Welcome to the 8th group of inductees to the Musea Zine Hall of Fame. Our 2 part criteria in determining our choices is: 1. The zine must be published for at least 3 years or 12 issues, and 2 the zine has to be of the highest quality - and it is a plus if the zinester is prolific, and supports ohter zines. This group of 5 brings our total to 62 members. For a complete list (and our most current addresses see our website or contact me. We salute this group of zinesters and their vast talents and solid achievements!
#58 Zine Guide, "The Ultimate Independent Press resource Guide". Zine Guide has tried to do the impossible - list and index all current zines. And publisher/editor Brent Ritzel and staff have come closer than anyone in doing just that. ZG#6 had thousands of listings plus indexes, lists of reader favorite zines in numerous categories, and lots of imput on favorite and not so favorite zines from other zinesters. Its an encyclopedia of facts and opinions, that somehow ZG keeps straight and keeps on top of. And all us zinesters are better for it.
#59 Violet Jones. "On May 17, 2000 I buried a time capsule filled with zines at the foot of El Capitan, a tremendous granite monolith in Yosemite, California. it was so much fun, I'm going to bury another one, this time in death valley." So says Violet Jones, a very active and passionate zinester of Spunk a poetry and fiction journal, the over-sized zine review zine Death Ship, plus layout, covers and reviews for Zine World, etc. Violet is known also for his? fine printing and bookmaking skills and note 'no use of computers'. "Everyday I become more and more convinced that ... there is a golden age of literature happening right now, and that age has begun and will end with zines and the people who produce them." (Spunk)
#60 East Village Inky, "In which a 37 year old Hoosier city-dude, a 3-thumbed 5-year-old self-taught swimmer and an increasingly 2-year-old suckling with crazy baby hair return from the wilds of Cape Cod to start kindergarten, make a lot of demands & forsake the butcher" (#17) Ayun Halliday writes a perzine of a busy busy mom in the NYC area. Along with the teeny tiny hand printed text and diary like entries, are her expressive illustrations of hectic family life. Those with good eyes will be delighted with this popular zine.
#61 Plotz. Barbara Kligman's 16th issue of Plotz was her final one - with a clever cover take-off of Cliff Notes study guides. But those who were able to read a copy found a singular zine of the Jewish life. Plotz is her account of both the pluses and minuses of her life in NYC with a mix of perzine entries, superb illustrations, assorted rants, and articles such as "Deconstruction - What's My Function?" Synopsis of (all 16) Issues, "Issue One - The first time. The very first time. I was angry that someone at my temp job couldn't understand why I didn't want Christmas decorations on my workstation. That's it. That's what it took for me to start the zine. Anger's great, innit?"
#62 Suzanne Baumann. Cartoonist Baumann has a light touch in her numerous whimsical mini comics. They're well plotted short stories that subtly lead to often stout messages. More than once she's turned a handful of playful panels into a little classic gem of a story. The latest ex. Is "You, Only You"
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