2000 Finalists: Zines

By The Editors Utne Reader
Published on November 1, 2000

Go>> 2000 nominees | past APA winners

Broken Pencil
www.brokenpencil.com

Covers the lively world of Canadian zines, in reviews and excerpts.

$12/yr. $5 per copy
Order: Broken Pencil
Box 203 Station P
Toronto ON M5S 2S7
Order online

E-mail:editor@brokenpencil.com


East Village Inky
www.neofuturists.org/ny/ah/index.htm

Life (with children) from one mom’s perspective. This little zine is decorated with the editor’s great humor and illustrations.

$8/4 issues
Orders to: East Village Inky
122 Dean St.
Brooklyn, NY 11201
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E-mail:inky@erols.com


Guinea Pig Zero
www.geocities.com/hotsprings/villa/2529

Rife with stories on what it means to be on the battle front of being a human lab rat, Guinea Pig Zero sheds light on a subset of individuals who are not ashamed to admit that they donate their bodies in atypical ways for a profit.

$15/4, check payable to ‘R. Helms’
Orders to: Guinea Pig Zero
P.O. Box 42531.
Philadelphia, PA 19101

E-mail:gpzero@netaxs.com


h2so4
www.h2so4.net

For those philosophiles of the world who like to analyze a Little Too Deeply, this zine is a treasure trove of quirky (and applicable) philosophical tracts on the state of the modern world.

$8/yr. (2 issues) payable to Jill Stauffer
Orders to: h2so4
Box 423354
San Francisco, CA 94142
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E-mail:jill@h2so4.net


Infiltration
www.infiltration.org

A zine that offers tips and inspiration for going places you’re not supposed to go, from abandoned buildings to subway tunnels.

$2/issue
Orders to: Infiltration
P.O. Box 66069
Pickering, ON L1V 6P7

E-mail:ninj@infiltration.org


The Match

Fred Woodworth’s been doggedly producing this incendiary anarchist journal since long before the Ruckus Society made headlines. It’s ranty and outrageous as any political zine, but it distinguishes itself both by its meticulous research and its remarkable reach.

$10 for 4 irregular mailings
Orders to: The Match
P.O. Box 3012
Tucson, AZ 85702


Punk Planet
www.punkplanet.com

Not just for fans of punk rock–this magazine is a fine source of articles about politics, current events, and do-it-yourself culture.

Orders to: Punk Planet
Box 464
Chicago, IL 60690

E-mail:punkplanet@punkplanet.com


Snowbound
www.home.earthlink.net/~amakinen/s0home.htm

Eclectic (and handsome) annual zine with a special interest in things Finnish, icy, puckish, and musical.

Orders to: Snowbound
3023 N. Clark St. #708
Chicago, IL 60657-5205

E-mail:amakinen@keikomedia.com


Wussy Boy Chronicles
www.synthesis.net/~wussy/WebSitePages/Pubs.htm

Personal zine by performance poet and sensitive guy R. Eirik Ott.

$5/issue
Orders to: Wussy Boy Chronicles
P.O. Box 1467
Chico, CA 95927-1467

E-mail:poetryslam@hotmail.com

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