#trash pandas reading zines

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Missed the deadline to virtually table at this years KC Zine Con but have written about previous events in the zine

Sorry the printed zine pics came out kinda radioactive

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(eta:Just found this hiding in my drafts from November)

Zine making/reading trash pandas of tumblr unite!

(eta: trash panda reading zines pinched from old promo images for KC Zine Con. )

I really can't get over Twitter people being like 'it's time to bring back tumblr' as if it were dead.

Like opening their long abandoned dumpster and finding a vast racoon society thriving.

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Listen to a Recording of Our First Virtual Reading

On Saturday, March 28, 2020 from 7PM to 9PM EST, we hosted a virtual reading on Zoom, the first of a new series called LOVE HAS NO DISTANCE.

The reading consisted of 12 featured performers, two open mic performances, and a discussion - as part of a way to celebrate work, support each other, and bolster collaborative conversations. Below you can find information on each reader, with ways to support them, as well as listen to a recording of the reading itself.

Featured Readers:

Orchid Tierney

Orchid Tierney is a poet and scholar from Aotearoa-New Zealand, now residing in Gambier, Ohio. Her chapbooks include Brachiation (Dunedin: Gumtree Press, 2012), The World in Small Parts (Chicago: Dancing Girl Press, 2012), Gallipoli Diaries (Gausspdf, 2017), and the full length sound translation of Margery Kemp, earsay (Trollthread, 2016). First collection, a year of misreading the wildcats, is out from The Operating System (2019). She received an MCW from the University of Auckland (2010), an MA from University of Otago (2013), and a PhD in English from the University of Pennsylvania (2019). She is Assistant Professor of English at Kenyon College.

Work: a year of misreading the wildcats: The Operating System, 2019; excerpt here Social: Twitter, Instagram

Denise Jarrott

Denise Jarrott is the author of NYMPH (Vegetarian Alcoholic Press, 2018). She is also the author of two chapbooks, Nine Elegies (Dancing Girl Press) and Herbarium (Sorority Mansion Press). Her poems and essays have appeared in jubilat, Black Warrior Review, Zone 3, Burnside Review and elsewhere. She grew up in Iowa and currently lives in Brooklyn.

Work: NYMPH: Vegetarian Alcoholic Press, 2018 Social: Instagram

Stephanie Valente

Stephanie Valente lives in Brooklyn, NY. She is a Young Adult novelist, short fiction writer, poet, editor, and content & social media strategist. In short, she wears many hats. Especially if they have feathers. She is the Assistant Editor at Yes, Poetry and writer at Luna Luna Magazine. She has published Hotel Ghost (Bottlecap Press, 2015), waiting for the end of the world (Bottlecap Press, 2017), and Little Fang (Bottlecap Press, 2018). She has work included in Susan, TL;DR, and Cosmonauts Avenue, and has provided content strategy, copy, blogging, editing, & social media for per’fekt cosmetics, Anna Sui, Agent Provocateur, Patricia Field, Hue, Montagne Jeunesse, Bust Magazine, Kensie, Web100, Oasap, Quiz, Popsugar, among others.

Work: Little Fang: Bottlecap Press, 2018; short fiction here Social: Twitter, Instagram

Angelo Colavita

Angelo Colavita is a writer from Philadelphia, PA, where he serves as Founding Editor of Empty Set Press and Associate Editor at Occulum Journal. He is the author of two collections of poetry — Flowersonnets (ESP 2018), Heroines (ESP 2017) — with work appearing or forthcoming in the Operating System’s ExSpecPo series, Pigeon: A Radical Animal Reader vol. 2, Mookychick, Madcap Review, Prolit Magazine, Metatron, Dream Pop Journal, South Broadway Ghost Society, Luna Luna Magazine, Yes Poetry, Apiary Magazine, and elsewhere online and in print. His forthcoming epic poem, Nazareth, will be released by APEP Publications in 2020.

Work: Flowersonnets: Empty Set Press, 2018; excerpt here Social: Twitter, Instagram

Mark Lamoureux

Mark Lamoureux lives in New Haven, CT. He is the author of four full-length collections of poetry: It’ll Never Be Over For Me (Black Radish Books, 2016), 29 Cheeseburgers / 39 Years (Pressed Wafer, 2013), Spectre (Black Radish Books 2010), and Astrometry Orgonon (BlazeVOX Books 2008),. His work has been published in print and online in Elderly, Denver Quarterly, Jacket, Fourteen Hills and many others. In 2014 he received the 2nd annual Ping Pong Poetry award, selected by David Shapiro, for his poem “Summerhenge/Winterhenge.” He teaches at Housatonic Community College in Bridgeport, CT. His chapbook, Maris McLamoureary's DICTIONNAIRE INFERNAL, co-authored with Chris McCreary, was published by Empty Set Press on Halloween 2017.

Work: Horologion: Poet Republik Ltd., 2020; poetry here

Social: Twitter, Instagram

Taleen Kali

Taleen Kali is a writer, musician, and artist native to Los Angeles. After coming up in the DIY scene as front woman of riot grrrl band TÜLIPS (2011-2016), Taleen debuted her solo act at Echo Park Rising and tours nationally with her band. She's founder of DUM DUM Zine, an experimental publication and literary arts collective named a "cult favorite" by the L.A. Times.

Work: Soul Songs, Lolipop Records, 2018; writing here Social: Twitter, Instagram

Sarah Nichols

Sarah Nichols lives and writes in Connecticut. She is the author of four chapbooks, including Dreamland for Keeps (Porkbelly Press, 2018) and She May Be a Saint (Hermeneutic Chaos Press, 2016). Her poems and essays have also appeared in Thirteen Myna Birds, The Ekphrastic Review, Calamus, and The RS 500.

Work: Dreamland for Keeps: Porkbelly Press, 2018; poetry here Social: Twitter

Genevieve Pfeiffer

Genevieve Pfeiffer is Assistant Director at Anomaly where she is curating a folio on reproductive justice and its intersections (she urges you to submit). She is a writer and poet, and facilitates workshops with survivors of sexual assault and harassment. Her work is forthcoming or has been published in Erase the Patriarchy, Juked, So to Speak, Stone Canoe, and more. She blogs about outdoor wanderings and herbal birth control’s intersections with witches, colonization, and personal and bioregional health at: https://medium.com/@GenevieveJeanne

Work: essay here; poetry here Social: Instagram

Leza Cantoral

Leza Cantoral is the author of Trash Panda, a collection of poetry, and Cartoons in the Suicide Forest, a collection of short fiction, and the editor of Tragedy Queens: Stories Inspired by Lana Del Rey & Sylvia Plath. She is Editor in Chief of CLASH Books. She has published poetry and nonfiction in Luna Luna Magazine, Entropy, Philosophical Idiot, Breadcrumbs Magazine, Cultured Vultures, Quail Bell Magazine, Verse, and A Shadow Map: An Anthology of Survivors of Sexual Assault (CCM). She is the host of Get Lit With Leza, a podcast where she talks to cool ass writers while getting hammered. She has a B.A. in Cultural History from Marlboro College.  

Work: Trash Panda: Clash Books, 2019; poetry here Social: Twitter, Instagram

Zoe Tuck

Zoe Tuck is a queer transgender poet based in Northampton, MA. Author of Terror Matrix and Soft Investigations, co-curator of the But Also reading series, she offers poetry workshops and other services such as literary publicity and marketing, small press consultation, tarot readings, and more. A former member of the editorial collectives of Timeless, Infinite Light and of Hold: A Journal, she also continues to be available for editing services and manuscript consultation. She is currently working on building the Threshold Academy, an experiment in radical pedagogy and a future bookstore + alternative educational space, in Western Massachusetts. Support her as she writes her epic poem here.

Work: Soft Investigations: Daisy Mayhem Books, 2019; poetry here Social: Twitter, Instagram

Lisa Marie Basile

Lisa Marie Basile is the founding creative director of Luna Luna Magazine, a popular magazine & digital community focused on literature, magical living, and identity. She is the author of several books of poetry, as well as Light Magic for Dark Times, a modern collection of inspired rituals and daily practices, as well as The Magical Writing Grimoire: Use the Word as Your Wand for Magic, Manifestation & Ritual. Her work focuses heavily on trauma recovery, writing as a healing tool, chronic illness, everyday magic, and poetry. She's written for or been featured in The New York Times, Refinery 29, Self, Chakrubs, Marie Claire, Narratively, Catapult, Sabat Magazine, Bust, HelloGiggles, Best American Experimental Writing, Best American Poetry, Grimoire Magazine, and more. She's an editor at the poetry site Little Infinite as well as the co-host of Astrolushes, a podcast that conversationally explores astrology, ritual, pop culture, and literature. Lisa Marie has taught writing and ritual workshops at HausWitch in Salem, MA, Manhattanville College, and Pace University. She is also a chronic illness advocate, keeping columns at several chronic illness patient websites. She earned a Masters's degree in Writing from The New School and studied literature and psychology as an undergraduate at Pace University. You can follow her at @lisamariebasile and @Ritual_Poetica.

Work: The Magical Writing Grimoire: Quarto Books, 2020; poetry here Social: Twitter, Instagram

Joanna C. Valente

Joanna C. Valente is a human who lives in Brooklyn, New York. They are the author of several books, including Marys of the Sea, #Survivor (2020, The Operating System), and Killer Bob: A Love Story (2021, Vegetarian Alcoholic Press). They are the editor of A Shadow Map: Writing by Survivors of Sexual Assault and received their MFA in writing at Sarah Lawrence College. Joanna is the founder of Yes Poetry and the senior managing editor for Luna Luna Magazine. Some of their writing has appeared in The Rumpus, Them, Brooklyn Magazine, BUST, and elsewhere. Joanna also leads workshops at Brooklyn Poets. joannavalente.com / Twitter: @joannasaid / IG: joannacvalente / FB: joannacvalente

Work: Marys of the Sea: Operating System, 2017; Xenos: Agape Editions, 2016 (free pdf) Social: Twitter, Instagram

Open Mic:

Zeke Greenwald

Zeke Greenwald‘s work has been featured by the Opiate, Prelude, Join the Dots, Künstler Künstlerin, and others. Check out more of his work at zekegreenwald.com

Work: poetry here Social: Instagram

Daniel Adam Saftler Social: Instagram

Check out the video recording below:

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Made a thing - anyone want a sampler/test print preview copy of the zine?

Sent some stuff off to mixam (UK) to see how they looked like in print versus just being on my screen, mostly came out really good. One of only three copies to exist - ordered one test zine & they sent me two extra copies. Got one copy plus some promo merch on ebay right now ... * eta: somebody incredibly cool actually bought it omg squee

[and an almost identical copy is on ko-fi or available to trade. *** message me if you're interested in trading **** ]

*(sorry this took a ridiculously long time for me to finish writing and uploading all the images thanks to exhaustion & shitty internet - the ebay copy'll probably have sold by the time you see this post / it escapes being stuck in drafts, and I still haven't added image descriptions.)

...with not quite world wide postage via ebay's Global Shipping Programme, I'm keeping the best quality one & was thinking of doing a giveaway of the other* when I finally write the review of mixam's print quality I promised months ago, unless anyone wants to trade? - fake edit: *scratch that, copy #2 of #3 is now up in my ko-fi shop & I'll probably stick it on etsy, now I've seen people are actually interested in the ebay copy.(eta: somebody incredibly cool actually bought it omg squee)

https://ko-fi.com/s/483109b440 *** message me if you want to trade **** copy #2 has the same content as #3 shown below, just slightly different margin/bleed printing & Copy #2 of #3 written on the front cover. - it's 44 pages of a couple of articles and extracts of bits of issues 1 & two plus spreads from possible future issues (mostly graphics) inc. rough drafts etc.

Thoughts Of You a Dennis Wilson fanzine Mixam Zine test print no #1 Sept Nov 2023 Stapled, bleed recycled silk 130 GSM 44 pages #1 of 1 #3 of 3 by Jenna Appleseed (me)

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/226162925472 includes coverage of virtual zine fests, inc KC Zine Con; earlier issue's cover art; collages by Valarie Simadis; zine promo; being featured on De_ziners instagram; Dennis performing Angel Come Home on The Midnight Special; a Dennis t-shirt, a Dennis song recommendation from The Horrors & tributes and art by Gino Dal Cin. Some of this is reprinted from pdf issues 1 & 2 and/or going to reappear in a proper print issue/future digital zine, revised/updated or with a better layout.

Colours are richer in print than they look in the photos. (it's impossible to get decent photos without glare or off colours) Promo stuff:

sticker is a 10cm x 3.3cm vinyl sticker showing the fanzine logo/header with a white border. (done with a stickermule discount before I realised they were as dodgy as fuck, sorry.)

Business cards are printed by Moo on card made from recycled cotton t-shirts & have three different designs on the front & fanzine info on the back.

Designs are: the zine logo, issue one's front cover, and a photo of a silver heart trinket engraved with Forever.

Three million photos showing all pages incoming, click keep reading to see them: One or two pics are NSFW for swearing

10 page feature from issue 2 about virtual zine fests inc. KC Zine Con & zine merch. (lots of trash pandas reading zines).

Two variations of a layout with a song recommendation from The Horrors, one'll end up in a zine when I work out which looks best. (background taken from the cover art for their album Skying)

A couple of Dennis image edits/layer blends & layout I designed. (these'll probably eventually appear in a proper finished zine)

Collages by Valarie Simadis from pdf issue 2. (background added by me from a stock illustration).

Zine links page & call for submissions /promo art - also from digital issue 2.

Two page feature on being featured on De_ziners instagram (from pdf issue 2)

Preview of a double page spread layout/graphic design/digital art/image editing for a future zine feature / themed issue on Dennis singing Angel Come Home on The Midnight Special.

Another couple of pages with added swearing - just need to make the text make sense and write the bloody rest of it.

Another double page spread layout design with a pull quote and a digital collage/image manipulation of Dennis singing Angel Come Home.

Page layout design experiments for Pacific Ocean Blue & Bambu that may eventually appear in a zine.

Double page spread of my photo of Dennis & Venice Surf (Dennis tee's from Bathroom Wall & Venice Surf tee was from Pep & Co at Poundland) - extract from an unofficial t-shirts feature in pdf issue 1.

Two different heart themed page designs from two different features in pdf issue 1.

A couple of digital collages/image manipulations based around Dennis' performance of Angel Come Home on The Midnight Special + lyrics from the Manic Street Preachers song You're Tender & Your Tired, that just seemed to fit so fucking well.) Probably need to rework/improve one of them if/before including in an actual issue.

Double page spread with a quote on the song + a screenshot of Dennis from youtube. (needs a little bit of tweaking before it's ready for a finished zine)

Sample credits page from issue one about Forever inspired art by Gino Dal Cin, & a sarcastic fanzine promo graphic I made.

Two versions of the same page so I could see how much of a difference the image resolution actually makes (remade the second one from the original photo - the higher res really does make it look better quality when printed) - the dpi notes won't be on the finished version (fucked up and had to replace a page in the files I'm sending to mixam to print a real physical issue one of the zine cos I got so used to having the dpi note over a lower res graphic I accidentally forgot it wasn't permanently meant to be there).

So i'm goin' away but not forever"

Back cover art by Gino Dal Cin, blue & silver (& pink) star background from a scrapbooking site.

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Official KC Zine Con #7 poster - designed by Ani (http://instagram.com/ani.mal.tattoo/)

Image description: Poster is of a etched style illustration of raccoon reading a zine, with a speech bubble saying wow. The front cover of the zine says KC #7 Zine Con, and underneath text says when (in an arrow pointing to the date) June 2022 11 11am - 5pm  Plexpod Westport Commons in person / virtual where kczine.com @ ani.mal.tattoo

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New zine out now

https://denniswilsonzine.tumblr.com

Image description: Canva graphic promoting a new issue of Thoughts of You a Dennis Wilson fanzine. Background is a pale salmon pink/peach paper with vintage risograph zine style blue ink scuff marks. Part of the image shows the front cover of the fanzine, and the text New Zine Out Now. Thoughts Of You Issue 2: Surfer Boy. (this text is in a retro 60s/70s swirly font), next to a graphic of a non-white man with blond hair and a leg prostheses,  wearing beads, a pink shirt with yellow flowers, and blue shorts, surfing with arms out on a pink surfboard with yellow squiggles. ko-fi.com/dwzine denniswilsonzine.tumblr.com (written in a fashion mag style font that looks a bit like it's written in eyebrow pencil) Below is clipart of an open magazine, edited to look like a lo-res photocopy, with added text £1/$1+ Pay what you feel.

Thoughts Of You Issue 2: Surfer Boy The even longer difficult second issue. 125 pages (no, I don’t know how either) of Dennis Wilson and The Beach Boys.  Contents include: Dennis surfing cover art by artsantis, archive interviews with Dennis on music, surfing, touring, Brian, being a Beach Boy, roller skating, The Harmony and his affinity for the sea & mostly being ridiculously positive & enthusiastic during the Beach Boys notorious ‘78 Australian tour. Originally published in Australian publications Surfing World & TV Week in 1978.

Also tributes to Billy Hinsche and Taylor Hawkins; Beach Boys/Beatles mash up art by Why The Longplay face?; a rant about a vaguely Dennis related NFT (inc. some casual swearing), fan memories of Dennis by Bengt Stenström; an archive review of Pacific Ocean Blue from Surfing World in '78; Dennis & Brian accidentally gatecrashing the BBC's Top Of The Pops coverage of Kokomo; art by PDC, Ooonthemarket333, Valerie Simadis, and Jackie Modra;

cartoons by Ollivier Cartoonist (a homage to Bobby Figueroa, Dennis decides it's time Carl learns how to surf, & celebrating the Beach Boys 60th anniversary); a random anonymous Dennis confession; typographic collages inspired by Pond's Sitting Up On Our Crane; obscure vintage Beach Boys compilations with cover art portraying the whole band surfing ; Beach Boys album cover glitter art found on etsy + other odd merch, screen shots of Dennis as the original true surfer of the band...

plus: zine updates inc. getting featured on De Ziners insta & by Simon on The Streets; zine links/back issue & merch information; taking part in virtual zine fests inc. Quaranzine Fest, & KC Zine Con #6 & #7 feat. lots of trash pandas reading zines, competition winners and more...

PDF only. Once again it’s pay what you feel (minimum £1/$1) & all profit is going to homelessness charity Simon On The Streets.

Info about the charity and why I’m supporting them. (a fuller version is in issue 1) - justgiving link.

For Dennis, who saw homeless people as his equals. Where to buy: ko-fi (zine account - also available on my personal account 

eta: also on etsy now: 

itch.io payhip Limited Run Storenvy & Gumroad

Final front cover reveal 

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