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Written by Niku Arbabi
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Review by Alan Lastufka
Bats In The Bridge is a bat fanzine by Ms. Film's director, Niku Arbabi. That's not a misspelling – it's not about Batman, or the Batmobile – but a fanzine about bats! Niku sent me one of the first 30 copies; the only ones to include a black velvety, glittery hand-sewn on cover. Though she swore to me it's not a Halloween zine, and that the timing was just coincidental (or as Bob Ross used to say, a "happy accident"). |
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Madison Zine Fest photo essay |
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Written by Aaron Cynic
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I'm in love with traveling, and I'm in love with zines, so it makes sense that I would head out to as many zine fests as I can throughout the year. Unfortunately, due to schedule conflicts and a mass amount of friends getting married over the past few years (apparently, October weddings are where it's at), I've missed the Madison Zine Fest in beautiful Madison, Wisconson.
This year marked the third year of the fest, and I was finally fortunate enough to be able to attend. Sadly, it was for a mere 6 hours, but a few hours of tabling at an event are better than most other activities. Though I arrived late, I was fortunate enough to find a table between Bottles on the Sill distro and the good people at Hyper Star. This was my first time meeting both distros, and it was a pleasure. I shared a scrap of my table space with Katherine Hodges of non-compliant zine, and got to spend a good (though limited) amount of time hanging with Billy of Loop Distro, Joe from Microcosm, and Drea from Beep Beep and the QZAP.
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Written by Alan Lastufka & Kate Sandler
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From Punk Planet Magazine to ZineWiki.com comes exclusive online content from the archives of Chicago's punk zine laureate. Today, ZineWiki - the open-source encyclopedia of all things independent publishing and small press - makes available online the first of many Punk Planet articles, a roundtable discussion interview of top zine librarians entitled "Unofficial Histories: Zine and Ephemeral Print Archivists," by Anne Elizabeth Moore. |
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Punk Rock Clip Art: Series 2 |
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Written by Alan Lastufka
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Fall of Autumn has teamed up with Alec Longstreth (PHASE7, Dvorak zine), Liz Baillie (My Brain Hurts) and Sarah Arr! (Tazewell's Favorite Eccentric, Zinetopia) to bring you “Punk Rock Clip Art: Series 2.”
Over twenty-five original images of “People and their Stuff,” meaning notebooks, saddle bags and, well, people.. All at hi-res (300dpi) for printing and pasting into your project. |
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Written by Alan Lastufka
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My birthday was last week. My good friend Sarah got me this book, '30 Things Everyone Should Know How To Do Before Turning 30.' I chuckled at the title, feeling safe in my youthfulness, until … shit, that title means me.
I was 5 years old when my dad turned 30. Thirty just sounds so old. But it isn't. My birthday made me realize that I'll be 30 sooner than I thought, but before I start wishing to be a kid again, I need to think about what that would really mean. |
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Jeremy Robert Johnson Podcast |
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Written by Alan Lastufka
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Click the album art to download the mp3
or click here to get it on iTunes!
Fall of Autumn.com presents Bizarro author Jeremy Robert Johnson with a complete reading of his short, "The Sharp Dressed Man At The End of The Line." The Sharp Dressed Man rises from the ashes of World War III as a truly strange sample of JRJ's Bram Stoker Award and Pushcart Prize nominated work.
"The Sharp Dressed Man At The End of The Line" was the inspiration for (and lead-in to) the Bizarro novella, Extinction Journals, which is available at Amazon.com and Jeremy's own Website. |
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Greg Graffin: Cold As The Clay |
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Written by Skot
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(Epitaph Records) (CD)
Trade in your skateboards and pick up a banjo. At least that's what all the cool kids are doing these days. With guys like Against Me! and William Elliott Whitmore, among others, slowing it down and folking it up, Greg Graffin has jumped on the bandwagon. Not that Greg really jumps on bandwagons. He's usually discussing the obsoleteness of the wagon as a form of state oppression. But hey, after making 150 albums that roughly sound the same (albeit still fantastic) I think I'd like to try something a little different myself. |
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Kicking Ass & Hating Yourself |
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Written by Emerson Dameron, for our upcoming compzine, Pride & Photocopies
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A Guide to Naming Your Zine.
When picking a handle for your DIY publication, put some thought into it. You want it to be catchy. You want to be able to live with it long enough to cultivate a fanbase. If you get stuck looking for a name that’ll stick, use these helpful suggestions.
1. DUMB TWO-WORD COMBINATIONS
This is the “classic” method, recommended to those whose zines deal more in general self-glorification than in any consistent topics. At least one of the words should be a really cool word, such as “burn,” “comet” or “pirate.”
Examples: Ass Pirate; Comet Collector |
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