zineopolis

Planet Stereo - Issue One

Planet Stereo - Issue One
Alberto Rodriguez

Publishing Info:
Toledo, Spain, 2007, edition of 200
A6, 16 pages with additional A4 central fold-out section.
Black and white photocopy with day-glo yellow cover.
A selection of colour stickers.

Description:
Image-based celebration of music and club culture

Link to Personal Website: http://stereoplastika.com/planeta.htm

Pick Your Nose

Pick Your Nose
Arran Mackintosh

Publishing Info:
Portsmouth UK, 2009, edition of 300
A7, foldy, 6 pages opening-up to an A4 poster.
White screenprint onto red paper
Red acetate sewn envelope.

Description:
Small fun zine sold to support the Red Nose Day (http://www.rednoseday.com/) events during Comic Relief 2009.

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

Phlegm Comic No.8

Phlegm Comic No.8
Phlegm

Publishing Info:
Sheffield, UK 2008
A5, 36 pages, saddle-stitched.
Black and white photocopy with screen printed cover.

Description:
Drawn so that the comic is held vertially when read, the dense black and white pen and ink illustrations contain fake advertisements and socal comment.

Following excerpt from Phlegm's website...
"The name phlegm came from one of the four bodily humours in ancient Greek medicine, blood, yellow bile, black bile and phlegm. Phlegm was believed to be responsible for an apathetic and unemotional temperament. The comic's ethos has always been to give a moments relief from everyday drudgery and apathy, and give you something to think about...The comic contains my pen and ink illustrations, cartoons, and spraypaint work found in the streets. The work is intricate, often surreal, but most of the time it looks like a mad person has been locked in a room for years with no company but a bottle of Indian ink and a scratchy nib….because that's precisely what it is."

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

Phlegm Comic No.7

Phlegm Comic No.7
Phlegm

Publishing Info:
Sheffield, UK 2008
A4 folded to A5, 12 pages, saddle-stitched.
Black and white photocopy with coloured paper cover.

Description:
Drawn so that the comic is held vertially when read, the dense black and white pen and ink illustrations contain fake advertisements and socal comment.

Following excerpt from Phlegm's website...
The name phlegm came from one of the four bodily humours in ancient Greek medicine, blood, yellow bile, black bile and phlegm. Phlegm was believed to be responsible for an apathetic and unemotional temperament. The comic's ethos has always been to give a moments relief from everyday drudgery and apathy, and give you something to think about...The comic contains my pen and ink illustrations, cartoons, and spraypaint work found in the streets. The work is intricate, often surreal, but most of the time it looks like a mad person has been locked in a room for years with no company but a bottle of Indian ink and a scratchy nib….because that's precisely what it is.

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

Patent Pending

Patent Pending
Shaun Hillyer, Gavin Churcher, Nicky Smith, Nicky Turville, Sam Baker, Sabrina Homewood, Lloyd Jones.

Publishing Info:
Portsmouth, UK 2010
A5, 32 pages, saddle-stitched.
Black and white photocopy with coloured paper cover (various colours).

Description:
Mix of bizarre and satirical advertisements for nonsense products i.e. Cure for death, Neon Braces, Brain Food, Turdbine and Miracle Beard Cream. The zine is A5 landscape throughout. Each issue has a different colour cover and has a small badge attached to the inside front cover. 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.

Parasites

Parasites
Katherine Manolessou

Publishing Info:
London, UK 2005, 1st editions of 100
A6 Foldy - single sheet.
Two colour screenprint (red and flourescent orange) on heavy cartrige paper.

Description:
Cyclic images without text of parasites attacking a larger beast, which in turn is attacking another beast.

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

Panic Society

Panic Society
Paul Wardski, Michael Dane, Ashley John, Mike Purdy and Arran Macintosh

Publishing Info:
Portsmouth, UK 2009
297mm x 105mm, 11 pages but split into 4 sections so countless variations.
Black and white photocopy onto coloured paper.

Description:
Exquisite corpse game created as a multipage zine, bizarre characters form even odder ones as the pages are jumbled-up.

"Zine depicting a gallery of horrors from the madness we see in society, coupled with some subject-stretching imagination." Arran Macintosh

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: http://www.mushroominthebox.com/

Outsider Cycle

Outsider Cycle
Laurent Impeduglia

Publishing Info:
Published by Le Dernier Cri Collective, Maseille, France : March 2004, edition of 450
A5, 36 pages, saddle-stitched.
Silkscreened cover, interior pages full-colour offset

Description:
Raging comic about American culture, war, death and destruction.
Hand drawn illustrations and typography with a few photographs of 3D objects.
Includes strong language and adult content.
Le Dernier Cri Collective
French publisher specialising in rather disturbing serigraphs and comics with a very low print run. Based in Marseilles, Bolino and Sury run a silkscreening studio from which they’ve produced, through painstaking handmade effort, a decade’s worth of books, comics, monographs, print-medium objets d’art and their flagship magazine Hopital Brut.
“Our main aim is to help expose artists from the margins, whether they’re in contemporary art or comics.”

Link to Personal Website: http://www.lederniercri.org/

Obzine

Obzine
Roberta Collins, Jacob Bryant, Amy Forston, Gary Hall, Rachel Sergison, Cerian Rousset

Publishing Info:
Portsmouth UK, 2009
A5, 42 pages, saddle-stitched.
Black and white photocopy onto newsprint with brown cover and trace overlay.

Description:
Zine all about childhood memories and experiences such as dressing-up, sayings, toys, drama, pets, TV, school, brothers and sisters and many other items... 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.

Number Ninety, (The)

Number Ninety, (The)
Haddow

Publishing Info:
Cornwall UK, 2010
A6, 12 pages, saddle-stitched.
Black & white inkjet print, on white card with colour stamps.

Description:
Small black and white zine about the myths surrounding the numbers nine, ninety and zero. "They were created to celebrate a friend of my mums ninetieth birthday so based it on 90! OK, but thought that if I created them as I went along they would be useful to clarify my thought process on all the symbolism and metaphores I use in my work."

Link to Personal Website: http://haddow-art.com/ 

Nostalgia

Nostalgia

Susan Meredith, David Neal, Angela Marlow, Kim Mendonca, Chris Mayhew

Publishing Info:

Portsmouth, UK 2008

A5, 24 pages, saddle-stitched.

Black & white inkjet print, on brown paper

Description:

Enjoyable zine to read, covering 5 peoples views on childhood, the past and the act of remembering. The tones vary from humorous to thoughtful and aspirational. Childhood memories, games, family events and precious toys feature. The image shown above is a humorous collage of images and comments about being 'dressed-up' in various fancy-dress costumes as a child. Created as part of the Zines Unit, for Level 2 students on the Illustration BA(HONS) Course at the University of Portsmouth, UK.

Link to Personal Website: None listed

Node Pajomo

Uncredited author

Publishing Info:

Bellingham, Washington, USA 2010 plus issues up to 2014

A6, 24 pages, saddle-stitched.

Xerox collaged text and inserted slips of paper

Description:

"24 quarter sized pages of xerographic glory! Backgrounds that baffle and amaze!Mailart project listings from over the world! including favorites like FRANCE and CALIFORNIA!) Tape traders wanting to share their music collections with YOU!"
This zine lists mailart projects around the world that people can get involved with, it promotes mail over internet.

Zineopolis also has a number of issues in various sizes up to 2014. The information is current so the most recent issue may be the most useful in terms of projects and availability of items.

Contact: POB 2632 Bellingham Washington 98227.2632 USA

Issue No.15 from 2013

Names

Jo Chisholm, Jia Liu, Gina Mamby, Paul Martin, Becky Noon

Publishing Info:

Portsmouth, UK 2011

A6, Foldy

Colour laser print on card

Description:

mall folded page zine in colour on the theme of names and identity. Created as part of the Zines Unit, for Level 2 students on the Illustration BA(HONS) Course at the University of Portsmouth, UK

Link to Personal Website: None listed

My Life In Zines

My Life In Zines

Contributers from the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture

Publishing Info:

Durham, North Carolina, USA 2008

A5, 20 pages.

Colour laser print with red cover

Description:

Zine about zines and women's culture, including anecdotes, personal histories, reviews of zines and political comments, also memories of setting-up your own zine. This zine is by a collective of zine writers, readers and librarians, it was created to accompany a zine event at the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Cultureat Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A.

Link to Personal Website: http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/bingham/

Monster

Monster

Jenny Lee, Jo Philpot, Lisa Gunn, Jenny Wem, Caroline Nickless, Ruth Waterhouse, Sarah Cochrane

Publishing Info:

Portsmouth UK, 2010

A5, 32 pages.

Black and white photocopy with colour card cover and plush.

Description:

This zine contains short stories, fantastical biological descriptions and humorous cartoon strips. The Monster theme is explored by each of the seven illustrators. The zine is packaged in a clear plastic bag with a novelty monster plus included. Each zine has a different monster. Created as part of the Zines Unit, for Level 2 students on the Illustration BA(HONS) Course at the University of Portsmouth, UK

Link to Personal Website: None listed

More Pentagrams

More Pentagrams

Keith J. Varadi

Publishing Info:

New Brunswick, NJ, USA, 2005

A5, 36 pages.

Black & white photocopy, with cover on blue card

Description:

Zine containing the thoughts, writings and poems of the author.
" This book took four years to finally put together. It's a compilation of writings I've made for various reasons, whether initially as lyrics for songs or under the presumption as poems or later, simply as concrete thoughts...this book is meant to serve as a reflection of my idea-hopping and the attempts to make sense of it all, if possible".
Keith J. Varadi

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

Monkey Trapped

Monkey Trapped

Michael Ball

Publishing Info:

Portsmouth, UK 2003, edition of 5

A5, 44 pages.

Colour laser print

Description:

Bizarre comic that tells of a lab-mokey's flight into the forest, his encounters with other monkeys and the search for his real mother. The back story is about where science is leading us and the use of animal experiments. This comic was produced as Michael's main project whilst studying for his illustration BA at the University of Portsmouth, UK.

Link to Personal Website: None listed

Modern Toss Issue No.3

Modern Toss Issue No.3

Mick Bunnage and Jon Link - Modern Toss Ltd

Publishing Info:

Worthing, UK 2005

A5, 64 pages.

Commercial full-colour printing and binding

Description:

This A5 colour comic contains many characters, now familiar with Modern Toss, including, Mr Tourette, Customer Services and Work. The humour is often about everyday events and life with heavy use of swearing throughout (to humorous effect). This is Issue No.3.

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

Misfits

Misfits

Girls Who Draw - Jane Anderson; Jess Bradley; Gemma Correll; Zoe Darnell; Yee Ting Kuit; Yee Ping Kuit; Tanya Meditzky; Clare Power; Karoline Rerrie; Sarah Ray

Publishing Info:

Birmingham, UK 2008

A6, 24 pages.

Commercial full-colour printing and binding

Description:

Postcard book containing the work of 10 female illustrators, lovely collection of images that focus on drawing and line work.
"Each card inside has been beautifully printed ready for you to send to all your arty farty friends or to just keep as it is, if you can’t bare to take it apart. They’ve sold really well at Handmade & Bound Craft and Zine Fair in London, the Manchester Artist’s Book Fair and at our GWD launch at Plus International Design Festival in Birmingham last week"
Excerpt from, Girls Who Draw website

Link to Personal Website: http://girlswhodraw.wordpress.com/

Mexico Souvenir Program

Mexico Souvenir Program

Jean-Kristau

Publishing Info:

Published by Le Dernier Cri Collective, Maseille, France, 2004, edition of 450.

A5, 36 pages.

Silkscreened cover, interior pages full-colour offset

Description:

Bizarre comic that interweaves mexican wrestling posters with spoof medical advertisments. Images mix collages of toys and dolls with lettering and drawings. Rather dark in tone although very colourful in appearance.

Le Dernier Cri Collective
French publisher specialising in rather disturbing serigraphs and comics with a very low print run. Based in Marseilles, Bolino and Sury run a silkscreening studio from which they’ve produced, through painstaking handmade effort, a decade’s worth of books, comics, monographs, print-medium objets d’art and their flagship magazine Hopital Brut. “Our main aim is to help expose artists from the margins, whether they’re in contemporary art or comics.”

Link to Collective Website: http://www.lederniercri.org/

Major Research Project

Major Research Project

Tim Clark

Publishing Info:

Portsmouth, UK 2010

A5, 36 pages.

B&W photocopy on white paper with day-glo pink card cover

Description:

This is Tim's practical dissertation produced as a pair of zines, this is the written element, it goes with the visual element called Head Vomit. This pair of zines were Tim's submission for his art dissertation during his final year on the illustration BA(hons) course at the University of Portsmouth.

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

Magic Carpet Beaver Shack

Magic Carpet Beaver Shack

Emily Regan, Karina Nyss, Tim Clark, Kalie Kitchenham, Holly Hilton, Nina Alexander

Publishing Info:

Portsmouth, UK 2009

A5, 28 pages.

Black & white photocopy, with poster insert and cover on orange day-glo, trace cover

Description:

Zine containing eclectic illustrations about beavers and moustaches, surreal humour. Subtitle of zine is " Toothy McGums Moustache Hallucination". Created as part of the Zines Unit, for Level 2 students on the Illustration BA(HONS) Course at the University of Portsmouth.

Link to Personal Website: None listed

Love To Print: Obsession

Love To Print: Obsession

Love to Print Collaboration, coordinated by Karoline Rerrie

Publishing Info:

Birmingham, UK 2010

A5, 24 pages.

Colour Screenprint

Description:

Zine produced by colour screenprinting. Invited artists produced a page of obsessions on a theme of their choosing. Subjects include: cats, squids, bikes, cameras, owls, cakes, stamps and camping. Artists include: Jess Bradley, Claire Lynch, Sarah Ray, Sarah Lynch, Karoline Rerrie, Yee Ting Kuit, Ruth Geen, Gemma Correll and Kate Seaward.

Link to Personal Blog: http://www.lovetoprint.blogspot.co.uk/

Love To Print: Patterns

Love To Print: Patterns

Love to Print Collaboration, coordinated by Karoline Rerrie

Publishing Info:

Birmingham, UK 2010

A5, 20 pages.

Colour Screenprint

Description:

Zine produced by colour screenprinting. Invited artists produced a page of patterns on any theme. The artists are: karoline Rerrie, Katie Parry, Sarah Lynch, Ruth Green, Helen Entwisle and Daisy Whitehouse. Pages include bugs, dogs, owls, mushrooms, cats and birds.

Link to Personal Blog: http://www.lovetoprint.blogspot.co.uk/

Love Songs

Love Songs

Karl Mumford

Publishing Info:

Portsmouth, UK 2006

A6, 18 pages.

Colour inkjet.

Description:

Zine about Love as seen through the lyrics of popular love songs with illustrations. Including Sam Cooke, Celine Dion and R-Kelly. Created as part of Karl's submission for his Illustration BA(HONS) Degree at the University of Portsmouth.

Link to Personal Website: None listed