It exists. :3

That, my friends, is a zine, or a tiny, handmade book, containing three of my recent stories. Right now I'm working on getting them out to the Patrons, and after that I will be selling them in some way or another.

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[TheJediMasterEd]

That, my friends, is a zine

Now that's a name I've not heard in a long time.

A long time.

[SPark]

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They are still alive in well in certain communities, though the... hmmm... AO3-centered M/M fandom version of them has mutated considerably, but the original sort is about too. I have been collecting joke book zines by a local legend forever, and recently very fascinating queer theology comic zines by a particular artist.

[WobbleTheHutt]

You need to filter it so it looks poorly xeroxed

[iisaw]

Okay, this may be an unusual thing to get excited about, but... You have a bone folder? How cool is that?

[Galaxy of Equestria]

there a few comic of this idea

[Airy Words]

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They are useful for tipping pages back into books... which is the process of gluing loose pages back in.

Looking forward to the new collection.

[PresentPerfect]

:D

[SPark]

5494419
I have a 20 year old bone folder, lol. Former art major things!

It was part of the fun, going over the "get these things to make this" list and going "So other than the long stapler, I own everything already?" Art supply hoarding ftw.

[iisaw]

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I'm guilty of that myself! I'm surprised they even make long staplers anymore!

[SPark]

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They make them in many kinds, even.

There is apparently a thriving zine scene, you just have to hook up with the right queer hipster type people. My latest publisher (to be, I have signed contract, but haven't finished the rest of the paperwork) publishes *scads* of zines in Portland! Though they get theirs mass printed, but there are lots of people doing them by hand, too. It's neat to find that still around.

[TheJediMasterEd]

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Print in purple. Blur the font. Scent it with sulphur.

Bada-bing!--mimeograph emulator.

[iisaw]

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Man, I really miss the old days when there were a dozen bookstores all along Telegraph Ave. in Berkeley and you could easily get a hundred different little zines and underground comics!

[SPark]

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Alas, I never got to experience that. The Olden Times were before me, or when I was living in small town Utah and forget bookstores, we didn't even have a grocery store. The current zine scene seems fun, though, and I am very much enjoying playing around with them.

I think most of why I never finished the Ember's print project was that it was SO BIG. So much to do, and so intimidating, doing stuff I've never done before. But the zine thing is 90% stuff I *have* done before and it's just a little bit of folded paper, it feels less like I have to worry about typos or really great cover art or anything else being perfect.