Zine Revue 06

Title: Cherry

Author: inechi

Category: Comics

I read Alienation over the winter break and really enjoyed it. Inechi's unique style and expressive cartooning combined with characters struggling against the routines of everyday life as determined by bosses and tech companies are great. Revisiting this shorter work in zine form, a "bad girl fantasy comic" where a woman is liberated by the constrained timeline brought on by a mysterious health diagnosis, was fun given I've also just experienced the wonderful pleasure of quitting my job.

Title: The Name of This Zine Is... Talking Heads

Author: okbethan

Category: Music

As a certified "too much about the Talking Heads" knower, I can say this zine gets my stamp of approval as a nice introduction to the band for people who are curious and want to know what to get into. The illustrations are lovely and I really dug the dumb (complimentary) humor throughout as well. Stephen bought this for me at York Zine Fest and it included a postcard with David Byrne as The World tarot card!

Title: Scroll Down for Heaven

Author: Claire Yspol

Category: Art

A series of descriptions of speculative art objects and publications. I was impressed with how this one managed to be equal parts inspiring, in a "why wouldn't someone do that" sense, but also satirical of how cornily acquisitive and commodifying the contemporary art world can be.