Street Librarian
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May/June 2001
By Chris Dodge, Utne Reader
Another crucial source of do-it-yourself press info, Toronto-based Broken Pencil, just published its 15th issue, covering "zine culture in Canada and the world." It features not simply reviews, but also excerpts from zines and mini-comics. One of these articles in a previous edition, Dave Otterson's "Losing a Testicle," actually got me to a doctor after I read it. Now that's the power of the press. (Box 203, Station P, Toronto, ON, M5S 2S7, Canada; $12/3 issues; www.brokenpencil.com)
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If you're enthusiastic about the idea of face-to-face contact with publishers, you might also consider attending the third annual Underground Press Conference in Bowling Green, Ohio, June 23–24 (www.clamormagazine.org/upc) or the Small Press Expo in Bethesda, Maryland, September 14–16 (www.spxpo.com).
A prime source for zine reviews since the demise of the legendary Factsheet Five is A Reader's Guide to the Underground Press, formerly Zine World. The most recent 62-page issue (#14) touts such micro-press publications as Pirate Jenny and I Was a Teenage Religious Fanatic. (PMB #2386, 537 Jones St., San Francisco, CA 94102; $12/4 issues; www.UndergroundPress.org).
Another crucial source of do-it-yourself press info, Toronto-based Broken Pencil, just published its 15th issue, covering "zine culture in Canada and the world." It features not simply reviews, but also excerpts from zines and mini-comics. One of these articles in a previous edition, Dave Otterson's "Losing a Testicle," actually got me to a doctor after I read it. Now that's the power of the press. (Box 203, Station P, Toronto, ON, M5S 2S7, Canada; $12/3 issues; www.brokenpencil.com)
If you're enthusiastic about the idea of face-to-face contact with publishers, you might also consider attending the third annual Underground Press Conference in Bowling Green, Ohio, June 23–24 (www.clamormagazine.org/upc) or the Small Press Expo in Bethesda, Maryland, September 14–16 (www.spxpo.com).