In A Tizzy - Issue Two
By Candice Cummings

Publishing Info:
Portsmouth, UK, 2009
A5, 12 pages, sewn binding
Inkjet on tinted paper

Description:
Humorous zine all about money worries and getting a job, includes fake adverts and advice for life. Front cover has stamped gold pattern and the crown has 3 rhinestones. Financial pressures and bills mount up over the pages. Patterned end pages show economy shopping.

Link to Personal Website: None listed

In A Tizzy - Issue One




In A Tizzy Issue One
By Candice Cummings

Publishing Info:
Portsmouth, UK, 2008
153mm x 210mm, sewn binding
Inkjet on brown paper with rubber stamp marks

Description:
Great looking zine that details a panic attack and how to cope with it, the tone is humorous and includes advice and illustrations, both real and surreal. The zine is printed on brown paper with subtle colour elements. The zine also has a tracing paper fly leaf. The brown panic bag is tucked into the packaging.Created as part of Candice's final submission for her Illustration BA(HONS) Degree at the University of Portsmouth, 2008.

Link to Personal Website: None listed

It




It
By Andy Smith and Ryan Snook

Publishing Info:
Edition of 40, Hastings, UK, 2010
132mm x 155mm, Saddle-stitched
B&W photocopy with screen printed colour cover

Description:
Correspondence zine drawn between June 2009 - May 2010.
18 sequential pages collaborative book project.
Each illustrator completes one page then passes it on to the other illustrator, much in the same way as the parlour game, 'exquisite corpse'. This makes for a strange unfolding narrative that winds left to right across the pages.

Link to Personal Websites:
http://www.asmithillustration.com/
http://www.ryansnook.com/

I Don’t Need Your Change I Need A Change




I Don’t Need Your Change I Need A Change
By RJ

Publishing Info:
Portsmouth, UK, 2010
Small foldy
Screen print on to manilla

Description:
Zine about homelessness. Comes with a small key with luggage label.

Link to Personal Website:
http://www.freakstaticillustration.co.uk/

XX & XY




XX & XY
By Christian Bennett, Grave Parvin, Jacob Hill-Gowing, Leon Caddick, Lotti Haxell, Scott Kadwell, Maya Antonova

Publishing Info:
Portsmouth, UK, 2011
A5, 66 pages, saddle-stitched
B&W with screen printed cover

Description:
Zine with adult content, themed about relationships and sex. The zine also contains some illustrations that have social comments. 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 Issuu – viewers need to confirm they are over 18:
http://www.issuu.com/xyxx/docs/xxxy

X-Rated Animal Hospital




X-Rated Animal Hospital
By Karoline Rerrie

Publishing Info:
Birmingham, UK, 2007
A6, 16 pages, saddle-stitched
B&W

Description:
Small, fun, beautifully illustrated zine about a 'saucy' animal hospital. Dogs, pussys and rabbits play doctors and nurses across a variety of puzzles and games such as, spot the difference, dot-to-dot and word search. 

Link to Profile:
http://www.facebook.com/karoline.rerrie

He bought me ANOTHER Soda and he tried to molest me in the SAME parking lot AGAIN!



He bought me ANOTHER Soda and he tried to molest me in the SAME parking lot AGAIN!
By Paul O'Connell

Publishing Info:
Brighton, UK, 2009
A5, 28 pages, saddle-stitched
B&W and colour laser print.

Description:
“A second anthology collection of illustrations inspired by 'those songs that get stuck in your head all day’!” Paul O'Connell is a writer and graphic artist who self-publishes collections of his own solo and collaborative work under the title of The Sound of Drowning.

Link to website:
http://www.soundofdrowning.com/
 

Wrong Dog (The)




The Wrong Dog
By Dave Shelton

Publishing Info:
Cambridge, UK, 1998
A6, 24 pages, saddle-stitched
B&W with colour cover

Description:
The dreamlike tale of a burnt-down house and missing dog. Seemingly unlinked illustrations linked by wandering narrative, the ultimate shaggy dog story.  David has since become a widely published children’s book illustrator/author and comic artists.

Link to website:
http://daveshelton.com/

Write Soon




Write Soon
By Sonia Hope


Publishing Info:
London, UK, 2008
A5, 16 pages
B&W on tinted paper

Description:
Zine full of scans of postcards and letters all to the author, containing hand drawn type and doodles. Sonia works at INIVA (Insitute of International Visual Arts) in London, she manages all aspects of Iniva’s library and information services, including archive materials. Her research interests are contemporary visual arts, British and Caribbean literature, feminism and gender theory.

Link to website:
http://www.iniva.org/library/archive/people/h/hope_sonia

Why? Because We Can




Why? Because We Can
By James Johnson, Phil Holehouse 

Publishing Info:
Portsmouth, UK, 2006
A4, 12 pages
Bound with poster-hanger
Colour ink-jet

Description:
Satire on the many sob-story celebrity magazines such as Pick Me Up or Hello. 
This is a humorous collection of nonsense, including problem pages, horoscopes and advertising. Created for the Zines Unit, Illustration BA(HONS) Course at the University of Portsmouth.

Link to personal website: None listed

We Can Be Heroes




We Can Be Heroes
By Zoe Wooll, Jennie Wood, Pat Nolan, Sarah Walbrin, Simon White. 

Publishing Info:
Portsmouth, UK, 2006
A5, 24 pages
10 pages, saddle-stitched
B&W photocopy with colour cover

Description:
This zine is about superheros in the real world. It is humorous and has satirical adverts and short stories along with strip cartoons. Created for the Zines Unit, Illustration BA(HONS) Course at the University of Portsmouth.

Link to personal website: None listed

We Are The Target People




We Are The Target People
By Andy Smith

Publishing Info:
Edition of 300 Hastings, UK, 2009
135mm x 130mm
10 pages, Sadle-stitch
Screen printed

Description:
This is a humorous narrative about a groups of dancing target people. The book has a great punchline. These are self published books that are hand silkscreened and produced in small editions.

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

What Are You Collecting At The Moment Mark?




What Are You Collecting At The Moment Mark?
By Mark Pawson


Publishing Info:
March 2002, London UK
Mini-comic 105mm x 75mm
32 pages, single staple
B&W photocopy, with colour cover

Description: 
Small booklet detailing Mark's current obsessions and the objects that he needs to surround himself with. Photos of the collections are followed by a list at the back of the book. Includes items such as; Shock-Headed Cavemen; Joke Ashtrays; Japanese Tin Bug Collecting Boxes and many more.

Link to personal website: None listed

Welcome!

Hello, Zineopolis will be moving here over summer.

Ninth International Conference of the Book

Ninth International Conference of the Book
9th International Conference on the Book
University of St. Michael’s College at the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

14-16 October 2011

Paper Title:
Art-Zines – The Self-Publishing Revolution: The Zineopolis Art-Zine Collection

Abstract:
By: Dr Jackie Batey

As the curator of Zineopolis - Art-Zine collection at the University of Portsmouth, I set the aim of the collection to archive and reflect the diversity of thought and talent that exists outside the traditional publishing arena. Zines are one of the few areas left where creative people can speak without censorship to an audience beyond the gallery. This makes the world of zines new and exciting as well as challenging, with Art-Zines especially - the tactility and aesthetic of the self-published artifact is an important consideration. Commercial art is changing rapidly, with over reliance on clip-art images and images that exist to simply dress-up yet another advert. 
The nature of production, often cheap and quick, means these Art-Zines reflect the thoughts and hopes of the day (quite literally). 
 Zineopolis is located within the School of Art and Design so it was a deliberate choice to focus upon image-heavy zines, although we have examples of poetry-zines, personal-zines and fan-zines. The emergence of zines across the USA, Europe and beyond means that contrary to popular thought, younger people (the most populous producers) have plenty to say about the world they find themselves in, and not as passively as one may expect. The culture of zines shows us that people do still have opinions, it also shows us that traditional conduits for sharing thoughts are probably not as accessible as we'd like to think. The Zineopolis collection seeks to archive and celebrate the self-publishing boom. Zineopolis is primarily a non-virtual collection where items can be handled and flicked-through, many have novelty items, unusual packaging, unconventional bindings, or unusual materials, this collection (although archived online) is sensorial delight in the ‘pysical’. This presentation will show examples of what constitutes an Art-Zine.

Cheltenham Illustration Awards

October 2008, Guest lecture by Jackie Batey about starting the Zineopolis Collection and independent publishing for students.Many examples of zines held in the collection were shown onscreen and handed round the audience.



"A one day Symposium that explores autonomous career pathways for Illustration graduates and professionals. We have a distinguished line-up of speakers, who are all keen to discuss the proposal that illustrators will only find creative satisfaction through self-expression and creating work that is meaningful to them, and not dependent on short-lived trends or dictates of the graphic design industry. The Symposium will take place at Pittville Studios, University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham on Wednesday the 15 October 2008, and will coincide with the presentation ceremony of the second Cheltenham Illustration Awards."
Promotional Copy

Press & Release Zines and Artists' Book Exhibition


Phoenix Gallery in Brighton, UK.
26 April – 7 June, 2008
The Press & Release Zines Exhibition is great and well worth a visit. I visited the exhibition on behalf of Zineopolis and bought a selection of books and zines for the collection.

Zineopolis Exhibition

Zineopolis Exhibition in The University Library, University of Portsmouth
22nd February -14th March 2008
Zineopolis is showing some examples of our growing collection.


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