(Most of) the zines I collected this summer
And a few I need to buy.
Hello and welcome to ZERO CRED, earth’s only newsletter. For today’s edition of the weekly whatever column I thought I’d take a much overdue look at some of the zines that have been piling up on my desk this summer because it’s seriously getting bad over here. I’m up to my ass in zines.
Speaking of zines, I do love receiving stuff in the mail, so if you wanna be post office friends, send anything to:
Dan Ozzi
PO Box 11352
Glendale, CA 91226
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ZINES! ZINES! ZINES!
I should start by saying: I did not intend to become The Zine Guy. When I started this weekly column, I was mostly rambling about random music tidbits of the week, album releases, and new books. But somewhere along the way, zines became a larger part of my focus. I guess you become a magnet for what you put into the world. Sometimes, I am seeking zines out, like when I go to the art book fair, but lately they seem to be finding me.
Last year, KG and I were waiting for the shuttle bus at the LAX economy parking lot and we struck up a conversation with the couple on the bench next to us. We were headed to Paris and they were off to Japan. I asked the dude what he was hoping to do there and he said take a lot of pictures. He told me he was a photographer and puts out photo zines. Like I said, the zine freaks just seem to find me.
On the shuttle bus, we all followed each other on Instagram. When I put out my newest photo zine, BACK SHOTS, I messaged him to ask if I could send him a copy. Soon enough, I stopped by my P.O. Box and there was a package waiting from him. He returned the favor with a couple of his Low Quality Film Society zines. At the risk of sounding hyperbolic, getting a zine in my P.O. Box from a friend I made at the airport is more rewarding than literally any interaction I’ve ever had on the internet. Real life pen pals FTW!
One zine is a collection of cities and landscapes by dozens (hundreds?) of photographers from around the world. The other is centered on shots of sports.
SOME BOOKS AND ZINES I NEED TO GET AROUND TO BUYING
I have been keeping an eye out for this CKY photo book by Living Proof, Can’t K*ill Yourself, a photo document of the legendary CKY videos (the anarchic pre-Jackass skate videos that put Bam Margera on the map although I really doubt I need to explain this to my readers).
Seems like you have to be a member to be able to order a copy? Hmm this is more complicated than I care to deal with to be honest but the photos look awesome. For now I might just see if I can find it out in the wild. I’m flagging it here so that it’s your problem too.