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  • You Are a Robot

    You Are a Robot

    A5099

    This black and white comic zine by Angela Sandberg is based on the song “You Are a Robot” by Putty who is “… the greatest Electronic duo in the history of Music. Except maybe for Yazoo, Erasure, Postal Service, Pet Shop boys, Eurythmics, Chromeo, Soft Cell, Yello, Blancmange, Data, Chemical Brothers, Fluke, Chris & Cosey…”

    And I think I kind of agree. I think.

    Checking out the band at putty.bandcamp.com I see a CD released in 2012 that contains You Are a Robot and it’s a fun chiptune electronic pop song. I must hear more so I get the album and love it just as much — lots of very cool songs.

    I think Putty is Angela on vocals? Why isn’t there more Putty music? Why aren’t they famous? I must have answers!

    Anyway, go find more of Angela’s zines and comics: https://www.instagram.com/merkleydeep/

    Also check out cool merch on Redbubble.

    Or tumblr.

  • The Chain

    The Chain

    zine Review 5087

    From electrichaos

    Amanda started this chain zine project in 2009, posting in zine communities at livejournal and ning. She put together a booklet of blank paper with instructions and list of participants. This was sent to person #1 who was given a theme for their page, which could be anything – collage, drawing, writing, etc.. Person #1 was to create their page and then send the booklet to Person #2, assigning a theme to them. 

    The project was split into three booklets, the first of which made it back to Amanda a couple years later in 2011, the second in 2014 and the third was stalled at some unknown point.

    The Chain Zine combines the two final collections into a 20-page saddle-stitched zine printed on glossy paper in color. It’s a diverse piece of art, encompassing collage, comics, essays and more.

    Highly recommended. 

  • Things Not To Do

    Things Not To Do

    $2 from Displaced Snail

    Things Not to Do is a 4×3 (approx), 36-page, saddle-stitched zine published by the wonderful Joe Carlough’s Displaced Snail from Philadelphia, PA.

    Each page of the zine is a numbered listing of things not to do and there are thirty-four of them. #12 is “Don’t look down on people who are not as tall as you.”

    The cover has a tagline that reads, “Librarians, please categorize under: Advice,” (#16 is “Don’t follow Any advice. Ever.”).

  • Antiquated Future Zine Grab Bag

    Antiquated Future Zine Grab Bag

    Zine Review 5084

    $10 from Antiquated Future

    Antiquated Future is a zine, tape and print boutique label out of Portland, Oregon, USA. Their zine grab bag offers a random selection of zines and the selection is joyously random and a great way to get a good handful of zines to quench your zine urges (at least temporarily until you need to order more!).

    As you can see below, the loot from my brown paper grab bag was filled with not only zines, but some other things, including a bandcamp download code.

  • Alexandria the Zine

    Alexandria the Zine

    Zine Review 5082

    Alexandria the Zine is a perzine of thoughts, photo collages, lists and personal perspective. Issue six is 32 pages with a color cover and hand-stitched with thread binding. Proceeds go to aid for Ukranian Roma and more about them are in the zine, along with lots of other things: 

    • the punk band Gogol Bordello
    • How I Spent My Time When I Had COVID
    • K. Flay
    • 3 Times Tchaikovsky Made His Mark On the Modern World
    • Who Are the Romani?

    Get this issue and more at the Alexandria the Zine Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/AlexandriaTheZine