Ragtag grab-bag
An unused graphic from Pink Mince #9 — Punk Mince. The cheerleader is shamelessly recycled from artwork I first prepared for a class project when I was in grad school: a poster for an imaginary lecture by Art Chantry. The original image was from some clip-art I salvaged when I was designing my college yearbook in in 1991.
I generally don’t talk about Pink Mince when I’m doing things related to my day job, but I threw in a handful of visual references to accompany an interview in the latest issue of 8 Faces magazine. (If you like or love typography, then you really should check out 8 Faces.)
You can order 8 Faces here. And, of course, you can order Pink Mince here. You can also buy that t-shirt (and others) at the Pink Mince Zazzle shop.
Catching up on Pink Mince orders and back issue production today. Is your collection complete yet?
My good friend Sina: this is the photo of him that was made part of the big montage/diary comic of his featured in the new Pink Mini — Clothes Make the ’Mo — available here.
Just a quickie: a link to a nice little article about zines written by Kate Nancy, who I met when she stopped by the Pink Mince stall at Zinefest Berlin last November. The article includes a couple of quotes:
“For me, the latest explosion of zines is very much about a return to paper, a reaction to years of content and interaction only happening online,” says Rhatigan, who published a zine called Rumpus Room in the early ‘90s and maintained activity in the zine community for more than a decade. He describes a wave of zine-makers – wearied by the costs of mailing and photocopying – defecting to online publishing en mass. “But a decade later the Internet was clearly figured out by regular media, so it doesn’t surprise me that people react against that once again to find ways of making things they care about tangible and more permanent, more special.”
I forgot to mention this wonderful little review from Howard that really made my bitter little heart melt a little and swell with pride. It’s always nice feel appreciated by people who you think are intimidatingly talented.
This guy actually sells a lot of amazing zines, old physique mags, and other material of interest, but I’ve always been a little frustrated by his prices. (I have given in and bought stuff from him in the past, and always been a happy customer, mind you.) In this case, though, I feel compelled to point out that Pink Mince #4 is still in print and you can get it right from the source for just a fiver.
Still I love the mini-review embedded in the description:
By using vintage yearbook pictures of guys and athletes mixed with classic physique photography, this issue of Pink Mince creates the homoerotic school you wished you were part of in your horny fantasies.
This is the stuff that will be collectible in the future, limited release, stylish, classy, hot. Limited run.
AMAZING!!
“I loved reading your zine. Of all the material I collected, yours was among the sharpest, most-cohesive and had a genuine voice (sharp and unpretentious and honest and hip at the same time). You did something that obviously took work, but kind of has this effortless air to it which is, I suppose, how things are deemed hip. In any case, I liked reading it and wanted to tell you I’m really glad you didn’t write about painting your nails and wanting to kill yourself, because, incidentally, a lot of people did.”
QUEER ZINE FEST LONDON – Sat 8th Dec: First round of distros confirmed Queer Zine Fest London
Headsup zinesters! We’ve been pretty busy at QZFL HQ, and are proud to announce the first round of distros who’ll be tabling with us on Sat Dec 8th:
- Cinnamon Buns https://www.facebook.com/CinnamonBunsFanzine
- Riots Not Diets https://www.facebook.com/riotsnotdietsbrighton
- Pink Mince http://pinkmince.com
Portrait of a self-publisher
untitled by male ® | 2012
Mr Dan Rhatigan from PINK MINCE
much more of him and Stunning PINK MINCE coming soon on GUAZINE!