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In Brief: Magazine Love

2012-01-26T17:51:54Z

Get Out! A NY State of Mind

2011-08-25T17:12:07Z

Friday: Super interesting Japanese performance artists Eiko and Koma will be at Barnes and Noble on 86th Street to talk about their new book Time Is Not Even, Space Is Not Empty, an illustrated catalogue of their dance works, with choreographer's notes and archival material. 7pm. Barnes and Noble, 150 E. 86th Street @ Lexington. (photo above from a performance of theirs at Lincoln Center.) Saturday: Stay home and close the windows and make sure you have hurricane supplies, booze and movies. Good luck out there! Sunday: Afro-Punk Festival at Commodore Barry Park, Flushing Ave, btw Navy St and N Elliott, Brooklyn, 1pm, Free Ongoing: The BMW Guggenheim Lab is a kind of pop-up laboratory to explore ideas and issues around urban life. There are tons of events and talks and things to check out, go look at the calendar. I'm interested in the toxicity tours of neighborhoods as well as the urban design stuff, the movie screenings and the bicycle fixing. BMW Guggenheim Lab, Houston Street at 2nd Ave. Through 10/16. Last Chance, ends Sunday!: Elliot Erwitt: Personal Best at ICP. See Erwitt's own selection of 100 images from his 6 decade long career, including the goofy moments, the iconic portraits and the civil rights coverage. International Center for Photography, 1133 6th Ave, NYC.

Print Fetish Returns

2011-08-23T14:15:00Z

Hey folks, it's been a while. But let's get back to it! Photographer Bruce Davidson's penetrating 80's NY Subway portraits I'm utterly fascinated by the Carson Mag drama. Everyone is an Ass here it seems. And of course, the magazine is just terrible .... just terrible. Get ready for Glossed Over's Vougue Liveblog tomorrow, August 24th. New Releases from PF Favorites: 2nd Cannons: Alice Cooper/ Suzi Simpsom by Brian Kennon - A Pocket-sized collection of images of Alice Cooper and 90's playboy model, Suzi Simpson.

Put A Egg On It #3 Out Now!

2011-02-15T18:56:22Z

Put A Egg On It #3 5.5" x 8.5", 48 pages full color on green paper $7.00 The gorgeous Mx Justin Vivan Bond is our cover star for issue #3, out NOW! V had an amazing dinner of Roast Capon with a group of some of v's most fascinating friends. The issue also features breakfast portraits, Lester Carey's New Orleans signage, essays about fried eggs, Arroz Con Leche, beef broth and more! If you've only got a little bit of scratch, you can still have an amazing meal with "bad" cuts from the butcher using the yummy recipes in this issue. And always remember ... an iron skillet is key. buy your copy here!

PF Collection: JANK

2011-02-08T04:04:12Z

A few years back I lamented a lack of collected issues of JANK on the internet or otherwise. I was just looking through some boxes of zines, trying to organize and protect (potential interns I'm looking at you here) all these piles of oddly-sized and delicate items when I came across a couple of copies of JANK and thought I'd do my part by posting them for you. JANK was a house zine by Jeff Jank (above left) and Janelle Hessig (of Tales of Blarg! fame, above right). It was one sheet of letter paper folded in half the long way and I always picked it up at the comics shop in Berkeley. Among the many highlights were reviews of house guests (one of my favorite pastimes), hilariously profiled past US presidents, and goofy around town kind of adventure comics. See issues 8 and 14 after the jump...]]> Issue #8. Issue #8. Issue #14. Issue #14. Issue #14. Issue #14.

Magazine Rack of the Week: Guidelines

2011-01-28T16:21:16Z

One of the more unique magazine racks I've found in quite a while, the Guidelines magazine rack by Frederik Rojé reminds me of super stylish 80's decor - something Patrick Bateman would use to display his magazines. Available in grey, white and sometimes red for €169.00 at Frederik Rojé

Linkweer: The Smell of Print

2011-01-27T20:05:57Z

I'm not particularly into Dennis Cooper ... in fact, I think he's a ridiculously bad writer ... but his 70's-80's zine to magazine Little Caesar is certainly of queer, punk, self-publishing interest, if only from a historical perspective. High-resolution Pdf's are available to download. I adore this scathing review of Print, a magazine I have not looked at since 2003. Via an actually good design magazine, Creative Review: It takes a lot of work to do a little mag. I love how when the magazine arrives a girl smells it! We ALWAYS do that.

Get Out!: The Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival

2010-12-02T15:36:58Z

The Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival is a one-day festival of cartoon and graphic art featuring artists and publishers displaying and selling publications; lectures and conversations on comics; and associated exhibits and satellite events. The festival is organized by Desert Island (the best art comix store in NY) and Picture Box, one of our favorite publishers. The poster above was also createded by a Print Fetish favorite, Anders Nilsen. December 4, 12- 9 pm Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church 275 North 8th Street Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY

In Brief: This, That and Those

2010-11-29T17:32:46Z

Ms. Keough and I are trying to juggle our jobs, our mag and Print Fetish - sorry dudes, sometimes the blog loses out! I really feel guilty though, because we've seen some great stuff lately, especially the goodies we picked up at The NY Art Book fair a few weeks ago. Print is not only alive - it's being made by some sexy ass people. Serious cruising was done at the art book fair. Last week German business mag Werben & Verkaufen interviewed me about the future of Print. Andrew of Magtastic was also interviewed. Anyone see it? New Releases from PF Favorites: Featherproof Books: The Universe in Miniature in Miniature by Patrick Sommerville is the story of a Chicago man who is bequeathed a supernatural helmet that allows him to experience the inner worlds of those around him. This limited edition turns into a mobile! Buy here. Gym Class Magazine is bigger and sexier! Buy it Here!

Put A Egg On It #3: YA Gotta See The Tasty Man!

2010-11-09T18:33:59Z

Hey! We're working on the 3rd issue of Put A Egg On It ! Bigger! Eggier! Check out our Kickstarter page if you want to support it and get some delicious goodies!

The Slice Harvester

2010-09-21T13:15:04Z

The Slice Harvester, Issue 2 8.5 x 5.5 32 pages, b/w photocopy $3 I went record shopping the other day and the counter guy said "Hey have you seen this 'zine The Slice Harvester?" Then he looked at me and was like "Oh you know about it, right? It's awesome, isn't it!" I actually didn't know about it but suddenly felt compelled to buy it. And good thing I did, it's hilarious! Colin has set out to eat every slice of pizza in New York and each issue covers a different neighborhood. Issue 2 takes the Upper West Side... His slice parameters are in keeping with my own (just your basic triangular cheese slice) and his descriptions are thorough and helpful, including amusing asides on his moods and how they might be affecting his tasting abilities. Particularly helpful/awesome is a discussion on how The Ramones are like a pizza slice--"..Joey's singing is the sauce-sweet, but containing a hint of worldly bitterness...." His tangential stories of pizza-eating companions and adventures are also fun. I'm looking forward to an issue that covers a neighborhood where I spend more time. Mr. Harvester does have a blog though, so I may just have to start there. Purchase the zine from him directly or at Academy Records on N. 6th St. in Williamsburg (if you happen to be in New York).

The Exquisite Book

2010-09-17T16:57:03Z

Check out The Exquisite Book, a modified version of the exquisite corpse surrealist game, played by one hundred contributing contemporary fine artists, illustrators, designers and comic artists. Put together by one of our favorite bloggers, Julia Rothman. I love, love, LOVE this book. One of the best covers of the year. Also, this Saturday: An Exquisite Handmade Crafternoon with Julia Rothman: Sept. 18th! The Exquisite Book 100 Artists Play a Collaborative Game by Julia Rothman, Jenny Volvovski and Matt Lamothe foreword by Dave Eggers

In Brief: What, as they say, is up?

2010-07-29T17:30:17Z

We are often quiet ... but now we have a reason! So, yeah. Our zine, Put A Egg On It, just came out and we're in the throes of promotion and post office trips. One cool thing: the zine was in this weeks New York Magazine Approval Matrix! If you're in New York, you can pick up a copy at St. Mark's Bookstore, Spoonbill & Sugartown, Marlowe & Sons, Cinders Gallery and Desert Island. Or you can get your copy here. On top of that, we're moving into a new studio today and tomorrow! What should we name it?

Magazine Rack of the Week: Book Box

2010-07-23T15:07:33Z

Norwegian furniture designer Amy Hunting's Book Box is made out of factory wood waste, and can be flipped around to various book (or mag!) configurations. It kind of reminds me of a rustic space invader. Available on Amy's site by request.

Roomservice

2010-07-22T16:38:18Z

Roomservice: Magazine About Real Life Transactions 100 pages, full color, perfect bound 170 mm x 240 mm €15 I particularly love magazines with a strong concept from which all of its content revolves around. When all choices are made based on their relationship to the central concept, a magazine becomes a unified whole, even though it contains a wide diversity of contributions. This is the real art of magazine making. I also love magazines that feature people who aren't famous - because fame isn't enough to make someone interesting. Found and Butt are two favorites because they exemplify these qualities and so does the new Dutch magazine Roomservice created and designed by Jacco Kranenburg. Issue one is a collection of the magazine's winning bids on ebay auctions of human billboards. Through auction descriptions and photos of sellers displaying their Roomservice advertisements, we get a fascinating glimpse into the lives of strangers. Roomsevice is an intriguing example of the possibilities of internet/print symbiosis. It has the democratic and accidental qualities of the net contained in quality editorial arrangement. See Also: Jacco's interview at Gym Class Roomservice is available on their site