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August 17, 2007
portland zine symposium
by gl. at 10:17 pm
last weekend i attended the portland zine symposium, primarily because the amazing anna magruder helped organize it this year (yes, she of the fabulous rebel rabbit craft fair). don't get me wrong: i love that portland has such a strong zine culture and i ordinarily like to support it and the stumptown comics fest (happening next month), but it was easier for me to make the time to go since someone i knew & wanted to support would be there.
also, she was facilitating a mask workshop! i've been responsible for a couple of those, so i was happy to get the chance to make a mask without facilitating it, and i wanted to make sure anna had warm bodies in the classroom. :) she brought some amazing stuff and was an excellent & gracious hostess.
[hard to tell, but the mask is actually a dark blue, not black]
of course, i also picked up several zines & other assorted bits:
typecritters: american typewriter
ornamental icons made from font alphabets, prettily bound.3 max ernst postcards
zinester's guide to portland (4th edition)
if you like bikes, zines, and portland, you'll like this guide.a sorry book: apologies, admissions, confessions, secrets, wrong-doings & regrets (vols 1&2)
this is like a zine mix of "found" & "post secret" but for apologies. it definitely tickles me.long tail kitty
an unexpected gem. i LOVE long-tail kitty & everything he loves!excerpt from city of roses
i wish i had understood what "city of roses" was about before i walked away from the table. when i got home with the free excerpt, i discovered it was an urban fantasy set in portland, and if i had known that i would have bought the whole series right then.eat a sandwich
i was delighted to discover this fat acceptance table with signs from new seasons describing the zines. i bought "eat a sandwich" in part because she was very honest & vulnerable in describing how embarassing & difficult it was for her to write it.the life & times of baby otto zeplin (the fake story of a real boy as told by bt livermore)
i've been following this series online and it delighted me to see a beautifully bound version of volume 1 for sale. with a sweetly odd premise and a retro style, baby otto zeplin has definitely wedged his way into my heart.jane, free to choose, reclaiming our ancient wisdom, beginner's guide to responsible sexuality
several political books. i was really disappointed when i found jane at the original publisher right after having purchased a photocopied version at microcosm publishing. i dropped the photocopy off at the denver library zine collection box.two cloth patches
one with an anatomical heart on it and one with a heart symbol that says "revolution begins here."
in other news, i'm recovering from monday's fatal hard drive crash. it's terrible timing because i need to be preparing for september classes and especially artist's way promotion, but this means i just lost a week. i got celeste back last night with a new drive in her, but am now going through the tedious restore process. we keep weekly backups so i'm not missing too much, but i am really going to miss the answers i was in the middle of writing for diane's diy alert interview.
posted by gl. | August 17, 2007 10:17 PM | categories: exhibits & events