmouth, UK, 2012
A5 portrait, edition of 8
Colour card cover, colour laser print inside

Description:
A satirical collaborative zine about Party Animals, which is entertaining and there are some real gems within, especially - a dog on the toilet; the house scene with lots of animals including giraffe and pug; aardvarks on drugs; the hen night and the cat looking in the mirror. The shared colour palette really unifies the whole and adds to the humorous tone. The images sit really well together and this is a real treat visually and sequentially. Created as a group project for the Zines Unit, Illustration BA(HONS) Course at the University of Portsmouth 2012.

Link to personal website: None listed

Visual Noise Issue 2

Visual Noise Issue 2
Roberta Collins

Publishing Info:
Portsmouth, UK, 2010
A5 landscape, edition of 45
Screen print - 2 colour.

Description:
2 colour foldy zinebased on music themes, this issude was created for Roberta's degree show at the University of Portsmouth, it is about cats and their sensitivity to various noises, such as their dislike of harmonicas.

Link to Twitter: http://twitter.com/plasticmammoth

Visual Noise Issue 1

Visual Noise Issue 1
Roberta Collins

Publishing Info:
Portsmouth, UK, 2010
A6, Foldy – edition of 45
Screen print - 2 colour.

Description:
2 colour foldy zinebased on music themes, this issude was created for Roberta's degree show at the University of Portsmouth, it is about cats and their sensitivity to various noises, such as their dislike of harmonicas.

Link to Twitter: http://twitter.com/plasticmammoth

Vain Issue 2

Vain Issue 2
Tia Orian (Executive editor), Zachary Goehner (Art Director)

Publishing Info:
Seattle, WA, USA, 2008
A5, 46 pages, saddle-stitched.
Colour laser printing.

Description:
Colour zine based on submissions from artists, writers and poets. Social anecdotes, music comentary, poems, short stories and artwork mix well in a well-produced and often melacholy and dreamlike, small format magazine.

"Vain Magazine is a quarterly publication that combines the innocence of art with the modernity of the world. Established by artists to provide art-enthusiasts of all kinds with a new form of collaborative art, Vain connects and combines writing, visuals, and music to immerse its readers in beauty."
Quote from Vain Website, April 2008

Link to Personal Website: http://www.callmevain.com/

USA

USA
Pinky

Publishing Info: 
Taos, New Mexico, USA 2007
A5, 24 pages, saddle-stitched.
Black & white laser print with colour cover.

Description: 
Black & white zine looking at the cahracters that inhabit the environment where the artist was staying.The drawings were done in San Francisco and later printed in Taos.
"All the drawings where done over a three month period in the states oct 06 - Jan 07. they are sketch book impressions of my time there [USA]". Pinky

Link to Personal Website: http://www.pinkyvision.com/

Ultimate Uber Sports

Ultimate Uber Sports 
Andy Cobb, Debbie Clarke-Lens, Stuart Fenwick, Sarah Cooper, Christina Burgess & Candice Cumming.

Publishing Info: 
Portsmouth, UK 2006
A5, 20 pages, saddle-stitched.
Black & white photocopy, with free T-bag.

Description: 
Black & white zine taking a humorous look at extreme sports. This zine includes silly things to do, aimed at a 20-something audience. Shopping trolley races and making a cup of tea. Created as part of the Zines Unit, set for Level 2 students on the Illustration BA(HONS) Course at the University of Portsmouth, UK.

Link to Personal Website: None listed.

Uamou From Another Planet Issue 3

Uamou From Another Planet Issue 3 
Ayako Takagi

Publishing Info: 
Japan 2006
w140mm x h200mm, 24 pages, saddle-stitched.
Black & white inkjet print on brown paper.

Description: 
Three characters, Uamou, Vamou and Boo face a meteorite crash landing in their village, while day to day life continues, complete with picnics and bullying.

Link to Personal Website: http://www.uamou.com/

Uamou From Another Planet Issue 2

Uamou From Another Planet Issue 2 
Ayako Takagi

Publishing Info: 
Japan 2005
w140mm x h200mm, 24 pages, saddle-stitched.
Black & white inkjet print on brown paper.

Description:
Two characters, Uamou, and Boo face separation when a spaceship takes one of them away, this narrative ends with a "to be continued..."
Beautifully drawn in soft black on brown paper.

Link to Personal Website: http://www.uamou.com/

Uamou From Another Planet Issue 1

Uamou From Another Planet Issue 1 
Ayako Takagi

Publishing Info:
Japan 2005
w140mm x h200mm, 24 pages, saddle-stitched.
Black & white inkjet print on brown paper, with a set of stickers.

Description: 
The story starts here, Uamou is sent to another planet, but crashes and wrecks his spaceship. Feeling lonely he meets the animals of the new planet and a little ghost called Boo.

Link to Personal Website: http://www.uamou.com/

Twenty Pence Fleece (The)

Twenty Pence Fleece (The) 
Jade Spranklen, Steve Dunn, Lorna Harrington, Kam Hassan, Tom Smalley, Liam Lonergan, Richard Hughes

Publishing Info: 
Portsmouth UK, 2010
A5, 16 pages, saddle-stitched.
Black and white photocopy on cartridge paper with cream card cover.

Description: 
Mix of illustrations, surreal drawings, strip cartoons and social commentary on themes such as blind date, war, dental floss, fight club and job seeking. Created as part of the Zines Unit, set for Level 2 students on the Illustration BA(HONS) Course at the University of Portsmouth, UK.

Link to Personal Website: None listed

Typecast

Typecast
Portsmouth Artists and Illustrators, (Edited by) David G Kirby, Mike Cooter and Nick Hay.
1998 Portsmouth UK.

Publishing Info: 
Portsmouth UK, 1998
90mm x 140mm, 32 pages, saddle-stitched.
Screenprint and commercial printing in black and orange.

Description:
Set out in the form of a manifesto, this represents the work of 14 Portsmouth artists and illustrators; Andrew Adams; Natalie Adams; Melanine C Bennet; Sam Chivers; Mike Cooter; Nick Hay; Richard Jackson; David G Kirby; Jon P Mitchell; Simon Ottoway; Daniel Palmer; Fiona Partners; Rob Rainbow; Melanie Smith. Each artist has a double-page spread.

Link to Personal Website - Nicola Hay: http://www.imageastherapy.co.uk/

Three Very Small Comics - Volume II

Three Very Small Comics - Volume II 
Tom Gauld

Publishing Info: 
London UK, 2004
105mm x 75mm, various: from 16 pages, saddle-stitched, to A4 foldy.
Monochrome laserprint on cream or white paper

Description: 
Three mini comics:
Invasion, the ironic tale of an invading soldier.
Our Hero Battles Twenty-Six Alphabeticised Terrors, the story of a solo soldier battling through 'Axeman' to 'Zombies'.
The Robots Broke Out of the Factory and Fled As Far As Their Batteries Would Allow, concertina comic showing where various robots have broken-down in their break for freedom.

Link to Personal Website: http://www.tomgauld.com/

Think ?

Think ? 
Richard Webb, Erlan Masson, Rachel Leech, Ken Leung, Charli Hannay

Publishing Info: 
Portsmouth UK, 1998
85mm x 155mm, 8 pages, saddle-stitched.
Black and white inkjet print on to cream card.

Description: 
Double-sided strip conveying alternative theories for creation, time travel, and the possibility of robots living amongst us. Created as part of the Zines Unit, set for Level 2 students on the Illustration BA(HONS) Course at the University of Portsmouth, UK.

Link to Personal Website: None listed