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Issue #92

The Lost Culture of UFO Zines

From the Editor

Editor’s Letter: Dispatch from Arecibo

Jonathan Valelly

Features

A Visual Taxonomy of UFO Self-Publishing

Kate Bertash | Features

The Lost Culture Of UFO Zines

Jonathan Ball | Features

Welcome to the Post-Kook Era

Donna Kossy | Features

Never has a hotdog been so elevated as in ‘The Hotdog Variations’ chapbook

Scott Bryson | Zine Reviews

Male alienation and longing in ‘Blue

Cole Bisson | Zine Reviews

‘Bar Delicious’ is a masterful zine series where hybrid style meets hypnotic critique

Jonathan Valelly | Zine Reviews

‘Noodle Soup’ is something you’ll want more of

Graham Sigurdson | Zine Reviews

Sleeping With Humanity

O.G. Rose | Fiction

‘The New Yerby: Spring 2020’ is charming, introspective, and tender

Graham Sigurdson | Zine Reviews

The flyers of ‘Missives’ zine are innately ephemeral, but endure

Jonathan Valelly | Zine Reviews

Sanrio meets Lisa Frank in ‘Grocery Story’

Graham Sigurdson | Zine Reviews

Folio: In petri concinnitas res crescunt

Olga Pinegina | Folio

Rusted Bones by A. E. Chandler

A. E. Chandler | Fiction

Zine Philosophy: Migrant Zine Collective

Helen Yeung | Zine Philosophy

‘Deadname’ is a clever and quirky transition comic

Jonathan Valelly | Zine Reviews

‘Bear #1’ is a one-woman comic done in a spectacular fashion

Cole Bisson | Zine Reviews

My Old Apartment: Keeping Landlords Honest in PEI

Darcie Lanthier | Columns

A blog post meets a diary in ‘ROHO #2’

Stefanie Ucci | Zine Reviews

‘Depression Ain’t the Sads’ validates that depression is a debilitating condition

Stefanie Ucci | Zine Reviews

‘ROHO #1’ is a quirky zine on The Simpsons’ hillbilly “Cletus”

Stefanie Ucci | Zine Reviews

Folding the Cross-Flexagon

Broken Pencil | Columns

‘OCD Ain’t a Word’ validates that OCD is not an ill-informed joke!

Stefanie Ucci | Zine Reviews

Learning, making mistakes, and evolution in ‘Maggie #2’

Jillian Clair | Zine Reviews

#RepresentationMatters

Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom | Comics

Two angry women discuss the importance of queer and BIPOC voices in ‘Kill the Gatekeeper’

Jillian Clair | Zine Reviews

‘The East Village Inky #63’ is one of the longest running perzines!

Jillian Clair | Zine Reviews

Passengers

Mara Ramirez | Comics

Cat City “Summer”

Victor Martins | Comics

Art Holes: Under the desk

Zay Cardona | Columns

Babcia

Marta Chudolinska | Comics

Freewheeling: Bike Zine Reading List

Broken Pencil | Sharpeners

The Most Unwanted Zine

Liz Mason | Sharpeners

‘Zine Trike’ coming to Portland

Anisa Rawhani | Sharpeners