zine review:
Prevailing Nonsense
With a sense of humour as black as coffee, the folks behind Prevailing Nonsense have really outdone themselves with issue number three. A collection of writing, doodles, and scoured excerpts, this zine will likely elicit both chuckles and squirms in its readership. Its most vile offender is a deliciously odious guide to removing one’s own eyeball. “The trick here is to get the spoon under your eyelid, but over your eyeball,” it instructs. Accompanying illustrations help drive the point home. There are political overtones here, with cynical nods to environmentalism (Earth hunched against the wall, self-inflicted bullet wound in head), anti-corporate frustration (a dead CEO in a mousetrap rigged with–what else?–cash), and the doldrums of modern materialism. This zine might have been better without the political preaching, which often lapses into triteness, but its provocatively sinister humour shines through regardless. (Michael Tau)
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