ACE BACKWARDS Cartoonist . San Francisco- No cartoonist in zinedom has been printed in more zines (over 200) than Ace Backwards, and for good reason. His cartoons are smart and laughable, yet always with an edge of satire supporting the little guy.
GREGORY K. H. BRYANT Essayist. Short story writer, poet, artist. Falls Church, VA. Bryant is best known for his impressionistic philosophical essays - profound thought told simply and directly. He covers a wide range of subjects and ideas all with a logical and questioning voice, never preachy or pushy. 70 plus essays so far and more coming.
SPARROW Poet, New York, New York. His paragraph stories/poems are always of people places and events slightly askew. They always tell of a land gone mad but quite acceptable to its inhabitants. No one sees the world in the unpredictable and wonderful way that Sparrow does.
TODD MOORE Poet, Albuquerque, NM. I'm going to let him speak for himself. (from one of his letters. as told by R. Howington) "...For your information, gangsta poetry in this country isn't Bukowski's invention. it's mine, I've been making this kind of stuff since 1970 give or take. And, it has nothing to do with Bukowski's style or subject matter. Bukowski was the pornographer of pussy and a damned good one at that. I'm the pornographer of violence-" (And a damned good one at that).
ZEBULON NEBULA Essayist, N. Merrick. NY. With an encyclopedic mind, `all cultures terrestrial & otherwise'. Zebulon recounts and reviews history in his essays. He seems to have the viewpoint of an unaligned alien, trying to make sense of us all (and having a hard time doing it). Sometimes he's lighthearted, sometimes piercingly serious. and controversial. but always fascinating comment.
JOHN MARR Writer/publisher. San Francisco, CA. When the mainstream press talks about zines they always mention John Marr and his zine MURDER CAN BE FUN. It's perhaps the most widely known of all zines and its writer/publisher is the master of PULP NON-FICTION. Inquiring minds want to know and Marr wants to tell them in graphic even forensic detail: zoo deaths, Karen Carpenters life and death, The Lindbergh kidnapping - It's all sensationalism but it's all written in great style and documented accuracy.
DOUG HOLLAND Writer/publisher - San Francisco, CA. His 1 man journal, PATHETIC LIFE, turns an ordinary life into an extraordinary reading event. Each 26 or so page 
issue is another installment of a life that's honest, passionate, puzzled and filled with fascinating real life characters. I always end my reading with the same thought: what happens next?
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