Zine Revue 03

Happy new year! Here's a roundup of zines I got at Edinburgh Zine Fair:

Title: They killed us all and there is no more traffic

Author: Folly Problem

Category: Politics

I enjoyed Folly Problem's other zine, so I was excited to see them at the zine fair and tell them so, plus pick up a new zine so pertinent to my interests. What is represented by the dystopia depicted in car commercials, where they glide eternally through an apparently depopulated Earth? This zine ponders this question in lovely riso. Honestly this one is hard to classify but I put it as "politics" because if I had to make a single-issue political party it'd be to outlaw car commercials and army commercials at the cinema, because I hate them. I hope this zine makes your stupid car cry.

Title: Evolution of Dexterity

Author: Hrishitonoy

Category: Technology

A zine with a really interesting narrow vertical format that depicts icons for a variety of digital cursor tasks, press, drop, pinch, click, scroll, etc. Inspired by the Whole Earth Catalog, it explores how our relationship to technologies and tools are shaped by our hands and common gestures.

Title: Take on Me (the song zine)

Author: Nora Yons

Category: Music

A cute series of bold and colorful UFO related illustrations (which was what caught my attention), set to the lyrics of the song Take on Me. It folds out into a poster!

Title: Stickers on Lamp Posts and Nariart's Halloween Playlist

Author: Nariarts

Category: Activism & Music

A mini and a micro-mini zine. The first is a heartfelt poem about the dispiriting process of noticing and removing terfy/conservative party stickers in an area when no one else seems to care... I've also been there, but on the bright side a lot of people seem to give up easily after a few removals, and now I see more big-breasted anime girl stickers than anything (lol). The other is a Halloween themed playlist that ranges from Kesha to Zetsubou Billy to Screamin' Jay Hawkins. I think if we have to listen to the same 20-some Christmas songs in every public place for like 3 months of the year, it should be preceded by a Halloween themed 3 months for sure.