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zine | |
July 19th, 2019 | |
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I'm going to make a zine. | |
SDF said they were going to do one last year and I volunteered to | |
contribute, but it seems like nothing came of it. So, what the | |
hell, lets get our zine on. | |
Are you unfamiliar with zines? A zine is a small-circulation | |
self-published work of original or appropriated texts and images, | |
usually reproduced via photocopier. (Thanks Gopherpedia) [0] They | |
were really big in the early 90s. They also went digital and there | |
was a whole Usenet alt for them at one point. Here, check out | |
a famous hacker one. [1] | |
[0] Zine | |
[1] Phrack | |
I've got some ideas around this zine, so let me blast you in the | |
face with some awesome. | |
1. Issues will be published in entirely arbitrary times. I'm not | |
going to make this a regular thing, and I'm not promising | |
you'll see an issue number 3. | |
2. The format is mutable. You may get a PDF for one, a weird | |
side-scrolling website for another, or a weird port listener | |
interactive experience [2] that fails to meet any common | |
definition. | |
[2] Allegra | |
3. There will be a theme to each issue. The glue that binds it all | |
together will be the theme (and possibly horse parts). Expect | |
wild takes on the theme, possible nonsense. | |
4. It must be community driven. | |
Here's where you come in! See, I want to put it all together | |
and have fun and stuff, but I don't want to create 100% of the | |
weird crap on my own. So, I figure I'll announce the theme and | |
give you guys a way to contact me if you're interested in | |
contributing. | |
In fact, lets just cut to that part right now. | |
The yet-to-be-named zine will have its inaugural issue soon. If | |
you'd like to be a contributor, it's easy! Here's what you do: | |
- Contact me via email. You can find my addresses in the About | |
page on this gopher hole [3]. | |
[3] About me! | |
- Tell me that you want to contribute something. You don't need to | |
tell me what it is you want to contribute. I don't care what | |
format it is in, whether it's words or art or music or a dance. | |
I don't care if you're cutting out cardboard creatures and | |
snaping pics of them doing naughty shit. If it fits the theme, | |
go to town. | |
- Meet the deadline. I'll set a date when I need stuff by. Gimme | |
access to whatever you've done by then or I'll assume you flaked | |
out again, Jeff. | |
- Let me know if you want to be identified, or how you want to be | |
identified for your work. | |
- Bask in the glory. Seriously. This is a requirement. No sitting | |
back and gracefully accepting praise is allowed. You MUST bask | |
in the glory. I'll be watching. | |
So, what's the theme of this first issue, already? What format | |
will it take? When's the deadline? What other questions can I ask | |
as I type out this phlog because I'm stalling while I try to make | |
a decision on the fly? Who else expected that I knew these answers | |
before I started this post? Did anyone really expect me to have | |
a well thought out plan here, or is it obvious this is coming out | |
of my butt right now? Is my internal monologue-turned-gopher-phlog | |
making you smile at least? | |
The theme is... | |
HAMMER | |
Yep, Hammer. What sort of Hammer am I talking about? Is it the | |
former M.C.? Or maybe the tool? Or the sport? Or maybe the | |
weapon!? Or maybe it's the part of a gun you cock (teehee). Or the | |
tiny bones in your ear. Or maybe it's something else entirely. I'm | |
not saying! You figure it out, suckas. | |
As for the format of the first zine... that depends on what sort | |
of shit I get back. I'm not telling you, so you can go off the | |
deep end if you want. I'll just have to deal with whatever comes | |
in. | |
Again, absolutely ANYTHING is okay to submit if it fits the theme | |
in any way. If you have a stirring and deviant fursona fanfic of | |
Logan's Run that you've been dying to share, then find a way to | |
make it about HAMMER and you're in. If you want to draw me | |
a picture of a HAMMER, cool. Maybe you have a really good | |
technique for keying in MORSE? That arm thingy is kinda like | |
a HAMMER, right? Be creative, be technical, be personal, be | |
awesome. | |
Also, I'm not censoring anything here. If you have stuff that's | |
wildly inappropriate, bring. it. on. | |
So, when's the due date? Hmmmmm.... | |
Tomorrow! | |
no. not really. | |
That sounded fun in my head, but it would be idiotic. | |
Let's go with... | |
August 31st. | |
Got it? That's just over a month to put together something, | |
anything, that can be shoved into a weird-ass package and put out | |
into the intertubes. Once I get all the shizzle, I'll make | |
something fo-rizzle. Capice? | |
Now, my minions, GO FORTH AND CREATE! (and also email me if you're | |
doing something so I know that this is gonna work). |