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A fascinating graphic novel that details the art and science of screenprinting from inception to printed t-shirts! It teaches you how to build a screen, burn an image, test how things are going, pull ink, wash out screens, and creative ideas. A true joy to see the exaggerated illustrations while learning such a useful and practical craft. How to turn your home into a t-shirt factory! Essential for people who don't know how to screenprint or those who are a bit rusty. The expanded sections talk about John's personal experience selling printed shirts on the street in Berkeley and working on a t-shirt printshop. Crucial information and entertainment..
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The Collected Fanzines comes in two formats: one, a trade paperback version compiling all eight fanzines in full color, and this version: a limited-edition box-set of replicas of the original eight 'zines and a poster.

These zines were written over the last fifteen years, mostly in dark rooms and the basements of old people. With names like Adulthood, Foster Home and Gardens,Pocohontas Monthly, Hümer, and others, they were sold in limited editions out of the Alleged Gallery and Andrea Rosen Gallery. Some were sold on street corners and given away to the tramp sects that were so prominent during that time period. Scraps of paper and half thoughts in the guise of art objects, you see.

They were never meant to be collectible just low-concept laugh-inducing juxtapositions of words and images, images and images, lists, monologues, cartoons, free verse, jokes, half-thoughts, fake/real interviews, innuendo and Matt Dillon s phone number. If you sold them on eBay for a bunch of money, I want my cut. Or if you bought them then please spare a percentage to the dyke army and the flame militia, its a good charity and it's ribbon buttons are invisible.

- Harmony Korine, 2008.
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The Collected Fanzines comes in two formats: one, a trade paperback version compiling all eight fanzines in full color, the other, a limited-edition box-set of replicas of the original eight 'zines and a poster.

These zines were written over the last fifteen years, mostly in dark rooms and the basements of old people. With names like Adulthood, Foster Home and Gardens, Pocohontas Monthly, Hümer and others, they were sold in limited editions out of the Alleged Gallery and Andrea Rosen Gallery. Some were sold on street corners and given away to the tramp sects that were so prominent during that time period. Scraps of paper and half thoughts in the guise of art objects, you see.

They were never meant to be collectible just low-concept laugh-inducing juxtapositions of words and images, images and images, lists, monologues, cartoons, free verse, jokes, half-thoughts, fake/real interviews, innuendo and Matt Dillon s phone number. If you sold them on eBay for a bunch of money, I want my cut. Or if you bought them then please spare a percentage to the dyke army and the flame militia, its a good charity and it's ribbon buttons are invisible.

- Harmony Korine, 2008.
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"A veritable cornucopia of self-made worth. . . . DIY: The Rise of Lo-Fi Culture is a triumph from beginning to end. . . . Highly recommended "-Trakmarx.com

"A . . . comprehensive guide to the evolution of DIY culture as we know it today."-Bookslut.com

This exploration of lo-fi culture traces the origin of the DIY ethic to the skiffle movement of the 1950s, mail art, Black Mountain poetry, and avant-garde art in the 1950s. It follows the punk scene of the 1970s and 1980s to the current music scene. It charts the development of music outside of the publicity machine and examines the politics behind the production of "homemade" recordings and publications.

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In 1961, Jerry Bails and Roy Thomas launched Alter Ego, the first fanzine devoted to comic books and their colorful history. This volume, first published in low distribution in 1997, collects the original 11 issues (published from 1961-78) of A/E, with the creative and artistic contributions of Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Wally Wood, John Buscema, Marie Severin, Bill Everett, Russ Manning, Curt Swan, & others and important, illustrated interviews with Gil Kane, Bill Everett, & Joe Kubert! See where a generation first learned about the Golden Age of Comics while the Silver Age was in full flower with major articles on the Justice Society, the Marvel Family, the MLJ heroes, and more! Edited by Roy Thomas & Bill Schelly with an introduction by the late Julius Schwartz..
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Twenty-five years of print (and web) anarchy from the fringe publishing culture. This is the first study on both fanzines and alternative comics, from the end of the hippie underground press to the start of the Internet publishing boom. Publications covered include Sniffin Glue, Buffy zines and Ghost World as well as the Konvention of Alternative Komix. Essay contributors include Gary Groth of Fantagraphics and Steven Heller, author and NY Times art editor; interviews are with Peter Bagge Hate, and Joe Sacco of Safe Area Gorazde..
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The first ten years of Doris fanzine. Cindy writes her zine, DORIS, like she is figuring out the human condition. She makes writing about the simplest and most common things - playing music, childhood, cooking, or sex - resonate with universal understanding. She helps us make sense of more complex things like the satisfaction from doing useful work, natural curiosity, the ability to use logic, gender dynamics, introspection, the need for challenge and change, combating depression and creating art & literature. She shares and explores the emotions involved with having an abortion, rape, dealing with the death of family, or sexual harassment in a context that is enlightening and personal, feeling like a close friend opening up to you. What's most impressive though is that she relates these things into every article in her zine seamlessly. For fans of Cometbus, Burn Collector etc..
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