“The buzzed-about series returns! In his second issue, Erin’s ready to do some shots of testosterone, that is, injected weekly for Hormone Replacement Therapy. The result? ‘I feel like I’m going through menopause and puberty at the same time.’ Plus: an all-new assortment of workplace antics, memories of Erin’s triplet childhood, imaginative personal ads, animal observations, and much more!”Link to author: http://www.erinnations.com/gumballs
(Publishers website)
Publishing Info:
A6 riso printed zine on yellow paper.
Manchester, UK (2021)
Description:
Sassy Peach illustrated Neon Zine Mental Health Mindful Risograph Riso. Little Peach discusses their emotions and strategies to help with mental well-being.
This zine follows the experiences of Lil' Peach. They're just a delicate fruit trying to navigate the big ol' scary world, trying to find the confidence to believe in themselves and realise they are valid just the way they are. Perfect as a pick me up when you're feeling down, to read to a friend in need or to reassure in a stressful situation. And if all else fails, they're little peachy bot looks super cute! (author's website)
Artist's Instagram: @Elsaghk
"Beyond Recovery is an independent community mental health creative project that started in late 2011. We are a small group of people who have been gathering ‘expert by experience’ mental health art pieces and literature in the Merseyside area of England. We want to pass on the wisdom gleaned by people recovering from mental distress about staying well to other people, as well as pointing out local, national and international organisations people can turn to for help and information.
We have printed two booklets featuring articles and artwork from service users in Merseyside on recovery in mental health. They also featured a guide to local mental health services. We distributed the booklets throughout Merseyside’s shops, bars, cafes and health centers – keep your eyes peeled!
We produced our first booklet in early 2016 and distributed the 2000 copies as widely as possible in the local area to a variety of organisations, cafes, barbers, libraries and to national mental health organisations via email. For issue 2 we held creative sessions at The West Kirby Drop-In during 2016 to obtain some of the material after gaining funding from The Wirral West Community Fund. For further details you can contact us via beyondrecovery2012@gmail.com, social media or this blog." (Text from Project Website)
"Lucky No.13 - How Super! So, the olympics are ready to GO GO GO, and the Euro is ready to DIVE DIVE DIVE. Care homes are 'failing the vunerable' and the Welfare State is causing trouble AGAIN. Same 'ol, same 'ol" (from author's website)Future Fantasteek! (ISSN 2399-3022) brings together a trichotomy of investigation; art-zines and independent publishing; artist as social commentator and drawing as a means of immediate visual communication. The series explores obdurate boundaries between journalism and authorial illustration using satire to reflect notions of ‘Britishness’. The series can be read as a sequence, from just prior to the ‘credit crunch’ through to the ‘age of austerity’. The series is independently published as a limited edition art-zine, with two issues per year.
"This zine continues my exploration of early forms of computing and codification, some of which paved the way for the intricate woven patterns of tapestry, brocade, and damask. Just as the Jacquard attachment allowed looms to produce these stunning fabrics, so too did the development of punched cards and other forms of code allow for the creation of visual and audio sequences and patterns." (Lee Sherman)Link to author's website: https://www.leeshearman.com/
"I made The Future for our group Social Awareness project as an experimental Zine so that I could test out some materials, typography, and page layouts. I made The Future from start to finish in one day as I wanted to challenge myself to see what I was capable of making in a short time frame. It's early in the project so our group doesn't have a Social Awareness theme yet, so I went for a loose theme of the future as by using creative outputs to tackle social awareness issues, we are inevitability trying to change the future for the better. I brought the zine to our tutorial and gave each of the group a copy for their sketchbooks, hopefully it will help us create a successful collaborative zine for this project."
(Lulu Johnson)
"Journalling is a great way to express your feelings in a productive way. Writing and illustrating this zine helped me express my anger, and also reminded me that because shit happens, that doesn't mean life is shit." (from back page of zine)
Introducing ZINO LOCI a shared imaginary location that seeks to bring visual and creative voices together annually on shared themes.
Zineopolis is excited to welcome a new collaborative zine project between students at the University of Portsmouth, UK and Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. The project will be run collectively by Jac batey, Nicolas Verstappen, and Jonathan Scott.
The first issue of this collaborative zine will be themed around GUILT and SHAME
We are looking forward to seeing how these complex emotions are visualised through narrative, comics, sequential illustration and artistic expression.
More updates to follow!
Welcome to Broken Pencil! Since 1995, we have been a mega-zine dedicated exclusively to exploring independent creative action. Published four times a year, each issue of Broken Pencil features reviews of hundreds of zines and small press books, plus comics, excerpts from the best of the underground press, interviews, original fiction and commentary on all aspects of the indie arts. From the hilarious to the perverse, Broken Pencil challenges conformity and demands attention. (From website)Issue 97 is a horror issue to celebrate Halloween and all things ghoulish. With features about art, future, zines and the best haunted bookshops. (from Magazine website, Oct 2022)This is the horror issue to align with Halloween, all things ghoulish, zine reviews, literature, art, and haunted bookshops.
Collecting stories from a range of artists of colour across the UK, this comics anthology unites their voices under a single theme: 'catalyst'. In one story, the accidental witnessing of a horrific scene turns a regular day into a nightmare; in another, the truth of what it really took to put a man on the moon is revealed. From tales of misplaced memories to battles with the id, Catalyst offers a look at the consequences of big and small acts alike. Showcasing a mix of established and emerging artists, this collection imagines the myriad ways in which a chain of events might end in either euphoria or catastrophe. Sometimes both. (excerpt from publisher's website)
