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THE HUNGOVER GOURMET #6
($4.00 ppd from Dan Taylor / PO Box 5531 / Lutherville, MD / 21094-5531 USA. Web:
www.hungovergourmet.com)
As you may guess from the title,
THG is a magazine about food – well, mostly – and I'd recommend it to anybody who likes eating, b-movies or personalzines. My favorite features in this one:
• The fifteen pages devoted to snacks. Among others things: William P. Tandy on snowballs (shaved ice), a Delaine Derry Green cartoon, a frozen snack report, Davida Gypsy Breier's chip habit and recipes (from those old pamphlets that used to be all over everybody's kitchens) for such tasty treats as Watermelon Pickle in a Blanket, Shrimp and Grapefruit Whip, Joan Crawford Dip and Cannibal Beef.
• Two vacation journals, one by Dan Taylor (Cabo San Lucas), the other by Evan Ginzburg (Southern California). Both are amusing and informative.
Some of the other features you'll find in this issue involve Yocco's hot dogs, beer can chicken, grilling a turkey, Kathy Mosely on bars she loves, a primer for the
Daredevil movie and zine, CD & DVD reviews. This issue is a pretty hefty read and provides a lot of bang for the buck (and I say that without having read a couple of the more intricate cooking articles).
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BEER BREATH
(Jim Conatser / 302 N. 3rd St. / Bellevue, IA / 52031 USA)
My only complaint about Jim Conatser's work is that I don't see enough of it.
Beer Breath features a couple of humorous and twisted short stories in which beer plays a supporting role. Funny and slightly disturbing. Of course, you also get illustrations (and cover cartoons) done in Jim's somewhat primitive style which I like a lot. This actually came out a couple of years ago, but I just got mine, so I'm guessing there are still copies to be had.
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HEATHEN #2
(Morgan Parducci / PO Box 25 / Batesville, MS / 38606 USA. E-mail:
heathencomics@yahoo.com.
Mature Readers Only)
Heathen is an anthology of comics by brothers Morgan and Simon Parducci. Kid-n-Play, "snappers", Lab Rat Man, a bad joke and Granny Flapjacks, the world's oldest hooker and porn star. It's fun stuff. My favorite bit, though, is probably the cool cover illustration.
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THE DIE Vol. 2, #1
(Free, but be kind and send $$ or stamps to Red Roach Press / PO Box 764 / College Park, MD / 20740 USA. Web:
http://redroachpress.tripod.com)
According the
The Die's mission statement, its goal is to "[make] you think about things you may not have considered and think twice about the things you take for granted." The leading article offers editor Joe Smith's take on the ISBN/ISSN/UPC debate recently highlighted on alt.zines and in
The Free Press Death Ship, among other places. It's an interesting subject to say the least. The second feature details Smith's preference for typewriters and the permanence of their by-products (as opposed to the electronic limbo of a computer's hard drive). The issue finishes out with with letters and several pages of fairly indepth book reviews. Good reading and certainly worth much, much more than the asking price.
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DAMN WEIRD #18, 24
(Try Buzz Buzzizyk / PO Box 2452 / Butler, PA / 16003 USA or Jim Siergey / 4135 N. Hermitage / Chicago, IL / 60613 USA)
These are both fun collaborations between Buzz Buzzizyk and Jim Siergey. In #18 Siergey draws the rhyming story of a one-eyed fish named Pete and #24 is a jam comic drawn by both. Damn weird? You betcha.
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THE MONSTER THAT ATE STARS
($1.00? from Souther Salazar / 106 N. Chester Ave. / Pasadena, CA / 91106 USA or online at the
Catastrophe Shop. Souther's website:
southersalazar.com)
Souther Salazar is a genius. This micro-comic, drawn in a sketchy, primitive sort of style, is one of those projects that shows the creator hasn't forgotten what it's like to be a kid. I really dig that, too, and think that remaining in touch with one's inner child (if you'll pardon the new age-y term) is pretty important. Life isn't about growing up, wearing a tie and making money; it's about remembering what it was like before you ever knew about any of that. And Souther captures it perfectly. Highly recommended.
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